TSFEP was named top 25 California News Podcasts by Feedspot.com
The San Francisco Experience
We are a data driven news commentary podcast with Global Reach, serving listeners in more than 65 countries. Our mission is to give the listener succinct, fact based analysis both non-ideological and independent from a California, Silicon Valley perspective, featuring newsmakers, thought leaders and authors as guests.
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Jim Herlihy is a published author: his novel “Deceit and Dirty Money” is available on line. He served as President of the SF Public Library Commission 1992 - 1996. While working in Latin America, he was a stringer for The Economist, The Times and the BBC. Jim serves as a director on two SF sister city boards : Bangalore, India and Cork, Ireland.
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Nov. 2, 2026
A Stick of Good Fortune: How I escaped the Pol Pot Genocide and my ten year journey to Freedom. Talking with author Sieu Sean Do.
A memoir of growing up in Cambodia during the murderous Pol Pot regime. His family along with all Cambodians were forced to relocate several times as the ruthless dictator sought to transform the country into a rural backwater. Eventually he escaped from Cambodia and settled in the United States.
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Oct. 28, 2026
Should You Tip for Takeout ? Talking with Saul Levmore and Ward Farnsworth.
Facing the minor dilemmas of everyday life with common sense is the lubricant of daily life and we often act reflexively. But the authors show us that our decisions have more consequences than we first thought.
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Oct. 27, 2026
Vitallog.AI - AI Native. Talking with Co-Founders Ty Baugh and Mark Thompson.
VitalLog.AI builds in the artificial intelligence into the firmware so that it is foundational rather than bolted on to the existing firmware.
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Oct. 21, 2026
San Francisco 1990s: The Big Chihuahua. Talking with author Daniel Ben Horin
San Francisco’s DotCom Boom in the 1990s was a tech boom located in the City, rather than Silicon Valley. It laid the groundwork for waves of gentrification as well as office space conversion to tech uses. It laid the groundwork for today’s AI boom which is concentrated in S.F.
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Oct. 20, 2026
Political Polarization: Media Construct. Talking with Wesley Warshawer.
Polarized politics force us into bubbles with like minded people regarding those with different views as “other”. Binary yes/no answers to polling questions oversimplify and distort our beliefs. Americans are fair and believe in common sense - we are not easily inserted into rigid belief boxes.
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Oct. 15, 2026
Prismm: Facilitating an historic Wealth Transfer. Talking with Founder and CEO Martha Underwood. #TechCrunchDisrupt2026
When $124 trillion of wealth passes to the heirs of Baby Boomers over the next 20 years, it will be one of the greatest intergenerational transfers of all time. How are banks and financial institutions preparing for it.
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Sept. 1, 2026
Unveiling Lassen Volcanic: Why This Hidden Gem is America's Most Underrated National Park
Welcome back to the blog! If you are anything like me, you love the majesty of America's national parks. But let us be honest for a moment: visiting some of our most famous parks during peak season can feel less like a peaceful retreat into nature a…
Nov. 4, 2025
WearIt.AI Making it easy to buy stylish clothes.
Founder and CEO Kitty Yeung embeds AI in WearIt to match you to the right clothes and shoes. A stylist sends you some clothing sample photos from selected brands.
April 8, 2023
Peking to Paris 2019 Motor Rally with Jim Gately
The 8500 mile rally began in 1907, was revived in 1997 and draws participants from around the world. Jim Gately of Incline Village, Nevada set out on the 34 day trek in 2019 across Asia and Europe with 105 other participants. Jim will join The San …
TSFEP was named top 25 California News Podcasts by Feedspot.com