Episodes
March 19, 2025
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the new Millennium. Talking with author Martin Gurri.
A tsunami has dethroned the elites from being in charge of information flow to the public. Politicians, Government, Universities are no longer the gatekeepers of what is important for the public to know.
March 17, 2025
The Open Society as an Enemy: How Free Societies turned against themselves. Talking with Professor J. McKenzie Alexander
Karl Popper, the great philosopher and LSE Professor once said: “ Be intolerant of intolerance”. For all who would curtail our Freedom of Speech.
March 13, 2025
Safe and Sound: a proven program that reduces childhood abuse, neglect and trauma. Talking with Pegah Faed, CEO of Safe and Sound.
With 4500 reports of child abuse in San Francisco annually, we need to maintain excellent programs like Safe and Sound to treat the problem.
March 11, 2025
The Zodiac Killings: Still Unsolved. Talking with Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Movie and TV Blog.
The Zodiac killings took place in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and 70s. But they were never solved. In this episode we discuss two films about this True Crime Story.
March 5, 2025
The Science of Weird Shit: Why our minds conjure the Paranormal. Talking with Professor Chris French.
Paranormal phenomena and the psychology behind them. Anomalistic Psychology.
March 3, 2025
In conversation with Dr. Deepak Srivastava, President of Gladstone Institutes.
Gladstone Intitutes is a leading biomedical research facility doing cutting edge medical research, employing 600 scientists. They bring together stem cell, Gene editing and Artificial Intelligence technologies to craft cures for disease.
Feb. 27, 2025
A Man's Guide to Healthy Aging. Talking with co-author Ed Thompson.
Men’s healthcare has advanced significantly in the last 30 years in part because of cultural shifts in society and the evolution of masculinity.
Feb. 24, 2025
Extreme Wealth is the leading social problem of our time. Author Sarah Kerr discusses her new book, Let's Talk Wealtherty.
Technology company founders more often than not have created extreme wealth for themselves through their companies. And significant social problems have followed.
Feb. 17, 2025
The United States, Russia and Ukraine: Peace Talks begin. Talking with noted global strategist Alp Sevimlisoy, Defense Policy expert and CEO of his Defense Representation Company.
The US Russia peace talks get underway in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday February 18th.
Feb. 17, 2025
Presidents' Day: What do we celebrate ? Talking with Professor Jack Pitney.
What began as a commemorative to First President George Washington has evolved into a celebration of all 45 US presidents.
Feb. 12, 2025
Thanks to Life : A biography of Violeta Parra, the Chilean folksinger. Talking with Ericka Verba.
Violeta Parra was a Chilean folksinger with a broad following in Chile and abroad.
Feb. 10, 2025
Tusk: Building a new search engine. Talking with founder and CEO, Jeff Bermant
Search Engines like Google are a major source where Americans get their news. But Google News has a 63% left bias versus 6% right bias. Other search engines have similar biases.
Feb. 8, 2025
The Telepathy Tapes: Autism and Telepathy - A scientific perspective. Talking with Stuart Vyse.
Is there a Telepathy Autism Link ? Science says no but parents and believers in paranormal phenomena say yes.
Feb. 3, 2025
Awake Forever in a Sweet Unrest. Talking with author Chuck Rosenthal
A bookstore worker encounters the 19th Century Romantic Poets in the basement of Beyond Baroque, a Venice, California iconic bookseller and embarks on a journey of self discovery when Shelly, Percy, Keats and Lord Byron come alive.
Jan. 30, 2025
Deep Seek Artificial Intelligence. Did China leapfrog the US in the AI race ? Talking with Dr. Charles Martin
Deep Seek is a Chinese AI model that’s a game changer. Cheap, quick to develop and open source, it will be a model for a profusion of AI models which will be developed by universities , corporations and individuals.
Jan. 29, 2025
Infantilised: How our Culture killed Adulthood. Talking with author Keith Hayward
Life markers on the road to adulthood: leaving home, getting married, starting a career, buying a house , are eluding many Gen X and Gen Z’ers. Why ? Are they running away from responsibility ? The rise of Kidults.
Jan. 27, 2025
Telepathy and Autism: Is there a link ? Talking with Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell.
The Telepathy Tapes is a popular podcast that showcases autistic kids who are non verbal but communicate via telepathy.
Jan. 23, 2025
The Israel Hamas War Ceasefire: Will it last ? Talking with Michael Pregent
The Israel Hamas Ceasefire came into effect January 19, 2025. Yet Israel 🇮🇱 originally rejected a similar deal months ago. Will the new Trump Administration seek to cut a better deal for Israel and the US at the expense of Iran 🇮🇷 and its’ terrorist allies ?
Jan. 21, 2025
The Trump Inauguration and Transition. Talking with Brian Sobel.
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. 🇺🇸 in his inaugural address he laid out how he will implement campaign pledges on immigration, border security and the economy.
Jan. 20, 2025
Is Greenland in Play ? Talking with Professor Zhiqun Zhu.
President -elect Trump has offered to acquire Greenland 🇬🇱 from Denmark 🇩🇰 because of its mineral wealth and strategic location. Will this move to expand the US borders become a key foreign policy goal for the new administration ?
Jan. 16, 2025
The Los Angeles Wildfires: What we know so far. Talking with Shaun Chang of the Movie and TV Blog, Hill Place.
The LA wildfires continue to rage and the dry, easterly Santa Ana winds show little sign of abating. The political consequences for the LA Mayor and California Governor may prove to be dire.
Jan. 15, 2025
The Holy Land at War. A journey through Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Speaking with author Mark Patinkin.
Two months after the October 7th attack by Hamas on a Music Festival and Kibbutz in Israel, Mark Patinkin, a veteran journalist for the Providence Journal, went to Israel to cover firsthand the attack and Gaza War. Unlike major networks or newspapers, Mark’s resources were his experience, persisten…
Jan. 9, 2025
Freeman's Challenge: The murder that shook America's original prison for profit. Talking with Professor Robin Bernstein.
Auburn Correctional Facility, a Max Security Prison, was originally founded in 1816 as a for profit prison. To this day, it still manufactures all the license plates for New York State.
Dec. 14, 2024
Gobsmacked: The British Invasion of American English. Talking with author, Professor Ben Yagoda.
Britishisms are becoming an increasing part of Americans’ vocabulary. Pop culture, writers , movies and theater are all sources of the new British Invasion - the largest one since the Beatles in the 1960s