Podcast Episodes

Film Screening: On Healing Land, Birds Perch (EXPLICIT)

Film screening and Q&A with director Naja Pham Lockwood and panelists; building community and healing through food with Bay Area Vietnamese chefs and restaurateurs.

Join us for a film screening of On…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Prop. 50 Explained: What’s at Stake for California . . . and Congress

In August, after Texas acceded to President Donald Trump’s demand that it adopt a redistricting plan favoring Republicans, California Governor Gavin Newsom said he would fight back. He signed legisla…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

October Week to Week Political Roundtable and Social Hour

After nearly 14 years, the Club’s Week to Week Political Roundtable and Social Hour is drawing to a close. The next two Week to Week programs—on Wednesday, October 15 and Monday, November 17—will be …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Building and Preserving the Web: A Conversation with Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Brewster Kahle

Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Brewster Kahle will be in conversation about the rise of the internet, its continuing and explosive impact on society, the importance of the Internet Archive and other develop…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

San Francisco Opera: The Monkey King

This program features a unique public affairs arts conversation between Chinese-born composer Huang Ruo and Matthew Shilvock, who is in his tenth season as San Francisco Opera’s general director.

The…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Ani Dasgupta on Moving From Promises to Progress

We know what needs to be done to ward off the worst impacts of global climate disruption: rein in heat-trapping pollution, reverse deforestation, build resilient systems. But how we do those things i…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Joe Manchin: Dead Center

oin former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin for a timely and candid online-only conversation about his maverick career in government, crossing party lines, and addressing the dysfunction at the heart of our …

Published on 2 months ago

Former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano on Trump's "Misuse of Presidential Power"

When President Trump deployed the military to Los Angeles in June, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano called it an “abuse of presidential power.” Napolitano, who is als…

Published on 2 months ago

The Superpower Struggle to Control TikTok, with Emily Baker-White and Mike Isaac

With TikTok's 1.6 billion active users worldwide and unprecedented power it wields over culture, politics, and commerce, the social video app's addictive algorithm is one of the greatest prizes in Am…

Published on 2 months ago

Shaka Senghor: How to Be Free

After Shaka Senghor was twice denied parole after 18 years behind bars, he had to decide: surrender to despair or transform himself from within.

He chose the path of hope. He adopted daily practices …

Published on 2 months ago