The San Francisco Experience
We are a "deep dive", data driven news podcast, for Americans who get their news from the Internet. 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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May 25, 2022
Ambitious Like a Mother: Why prioritizing your career is good for you…
Lara Bazelon demolishes some of the popular myths around working Moms: the work/life balance, the selfless mother, and toxic fema…
May 7, 2022
"Freezing Order". Why Vladimir Putin hates author, Bill Browder for h…
A tale of sunshine being the best disinfectant for Russian money laundering and corruption.
Feb. 3, 2022
Joe Rogan Spotify and Covid 19 Misinformation: What you need to know.
Covid 19 misinformation on the Joe Rogan Experience has triggered a boycott by 1960s pop singers wanting their music removed from…
Jan. 27, 2022
Tonga: the Volcano Eruption and Tsunami: Talking with Sia Akauola
Huge volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami that reached California 5000 mikes away. A moving account.
Jan. 19, 2022
The Vanishing: In conversation with War Reporter and Author Janine di…
Ancient Christian communities of Iraq, Syria, Gaza and Egypt are threatened by terrorism, persecution, war and emigration. Some s…
Jan. 18, 2022
Chesa Boudin: Recalling San Francisco's District Attorney. In convers…
Chesa Boudin, San Francisco's 29th District Attorney is facing an unprecedented recall election on June 7, 2022, the first time i…
Jan. 13, 2022
There is Nothing for you here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Centur…
Dr. Hill served as President Trump’s Foreign Policy advisor for Russia.
Jan. 12, 2022
There You Go, Wherever You Are. Emily Fromm Solo Show. 111 Minna Gall…
Emily Fromm, noted visual artist whose cityscapes of San Francisco are growing in popularity has added classic scenes from New Y…
Dec. 17, 2021
Chile on the Brink: the Presidential Runoff Election. Talking to John…
Chile faces a hotly contested and polarized runoff election Sunday, December 19, pitting the extreme right and left against each …
Nov. 24, 2021
No Time to Die: The 25th James Bond Film. In conversation with Shaun …
In today's episode film critic Shaun Chang reviews the most recent Bond film and Daniel Craig's fifth and last one, No Way to Die…
Dec. 10, 2020
FaceBook launches a new cryptocurrency, the Diem: What could possibly…
FaceBook will launch a new cryptocurrency the Diem and a financial wallet the Novi to complement it. Target date is early 2021. …
Dec. 6, 2020
Anti Vaxxers fight Covid 19 vaccines.
With two new vaccines and their 94% effective rates against Covid 19 pending FDA approval, light is at the end of the tunnel for …
Dec. 4, 2020
California Home Prices: Up, Up and Away !
Not even a once in a century global pandemic seems to be able to slow down the rise in California's robust residential real estat…
Nov. 25, 2020
Alt Tech meets the Free Speech Network: Social Media turns right.
Twitter, Facebook and the other big social media companies moved toward a curated speech, censorship model during the 2020 campa…
Recent Episodes
Politics
Chesa Boudin Recall Campaign: the Closing Arguments. Talking with Brooke Jenkins.
May 26, 2022
With the historic campaign to recall San Francisco's District Attorney drawing to a close as election day - June 7th - looms before us, the two campaigns are in high gear. Brooke Jenkins with the recall campaign makes the cl…
Book Reviews
Ambitious Like a Mother: Why prioritizing your career is good for your kids. Talking with Lara Bazelon.
May 25, 2022
Lara Bazelon demolishes some of the popular myths around working Moms: the work/life balance, the selfless mother, and toxic female ambition. Both a memoir and a series of interviews with career women, Lara backs her argume…
International Relations
Putin scores own goal: Sweden and Finland to join NATO. The Law of Unintended Consequences. In conversation with Pierre Morcos, Visiting Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
May 21, 2022
Sweden and Finland to join NATO: the law of unintended consequences of Putin’s war against Ukraine.
Film Reviews
Day for Night: a film by Francois Truffaut, Talking with Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Movie and TV Blog.
May 20, 2022
François Truffaut’s comedy classic movie about making a movie. It won the 1974 Oscar for best foreign film. He was one of the great filmmakers of the second half of the 20th Century.
Film Reviews
Nashville, The Film. Talking with Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Movie and TV blog.
May 17, 2022
Robert Altman’s 1975 drama about the intersecting lives of people in Nashville, Tennessee. Country music, the entertainment industry and politics are some of the major themes.
International
Roe v Wade Overturn : In Canada abortion is a medical procedure, not a right. In conversation with Sean Fine, Justice writer for the Globe and Mail, Canada's largest daily newspaper.
May 13, 2022
Abortion in Canada was decriminalized in 1988, 15 years after the American Roe v Wade decision. While the Roe decision treated abortion as a woman's right, Canada treats it as a medical procedure to be discussed and agreed …
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