Book Reviews Posts

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…

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 model to othe…

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 former Soviet Republi…

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 Griffin. …

Since she was a child, Carol graced TV and movie screens from 1956 to 2002. She progressed from child model, to teenage idol, to ingenue.  Author Tom Lisanti,  and Shaun Chang of the movie/TV blog “Hill Place” will discuss her 40 plus year career. …

Michael Dobbs is the author of King Richard an American Tragedy. Within the field of presidential historians, his specialty is presidential crisis history.  In the cover photo, he is pictured as a young 7 year old boy with his Mother and brother in…

Today’s blogpost preview features author Professor Frank Barajas and his new book, Mexican Americans with Moxie. He recounts the history of the Mexican and later Mexican American community in Ventura County, north of Los Angeles and how they transit…

Migrations is a collection of short stories chronicling the American experience of primarily Puerto Rican immigrants to the United States. But the themes are universal to all immigrants. The characters are vibrant and sto…

Today’s blogpost preview features a brief profile of renowned biblical scholar, Dr. Obery Hendricks, author of Christians against Christianity.  Dr. Hendricks will be discussing his book in our podcast Wednesday, September 15. A lifelong social act…

Canadian author Elisabeth de Mariaffi is our guest Wednesday August 11, to discuss her new thriller The Retreat. Set in a remote mountain resort in the Canadian Rockies, the protagonist Maeve Martin, 34, has aged out of the super competitive dance …

Today’s blogpost previews Monday’s podcast, an interview with author Mark Shaw. His latest book, Collateral Damage, looks at the three deaths of Marilyn Monroe in 1962, JFK in 1963 and Dorothy Kilgallen in 1965 and links them.What could the deaths  …

Is online anonymity the primary driver of the extremist commentaries that have polarized American politics and society generally ? Tune in to Tuesday’s podcast when Professor Chris Bail who heads up the Polarization Lab at Duke, will discuss Ech…

Cate Holahan will be our guest on Thursday June 17 to talk about her fifth and latest thriller Her Three Lives. Cate graduated from Princeton in 2002 and pursued a career in journalism, writing for The Record, The Boston Globe and Businessweek. Mult…