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The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s. In conversation with Dr. Ellen Schrecker
March 11, 2022
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.
AI and the future of Education: The Promise and Pitfalls. Talking with Ittai Shiu, UC Berkeley Extension Instructor.
July 13, 2023
The advent of Artificial Intelligence in Education is facing challenges being integrated into college, high school and elementary school curriculums.
The Group of 7 Summit: What did it achieve ? A conversation with Trevin Stratton, Chief Economist and SVP of Policy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
June 14, 2021
The Group of 7, the US, Canada, France, Japan, UK, Germany and Italy met in Cornwall, England for three days to co-ordinate economic policies post pandemic, agree a new infrastructure investment plan and discuss the rise of C...
A tale of two Covids: Canada and the United States' different paths. In conversation with Trevin Stratton, Chief Economist of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
March 31, 2021
Canada's Pandemic management in 2020 was exemplary by any measure, lower infection rates and lower mortality rate belied the nation's sense of collective responsibility for all Canadians health. The US has much to learn from ...
Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion - Talking with author Professor Evelyn Alsultany.
Nov. 10, 2022
As America’s Muslim population increases and integrates into the mainstream, the popular stereotypes on the screen must change.
California's Plan to provide Healthcare for All: Talking with Carmen Comisti of the California Nurses' Association
Dec. 17, 2021
California Assembly Bill 1400 comes up for Committee consideration in January. The Legislation would provide universal health care insurance for 40 million Californians on a single payer basis. The single payer would be the S...
The Conservative Futurist. How to create the Sci Fi World we were promised. Talking to author Jim Pethokoukis.
May 27, 2024
Are you a techno optimist or techno pessimist ?
Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics: In Profile. A conversation with Phillip Inman of The Guardian and The Observer.
March 1, 2022
A profile of LSE Director Minouche Shafik by Phillip Inman. Economics correspondent for The Guardian and Economics Editor for The Observer.
Peak Economic Security in US China Relations. Talking with Matt Ferchen, Senior Fellow at Yale Law School
April 24, 2024
Trade between the US and China has been the basis of relations between us. But both sides are emphasizing economic security as the paramount cornerstone of the relationship.
Rishi Sunak: Britain's new Prime Minister. Talking with Professor Jonathan Hopkin of the London School of Economics.
Oct. 31, 2022
A political profile of the new Prime Minister and the economic challenges facing his Conservative government.
The Nobel Prize for Economics, 2022. Talking with Professor Ludwig Chincarini, Professor of Finance, School of Management, University of San Francisco.
Oct. 12, 2022
Commentary on the 2022 winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics.
Cooperation: A political, economic and social theory. Talking with author, Professor Bernard E. Harcourt
April 26, 2023
A book review. An approach based on cooperation encompassing Economics, politics and social theory.
Omicron Covid Variant comes to America
Dec. 7, 2021
First identified and isolated in South Africa on November 24, 2021, the Omicron Covid variant is highly transmissible and breakthrough infections are more common. The first case in America was identified in San Francisco, Dec...
Russian Sanctions - 2 months in - Are they working ? Talking with Economics writer Phillip Inman of The Guardian and Observer newspapers.
April 28, 2022
Are Russian sanctions starting to bite ? Or will China, India and Israel provide a back door to bust the sanctions, as Russia has done for Cuba and Iran for instance ?
Unstoppable Trends and your Investment Portfolio. Talking with Chris Watling, CEO and Founder of Longview Economics Ltd.
Feb. 22, 2023
Balancing the risk of new trends against investment returns.
Accountability in Politics: Is there such a thing ? Talking with Lura Forcum
June 18, 2025
The Independent Center focuses on the growing segment of voters who are Independents. And demographics indicates that Millennials and Gen Z are more than 50% Independents foreshadowing a tectonic shift in American politics.
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 battle...
Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott. Talking with author, Professor Marsha Gordon.
May 31, 2023
Ursula Parrott a famous author from 1929 to the late 1940s and a member of the Lost Generation was largely forgotten but Marsha Gordon is bringing Parrott’s works back to readers.
Cancelling a prominent author in China: Acclaimed novelist and screenplay writer Geling Yan fights back.
Jan. 2, 2024
Noted author fights back by setting up her
Publishing company after being banned in China for questioning Covid 19 policy.
