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The San Francisco Experience

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. Your host 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

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00:40:26

A Class Apart: UK Prime Ministers origins impact...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/06/06

76% of the UK's Prime Ministers in the last 80 years graduated from Oxford. There is no comparable University concentration among American Presidents. Does British policy creation suffer as a result of such a narrow leadership pool ?--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:37:42

A Mediterranean Union: Boosting the security on...

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2024/06/04

Creating a Mediterranean Union is key to defending the Southern flank of Nato for this key trading and shipping route.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:32:20

The Trump Verdict: What's Next ? Talking with David...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/06/03

The historic conviction of a former President of the United States on business record falsification charges continues to reverberate throughout America. When will he appeal ? What will his sentence be ? And how will the result affect voters ? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:36:35

Enough: Why it's time to abolish the Super Rich....

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/05/30

Are the super rich entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg solely responsible for creating their wealth, or have government subsidies and incentives been a major contributor ? In which case, should they be taxed at a higher rate ? And what about the Top One Percent : should they pay more tax ?--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:46:47

Neptune finishes the Round the World Ocean Global...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/05/29

Neptune successfully completed the round the world sailing race and crew member and Parkinson's patient Bertrand Delhom has completed a lifelong dream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:41:47

The Conservative Futurist. How to create the Sci Fi...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/05/27

The Techno Optimist and Techno Pessimist camps - UpWing or DownWing respectively as the author refers to the two views of progress - have been in conflict since the 1970s. The Techno Pessimist view was in full flight recently with the fears of AI posing an existential threat to humanity. But we have been down this road before with Jeremiahs bemoaning the risks of nuclear power or most recently MRNA vaccines. The author argues that we as a society need to jettison these 50 year old shibboleths that

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00:37:06

Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb. The Oscar winning...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/05/23

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.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:47:22

Comeback: Routing Trumpism, Reclaiming the Nation and...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/05/23

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:34:48

Soul by Soul. The Evangelical Mission to spread the...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/05/17

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:44:51

Day of Reckoning: How the Right declared War on...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/05/15

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:28:27

Jimmy Lai on Trial: Why the outcome is so important...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/05/14

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:27:53

Carnaval San Francisco. Talking with Director Rodrigo...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/05/08

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. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:28:54

San Francisco's tourism industry on the rebound....

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/05/07

San Francisco's tourist industry is a pillar of our economy. With 30,000 hotel rooms, world class cultural activities, and one of America's leading airports, visitors are coming back. The state earned $150 billion in 2023 from tourism. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:28:05

Prosper Marketplace and Fintech Innovation. Talking...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/05/03

Prosper is the first Peer to Peer lending platform in the United States. It has 2 million members and has lent $27 billion since inception.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:43:51

Defending Australia against China without AUKUS: The...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/05/03

The AUKUS security agreement would furnish Australia with 8 nuclear powered submarines and other advanced weapons technologies. But it is costly and does Australia have the engineering expertise to build such a fleet ? And would the country become a target for China's wrath with US and UK nuclear subs stationed in Western Australia and US aircraft located in Northern Australia ? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:28:24

Is AI racially biased ? Talking with Alejandro...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/04/24

Racial and Gender bias were the subjects of a study at Stanford Law School led by Professor Julian Nyarko, Alex Salinas and Amit Haim. They used an audit approach which is common in employment and housing discrimination studies. The answer is yes to bias and it can be corrected, the team found.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:35:29

Peak Economic Security in US China Relations. Talking...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/04/23

Increasingly the two nations are emphasizing the issue of economic security using export controls, tariffs and approvals which have the effect of reducing the volume of trade between the two. There is a lot at stake: who will blink first ? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:41:29

The Science behind AI and how it will improve our...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/04/18

Chuck has develop a software program - weightwatcher.ai - which helps identify the emergence of signatures of Artificial General Intelligence in Large Language Models. His research reveals early stage emergence of these signatures but more work needs to be done.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:28:19

HiDo: Managing Medication through AI and Robotics....

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/04/17

The US spends $500 billion annually on medical costs that could be avoided if more Americans took their prescribed meds for chronic diseases. HiDo has developed a technology to improve medication adherence while improving patient health. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:22:39

The Chamber of Progress. Talking with Founder and CEO...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2024/04/11

The Chamber promotes policies that ensure all Americans benefit from technology and that the tech industry operates responsibly and fairly.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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