Season 30
March 13, 2025
Safe and Sound: a proven program that reduces childhood abuse, neglect and trauma. Talking with Pegah Faed, CEO of Safe and Sound.
With 4500 reports of child abuse in San Francisco annually, we need to maintain excellent programs like Safe and Sound to treat the problem.
March 11, 2025
The Zodiac Killings: Still Unsolved. Talking with Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Movie and TV Blog.
The Zodiac killings took place in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and 70s. But they were never solved. In this episode we discuss two films about this True Crime Story.
March 5, 2025
The Science of Weird Shit: Why our minds conjure the Paranormal. Talking with Professor Chris French.
Paranormal phenomena and the psychology behind them. Anomalistic Psychology.
March 3, 2025
In conversation with Dr. Deepak Srivastava, President of Gladstone Institutes.
Gladstone Intitutes is a leading biomedical research facility doing cutting edge medical research, employing 600 scientists. They bring together stem cell, Gene editing and Artificial Intelligence technologies to craft cures for disease.
Feb. 27, 2025
A Man's Guide to Healthy Aging. Talking with co-author Ed Thompson.
Men’s healthcare has advanced significantly in the last 30 years in part because of cultural shifts in society and the evolution of masculinity.
Feb. 24, 2025
Extreme Wealth is the leading social problem of our time. Author Sarah Kerr discusses her new book, Let's Talk Wealtherty.
Technology company founders more often than not have created extreme wealth for themselves through their companies. And significant social problems have followed.
Feb. 17, 2025
The United States, Russia and Ukraine: Peace Talks begin. Talking with noted global strategist Alp Sevimlisoy, Defense Policy expert and CEO of his Defense Representation Company.
The US Russia peace talks get underway in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday February 18th.
Feb. 17, 2025
Presidents' Day: What do we celebrate ? Talking with Professor Jack Pitney.
What began as a commemorative to First President George Washington has evolved into a celebration of all 45 US presidents.
Feb. 12, 2025
Thanks to Life : A biography of Violeta Parra, the Chilean folksinger. Talking with Ericka Verba.
Violeta Parra was a Chilean folksinger with a broad following in Chile and abroad.
Feb. 10, 2025
Tusk: Building a new search engine. Talking with founder and CEO, Jeff Bermant
Search Engines like Google are a major source where Americans get their news. But Google News has a 63% left bias versus 6% right bias. Other search engines have similar biases.
Feb. 8, 2025
The Telepathy Tapes: Autism and Telepathy - A scientific perspective. Talking with Stuart Vyse.
Is there a Telepathy Autism Link ? Science says no but parents and believers in paranormal phenomena say yes.