Converting Empty Office Buildings to Housing. Talking with Chris Thornberg, Founding Partner at Beacon Economics.
Oct. 4, 2024
Building more housing in San Francisco.
Guests
Blog Posts
G7 meets in Cornwall, England June 11-13 to co-ordinate global economic recovery.
June 11, 2021
The G7 is a group of developed global economies - UK, USA, France, Japan, Germany, Canada and Italy - which will meet 6/11 -13 to co-ordinate global economic policies post Covid pandemic. It is President Biden’s first trip abroad as President …
Migrations by J.L. Torres - a Blogpost preview of our upcoming author interview.
Sept. 19, 2021
Migrations is a collection of short stories chronicling the American experience of primarily Puerto Rican immigrants to the United States. But the themes are universal to all immigrants. The characters…
My Podcast Blog 2
Dec. 21, 2020
December 17, 2020
Social Influencers and Social Influencing
The modern concept of Social Influence was formulated in 1958 and three primary processes of influence were delineated, Compliance, Identification and Internalization.
Compli…
Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin, Ethereum - Is it an investment for you ?
April 13, 2021
A currency is a system of money used in a particular country and regulated by its' government. The economy and the management of its currency is one of the main political objectives of political parties as they seek to be elected. Control of its cur…
1968 was worse than 2020
Jan. 20, 2021
As bad as 2020 was, 1968 was worse. My podcast Season 6 Episode 12 compares these two tumultuous years and explains why 1968 beats 2020 as the Year from Hell. A global pandemic, lockdowns, closed schools, offices and factories, the worst…
Air India’s inaugural nonstop flight SFO to BLR
Jan. 10, 2021
We worked for 12 years to make this 17 hour nonstop flight a reality. And January 9, 2021 it became a reality. Of course the ribbon cutting ceremony at SFO that we had in December 2015 for the inauguration of Air India's nonstop flight to Delh…
American Poverty continues to grow
April 19, 2021
Today's blogpost is a preview of my interview with Professor Mark Rank, co-author of " Poorly Understood: What America gets wrong about poverty." Mark Rank is a social scientist and the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare at W…
BBC Trending - Social Media Watchdog
May 16, 2021
Tuesday May 18's podcast will feature an interview with Mike Wendling, editor of BBC Trending, the BBC's weekly program that tracks social media. Mike brings an American perspective to the most British of Britain's great institutions, the BBC, still…
Being the Ricardos: photo blogpost to next week’s film review
Dec. 11, 2021
Make sure to listen to Wednesday’s podcast, when Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Film and Television Blogpost will review “Being the Ricardos”, which opened in American theaters Friday, December 10th.
Amazon Prime will begin s…
Brexit - 5 years after the referendum.
March 2, 2021
Today's episode (S7 E4) was an interview with author Josh Hamilton. His debut book, Brexit: the Establishment Civil War was published yesterday, March 1, 2021. He is also the editor of a UK based political website called The Jist. …
Carol Lynley: Her Hollywood Career. A preview of Wednesday’s Podcast
Oct. 17, 2021
Since she was a child, Carol graced TV and movie screens from 1956 to 2002. She progressed from child model, to teenage idol, to ingenue.
Author Tom Lisanti, and Shaun Chang of the movie/TV blog “Hill Place” will discuss her…
Chile's runoff presidential election turns back the clock. Blogpost preview for Friday's podcast from Santiago.
Dec. 13, 2021
We lived in Chile in the 1980s while Pinochet was President. Next Sunday this country of 20 million, faces a starkly polarized choice in a runoff presidential election, the likes of which they haven't seen since the 1970 election that brought …
Covid baby bust signals continued fall in US birth rate.
May 30, 2021
The world's fertility rate has been steadily declining for the last 70 years, first in the developed world and more recently in developing countries. In 1950 for instance, women were having an average of 4.7 children in their lifetime. But by 2017, …
Dallas, Texas: My Hometown.
Nov. 7, 2021
In our continuing series profiling a global city from a resident’s perspective, we focus on Dallas, the 9th largest city in the United States, with a population of 1.3 million. Our special guest will be Tom Keener.
Houston and San Anton…
Emily Fromm: urban scape artist opens her show at the 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco on January 13, 2022.
