News Analysis Episodes
Feb. 28, 2024
Putin's Exiles: Talking with author Paul Starobin.
1 million Russians have gone into exile since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. And Putin’s political adversary, Alexei Navalny, died suddenly and unexpectedly in an Arctic penal colony on February 16, 2024.
July 24, 2023
The Titan Submersible: An accident waiting to happen. Talking with Professor Stefan Williams, University of Sydney.
Stefan is Professor of Marine Engineering at University of Sydney. He talks about the Titan submersible disaster.
July 3, 2023
Fentalife ads focus on San Francisco's failed approach to drugs. Talking to Kanishka Cheng, CEO of Together SF.
A controversial ad campaign about Fentanyl use has stirred controversy in San Francisco.
July 26, 2022
The long arm of Chinese censorship and author Geling Yan. In conversation with Larry Walker.
Acclaimed Chinese American author with 28 novels to her credit and translated into 18 languages has run afoul of the Chinese censors. This episode recounts how she and her husband fought to get credit for a Chinese film base…
June 25, 2022
Roe versus Wade overturned. In conversation with Associate Professor of Constitutional Law Luke Boso at University of San Francisco School of Law.
The United States Supreme Court overturned this 49 year landmark precedent which gave a woman the right to an abortion. As a result of this decision, regulation of abortion will be de-constitutionalized and returned to the s…
June 16, 2022
Patriot Front plot to disrupt Gay Pride March is foiled. Talking with Quinn Welsch, reporter for the Spokane Spokesman Review
The white supremacist group the Patriot Front, planned a riot in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on Saturday, June 11 during the Gay Pride Parade. They were apprehended and arrested and charged before they could carry out their plan. Q…
May 10, 2022
The Roe v Wade Leaked Opinion: In conversation with Luke Boso, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, University of San Francisco School of Law.
It looks as though the US Supreme Court is about to strike down Roe v Wade that gave women the right to have an abortion. Assuming the decision is confirmed, it will fundamentally change American society and 49 years of pre…
March 16, 2022
The Great Firewall of China: How to build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet. Talking with author James Griffiths.
China’s concept of internet sovereignty has ushered in censorship and control of what used to be the freewheeling World Wide Web. Russia has recently clamped down on its’ citizens internet access too. Is this virus spreadin…
Feb. 22, 2022
Assessing the Right wing terror threat one year after 1/6/21: In conversation with Professor Dan Byman.
The rise of the global white supremacy movement. US groups like Oath Keepers, Proud Boys and Boogaloo Bois played a prominent role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol Siege.
Nov. 18, 2021
Storytelling to build a better San Francisco: In conversation with Carly Schwartz, Editor in Chief, The San Francisco Examiner
The venerable SF Examiner is under new ownership and management. Editor in Chief Carly Schwartz, after stints at The Huffington Post and Google has a 5 prong strategy to reorganize the paper: Findings, Fixes, Faces, Forum an…
Oct. 25, 2021
Forced Sterilizations: Sonoma County's shameful history.
California legalized involuntary sterilizations in 1909. Between 1919 and 1952, 5500 such procedures were performed, representing 25% of the involuntary sterilizations which occurred in California. --- Send in a voice messag…
Oct. 15, 2021
Wildfire Arsonists: A disturbing trend ?
Three recent arson cases in Northern California's forests, during our dangerous annual wildfire season, have raised the fear that deliberately set fires are on the rise and contributing to the megafires plaguing the Golden S…
Aug. 4, 2021
Did Critical Race Theory trigger school expulsion ? In conversation with Sam Stanton, Reporter at the Sacramento Bee.
Critical Race Theory (CRT) and teaching it in public schools has been banned in 30 states. California may have just entered the fray with the filing of a federal discrimination lawsuit by the parents of a Latino former stude…
April 9, 2021
George Floyd Trial and Police Reform: A discussion with Martin Kuz, West Coast Correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor.
Minneapolis and the nation as a whole are holding their collective breath as the George Floyd murder trial unfolds. Just as the repercussions of his killing by police officer Derek Chauvin last year are still working their …
Oct. 11, 2020
FBI thwarts Militia plot to kidnap Governor
The Wolverine Watchmen, a Michigan based militia group, plotted to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer, try her for treason, storm the State Capitol in Lansing with 200 men and foment a civil war. The FBI arrested the 13 plott…