The San Francisco Experience
We are a data driven news commentary podcast with Global Reach, serving listeners in more than 65 countries. Our mission is to give the listener succinct, fact based analysis both non-ideological and independent from a California, Silicon Valley perspective, featuring newsmakers, thought leaders and authors as guests.
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Jim Herlihy is a published author: his novel “Deceit and Dirty Money” is available on line. He served as President of the SF Public Library Commission 1992 - 1996. While working in Latin America, he was a stringer for The Economist, The Times and the BBC. Jim serves as a director on two SF sister city boards : Bangalore, India and Cork, Ireland.
Recent Episodes
Feb. 12, 2026
Venezuela and the fall of Nicolas Maduro. What does History teach us ? Talking with Professor Colin Lewis
Venezuela’s ex President sits in a New York jail awaiting trial as a narco terrorist. Meanwhile Oil Giants are reluctant to re-enter Venezuela because of past political instability. What does the future hold ?
Feb. 11, 2026
The Union Square Alliance: Maintaining a San Francisco Gem. Talking with Marisa Rodriguez.
The heart of San Francisco, from its’ earliest days, has always been Union Square. As the City reimagines its’ future during the 250th anniversary of its founding, Union Square features st the center of those plans.
Feb. 10, 2026
Mandelson, Epstein, Starmer. Can Sir Keir Starmer survive as Prime Minister. Talking with Jim Pickard, Deputy Political Editor, Financial Times.
Prime Minister Starmer appointed Lord Mandelson UK Ambassador to Washington in early 2025. While Mandelson’s past association with pedophile Epstein was known, Starmer charges Mandelson with lying about the breadth and the depth of the relationship during the vetting process. Starmer’s judgment i…
Feb. 4, 2026
The End of Solitude. Talking with author Bill Deresiewicz
A collection of 40 essays that examines modern life, culture, and the challenges of to individuality in the digital age. Bill Deresiewicz was a Professor English Literature at Yale University.
Jan. 28, 2026
Regime transformation versus Regime change. Talking with Alp Sevimlisoy
Significant foreign policy activity by the Trump Administration in January 2026 will have long lasting impacts: Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, Board of Peace.
Jan. 27, 2026
Authoritarians in the Academy. Talking with author Sarah McLaughlin
As American universities opened satellite campuses in China and the Middle East and more foreign students came here to study, it seems that instead of our free speech values influencing them, often the reverse has happened. And too often university administrators acquiesce to such pressure because …
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