Episodes
June 2, 2022
Top Gun Maverick, starring Tom Cruise. Talking with Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Movie and TV Blog
Sequel to the 1986 Top Gun film also starring Tom Cruise. Ensemble cast of well rounded characters. Suspenseful.
June 1, 2022
Art at the Source: Sonoma County opens its' artists studios to the world. Talking with Sally Baker, President of the Sebastopol Center for the Arts.
June 4 & 5 and June 11 & 12 124 artists in Sonoma County open their studios to the public.
May 31, 2022
See me naked: Black women defining pleasure in the Interwar years. Talking with author, Professor Tara Green.
Four iconic black black women - Lena Horne, Moms Mabley, Memphis Minnie, Yolande DuBois Williams - are profiled and how they found pleasure in their public and private lives.
May 26, 2022
Chesa Boudin Recall Campaign: the Closing Arguments. Talking with Brooke Jenkins.
With the historic campaign to recall San Francisco's District Attorney drawing to a close as election day - June 7th - looms before us, the two campaigns are in high gear. Brooke Jenkins with the recall campaign makes the clo...
May 25, 2022
Ambitious Like a Mother: Why prioritizing your career is good for your kids. Talking with Lara Bazelon.
Lara Bazelon demolishes some of the popular myths around working Moms: the work/life balance, the selfless mother, and toxic female ambition. Both a memoir and a series of interviews with career women, Lara backs her arguments with data.
May 21, 2022
Putin scores own goal: Sweden and Finland to join NATO. The Law of Unintended Consequences. In conversation with Pierre Morcos, Visiting Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Sweden and Finland to join NATO: the law of unintended consequences of Putin’s war against Ukraine.
May 20, 2022
Day for Night: a film by Francois Truffaut, Talking with Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Movie and TV Blog.
François Truffaut’s comedy classic movie about making a movie. It won the 1974 Oscar for best foreign film. He was one of the great filmmakers of the second half of the 20th Century.
May 17, 2022
Nashville, The Film. Talking with Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Movie and TV blog.
Robert Altman’s 1975 drama about the intersecting lives of people in Nashville, Tennessee. Country music, the entertainment industry and politics are some of the major themes.
May 13, 2022
Roe v Wade Overturn : In Canada abortion is a medical procedure, not a right. In conversation with Sean Fine, Justice writer for the Globe and Mail, Canada's largest daily newspaper.
Abortion in Canada was decriminalized in 1988, 15 years after the American Roe v Wade decision. While the Roe decision treated abortion as a woman's right, Canada treats it as a medical procedure to be discussed and agreed t...
May 10, 2022
The Roe v Wade Leaked Opinion: In conversation with Luke Boso, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, University of San Francisco School of Law.
It looks as though the US Supreme Court is about to strike down Roe v Wade that gave women the right to have an abortion. Assuming the decision is confirmed, it will fundamentally change American society and 49 years of precedent.
May 7, 2022
"Freezing Order". Why Vladimir Putin hates author, Bill Browder for his latest New York Times best seller.
A tale of sunshine being the best disinfectant for Russian money laundering and corruption.
April 29, 2022
Elon Musk acquires Twitter. In conversation with Professor Ludwig Chincarini.
Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion on April 25. The deal will close later this year. Musk has stated that he believes in Freedom of Speech and looks forward to ensuring that the social media messaging platform continu...
April 28, 2022
Russian Sanctions - 2 months in - Are they working ? Talking with Economics writer Phillip Inman of The Guardian and Observer newspapers.
Are Russian sanctions starting to bite ? Or will China, India and Israel provide a back door to bust the sanctions, as Russia has done for Cuba and Iran for instance ?
April 22, 2022
Chesa Boudin Recall Election: Talking with former Assistant District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.
Former Assistant DA Brooke Jenkins and now working on the Recall Boudin campaign. 7 weeks to go in the race with polls showing a 68% margin to recall.
April 20, 2022
Behind the Enigma: GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber Intelligence Agency. Talking with author, Professor John Ferris.
The History of GCHQ, the most secretive intelligence agency in the world.
April 15, 2022
The Right: The 100 Year War for American Conservatism. Talking with author Matthew Continetti.
How the American Conservative movement has come full circle from 1920s populism, through the Goldwater and Reagan eras, to the 2022 populism of Donald Trump.
April 12, 2022
Women Peace Builders: Women, Peace and Security. Talking with Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, M.B.E.
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 assures women a role in peace negotiations. Adopted unanimously by the 15 members of the SC on October 31, 2001, it is reviewed annually at the UN to track progress.
April 9, 2022
Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey. In conversation with Ireland's Ambassador to the United States, Daniel Mulhall.
Ambassador Mulhall discusses James Joyce’s Ulysses.
April 6, 2022
Don't shoot, I'm the Guitar Man ! Talking with author Buzzy Martin
Buzzy Martin taught guitar to the convicts at San Quentin Prison for three years and shows how music can transform lives, even for hardened criminals. The book and soon to be released motion picture present a compelling messa...
April 2, 2022
Unleashed: In conversation with author Skye Blaine.
A story of loss , pain but ultimate triumph.
March 30, 2022
Silicon Valley to Silicon Wadi: California's economic ties with Israel. Talking with Israeli Consul General Shlomi Kofman and Bay Area Council Economic Institute Senior Director, Sean Randolph.
Israel has built a broad and deep technology ecosystem in Silicon Valley. And it is a two way street. In addition to the numerous California tech companies with operations in Israel, there are many Israeli companies flourishi...
March 29, 2022
Mayhem and Drama at the Academy Awards. Talking with Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Movie and TV Blog.
The 94th Academy Awards was one for the history books to paraphrase Chris Rock, one of the presenters. The best actor award went to Will Smith for his starring role in King Richard. But the Motion Picture Academy is weighing ...
March 28, 2022
Origins of Russia's shifting political regime. In conversation with Professor Tomila Lankina of the London School of Economics.
The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia: From Imperial bourgeoisie to Post Communist Middle Class.
March 25, 2022
Women in the Cannabis Industry. Talking with Chase Roberts.
Legalized Marijuana gives women career and ownership opportunities.