The San Francisco Experience

Ambassador Charles Ray kicks off TSFEP's celebration of Black History Month. A true renaissance man, he has had distinguished careers as an Army officer, a senior Foreign Service Officer and an author. You will enjoy his interview.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, science grew to dominate the  practice of medicine, all but abandoning the practice of healing which had been its  cornerstone  for millennia. Ed Cohen shows that the revival of healing as a part of medical practice has an important and fulfilling role to play.

In December 2022, nuclear fusion ignition occurred at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Physicists have pursued the technology to achieve such a break through for decades. Nuclear fusion power promises limitless, clean energy. It is the energy that fuels the sun and the stars. 

In the 1990s the US accounted for 37% of global chip production. Today that metric has plummeted to 12%. In October the Biden Administration introduced tough export measures against China to stem the flow of advanced technology. And the 2022 CHIPS Act earmarks $280 billion over 10 years to boost R&D, onshore  chip plant construction and STEM education to regain a leading role in the Semic...

Prince Harry's memoir is a combination of a car crash interview and a settling of scores to let his father, brother and step mother know what he really thinks of them. All 410 pages of it.

As inflation surges and wages fail to keep pace, housing costs and especially rents are rising. Numerous US cities and states are adopting rent control measures but in the long run, do we create even more housing unaffordability ?

Richard Allen, Director of the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab and his team, have developed an early warning system for earthquakes. The app can be downloaded to smartphones. During December's 6.4 quake in Ferndale, California, the app alerted 3 million users before the shaking started. Download the app at the App store, either IOS or Android

The World Balance of Power emerging in the 2020s is dividing into two blocs : the Authoritarians (China and Russia) and the Democratic West (US, EU, Nato, UK, Japan, Australia).  China's increasing economic clout is prompting it to challenge the existing international order starting with the global reserve currency the US Dollar. At the same time, Xi Jin Ping's 7 No's represent a repudiation...

Ruth Paine is one of the last surviving Warren Commission witnesses. She was a key witness in helping the Commission establish Oswald's whereabouts in the October and November weekends leading up to the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. She secured the job for him at the Texas School Book Depository and he spent his last night of freedom at her home on November 21, 1963. His rifle was st...

Michael takes on the conventional wisdom of both liberals and conservatives looking at the reasons for poverty while offering a detailed agenda for increasing wealth, income and opportunity. Criminal justice reform,  education innovation, housing equity and access to financial products are all elements of his reform agenda.

While major market indices for 2022 ended the year on a down note, 2023 offers more challenges. Rising interest rates, the prospect of a recession and inflation at a 40 year high make managing your 401k and investments more complex. Joe Gilbert of Integrity Asset Management shares his firm's strategies for 2023 to help navigate your choices.

Tuesday December 20 at 2.34am, a 6.4 earthquake struck the Northern California region of Humboldt County, 260 miles North of San Francisco. 46% of US earthquake activity happens in Humboldt County. Only Alaska is more active. The region has experienced 40 plus magnitude 6 to 7 quakes in the last 100 years, but Tuesday's temblor was one of the most violent. Dr. Dengler gives us a thorough explanati...

Part of the Holiday tradition for many of us is to watch classic Christmas movies that take us back to our childhood celebrating with loved ones. Shaun Chang picks his three most favorite films to enjoy over the Holidays.

2022 has been a year of global turmoil starting with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, roiled energy markets and realignment of global powers. NATO has experienced a renaissance and regional powers like Turkey are playing a bigger role on the world stage. Democracies versus authoritarian regimes are increasingly reliant on tradecraft to understand what their adversaries next moves might be.

With the spectacular collapse of the FTX Crypto Currency Exchange and the arrest of founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, will the US Congress overreact with harsh regulation to stifle the US crypto currency ecosystem ?

      Black athletes have used their influence to force social change for over 100 years. Today's Sport Justice Movement is the next iteration of this tradition.

Tom McGarvey, 95 years of age, was born in San Francisco's tough Potrero Hill district in 1927. From selling newspapers to longshoremen on the Embarcadero when he was 6 years old, to going to Sea at 15 years old, and owning the iconic Red's Java House for 40 years, Tom has experienced it all. Listen to today's episode - #350 - to hear how he made his way in life on the streets of San Francisco. 

New York Times bestselling author William D. Cohan discusses his latest book Power Failure. Bill interviewed  three of the last four CEOs of General Electric, among many other insiders, to get a first hand account about the demise of General Electric. Under new leadership, the once corporate colossus is a mere shadow of what it was at its' peak under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s. Bil...

Our guest today is a renaissance man of music: an accomplished musician, a recording artist, a published author and Emeritus Professor of Musicology at University of Pennsylvania. We explore the African American lexicon of music over a 400 year period. 

Season Five of The Crown portrays the travails of the Queen and the Royal Family during the tumultuous period of 1992 to 1997 when Charles' and Diana's marriage was publicly falling apart. Their competing confessional TV interviews prompts the Queen to urge them to divorce in the final episode.

While Latinos represent 19% of the US population, and generate $2.7 Trillion of the nation's $23 Trillion GDP, they are under represented in corporate leadership positions. Only 3% of all professionals and executives in the US are of Latino background. Latina Vida is on a mission to change the status quo.

Max Brandrett has lived a colorful life of hard knocks,  from poverty,  to being sent to Dr. Barnardo's, running away to join the circus and jail time for forgery . But through it all, he has pursued his passion for painting, bringing joy to countless people. And in his own words, would not change anything . An upbeat and inspiring life story.

Former President of MGM Michael Nathanson gives us a candid look at what it was like to oversee Pierce Brosnan's 007 movies, the decision to replace him with Daniel Craig and the Broccoli family's control of the James Bond franchise. 

Lee Harvey Oswald was born in New Orleans in 1939 and spent much of his childhood there. David Feldman leads a a revealing and behind the scenes  walking tour of Oswald's  haunts, places where he lived, worked, partied and plotted. 59 years after the assassination of President Kennedy, Oswald remains as enigmatic today as he did when he first entered the nation's consciousness on Novembe...

A sweeping history of Eugenics starting in Victorian England, and how US Eugenics practices and laws were profoundly based on that research. Up to today with the Genome, gene editing technology and ethical questions which remain as regards how such technology is deployed.