Jan. 8, 2022
This photo preview is a re-introduction of Emily who will be featured in our upcoming podcast January 11, 2022. It’s also a celebration of the opening of her show at the 111 Minna Gallery on Thursday, January 13.
I first met Emily in …
Hate
March 27, 2021
Two podcasts in the space of one week dealing with hate was more than I bargained for. The interview with Kristine Hoover, the Director of Gonzaga University's Institute of Hate Studies was planned some time ago.
I had wanted to interview her about…
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Work from home
Feb. 28, 2021
Iran is back in the news, as the Biden Administration seeks to revive the JCPOA - the technical name of the Iran nuclear deal. In last week's episode, guest Bill Boerum discussed Iran's race to obtain the bomb and the West's efforts to slow it down.…
Janine di Giovanni : author of The Vanishing
Jan. 15, 2022
Janine di Giovanni is Senior Fellow at Yale’s Jackson Global Institute. For the last 30 years she has reported on some of the most violent and destructive conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans.
In 2019 she won a Guggenhei…
January Blog 2021
Jan. 3, 2021
It feels so futuristic to write the new year, 2021. Weren't we supposed to be commuting in flying cars according to Popular Mechanics ? The vision of the future viewed from 60 years ago looks very different. Though Dick Tracy's TV watch did material…
My Hometown: Amsterdam - Blogpost Preview.
Sept. 12, 2021
On Thursday, September 16, TSFE will features an overview of Amsterdam, the next global city in our Hometown series. Seen through the eyes of a local resident, in this case Marcel van Walt van Praag, he will share with us a Birds…
The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s. In conversation with Dr. Ellen Schrecker
March 11, 2022
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.
AI and the future of Education: The Promise and Pitfalls. Talking with Ittai Shiu, UC Berkeley Extension Instructor.
July 13, 2023
The advent of Artificial Intelligence in Education is facing challenges being integrated into college, high school and elementary school curriculums.
The Group of 7 Summit: What did it achieve ? A conversation with Trevin Stratton, Chief Economist and SVP of Policy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
June 14, 2021
The Group of 7, the US, Canada, France, Japan, UK, Germany and Italy met in Cornwall, England for three days to co-ordinate economic policies post pandemic, agree a new infrastructure investment plan and discuss the rise of C...
A tale of two Covids: Canada and the United States' different paths. In conversation with Trevin Stratton, Chief Economist of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
March 31, 2021
Canada's Pandemic management in 2020 was exemplary by any measure, lower infection rates and lower mortality rate belied the nation's sense of collective responsibility for all Canadians health. The US has much to learn from ...
Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion - Talking with author Professor Evelyn Alsultany.
Nov. 10, 2022
As America’s Muslim population increases and integrates into the mainstream, the popular stereotypes on the screen must change.
California's Plan to provide Healthcare for All: Talking with Carmen Comisti of the California Nurses' Association
Dec. 17, 2021
California Assembly Bill 1400 comes up for Committee consideration in January. The Legislation would provide universal health care insurance for 40 million Californians on a single payer basis. The single payer would be the S...
The Conservative Futurist. How to create the Sci Fi World we were promised. Talking to author Jim Pethokoukis.
May 27, 2024
Are you a techno optimist or techno pessimist ?
Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics: In Profile. A conversation with Phillip Inman of The Guardian and The Observer.
March 1, 2022
A profile of LSE Director Minouche Shafik by Phillip Inman. Economics correspondent for The Guardian and Economics Editor for The Observer.
Peak Economic Security in US China Relations. Talking with Matt Ferchen, Senior Fellow at Yale Law School
April 24, 2024
Trade between the US and China has been the basis of relations between us. But both sides are emphasizing economic security as the paramount cornerstone of the relationship.
Rishi Sunak: Britain's new Prime Minister. Talking with Professor Jonathan Hopkin of the London School of Economics.
Oct. 31, 2022
A political profile of the new Prime Minister and the economic challenges facing his Conservative government.
The Nobel Prize for Economics, 2022. Talking with Professor Ludwig Chincarini, Professor of Finance, School of Management, University of San Francisco.
Oct. 12, 2022
Commentary on the 2022 winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics.
Cooperation: A political, economic and social theory. Talking with author, Professor Bernard E. Harcourt
April 26, 2023
A book review. An approach based on cooperation encompassing Economics, politics and social theory.
