Episodes

An entrepreneur starts a business with a leather bag and succeeds supplying leather seats for Toyota Tundra Limited edition truck of 1500 units. Grit, focus, stick to it tiveness, family and hard work pay off.

KPMG Managing Partner Chris Cimino discusses the outlook for the Bay Area economy and beyond. Two Surveys he discusses are available to listeners online: KPMG CEO Outlook Survey KPMG American Worker Survey

GPS was created 51years ago. It's ubiquity is due to a constellation of Geostationary Positioning Satellites (GPS). But any satellite signal can be jammed. Skyline's technology is not dependent on satellites and therefore cannot be jammed - a game changing technology.

The Crimean Tatars have inhabited the Crimean Peninsula for almost 1000 years. However, successive annexation and colonization of Crimea by Russia, saw the Tatar population decimated by famine and deportation to Uzbekistan. But Ukraine has breathed new life into Tatar autonomy.

Black Rock Venture Partners puts entrepreneurs who need capital for their business in front of investors. Scott and his team are seasoned pros who facilitate the investment process on both sides.

Ireland’s neutrality policy is not backed up by strong military infrastructure. While the Irish public might consider a modest increase in defense spending, neutrality is not open for discussion.

The Aerospace Corporation is the US government funded R&D lab for all space related technology since 1960.

Ruth Paine, an important Warren Commission witness, passed away August 31, 2025. Her friend Joe Alesi reminisces about the trip to Dallas he took with Ruth and her son Chris to mark the 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination in 2023.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was stripped of all titles including Prince by his brother King Charles III. Sarah Ferguson has been forbidden from using the courtesy Duchess title. Their long relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and their lying about it, was a major contributing factor to the King’s action.

The era of Accelerated Compute will see powerful and innovative devices like NomadV2 that bring high performance compute to the office, the lab, the hospital and the classroom. New and revolutionary applications are on the horizon.

Alison Owings, a renowned news journalist interviews Del Seymour about his journey from the mean streets of homelessness and addiction in San Francisco.

Tom LeNoble looks back over a career driven by self belief, hard work and determination. This is a memoir which is both inspiring and reflective - a must read autobiography for anyone who thinks life has dealt them a bad hand.

Dickie Arbiter was Queen Elizabeth’s press secretary from 1988 to 2000. He was on hand during two royal crises, Annus Horibilis 1992 and Lady Diana’s death 1997. He joins us to comment on the former Prince Andrew scandal and the King’s decisive action to strip him of all titles.

Teaching middle schoolers how to code : how a teenager created a company that is active in the Bay Area, online and even overseas.

Nancy Pelosi has represented San Francisco in Congress since 1987. With her retirement announcement, a generational change of who will be our representative is underway. Her endorsement is coveted, but unlikely to go to Scott Weiner who has had his sights set on Congress for many years.

Prop 50 redraws the congressional map for California and effectively rewards Democrats with 5 new seats at the expense of the Republicans. And 34 year old Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani is elected Mayor of New York with 50% of the vote.

AI enhances and enables users to select styles and clothing to enhance their professional image. User generated content can be embedded in posts to promote a personal brand.

Crafting a profitable, unique business strategy for a retail chain sited in two globally famous neighborhoods - the Castro and Haight Ashbury.

The UK’s supercomputer - the 11th fastest in the world - was turned on several months ago. It is currently being used to accelerate drug discoveries and medical research. It is located at the Center for Super Computing located at Bristol University.

US Small business generated $40 trillion in annual revenues in 2024. San Francisco’s economy thrives because of small independent entrepreneurs. Two such businesses - Walter Adams Custom Framing and Capricorn Custom Framing are headed up by Lloyd Haddad and Keith Wicker who transitioned from large organizations to create their own thriving business.

In a first a Big City Democrat Mayor has agreed with President Trump to cooperate to curb drugs and related crime among other issues.

Spring forward, Fall back. Our ongoing debate to keep or abandon our biannual clock change now has scientific evidence to support junking the change.

Lori Brooke is running for District 2 Supervisor opposing the Upzoning plan for San Francisco’s neighborhoods. Contact her campaign at : www.LoriBrooke.com

San Francisco’s classical music FM radio station, KDFC is a radio leader in Northern California. It will soon re-brand along with KUSC in Los Angeles as Classical California.