Episodes
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…
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 I…
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 administr…
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 ma…
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
Dec. 11, 2024
The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai became a billionaire, Hong Kong's greatest dissident, and China's most feared critic. Talking with author Mark L. Clifford.
Jimmy Lai is a successful Hong Kong entrepreneur who came from China when he was 12 and became a billionaire. But he ran afoul of the CCP because of his political beliefs and has been in jail for 4 years. But family and frie…
Dec. 5, 2024
The Latino Century: How Americas' largest minority is transforming Democracy. Talking with author Mike Madrid. h
45% of Latino males voted for Donald Trump primarily for economic reasons like cost of living, inflation and interest rates.
Nov. 26, 2024
Fatal Inheritance: How a family misfortune revealed a deadly medical mystery. Talking with author Larry Ingrassia.
Hereditary cancer is a relatively new discovery in the annals of medical science. The Li-Fraumeni Syndrome which is related to a mutation of the P-53 gene, causes multiple cancers in family members. The Ingrassia family is o…
Nov. 14, 2024
New Zealand charts its' own course. Talking to Dr. Patricia O'Brien
NZ revamps its foreign policy, concerned about its strategic security.
Nov. 8, 2024
San Francisco elects a new Mayor, Daniel Lurie. Talking with Brian Sobel.
The Mayoral election resulted in voters awarding a mandate to a non-politician defeating the incumbent Mayor who had been mired in scandal and criticized for inept management.
Nov. 7, 2024
Donald Trump wins in a Landslide. Talking with Professor David McCuan, Chair of Political Science, Sonoma State University.
November 5th Presidential election and the historic 2024 campaign.
Nov. 5, 2024
The Power of Liberal Nationalism. Talking with Professor Steven Fish.
The Left needs to recapture patriotism and love of country when advocating for increased legal immigration .
Nov. 1, 2024
The historic 2024 presidential campaign is winding to a close. Talking with Professor Jack Pitney.
The historic and consequential 2024 campaign,