Episodes

A bookstore worker encounters the 19th Century Romantic Poets in the basement of Beyond Baroque, a Venice, California iconic bookseller and embarks on a journey of self discovery when Shelly, Percy, Keats and Lord Byron come alive.

Deep Seek is a Chinese AI model that’s a game changer. Cheap, quick to develop and open source, it will be a model for a profusion of AI models which will be developed by universities , corporations and individuals.

Life markers on the road to adulthood: leaving home, getting married, starting a career, buying a house , are eluding many Gen X and Gen Z’ers. Why ? Are they running away from responsibility ? The rise of Kidults.

The Telepathy Tapes is a popular podcast that showcases autistic kids who are non verbal but communicate via telepathy.

The Israel Hamas Ceasefire came into effect January 19, 2025. Yet Israel 🇮🇱 originally rejected a similar deal months ago. Will the new Trump Administration seek to cut a better deal for Israel and the US at the expense of Iran 🇮🇷 and its’ terrorist allies ?

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. 🇺🇸 in his inaugural address he laid out how he will implement campaign pledges on immigration, border security and the economy.

President -elect Trump has offered to acquire Greenland 🇬🇱 from Denmark 🇩🇰 because of its mineral wealth and strategic location. Will this move to expand the US borders become a key foreign policy goal for the new administration ?

The LA wildfires continue to rage and the dry, easterly Santa Ana winds show little sign of abating. The political consequences for the LA Mayor and California Governor may prove to be dire.

Two months after the October 7th attack by Hamas on a Music Festival and Kibbutz in Israel, Mark Patinkin, a veteran journalist for the Providence Journal, went to Israel to cover firsthand the attack and Gaza War. Unlike major networks or newspapers, Mark’s resources were his experience, persistence and determination to send a daily dispatch to the ProJo to give his readers a firsthand account.

Auburn Correctional Facility, a Max Security Prison, was originally founded in 1816 as a for profit prison. To this day, it still manufactures all the license plates for New York State.

Britishisms are becoming an increasing part of Americans’ vocabulary. Pop culture, writers , movies and theater are all sources of the new British Invasion - the largest one since the Beatles in the 1960s

Jimmy Lai is a successful Hong Kong entrepreneur who came from China when he was 12 and became a billionaire. But he ran afoul of the CCP because of his political beliefs and has been in jail for 4 years. But family and friends are waging an international campaign to free him.

45% of Latino males voted for Donald Trump primarily for economic reasons like cost of living, inflation and interest rates.

Hereditary cancer is a relatively new discovery in the annals of medical science. The Li-Fraumeni Syndrome which is related to a mutation of the P-53 gene, causes multiple cancers in family members. The Ingrassia family is one such case.

NZ revamps its foreign policy, concerned about its strategic security.

The Mayoral election resulted in voters awarding a mandate to a non-politician defeating the incumbent Mayor who had been mired in scandal and criticized for inept management.

November 5th Presidential election and the historic 2024 campaign.

The Left needs to recapture patriotism and love of country when advocating for increased legal immigration .

The historic and consequential 2024 campaign,

An exhibit of Contemporary Mongolian Art at the Venice Biennale.