Season 23
Nov. 16, 2023
APEC 2023 Conference Day 5. Presidents Biden and Xi meet on the sidelines of the APEC Conference.
Presidents Biden and Ci meet on the APEC 2023 sidelines.
Nov. 11, 2023
Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative. Talking with Professor Emeritus, Jerry Porras.
The SLEI program enables Latino entrepreneurs whose companies have at least $1million annual sales, to scale up using research and a robust ecosystem.
Nov. 10, 2023
The Gun, the Ship and the Pen: warfare, constitutions and the making of the modern world. Talking with author, Professor Dame Linda Colley
Written constitutions became widely adopted between 1750 and 1918. Professor Colley explains the link between warfare and constitutions.
Nov. 9, 2023
PM Rishi Sunak Convenes a Global AI Safety Summit. Talking with Simon Greenman, Partner at Best Practice AI
Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, UK.
Nov. 3, 2023
Enterprise China: Adopting a competitive strategy for business success. Talking with co-author, Professor of Global Management. Allen Morrison.
What every CEO needs to know to run their businesses in today’s China.
Nov. 1, 2023
Ocean Global Race. Neptune arrives in Cape Town South Africa. Talking with Skipper Tann Raffray and Amy Bridge.
OGR is a 27,000 mike around the world race. 14 ocean going sailboats representing 8 countries. They set sail from Southampton September 10. Neptune covered the 7000 mile first leg to Cape Town in 42 days . Neptune also has …
Oct. 26, 2023
Discovering Alien Life in the Universe. Talking with Professor Nikku Madhusudhan
Exoplanet K2-18b. James Webb Space Telescope JWST atmospheric retrieval DMS
Oct. 25, 2023
Don't Cry for me Argentina. The Presidential Runoff: Massa versus Milei. Talking with Professor Laura Gomez Milei
Nightmare choice in November 19 runoff election - left wing populist versus libertarian populist. With 138% inflation. The libertarian candidate wants to ditch the Peso for the US dollar.
Oct. 21, 2023
Daniel Noboa: Ecuador's newly elected, 35 year old President. Talking with Sebastian Hurtado.
Daniel Noboa will serve out the remaining 28 months of President Lasso’s term. A new face in Ecuadorian politics, he was a congressman and company executive.
Oct. 19, 2023
The 5 Eye Intelligence Chiefs meet in Silicon Valley to combat Chinese tech espionage. Talking with Dexter Roberts.
The intelligence chiefs of the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US had a public meeting at Stanford University on Tuesday to warn Silicon Valley and the global tech community, that China has mounted an unprecedente…
Oct. 17, 2023
Weight Loss Drugs: Are they a cure all ? Talking with pediatric endocrinologist, Robert Lustig.
Weight Loss Drugs versus ultra processed food
Oct. 15, 2023
Australia's Voice to Parliament Referendum. Talking with Professor Chris Wallace, University of Canberra
Australia’s Voice to Parliament Referendum on October 14th 2023 was defeated 60% to 40%. Professor Wallace analyses what went wrong for the Yes campaign.
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.