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The San Francisco Experience Jim Herlihy
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We are a "deep dive" news podcast, for Americans who get their news from the Internet. Our mission is to give the listener succinct, fact based analysis both non-ideological and independent from a California, Silicon Valley perspective.
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Jim Herlihy is a published author: his novel “Deceit and Dirty Money” is available on line. He served as President of the SF Public Library Commission 1992 - 1996. While working in Latin America, he was a stringer for The Economist, The Times and the BBC. Jim serves as a director on two SF sister city boards : Bangalore, India and Cork, Ireland.
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Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb. The Oscar winning film's Hollywoodification of Nuclear Weapons. Talking with Haydn Belfield.
CSER is a Cambridge University center that studies extinction and civilizational collapse risk. Haydn Belfield is a researcher who works on nuclear weapon issues. His review of the Oppenheimer film brings a unique perspective of one who studies the actual impact of nuclear arms on humanity.
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Comeback: Routing Trumpism, Reclaiming the Nation and Restoring Democracy's Edge Steven Fish with Laila Aghaie.it
Comeback reads like an insider's Presidential Campaign Manual. And it pulls no punches as regards criticisms, painful admissions and much needed prescriptions for the Biden Campaign. With the first Presidential debate slated for June 27th - five weeks away - and Biden lagging in the polls, the author proposes a compelling revamp of the President's messaging.
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Soul by Soul. The Evangelical Mission to spread the Gospel to Muslims. Talking with author Adriana Carranca.
The Pentecostal Evangelical Movement has begun to focus its proselytizing activity on the Muslim World - countries like Afghanistan, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan. Adriana relates the unlikely story of a Brazilian missionary couple who along with other Latin American missionaries are having greater success in making conversions.
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Day of Reckoning: How the Right declared War on Democracy. Talking with author Mike Wendling of the BBC.
With Donald Trump the presumptive Republican candidate for President, to be confirmed at the Republican Convention in Milwaukee, July 15 - 18, his MAGA Movement, will be taking a prominent place on the national stage. There are some new groups and issues that are part of the MAGA lineup for 2024 joining the group like the Proud Boys and others. Mike walks us through what to look for.
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Jimmy Lai on Trial: Why the outcome is so important to US China Relations. Talking with Sebastian Lai.
Jimmy Lai, a media mogul and self made billionaire is paying the price for his pro-Democracy views as his trial enters its fourth month. Despite the US, UK and other countries calling for his immediate release from a show trial with a certain guilty verdict, the Chinese Government has ignored those calls. His son is campaigning for his release.
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Carnaval San Francisco. Talking with Director Rodrigo Duran.
Carnaval San Francisco is a two day - May 25 & 26 - extravaganza celebrating the many Latin and Caribbean cultures represented in the Bay Area, through dance, music, culture and cuisine. The unique parade takes place on Mission Street on Sunday May 26. The theme is Honor Indigenous Roots and the Grand Marshal of the parade is Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, also a winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize.
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