Season 26

May 29, 2024

Neptune finishes the Round the World Ocean Global Race. Talking with skipper Tann Raffray and supporter Amy Bridge.

8 months to complete a round the world sailing race with a crew of 9 one of whom has Parkinson’s disease on a 60’ sailboat.
May 23, 2024

Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb. The Oscar winning film's Hollywoodification of Nuclear Weapons. Talking with Haydn Belfield.

CSER, based at Cambridge University, is a center that studies extinction and civilizational collapse.
May 23, 2024

Comeback: Routing Trumpism, Reclaiming the Nation and Restoring Democracy's Edge Steven Fish with Laila Aghaie.it

A critical review of the Democrats’ Dominance Deficit and what Joe Biden can do to remedy the problem for the June 27th Presidential Debate.
Guest: Steven Fish
May 17, 2024

Soul by Soul. The Evangelical Mission to spread the Gospel to Muslims. Talking with author Adriana Carranca.

Pentecostal Evangelical missionaries head to Muslim countries to spread the Gospel.
May 16, 2024

Day of Reckoning: How the Right declared War on Democracy. Talking with author Mike Wendling of the BBC.

MAGA which has been sidelined for the last four years, will be back in the national spotlight as Donald Trump becomes the official Republican candidate for President and the campaign gets underway.
Guest: Mike Wendling
May 14, 2024

Jimmy Lai on Trial: Why the outcome is so important to US China Relations. Talking with Sebastian Lai.

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong media mogul and Democracy advocate, is being prosecuted in a show trial for his political views.
Guest: Sebastien Lai
May 8, 2024

Carnaval San Francisco. Talking with Director Rodrigo Duran.

Carnaval is San Francisco’s two day extravaganza celebrating all aspects of Latin and Caribbean culture in the Bay Area.
Guest: Rodrigo Duran
May 7, 2024

San Francisco's tourism industry on the rebound. Talking with David Perry.

San Francisco’s tourist industry is bouncing back from the depths of The Pandemic.
Guest: David Perry
May 3, 2024

Prosper Marketplace and Fintech Innovation. Talking with CEO David Kimball

Prosper was the first peer to peer lender in the US and has expanded its’ product offering and grown to 2 million members while facilitating $27 billion in loans since inception. All personal loans are made by WebBank.
Guest: David Kimball
April 25, 2024

Is AI racially biased ? Talking with Alejandro Salinas of the Stanford Law School.

Looking for and removing race and gender bias in Large Language Models.
April 24, 2024

Peak Economic Security in US China Relations. Talking with Matt Ferchen, Senior Fellow at Yale Law School

Trade between the US and China has been the basis of relations between us. But both sides are emphasizing economic security as the paramount cornerstone of the relationship.
Guest: Matt Ferchen
April 19, 2024

The Science behind AI and how it will improve our lives. Talking with Charles Martin.

Searching for the emergence of signatures of Artificial General Intelligence in Large Language Models. WeightWatcher.ai
April 17, 2024

HiDo: Managing Medication through AI and Robotics. Talking with CEO Charles Gellman

Getting Americans to take their meds for chronic diseases - 50 % don’t take them - could save $500 billion annually.
April 11, 2024

The Chamber of Progress. Talking with Founder and CEO Adam Kovacevich.

Promoting the benefits of technology for society as a whole.
April 10, 2024

Spillover: Animal Infections and the next Human Pandemic. Talking to author David Quammen.

60% of human disease originated in animals: bats, rodents birds etc. The next pandemic is only a matter of time and a new strain of Avian flu has already infected cows and cats in Texas.
Guest: David Quammen
April 5, 2024

The Real Roots of Xi JinPing Thought: When Marx met Confucius. Talking with Rana Mitter, Professor Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

While China has rejected the liberal democratic world order, it has crafted a homegrown marriage of two unlikely philosophies, Marxism and Confucianism.
March 29, 2024

Thriving ! How to create a Healthier, Happier, and more Prosperous Life. Talking with author Rand Selig.

How to thrive personally, with others, in the world while moving ever forward. A practical “How To” book for all stages of life.
Guest: Rand Selig
March 21, 2024

Australia and the AUKUS Pact. In conversation with Gareth Evans, former Foreign Minister of Australia.

The US and UK will furnish nuclear submarine technology to Australia to provide 8 nuclear attack submarines through the 2040s.
Guest: Gareth Evans