Omicron Covid Variant comes to America
Dec. 7, 2021
First identified and isolated in South Africa on November 24, 2021, the Omicron Covid variant is highly transmissible and breakthrough infections are more common. The first case in America was identified in San Francisco, Dec...
Russian Sanctions - 2 months in - Are they working ? Talking with Economics writer Phillip Inman of The Guardian and Observer newspapers.
April 28, 2022
Are Russian sanctions starting to bite ? Or will China, India and Israel provide a back door to bust the sanctions, as Russia has done for Cuba and Iran for instance ?
Unstoppable Trends and your Investment Portfolio. Talking with Chris Watling, CEO and Founder of Longview Economics Ltd.
Feb. 22, 2023
Balancing the risk of new trends against investment returns.
Accountability in Politics: Is there such a thing ? Talking with Lura Forcum
June 18, 2025
The Independent Center focuses on the growing segment of voters who are Independents. And demographics indicates that Millennials and Gen Z are more than 50% Independents foreshadowing a tectonic shift in American politics.
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 battle...
Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott. Talking with author, Professor Marsha Gordon.
May 31, 2023
Ursula Parrott a famous author from 1929 to the late 1940s and a member of the Lost Generation was largely forgotten but Marsha Gordon is bringing Parrott’s works back to readers.
Cancelling a prominent author in China: Acclaimed novelist and screenplay writer Geling Yan fights back.
Jan. 2, 2024
Noted author fights back by setting up her
Publishing company after being banned in China for questioning Covid 19 policy.
Converting Empty Office Buildings to Housing. Talking with Chris Thornberg, Founding Partner at Beacon Economics.
Oct. 4, 2024
Building more housing in San Francisco.
Blog Posts
G7 meets in Cornwall, England June 11-13 to co-ordinate global economic recovery.
June 11, 2021
The G7 is a group of developed global economies - UK, USA, France, Japan, Germany, Canada and Italy - which will meet 6/11 -13 to co-ordinate global economic policies post Covid pandemic. It is President Biden’s first trip abroad as President …
Migrations by J.L. Torres - a Blogpost preview of our upcoming author interview.
Sept. 19, 2021
Migrations is a collection of short stories chronicling the American experience of primarily Puerto Rican immigrants to the United States. But the themes are universal to all immigrants. The characters…
My Podcast Blog 2
Dec. 21, 2020
December 17, 2020
Social Influencers and Social Influencing
The modern concept of Social Influence was formulated in 1958 and three primary processes of influence were delineated, Compliance, Identification and Internalization.
Compli…
Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin, Ethereum - Is it an investment for you ?
April 13, 2021
A currency is a system of money used in a particular country and regulated by its' government. The economy and the management of its currency is one of the main political objectives of political parties as they seek to be elected. Control of its cur…
1968 was worse than 2020
Jan. 20, 2021
As bad as 2020 was, 1968 was worse. My podcast Season 6 Episode 12 compares these two tumultuous years and explains why 1968 beats 2020 as the Year from Hell. A global pandemic, lockdowns, closed schools, offices and factories, the worst…
Air India’s inaugural nonstop flight SFO to BLR
Jan. 10, 2021
We worked for 12 years to make this 17 hour nonstop flight a reality. And January 9, 2021 it became a reality. Of course the ribbon cutting ceremony at SFO that we had in December 2015 for the inauguration of Air India's nonstop flight to Delh…
American Poverty continues to grow
April 19, 2021
Today's blogpost is a preview of my interview with Professor Mark Rank, co-author of " Poorly Understood: What America gets wrong about poverty." Mark Rank is a social scientist and the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare at W…
BBC Trending - Social Media Watchdog
May 16, 2021
Tuesday May 18's podcast will feature an interview with Mike Wendling, editor of BBC Trending, the BBC's weekly program that tracks social media. Mike brings an American perspective to the most British of Britain's great institutions, the BBC, still…
Being the Ricardos: photo blogpost to next week’s film review
Dec. 11, 2021
Make sure to listen to Wednesday’s podcast, when Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Film and Television Blogpost will review “Being the Ricardos”, which opened in American theaters Friday, December 10th.
Amazon Prime will begin s…
Brexit - 5 years after the referendum.
