Season 4
California Dreamin' or California Leavin' : A new Exodus
Sept. 27, 2020
California experienced its' smallest net population growth in 2019 - 87,000 or 0.2%, the smallest net increase since 1900. The 2020 net increase is likely to be even smaller. Are the unaffordable housing costs, high taxes a…
Upon this Rock - Interview with author David Eugene Perry
Sept. 21, 2020
A new Meet the Author series kicks off today at The San Francisco Experience. David Eugene Perry's debut novel is set in Orvieto, Italy. With a tip of the hat to Dan Brown, this mystery thriller weaves together an intricate…
San Francisco's Deathly Compassion.
Sept. 20, 2020
San Francisco's homeless population numbers approximately 24,000. It breaks down into three discrete segments, namely one third mentally ill, one third economic casualties and one third drug users and addicts. Today's podcas…
Hate Studies : Why we need to learn about Hate.
Sept. 15, 2020
Gonzaga University's Institute of Hate Studies, located in Spokane, Washington is a center focused on understanding the roots of Hate in the public square and working to eradicate it. The ADL's Pyramid of Hate is a graphic v…
California's Wildfires: a Pathway to Redemption. Who Knew ?
Sept. 12, 2020
The 3700 California prison inmates who volunteer to be firefighters as we wage war on the Wildfires, will be eligible to have their records expunged as a result of their service. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the legislation…
Orange Skies and Poison Air: California in Flames.
Sept. 11, 2020
San Francisco's skies turned the color of Irish Single Malt Whiskey, even down to that hint of smokiness on Wednesday morning. The deep orange/amber twilight persisted most of Wednesday forcing everyone to turn on their head…
Police Chiefs continue to resign across the nation.
Sept. 9, 2020
Over the last 6 weeks, five major police departments have lost their Chiefs, in large measure because of a breakdown of trust between the Mayor and Chief. Most police chiefs serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and their ongo…
The Pacific North West: a center of Hate ?
Sept. 7, 2020
The recent murder of right wing Patriot Prayer member Jay Danielson by Antifa activist Michael Reinoehl on the streets of Portland, was a dangerous escalation in the street protests of this Summer. Reinoehl was subsequently …
Antifa member Michael Reinoehl killed in a gunfight with US Marshals
Sept. 4, 2020
Michael Reinoehl, the confessed murderer of Patriot Prayer member Aaorn Jay Danielson, in Portland Saturday, August 29, has died in a gunfight with a law enforcement Task Force led by US Marhalls, close to Olympia, Washingto…
Antifa murders Patriot Prayer in Portland: an ominous start to the Presidential campaign.
Sept. 1, 2020
Aaron Danielson a 39 year old Trump supporter and Patriot Prayer was shot and killed by Michael Reinoehl, 48, years old and a self described 100% Antifa follower. The killing brings into sharp contrast the ideological battl…
Wine Country Wildfires: the ungovernable State of California
Aug. 30, 2020
11,000 dry lightning strikes hit the Golden State overnight August 16 and 17, igniting 347 wildfires. Here in Wine Country, 50 miles North of San Francisco, the fires continue to burn two weeks later, sending massive columns…
Qanon, Conspiracy Theories and the Republicans
Aug. 24, 2020
Qanon is a right wing conspiracy movement with a formidable Social Media presence on Twitter, Facebook and several bulletin board sites like 4Chan, 8Chan and 8kun . Its' theories have been embraced by many Republicans and …
Kamala Harris and Conspiracy Theories
Aug. 22, 2020
Kamala Harris and Facebook. 4 conspiracy theories quickly emerged after her selection. In today’s episode we will look at each one, and while trying not to give them oxygen, debunk them --- Send in a voice message: https://a…
If we knew then what we know now about Covid 19.
Aug. 20, 2020
6 months into the pandemic,transmission rates are dropping and our changed behaviors wearing masks and socially distancing are making a difference. But the Fog of War on Covid 19 at least initially meant that many mistakes w…
Edwin Ramos: Kamala Harris’ Willie Horton ?
Aug. 16, 2020
An illegal alien felon shot and killed a father and his two sons in a working class residential neighborhood of San Francisco in June 2008. District Attorney charged Edwin Ramos with three counts of murder but declined to se…
Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Cognition Testing and the Presidential Election Campaign.
Aug. 14, 2020
Dementia and Alzheimer’s are brain diseases of older age. The former can be treated to an extent with lifestyle changes, but the latter is far from finding a cure. Cognition Testing became a presidential campaign issue when …
Implicit Bias and Principled Policing: Does it work ?
Aug. 10, 2020
Science tells us that 95% of the population has implicit biases yet there is only a 16% correlation between the bias and behavior. So is racist, homophobic and misogynistic behavior not principally triggered by implicit bias…
2084: Was George Orwell's novel 1984, one hundred years ahead of itself ?
Aug. 3, 2020
Mass surveillance and totalitarianism are two prominent themes in Orwell's dystopian novel published in 1949. But there are two major mass surveillance systems at play in the world today. In the West, the data mining strateg…
A Tale of Two States: California and New York amidst Covid 19
July 31, 2020
California's Summer surge in C-19 cases has put the Golden State in the dubious first place position of 452,000 cases versus 412,000 for New York. What went wrong ? Back in March and April, California had an enviably low num…
Science deniers keep schools closed.
July 26, 2020
California’s powerful teachers’ union the CTA and Governor Gavin Newsom seem to be taking a very slow and hesitant approach to reopening the state’s schools. He has announced that online learning rather than in person classr…
Tik Tok, a threat to US security. Really ?
July 21, 2020
Tik Tok the popular lip syncing video app has exploded in popularity globally during the Covid 19 lockdowns. But Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened to ban it in the US. India and Australia have already done so. Is…