Episodes
Oct. 14, 2023
Elon Musk's $13 billion debt bomb versus Wall Street. The state of play with the Banks. Talking with William D. Cohan of PUCK News.
X/Twitter owes $13 billion to a syndicate of 7 banks who are eager to sell the loan to private investors and get it off their books. Will Musk buy the debt or will distressed debt funds buy it ?
Oct. 10, 2023
The State is everything. Talking with noted strategist and geopolitical expert Alp Sevimlisoy
What are the elements of a state ? Territory. Population, government, language ?
Oct. 9, 2023
Covid 19 and Masks: Are they effective ? Talking with Dr. Katrine Wallace, noted epidemiologist at the University of Illinois, Chicago
Covid 19 cases are on the uptick as a new booster shot is being rolled out. Masking continues to be an effective practice to lessen infection risk.
Oct. 5, 2023
Alfred Hitchcock and the Censors. Talking with author John Billheimer.
Hitchcock successfully navigated the censors in the UK and US to be the greatest filmmaker of mystery and suspense films of the 20th Century.
Oct. 5, 2023
Talking with Reta Jo Lewis, President and Chairwoman of the EXIM Bank of the United States.
Exim Bank is playing a growing role in financing the export drive of US small business. In California alone, they have 650 exporter clients who ship overseas, product worth $14 billion. --- Send in a voice message: https://p…
Oct. 4, 2023
Senator Laphonza Butler, California's new junior Senator. Talking with David McCuan, Professor and Chair of Political Science, Sonoma State University
Governor Newsom appoints Laphonza Butler as a Senator to fill out the last 15 months of the late Senator Dianne Feinstein’s term.
Oct. 2, 2023
The Communist Party of China and the Chinese Military: How they work together. Talking with James Char, Research Fellow at RSiS.
The CCP and Chinese Military have a unique relationship among developed nations. James Char explains.
Sept. 29, 2023
Senator Dianne Feinstein: A San Francisco Legend. Talking with Jason McDaniel, Professor of Political Science, San Francisco State University.
Dianne Feinstein passed away on Thursday leaving a long legacy of service to San Francisco and California.
Sept. 29, 2023
Human Skin Color is the Product of Evolution. In conversation with Professor Nina Jablonski.
Skin color is a function of evolution. Its racial overtones is a relatively modern construct.
Sept. 29, 2023
Overreach. How China derailed its' peaceful rise. In conversation with Professor Susan L. Shirk
China’s one man rule policy is a concentration of power that’s at the root of poor policy making.
Sept. 22, 2023
Barbie: The Motion Picture, Talking with Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Movie and TV Blog.
A cultural phenomenon film that’s earned $1.34billion at the box office globally.
Sept. 21, 2023
The Putin Kim Summit: What were the results ? Talking with Seong Hyeon Choi of the South China Morning Post.
Korea produces old Soviet era shells and ammunition that are interoperable with Russia’s current war machine. But why would Russia trade high tech weapons for shells and bullets ? Are they so weak ?
Sept. 20, 2023
Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. Talking with author Gray Brechin.
San Francisco’s 19th and 20th century growth was explosive creating dynastic elites. They exploited the natural resources of the environs for the benefit of The City.
Sept. 14, 2023
When the Sound hits the Walls: The Hyde Street Studios and the San Francisco Sound. Talking with Producer John Montoya
A new 10 part docuseries about San Francisco’s Hyde Street Studios, where some of the great Rock n Roll hits of the late 60s and early 70s were made.
Sept. 13, 2023
Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of a Failing State. Talking with author, Professor Danny Dorling, Oxford University
40 years of neoliberal social policy reforms has made the UK more unequal and key indicators like life expectancy, infant mortality, pay distribution among others are bearing out how the social progress of the 1950s and 1960…
Sept. 6, 2023
Friends with Benefits: The India - US Story. In conversation with author Seema Sirohi.
How India and the United States are growing a global partnership for trade, finance, academic and cultural links to develop the defining relationship of the 21st century.
Sept. 5, 2023
Sweden, Turkey and NATO: Where do we stand ? Talking with Paul Levin, Professor at Stockholm University.
Sweden’s application to join NATO continues to be blocked by Turkey, jeopardizing security in the Baltic Region. What’s next ?
Sept. 3, 2023
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's mission to China. Talking with Dexter Roberts of the University of Montana.
Tariffs, export and investment controls and the US’s $700 billion trading relationship with China. Raimondo reiterated what many US companies told her : China is becoming uninvestable.
Aug. 28, 2023
CFIUS: How the US monitors foreign investments in sensitive industries, Talking with Professor Sarah Bauerle Danzman.
The US is curbing the export of sensitive technology that has dual use - civilian and military. A change in the open globalization policies of the last 20 years.
Aug. 24, 2023
David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs - Is he on the way out ? Talking with William D. Cohan of PUCK News.
David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, has had a Rocky few months . Will the board replace him ?
Aug. 23, 2023
Reducing Russia's Nuclear Threat in the Baltic Region. Talking with Dr. Marion Messmer of Chatham House.
Putin from the start of the Ukraine invasion in 2022 has issued veiled threats of using nuclear weapons. Why now and why Ukraine ? Russia isn’t at existential risk so why threaten to use nukes ?
Aug. 17, 2023
The Shadow Docket. In conversation with author, Professor Stephen Vladeck, University of Texas at Austin, School of Law.
The Supreme Court’s Merits Docket has given us the landmark decisions that have shaped American society. But the lesser known emergency docket - the Shadow Docket - is playing an increasingly prominent role in the Court’s de…
Aug. 16, 2023
The growth of the Artificial Intelligence Industry in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley Bay Area. In conversation with Dr. Sean Randolph, Senior Director of the Bay Area Council.
The San Francisco and Silicon Valley region is home to a majority of the top AI companies. Generative AI has dominated our discourse in 2023. And regulation is looming.
Aug. 11, 2023
ESG scorecard dropped by Standard and Poors. Talking with Professor Tom Lyon, Dow Chair of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce, University of Michigan.
ESG has been in the news through 2023. With S&P dropping its ESG scorecard is ESG under threat ?