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The Andrea Riseborough Oscar Controversy: A Post Mortem. Talking with Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Movie and TV Blog.
Season 19 Episode 2
To most cineastes' surprise, Andrea Riseborough was nominated for Best Actress - one of five coveted slots in the category - for her role in "To Lesl…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ambassador Charles Ray: A Career of Service. Black History Month
Season 19 Episode 1
Ambassador Charles Ray kicks off TSFEP's celebration of Black History Month. A true renaissance man, he has had distinguished careers as an Army offi…
3 years, 1 month ago
On Learning to Heal or What Medicine does not know, In conversation with author, Professor Ed Cohen.
Season 18 Episode 20
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, science grew to dominate the practice of medicine, all but abandoning the practice of healing which had b…
3 years, 1 month ago
What the Fusion break through means. Talking with Professor Lee Bernstein of UC Berkeley and the Nuclear Data Group Leader at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Season 18 Episode 19
In December 2022, nuclear fusion ignition occurred at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Physicists have pursued the technology to achieve such a b…
3 years, 1 month ago
Chips: Where do the US and China stand on this strategic issue ? Talking with Cameron Johnson, Tidal Wave Solutions.
Season 18 Episode 18
In the 1990s the US accounted for 37% of global chip production. Today that metric has plummeted to 12%. In October the Biden Administration introduc…
3 years, 2 months ago
Spare: Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex. Talking with Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Movie and TV blog.
Season 18 Episode 17
Prince Harry's memoir is a combination of a car crash interview and a settling of scores to let his father, brother and step mother know what he real…
3 years, 2 months ago
Rent Control: Who benefits and who loses ? Talking with Ryan Bourne of the Cato Institute.
Season 18 Episode 16
As inflation surges and wages fail to keep pace, housing costs and especially rents are rising. Numerous US cities and states are adopting rent contr…
3 years, 2 months ago
My Shake Alert App: California's early warning earthquake alert system app.
Season 18 Episode 15
Richard Allen, Director of the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab and his team, have developed an early warning system for earthquakes. The app can be downlo…
3 years, 2 months ago
Global Discord: Values and Power in a Fractured World Order. Talking with author Paul Tucker.
Season 18 Episode 14
The World Balance of Power emerging in the 2020s is dividing into two blocs : the Authoritarians (China and Russia) and the Democratic West (US, EU, …
3 years, 2 months ago
Ruth Paine remembers Lee Harvey Oswald and Marina his wife. In conversation with Jim Herlihy.
Season 18 Episode 13
Ruth Paine is one of the last surviving Warren Commission witnesses. She was a key witness in helping the Commission establish Oswald's whereabouts i…
3 years, 2 months ago