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Who killed Jerusalem ? Talking with author George Albert Brown
Season 21 Episode 2
San Francisco in the 1970s was dominated by larger than life characters like Jim Jones of the Peoples' Temple, Patty Hearst the heiress turned terror…
2 years, 9 months ago
Airport 1975 : Talking to Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Movie and TV Blog.
Season 21 Episode 1
Arthur Hailey's 1968 novel Airport was turned into the successful 1970 film Airport. And through the 1970s a series of other Airport films were produ…
2 years, 10 months ago
A conversation about Prevention, Intervention and Harm Reduction: a crisis in San Francisco, with Leandro Gonzales.
Season 20 Episode 17
Prevention, Intervention and Harm Reduction in the face of a Fentanyl crisis in San Francisco.
2 years, 10 months ago
The Turkish Elections: the State Continuity Doctrine. Talking with noted geopolitical strategist Alp Sevimlisoy.
Season 20 Episode 20
Turkey is headed for an historic presidential runoff election on Sunday May 28, 2023 with incumbent Erdogan facing challenger Kilicdaroglu. Alp Sevim…
2 years, 10 months ago
Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Investing under scrutiny. Where do investors stand ? Talking with Andy Poreda of Sage Advisory.
Season 20 Episode 19
ESG investment considerations for the last ten years have had a growing influence on the asset management industry. But of late, they have generated …
2 years, 10 months ago
Everyday War: talking with author Greta Uehling.
Season 20 Episode 18
What goes through the minds of non-combatant civilians when war comes to their doorstep as in Ukraine ? Greta Uehling looks at war from the inside pe…
2 years, 10 months ago
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: What is the difference ? Talking with Aleksander Madry, Cadence Design Systems Professor of Computing at MIT.
Season 20 Episode 16
Professor Madry recounts the rapid integration of AI and Machine Learning into the US Economy and the fundamental impact it will have on our way of l…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Myth of Chinese Capitalism: The Worker, The Factory, and the Future of the World. Talking with author Dexter Tiff Roberts
Season 20 Episode 15
Dexter Roberts worked as a journalist for Bloomberg Businessweek in their Beijing bureau for over 20 years. He brings a unique perspective and is abl…
2 years, 10 months ago
Cooperation: A political, economic and social theory. Talking with author, Professor Bernard E. Harcourt
Season 20 Episode 14
Professor Harcourt outlines a theory based on cooperative initiatives called Cooperism. This is a political theory grounded in the recognition of our…
2 years, 10 months ago
Peking to Paris: The ultimate motoring challenge. Talking to Jim Gately.
Season 20 Episode 13
The Peking to Paris motor race began in 1907 as a long distance endurance motor rally and was revived in 1997. For 36 days covering 8,500 miles, acro…
2 years, 10 months ago