Episodes

March 14, 2022

The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. Talking with Co-Director and Lead Programmer, Jean McGlothlin

Featuring the upcoming 15th annual Documentary Film Festival.
March 11, 2022

The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s. In conversation with Dr. Ellen Schrecker

US Universities are still impacted by many policy changes that had their roots in the turbulent ‘60s. The Promise was to provide high quality very affordable college education to foster upward social and economic mobility.
March 6, 2022

Welcoming back Falcon Crest: With Shaun Chang of the TV and Movie Blog Hill Place.

1980s TV soap Falcon Crest is back on Amazon Prime IMDB-TV.
Guest: Shaun Chang
March 4, 2022

Live Update from Lviv, Ukraine. Talking with Oleg Tolmachev, Head of Production, Naftagas, Ukraine's national Natural Gas Corporation.

Speaking to us from his office in Lviv, in Western Ukraine, Oleg gives us a sense of the nation's drive to maintain infrastructure and energy supplies to this Texas size, nation of 44 million, in the middle of Winter. Gas pro...
March 3, 2022

Intention: by Dr. Ian Brooks

How to manage transformative change to live your best life.
Guest: Ian Brooks
March 3, 2022

Live Interview from Karkhiv, Ukraine. A brave young woman on the frontlines speaks out.

Karkhiv is the second largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1.5 million in the North East of the country, 440 kilometers from Kyiv, the capital. Julia recounts what it's like to live day to day in the war zone that her...
Guest: Julia
March 1, 2022

Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics: In Profile. A conversation with Phillip Inman of The Guardian and The Observer.

A profile of LSE Director Minouche Shafik by Phillip Inman. Economics correspondent for The Guardian and Economics Editor for The Observer.
Guest: Phillip Inman
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.
Feb. 18, 2022

Does Anyone Still Care About the Oscars ? Talking with Shaun Chang from the Movie and TV Blog Hill Place.

Oscar Night used to be all glitz and glamour. But now its’ preachy virtue signaling is boring TV viewers. Will this year be better ?
Guest: Shaun Chang
Feb. 16, 2022

Fusion Power Breakthrough: Clean, Limitless Power. What you need to know.

Takamak reactor at JET facility in Oxfordshire makes a major advance in the field of fusion power.
Guest: Jim Herlihy
Feb. 11, 2022

My CIA Career - Talking to Douglas London, about his book " The Recruiter, Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence."

A candid recount of a 34 year career in the CIA’s Clandestine Service, recruiting local agents. Middle East, Africa, South and Central Asia.
Feb. 9, 2022

Gary Hoover: Entrepreneur Extraordinaire. Talking about his book, Bedtime Business Stories.

Serial Entrepreneur and author of Bedtime Business Stories.
Guest: Gary Hoover
Feb. 9, 2022

Chesa Boudin: I demand Justice for my murdered brother, Ed French. Lorrie French speaks out.

Justice delayed is Justice denied. 5 years Ed French’s sister is still fighting for Justice for her brother.
Guest: Lorrie French
Feb. 4, 2022

Chesa Boudin: Recalling San Francisco's District Attorney. Talking with Public Affairs Consultant Sam Singer

San Francisco’s 29 th DA faces an historic recall election because of deteriorating public safety and rampant crime in the City.
Feb. 3, 2022

Joe Rogan Spotify and Covid 19 Misinformation: What you need to know.

Covid 19 misinformation on the Joe Rogan Experience has triggered a boycott by 1960s pop singers wanting their music removed from the streaming site. Is freedom of expression at stake or should Rogan steer clear of controversy ?
Guest: Jim Herlihy
Feb. 1, 2022

The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Era of Great Power Conflict. Talking with Elbridge Colby.

The Rise of China as a super power. Can the United States forestall China’s hegemony over 40 % of the global economy which is concentrated in East Asia.
Jan. 27, 2022

Tonga: the Volcano Eruption and Tsunami: Talking with Sia Akauola

Huge volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami that reached California 5000 mikes away. A moving account.
Jan. 26, 2022

Kamala Harris one year: Where did it go wrong for her ? Talking with BBC North America Correspondent Anthony Zurcher.

Vice President Kamal Harris' first year in office has been very rock. The two issues the White House assigned to her - Immigration and Voting Rights - proved to be too challenging for her and her staff. A recent poll shows th...
Jan. 24, 2022

DAVOS: What you need to know.

World Economic Forum annual meeting May 22-26, in Davos, Switzerland.
Guest: Jim Herlihy
Jan. 21, 2022

The Wife starring Glenn Close and Jonathan Price: Talking with Shaun Chang from the Movie and TV Blog Hill Place.

A literary collaboration of husband and wife comes under scrutiny when the husband wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Guest: Shaun Chang
Jan. 19, 2022

The Vanishing: In conversation with War Reporter and Author Janine di Giovanni

Ancient Christian communities of Iraq, Syria, Gaza and Egypt are threatened by terrorism, persecution, war and emigration. Some say they will be extinct in 50 years. War correspondent Janine di Giovanni alerts us to the threat.