My Podcast Blog

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 …

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Dec. 31, 2022

Ruth Paine, one of the few surviving Warren Commission witnesses, to appear on TSFEP.

Ruth Paine befriended Lee and Marina Oswald in February 1963. From April 1963 until November 22, 1963 they lived with her at her suburban Dallas home. She will be my guest on The San Francisco Experience next Thursday to share her memories and Warr…

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Dec. 2, 2022

Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon.

William D. Cohan, New York Times best selling author has written a sweeping history of General Electric and its CEO in the 1980s and 90s Jack Welch. The book has earned plaudits from The New Yorker and The Financial Times as one of the Best Books of…

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Nov. 20, 2022

The Crown : Season 5 - Photo Preview of next week’s podcast.

Imelda Staunton plays the Queen. Elizabeth Debicki plays Diana. Dominic West plays Prince Charles. West as Charles  Johnny Lee Miller plays Prime Minister John Major. Lesley Manville is Princess Margaret  Princess Margaret.

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Nov. 15, 2022

Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics.

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Aug. 4, 2022

UK Conservatives choose a new leader and new Prime Minister

For the third time in 6 years, the Conservative Party is voting on a new leader to replaced Boris Johnson. The race is between Rishi Sunak former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Liz Truss, Foreign Secretary. He would be the first Indo-British Prime…

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Aug. 2, 2022

Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan. I

Listen to my latest podcast episode 305 dated August 1, 2022 about Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan.

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Aug. 2, 2022

Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan. I

Listen to my latest podcast episode 305 dated July 31, 2022 about Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan.

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June 6, 2022

The San Francisco Women Artists Gallery (SFWA).

Our guest for tomorrow’s podcast will be Pam Borrelli, President of SFWA. For over 100 years this historic non profit  has been working to support, empower and expand the representation of women in the Arts.  Pam is an accomplished p…

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April 4, 2022

Women, Peace and Security April 2022

Our podcast interview guest next Tuesday, April 12, 2022 will be Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini ,MBE. Sanam is the Founder and Director of the  International Civil Society Network focusing on women and conflict. She is the Director of the Centre for …

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March 16, 2022

Podcast Preview: What role for NATO in the Ukraine Russia War ?

Joining us to discuss strategy in the Ukraine conflict on the Monday podcast will be General Sir Christopher Deverell ( retired).  Sir Chris served as commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command from 2016 to 2019. He served in the British…

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March 15, 2022

The Great Firewall of China: How to build your own Internet

James Griffiths, the internet authority, will join us Tuesday evening from his office in Hong Kong to discuss how China censors its internet. This is a do not miss podcast  ! China’s philosophy of Internet Sovereignty is providing a mo…

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March 13, 2022

Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival 2022

The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival premiers March 24 through March 27.  Jean McGlothlin, the festival Co-Director and Lead Programmer will join us on the podcast, Monday March 14  to talk about the festival which is celebrating its 1…

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Feb. 24, 2022

Putin’s war against Ukraine. Why ?

Vladimir Putin ordered a full scale attack on neighboring Ukraine, a country with 44 million people and the size of Texas. The attack was an historic  invasion not seen on European soil since WWII. The US and Allied response is in the form of …

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Feb. 23, 2022

Russia and Ukraine on the brink of war.

Listen to tomorrow’s podcast when Professor Andrei Pavlovich Tsygankov, Professor of international relations, Russian and  International Politics at San Francisco State University will share his analysis . Russia recognized two breakaway…

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Feb. 20, 2022

Countering Domestic Terrorism

The storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 has left a scar on the national psyche. With the perspective of one year, Georgetown University Professor at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Daniel Byman will be our guest on the Tuesday podcast…

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Feb. 6, 2022

The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence

Douglas London author of “The Recruiter” is a 34 year veteran of CIA’s Clandestine Service who retired in 2019. Mr. London spent the majority of his career overseas and served extensively across the Middle East, South Asia, the for…

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Jan. 30, 2022

US China Relations - a New Direction

Elbridge Colby served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy for the first two years of the Trump Administration.  He will be my guest on Tuesday February 1 to discuss his new book, Strategy of Denial.   Make sure to t…

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Jan. 30, 2022

Black History Month 2022

February marks Black History Month and The San Francisco Experience will feature three  accomplished African Americans to discuss the Black experience in our nation’s history. Our first guest on February 2 will be Professor Farah Jasmine…

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Jan. 16, 2022

The Oathkeepers: preview of Monday’s podcast.

The Oathkeepers is an American far right anti government militia whose members claim to be defending the US Constitution. It was founded in 2009 by Yale Law School graduate and veteran Stewart Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes has been charged with Seditious Cons…

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Jan. 15, 2022

Janine di Giovanni : author of The Vanishing

Janine di Giovanni is Senior Fellow at Yale’s Jackson Global Institute. For the last 30 years she has reported on some of the most violent and destructive conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans.  In 2019 she won a Guggenhei…

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Jan. 8, 2022

Emily Fromm: urban scape artist opens her show at the 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco on January 13, 2022.

This photo preview is a re-introduction of Emily who will be featured in our upcoming podcast January 11, 2022.  It’s also a celebration of the opening of her show at the 111 Minna Gallery on Thursday, January 13. I first met Emily in …

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Jan. 7, 2022

There is Nothing Here for You, by Fiona Hill

Fiona Hill will be my guest  on TSFE, to discuss her book, what it was like to work for the 45th President and the Trump White House. She is foreign policy consultant at the Brookings Institution. A Russian expert, she holds degrees from St. A…

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Dec. 27, 2021

Her Secret War, Interview with Irish author Pam Lecky

Todays photo blog introduces historical fiction author Pam Lecky to our listeners. Pam resides in Dublin, Ireland. Her latest historical novel entitled Her Secret War, deals with Ireland’s controversial neutrality during World War II. The pro…

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