Podcast Episodes

50 Years of Survival, "50 Years of Survival, Strength and Resilience—After the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Genocide

Join us in San Francisco May 30 for an important program commemorating the Vietnam War and Cambodian genocide.

The program begins at 6, but arrive early, because from 5–6 p.m. we will be featuring a …

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Three Big Thinkers With No Room for Doom

There’s so much hard and heavy news out there right now, climate related and not. It feels like decades of progress is being lost. But — good news! — there are many solutions that can be deployed rig…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson: Biden’s Decline and the Cover-up

“What the world saw at Joe Biden’s one and only debate was not an anomaly—it was not a cold, it was not someone who was under or overprepared, it was not someone who was just a little tired. It was t…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Food for Thought: Tackling Food Insecurity in California

Join us for a panel discussion focused on addressing food insecurity in California, with an emphasis on CalFresh reform. CalFresh is the state-run food stamps program that assists low- or no-income i…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Karen Hao: The Dreams and Nightmares of OpenAI

Trailblazing AI journalist Karen Hao comes all the way from Hong Kong to San Francisco to discuss the issues raised in her new book, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI. Hao ta…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Understanding Cholesterol

Our esteemed panel of doctors/scientists will explain common questions about cholesterol. What is cholesterol, and what is its role in the body? Why is it important? What are the various types of cho…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Healthy Society Series: Rich Lyons on Public Higher Education at the Crossroads

After decades of strong governmental and public support, and despite strong evidence supporting the societal and individual benefits of a college degree, American public higher education is confronti…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Joan Williams: How the Left Lost the Working Class

The moving force behind biasinterrupters.org (an evidence-based metrics-driven approach to eradicating implicit bias) brings her perspective to bear on bridging the divide between college grads and e…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ed Helms: The History of SNAFUs (EXPLICIT)

During the Second World War, members of the United States Marine Corps coined a sarcastic acronym to explain a state of chaos and confusion: SNAFU, or situation normal, all fouled (or a saltier f-wor…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

John Sullivan: From the Front Lines of Russia’s War Against the West

Three years ago, Russian troops and tanks invaded Ukraine and started the largest land war in Europe since World War II. And like the Second World War, the war in Ukraine has drawn in money, weapons,…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago