Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
1,913 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 273 ratingsThe Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's largest public affairs forum. The nonpartisan and nonprofit Club produces and distributes programs featuring diverse viewpoints from thought leaders on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast — the oldest in the U.S., since 1924 — is carried on hundreds of stations. Our website features audio and video of our programs. This podcast feed is usually updated multiple times each week.
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Episodes
The Exit Interview: Jane Kim on The Michelle Meow Show
February 14, 2019 22:26 - 1 hourJoin us as Michelle Meow brings her long-running daily radio show to The Commonwealth Club one day each week. Meet fascinating—and often controversial—people discussing important issues of interest to the LGBTQ community, and have your questions ready. Our in-studio guest this week: Jane Kim Jane Kim was a former supervisor for San Francisco's District 6, representing South of Market, Mission Bay, the Tenderloin, Civic Center, Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island. She is the first Korean-Am...
The Art of Flirting
February 14, 2019 22:24 - 1 hourDon't let shyness prevent you from meeting your Valentine! In today's world of apps and texting, the delightful, seductive art of flirtation has been lost—so much the better for those who know its secrets. And who better to teach us than Rich Gosse? Gosse is the chairperson of the world's largest nonprofit singles organization, author of nine books on dating, guest on hundreds of TV shows (including “Oprah,” CNN, and “The Today Show”), and organizer of thousands of singles parties. Gosse will...
Roger McNamee: Inside the Facebook Catastrophe
February 14, 2019 21:42 - 1 hourIf you had told Bay Area technology investor Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying our democracy, he would have howled with laughter. He had mentored many tech leaders in his illustrious career, but few things had made him prouder, or had been better for his own bottom line, than helping Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the world's largest social network. Still a large shareholder in Zuckerberg's creation, McNamee had eve...
Leonardo's Knots
February 13, 2019 02:37 - 36.9 MBSPEAKERS Caroline Cocciardi Author, Leonardo's Knots This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 11th, 2019.
Doha Experiment: Arab Kingdom, Catholic College, Jewish Teacher
February 13, 2019 02:35 - 37.6 MBSPEAKERS Gary Wasserman, Ph.D. Professor of Government, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service; Author, The Doha Experiment Noah Griffin Former Columnist, The San Francisco Examiner; Former Talk Show Host, KGO—Moderator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 8th, 2019.
Printing Abolition: How the Slave Trade Was Abolished in Britain
February 10, 2019 21:59 - 54 minutesMichael Suarez is the director of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. A renowned historian, author and worldwide leader of rare book scholarship interests, he co-edited The Oxford Companion to the Book. Suarez will provide us with a compelling, richly illustrated description about how a group of printers were instrumental in making the antislavery movement happen in England. Their broadside engraving with an image diagramming human cargo on the Bro...
Katharine Hayhoe: Why We Need to Talk About Climate Change
February 08, 2019 16:08 - 50 minutesMany of us find it daunting to talk with our neighbors, colleagues and family members about climate change. But climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe says that having those difficult conversations is the first step towards solving the problem. Hayhoe is known as a “rock star” in the climate world for her ability to talk to just about anyone about global warming. She is joined by Stanford atmospheric scientist Noah Diffenbaugh for a conversation about communicating climate change in transparent, ...
CLIMATE ONE: Katharine Hayhoe: Why We Need to Talk About Climate Change
February 08, 2019 16:08 - 50 minutesMany of us find it daunting to talk with our neighbors, colleagues and family members about climate change. But climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe says that having those difficult conversations is the first step towards solving the problem. Hayhoe is known as a “rock star” in the climate world for her ability to talk to just about anyone about global warming. She is joined by Stanford atmospheric scientist Noah Diffenbaugh for a conversation about communicating climate change in transparent, ...
Gopi Kallayil: The Happy Human
February 08, 2019 08:59 - 1 hourHappiness has become a multimillion dollar industry, catering to our deep desire to live joyfully, with the expectation that we as human beings deserve to be happy. Gopi Kallayil believes in reversing that equation, focusing on the need to be human first. He will explore the qualities that make us human and what happiness means in both his personal life and his professional career. Speaking with candor and humor, his deep compassion, and his love of the absurd, Kallayil will share his story—f...
Tina D’Elia on The Michelle Meow Show
February 07, 2019 23:36 - 1 hourJoin us as Michelle Meow brings her long-running daily radio show to The Commonwealth Club one day each week. Meet fascinating—and often controversial—people discussing important issues of interest to the LGBTQ community, and have your questions ready. This week's in-studio guest: Tina D'Elia Tina D’Elia is a Bay Area award-winning solo performer, SAG-AFTRA actor, casting director, performance coach, co-screenwriter and consultant. Tina’s West Coast premiere of her solo show Overlooked Latina...
Week to Week Politics Roundtable 2/6/19
February 07, 2019 20:10 - 1 hourJoin us as we discuss the biggest, most controversial and sometimes the surprising political issues with expert commentary by panelists who are smart, are civil and have a good sense of humor. Our panelists will provide informative and engaging commentary on political and other major news; and we'll have audience discussion of the week’s events and our live news quiz! Come early before the program for our members social hour (open to all attendees). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...
Gov. Chris Christie: President Trump and Power Politics
February 07, 2019 08:25 - 1 hourAs President Trump enters his third year in office, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie remains one of his closest political allies. The first major elected official to endorse then-candidate Trump, Christie had a ringside seat throughout the hectic 2016 campaign. Christie was even close to becoming Trump’s running mate. Days after Trump’s surprise victory, Trump fired Christie as head of his transition team. Recently, Christie almost became Trump’s White House chief of staff but pulled...
Republicans in California: Can the GOP Survive?
February 06, 2019 21:10 - 1 hourRepublicans in California are at a crossroads. In a historic midterm election, Republicans lost half of their U.S. House delegation while Democrats cemented their supermajorities in both state legislative chambers and swept statewide offices for the third straight election. With the Golden State seemingly slipping from the GOP, what steps should the party take to regain its foothold and expand its appeal? Is a comeback possible in this new era of hyperpolarization? Three prominent Republicans...