March 2, 2021
Today's episode (S7 E4) was an interview with author Josh Hamilton. His debut book, Brexit: the Establishment Civil War was published yesterday, March 1, 2021. He is also the editor of a UK based political website called The Jist. …
Carol Lynley: Her Hollywood Career. A preview of Wednesday’s Podcast
Oct. 17, 2021
Since she was a child, Carol graced TV and movie screens from 1956 to 2002. She progressed from child model, to teenage idol, to ingenue.
Author Tom Lisanti, and Shaun Chang of the movie/TV blog “Hill Place” will discuss her…
Chile's runoff presidential election turns back the clock. Blogpost preview for Friday's podcast from Santiago.
Dec. 13, 2021
We lived in Chile in the 1980s while Pinochet was President. Next Sunday this country of 20 million, faces a starkly polarized choice in a runoff presidential election, the likes of which they haven't seen since the 1970 election that brought …
Covid baby bust signals continued fall in US birth rate.
May 30, 2021
The world's fertility rate has been steadily declining for the last 70 years, first in the developed world and more recently in developing countries. In 1950 for instance, women were having an average of 4.7 children in their lifetime. But by 2017, …
Dallas, Texas: My Hometown.
Nov. 7, 2021
In our continuing series profiling a global city from a resident’s perspective, we focus on Dallas, the 9th largest city in the United States, with a population of 1.3 million. Our special guest will be Tom Keener.
Houston and San Anton…
Emily Fromm: urban scape artist opens her show at the 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco on January 13, 2022.
Jan. 8, 2022
This photo preview is a re-introduction of Emily who will be featured in our upcoming podcast January 11, 2022. It’s also a celebration of the opening of her show at the 111 Minna Gallery on Thursday, January 13.
I first met Emily in …
Hate
March 27, 2021
Two podcasts in the space of one week dealing with hate was more than I bargained for. The interview with Kristine Hoover, the Director of Gonzaga University's Institute of Hate Studies was planned some time ago.
I had wanted to interview her about…
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Work from home
Feb. 28, 2021
Iran is back in the news, as the Biden Administration seeks to revive the JCPOA - the technical name of the Iran nuclear deal. In last week's episode, guest Bill Boerum discussed Iran's race to obtain the bomb and the West's efforts to slow it down.…
Janine di Giovanni : author of The Vanishing
Jan. 15, 2022
Janine di Giovanni is Senior Fellow at Yale’s Jackson Global Institute. For the last 30 years she has reported on some of the most violent and destructive conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans.
In 2019 she won a Guggenhei…
January Blog 2021
Jan. 3, 2021
It feels so futuristic to write the new year, 2021. Weren't we supposed to be commuting in flying cars according to Popular Mechanics ? The vision of the future viewed from 60 years ago looks very different. Though Dick Tracy's TV watch did material…
My Hometown: Amsterdam - Blogpost Preview.
Sept. 12, 2021
On Thursday, September 16, TSFE will features an overview of Amsterdam, the next global city in our Hometown series. Seen through the eyes of a local resident, in this case Marcel van Walt van Praag, he will share with us a Birds…
G7 meets in Cornwall, England June 11-13 to co-ordinate global economic recovery.
June 11, 2021
The G7 is a group of developed global economies - UK, USA, France, Japan, Germany, Canada and Italy - which will meet 6/11 -13 to co-ordinate global economic policies post Covid pandemic. It is President Biden’s first trip abroad as President …
Migrations by J.L. Torres - a Blogpost preview of our upcoming author interview.
Sept. 19, 2021
Migrations is a collection of short stories chronicling the American experience of primarily Puerto Rican immigrants to the United States. But the themes are universal to all immigrants. The characters…
My Podcast Blog 2
Dec. 21, 2020
December 17, 2020
Social Influencers and Social Influencing
The modern concept of Social Influence was formulated in 1958 and three primary processes of influence were delineated, Compliance, Identification and Internalization.
Compli…
Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin, Ethereum - Is it an investment for you ?
