Congratulations Pine Tree

The Bay's number one arts and culture podcast
with Kate Rhoades and Maysoun Wazwaz

Thursday, October 29, 2026

404 - November 2026 Voter Guide!!!

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 This week we fight it out to bring you our ballot picks!!! Listen to the bloodbath unfold! The music on this episode is by  Deseos Primitiv...
Thursday, October 22, 2026

403 - Beef (with Max Blue)

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 This week we chat with writer, Max Blue. We squash our beef, finally! We also talk about the mayor, public art, and writing in a caftan. Pl...
Thursday, October 15, 2026

402 - Snoopy, Linus, and Jack Halberstam

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 This week Maysoun regails us with tales of her mini-vacation to Sonoma County. She loses her mind for the Charles Schulz Museum! Kate gets ...
Thursday, October 1, 2026

401 - Krang

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 This week we look at the final painting in our abstraction series. Go back two episodes to look at the painting (on congratulationspinetree...
Thursday, September 24, 2026

400 - LIVE!!!

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 This week we're coming to you live from beautiful San Francisco! We discuss public art, bleeps, smack talk, and our treasured memories....
Friday, September 18, 2026

399D - Jaged Edge

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This week Kate went to a show! We discuss climate activists gluing themselves to paintings. We also look at a painting by Miyoko Ito (see th...
Thursday, September 10, 2026

399C - You Missed a Spot

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 Be sure to check out the show notes from last week's episode to see the paintings we're talking about this week! We look so hard ou...
Thursday, September 3, 2026

399B - Alley Rat Juice

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 This week we tell you what music shows we went to because we are cool music people. Then we get back into our ten(ish) week series on abstr...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

399A - Artmaxxing (with Mel Prest)

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 This week we are graced with the presence of painter Mel Prest. Maysoun is hunkering down in the tropics! We talk about abstraction, haircu...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

399 - Ice Cream (with Mansur Nurullah)

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This week we have the pleasure of chatting with artist, Mansur Nurullah! We discuss abstraction, books, scraps, the technological sublime, b...
Wednesday, August 5, 2026

398 - Agnes Sharkin'

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 This week we jump the shark for the second time. First off, this episode is part four of our ten part series on abstraction. We talk about ...
Thursday, July 30, 2026

397 - Deconstruct (with Danielle Lawrence)

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This week we have the pleasure of talking to artist, Danielle Lawrence about abstraction, the body, and institutional decay. Then Maysoun an...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

396 - Crusty Peaks

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 This week Kate and Maysoun saw all the shows at Minnesota Street Project. We also talk about Marlow Moss and more abstraction! Plus we deci...
Thursday, July 16, 2026

395 - Hard Line

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 This is week two of our deep into abstraction! Be sure to share your abstract experiences with us!  419 351 6606 or email us: congratulatio...
Thursday, July 9, 2026

394 - Understanding Abstraction in Ten Weeks

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This week we begin a ten week course on abstraction. Please follow along, there will be prizes at the end. We also talk about the Internatio...
Thursday, July 2, 2026

393 - Get Madder

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 This week we have an emotional conversation about the SFAC funding saga. We also talk about the Queers Against Zionism event at the Lab. We...
Thursday, June 18, 2026

392 - Solidarity Forever! (with Leo Dugan)

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 This week Kate has a conversation with Leo Dugan from the Creativity Explored United bargaining team! the music in this episode is by Deseo...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

391 - Funeral Dirge

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We talk about the election results, a couple events we went to, a protest that kate went to, and safe injection facilities. Decriminalize dr...
Thursday, June 4, 2026

390 - What's Up With the Sun? (with Ebti)

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 This week we have the great honor of talking to artist, Ebti! We talk about translation, theater, death, cats, light bulbs, and whether or ...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

389 - June 2026 Voter Guide

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 This week we finally made our voter guide! YES ON D, SAN FRANCISCO! The music in this episode is by SPELLLING do it!
Thursday, May 14, 2026

388 - Not the Voter Guide

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 This week we start on the voter guide but then we delay it because Maysoun needs to do more research. So we talk about some shows and some ...
Friday, May 8, 2026

387 - Pigeon Army

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This week Kate and Maysoun went to a rally at city hall! We petition the birds to stop the surveillance state. Maysoun went to a show! We di...
Monday, April 27, 2026

386 - VIP Preview

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This week Kate and Maysoun hang out with billionaires. Kate makes a public apology. Maysoun tries to explain the SF charter, whatever the he...
Monday, April 20, 2026

385 - Yes on Prop D

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 This week Maysoun is back! Kate talks shit about SFMOMA again. We also discuss a pair of shows by Trina Michelle Robinson. Plus Maysoun set...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

384 - Finishing the Hat

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  This week artist Sarah Heinemann guest hosts while Maysoun is abroad! We discuss therapy, the SF art scene, group chats, Maysoun's sec...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

383 - Horse, Muffin, Bird

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This week we take some listener feedback! Max Blue wrote in! We talk about community organizing. We also talk about a hurtful game called Ho...
Friday, March 20, 2026

382 - Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault (with Sarah Heinemann)

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This week we talk to artist and dear friend, Sarah Heinemann. We discuss colors, art ideas, public transit, how much Jerry Saltz sucks, cave...
Friday, March 13, 2026

381 - Wall Drawing

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 This week Kate talks about doing a Sol Lewitt wall drawing at SFMOMA. We also give information about a show. Cute. The music in this episod...
Friday, March 6, 2026

380 - True Believer

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 We answer a listener question about where to get cheap art! We are all over the map because we're freaked out by war. the music in this...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

379 - Emergency Meetings

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 This week we are in EMERGENCY MODE! SAVE THE ART SCENE!!! Plus Kate is mad about the giant naked woman sculpture. the music in this episode...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

378 - SOS!

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 What the hell is going on?! What's going to happen!? The SF art scene is having a cataclysmic disaster lately! We discuss some of it. T...
Thursday, February 5, 2026

377 - Know Your Neighbors (with Torreya Cummings)

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 This week we talk to artist, Torreya Cummings about THE WEST! We discuss the closing of CCA, birdwatching, desktop wallpapers, sailors, tre...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

376 - Hard to Describe

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 Kate gets backwards offended this episode. Maysoun draws things from verbal descriptions. We discuss the shows at the Richmond Art Center. ...
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