My Podcast Blog

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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