April 13, 2021
A currency is a system of money used in a particular country and regulated by its' government. The economy and the management of its currency is one of the main political objectives of political parties as they seek to be elected. Control of its cur…
1968 was worse than 2020
Jan. 20, 2021
As bad as 2020 was, 1968 was worse. My podcast Season 6 Episode 12 compares these two tumultuous years and explains why 1968 beats 2020 as the Year from Hell. A global pandemic, lockdowns, closed schools, offices and factories, the worst…
Air India’s inaugural nonstop flight SFO to BLR
Jan. 10, 2021
We worked for 12 years to make this 17 hour nonstop flight a reality. And January 9, 2021 it became a reality. Of course the ribbon cutting ceremony at SFO that we had in December 2015 for the inauguration of Air India's nonstop flight to Delh…
American Poverty continues to grow
April 19, 2021
Today's blogpost is a preview of my interview with Professor Mark Rank, co-author of " Poorly Understood: What America gets wrong about poverty." Mark Rank is a social scientist and the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare at W…
BBC Trending - Social Media Watchdog
May 16, 2021
Tuesday May 18's podcast will feature an interview with Mike Wendling, editor of BBC Trending, the BBC's weekly program that tracks social media. Mike brings an American perspective to the most British of Britain's great institutions, the BBC, still…
Being the Ricardos: photo blogpost to next week’s film review
Dec. 11, 2021
Make sure to listen to Wednesday’s podcast, when Shaun Chang of the Hill Place Film and Television Blogpost will review “Being the Ricardos”, which opened in American theaters Friday, December 10th.
Amazon Prime will begin s…
Brexit - 5 years after the referendum.
March 2, 2021
Today's episode (S7 E4) was an interview with author Josh Hamilton. His debut book, Brexit: the Establishment Civil War was published yesterday, March 1, 2021. He is also the editor of a UK based political website called The Jist. …
Carol Lynley: Her Hollywood Career. A preview of Wednesday’s Podcast
Oct. 17, 2021
Since she was a child, Carol graced TV and movie screens from 1956 to 2002. She progressed from child model, to teenage idol, to ingenue.
Author Tom Lisanti, and Shaun Chang of the movie/TV blog “Hill Place” will discuss her…
Chile's runoff presidential election turns back the clock. Blogpost preview for Friday's podcast from Santiago.
Dec. 13, 2021
We lived in Chile in the 1980s while Pinochet was President. Next Sunday this country of 20 million, faces a starkly polarized choice in a runoff presidential election, the likes of which they haven't seen since the 1970 election that brought …
Covid baby bust signals continued fall in US birth rate.
May 30, 2021
The world's fertility rate has been steadily declining for the last 70 years, first in the developed world and more recently in developing countries. In 1950 for instance, women were having an average of 4.7 children in their lifetime. But by 2017, …
Dallas, Texas: My Hometown.
Nov. 7, 2021
In our continuing series profiling a global city from a resident’s perspective, we focus on Dallas, the 9th largest city in the United States, with a population of 1.3 million. Our special guest will be Tom Keener.
Houston and San Anton…
Emily Fromm: urban scape artist opens her show at the 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco on January 13, 2022.
Jan. 8, 2022
This photo preview is a re-introduction of Emily who will be featured in our upcoming podcast January 11, 2022. It’s also a celebration of the opening of her show at the 111 Minna Gallery on Thursday, January 13.
I first met Emily in …
Hate
March 27, 2021
Two podcasts in the space of one week dealing with hate was more than I bargained for. The interview with Kristine Hoover, the Director of Gonzaga University's Institute of Hate Studies was planned some time ago.
I had wanted to interview her about…
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Work from home
Feb. 28, 2021
Iran is back in the news, as the Biden Administration seeks to revive the JCPOA - the technical name of the Iran nuclear deal. In last week's episode, guest Bill Boerum discussed Iran's race to obtain the bomb and the West's efforts to slow it down.…
Janine di Giovanni : author of The Vanishing
Jan. 15, 2022
Janine di Giovanni is Senior Fellow at Yale’s Jackson Global Institute. For the last 30 years she has reported on some of the most violent and destructive conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans.
In 2019 she won a Guggenhei…
January Blog 2021
Jan. 3, 2021
It feels so futuristic to write the new year, 2021. Weren't we supposed to be commuting in flying cars according to Popular Mechanics ? The vision of the future viewed from 60 years ago looks very different. Though Dick Tracy's TV watch did material…
My Hometown: Amsterdam - Blogpost Preview.
Sept. 12, 2021
On Thursday, September 16, TSFE will features an overview of Amsterdam, the next global city in our Hometown series. Seen through the eyes of a local resident, in this case Marcel van Walt van Praag, he will share with us a Birds…