Episodes

When $124 trillion of wealth passes to the heirs of Baby Boomers over the next 20 years, it will be one of the greatest intergenerational transfers of all time. How are banks and financial institutions preparing for it.

OmicX Health is engaged in research for the early detection of cancer. Using a novel computational rather than wet lab approach, their research has shown some promise. They will be representing their findings at the Liver Cancer Conference in Denver.

Contactless capture of vital signs for healthcare purposes is the next step in tech driven diagnosis. Wearables have dominated the market but Nervotec is leading the way with contactless apps.

The majority of America’s chronic diseases are diet related. We spend over $1trillion annually for healthcare costs related to what we eat. Nuseum bridges the gap between clinical healthcare and our daily dietary lifestyles.

Stuff that Works is a crowdsourcing app that enables 3million patients across 1250 illnesses to share experiences, medicine reactions and treatments with similar patients. It also empowers patients to have more informed conversations with their doctors and consider alternatives.

Kodamai has created the Kelvingrove Proprietary Platform to address the deficits of Trust, Governance and Security found in many existing AI LLM models. Enterprises, Governments and the Public are losing trust in current AI models and fear for the future as Agentic AI is touching all aspects of our lives.

Dickie Arbiter was Queen Elizabeth’s spokesman until his retirement and was there during the Diana and Charles years. He has unique insights into the Royal Family during tumultuous times.

A compelling legal thriller from Clay G. Small with some familiar themes such as fine art, Dutch Old Masters, lucrative forgery business, the Law’s somewhat forgiving stance on the subject among many others.

Bail reform is a contentious issue with some arguing it is a soft on crime measure while others argue bail is often set in an arbitrary and discriminatory manner. Cashless bail is one of the features at the heart of bail reform. And states have taken varying stances on the issue.

Creativity can thrive in later life as artists draw on a lifetime of wisdom and perspective, like Tom Donald.

Mistaken Britain. London has fallen. Misperceptions of crime, race, religion and life in the UK capital.

For children who come from families where going to College has been out of reach, their parents often do not have the experience to navigate the application process. It can be complicated especially if English is not their native language. Enter First Graduate, a College readiness and access program devoted to San Francisco youngsters.

Leon Black’s friendship with Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt him. The billionaire founder of Apollo Global Management is one of Wall Street’s great innovators.

The US taxes its nationals based on Citizenship not Residency like most countries. As a result, a growing number of Americans are giving up their US passports. www.moodystax.com

Looking for a new tax friendly domicile that welcomes Americans with a Golden Visa. www.jsprive.com

18,000 Japanese Americans volunteered to fight in WWII after the Pearl Harbor attack. They fought with valor in the face of their families being interned in camps throughout the West.

The Muslim NATO Alliance as some are calling the new pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey brings three of the leading Sunni powers together. Modelled after NATO's Article 5, any armed attack against one of the three signatories will regarded as an attack against them all. The secretariat for the pact will be located in Saudi Arabia and the first Secretary General will be a Pakistani.

A recently published study by The Policy Institute, Kings College London, focuses on misperceptions of crime, race, religion and life in London. It seeks to set the record straight with fresh, objective data. Mike Wendling who lives and works in London shares his impressions of life in the Capital 2026. Photo credit David Monaghan

Volcanic Wilderness North of San Francisco

The Abraham Lincoln Brigade was a group of young. Idealistic Americans who went to Spain in the late 1930s to fight in the Spanish Civil War. They fought on the side of the Republicans against Franco’s fascist forces.

Fisherman’s Wharf is both the City’s top tourist destination as well as a working fishing port, so it has two distinct audiences and purposes.

Women have played a big role at the NSA during the computer age but their story has not been told. Eileen Buckholtz’ book rights that oversight .

1970s Los Angeles is the backdrop for this coming of age memoir of a Rock n’ Roll obsessed teen Rick Lefkowitz. By dint of chance and a little chutzpah this Westside teen and his pal Moxie rub shoulders with Rock icons like Mick Jagger, David Bowie and the Dooby Brothers.

New Zealand is actively seeking out foreign investors to relocate to and invest in the country with its Active Investor Plus Visa - the Golden Visa. The visa is the first step to permanent residence and NZ citizenship. NZ recognizes dual nationality.