{"podcast":{"title":"History of the Bay","slug":"history-of-the-bay-5682327","podcast_index_feed_id":5682327,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/b416fb48/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://dregsone.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/30114050/30114050-1709701541981-d30da2bca612b.jpg","author":"Dregs One","episode_count":155,"summary":"San Francisco-based graffiti artist and rapper Dregs One explores the Bay Area's rich culture in rap music, graffiti art, and other important areas of local history. Dregs' vast knowledge of Bay Area culture is supplemented by guests who tell their own unique stories of participating in these worlds. As a companion to Dregs' viral 60-second video breakdowns on social media, this podcast will further enlighten listeners on important pieces of history that helped make the Bay Area such a renowned hub for creativity and innovation.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T02:21:23.642549+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-of-the-bay-5682327"},"episode":{"title":"History of the Bay: David Gonzales aka The Homie King","slug":"history-of-the-bay-david-gonzales-aka-the-homie-king","published_at":"2026-03-10T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-of-the-bay-5682327/history-of-the-bay-david-gonzales-aka-the-homie-king","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-of-the-bay-5682327","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historyofthebay/episodes/History-of-the-Bay-David-Gonzales-aka-The-Homie-King-e3g6pij","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5207329025.mp3","summary":"David Gonzales is an artist from Richmond, California who grew up in his local lowrider and Chicano arts scene. Starting with his own t-shirts and comic strips, he created the Homies characters that became a worldwide phenomenon. After selling millions of toys, David had to start from square one after the vending machine industry collapses. He's continued to push his own art and even started putting out new lines of Homies toys and merchandise that continue to this day - check David out at https://www.dgatees.com/--History of the Bay x Mojo Labs snapbacks on sale 3/15, sign up to the VIP list for early access: https://mojo-labs.comJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dregsoneSubscribe to our clips channel: https://youtube.com/@UCYR1ormrdd-9gFSUoZgv3wA --For promo opportunities on the podcast, e-mail: info@historyofthebay.com--History of the Bay Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZUM4rCv6xfNbvB4r8TVWU?si=9218659b5f4b43aaOnline Store: https://dregsone.myshopify.com Follow Dregs One:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UNuCcJlRb8ImMc5haZHXF?si=poJT0BYUS-qCfpEzAX7mlAInstagram: https://instagram.com/dregs_oneTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@dregs_oneTwitter: https://twitter.com/dregs_oneFacebook: https://facebook.com/dregsone415 00:00 Starting Homies in the Bay 05:54 Growing up in Richmond 19:01 Inspiration for characters 24:45 Learning to draw 28:11 Lowrider and biker art 36:25 Post office art 40:41 Sports t-shirts 48:47 Homies t-shirts 53:27 First toys & gang controversy 1:00:34 Homies TV show?? 1:04:04 Vending machine toys 1:12:04 Back to hustling art 1:16:45 New Homies toys 1:20:23 Learning the business 1:23:40 Art & community 1:28:27 Current projects","meta_description":"David Gonzales is an artist from Richmond, California who grew up in his local lowrider and Chicano arts scene. Starting with his own t-shirts and comic s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5499,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-of-the-bay-5682327/episodes/history-of-the-bay-david-gonzales-aka-the-homie-king/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-of-the-bay-5682327/history-of-the-bay-david-gonzales-aka-the-homie-king.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}