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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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00:05:41

APEC 2023 Conference. Day 4.

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/11/15

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai convene the Foreign Ministers of APEC. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:05:59

APEC 2023 Conference, Day 3

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/11/14

Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen's press conference, after having met with the APEC Finance Ministers. The press conference lasted about 22 minutes and she answered five questions from Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal and Reuters among other outlets. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:05:56

APEC 2023 - Day 2.

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/11/13

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen hosted a series of bilateral meetings on Sunday with APEC member Finance Ministers with a view to continue to align key policies. She emphasized three finance track themes: 1) the responsible development of digital assets; 2) support for effective energy transitions; 3) sustainable finance. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:06:09

The APEC 2023 Conference: Opening Day.

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/11/12

The San Francisco Experience Podcast will feature brief daily summaries of Conference proceedings through November 17, 2023. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:39:13

Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative. Talking...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/11/11

The SLEI program is open to Latino owned businesses that are generating $1million in annual sales and provides the tools to scale up operations. There are three pillars of the program, research, scaling and ecosystem. Dr. Porras has over 50 years of experience with the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is also the co-author of the best seller, "Built to Last". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:41:21

The Gun, the Ship and the Pen: warfare, constitutions...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/11/10

From 1750 to 1918, there was an explosion of constitutional theory and adoption of written constitutions throughout the world, often in the wake of wars. A constitution was a sign of modernity and often served to mend a fractured nation. As civil society grew and literacy increased a constitution served as a binding promise between rulers and governed, primarily men. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:33:48

PM Rishi Sunak Convenes a Global AI Safety Summit....

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/11/09

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak convened a global meeting about regulating AI Safety at Bletchley Park, the iconic stately home North of London where Alan Turing led a team that cracked the German Enigma Code. 29 countries including China attended. What was accomplished ? The US, EU and China have already created their own regulatory regimes. So what was Sunak's end game ? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:28:13

Enterprise China: Adopting a competitive strategy for...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/11/02

Xi Jinping has put politics before business in China, making it more difficult for Chinese and expat managers to run businesses in the Middle Kingdom. How will the two leaders, Biden and Xi Jinping face off at the APEC 2023 conference in San Francisco ? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:36:52

Ocean Global Race. Neptune arrives in Cape Town South...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/11/01

The Ocean Global Race is a 27,000 mile 'round the world race from Southampton, Cape Town, Auckland, Punta del Este, Southampton. 14 ocean going sail boats from 8 countries are participating. Neptune has an additional mission : to raise awareness for Parkinson's disease. One of the crew has Parkinson's but he joined the 10 person crew to fulfil a lifetime dream to sail around the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:27:56

Discovering Alien Life in the Universe. Talking with...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/10/26

Deploying the James Webb Space Telescope, Madhu and his team at Cambridge University have discovered the first hints of DMS on an exoplanet 120 light years distant from Earth. On Earth, only living organisms produce DMS. More research is necessary to confirm the presence of DMS on exoplanet K2-18b, but the first hints of such are a breakthrough in itself. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:29:29

Don't Cry for me Argentina. The Presidential Runoff:...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/10/25

The second and decisive round of Argentina's presidential contest takes place November 19. And the choice is - a left wing populist who presided over a 138% inflation rate, Sergio Massa, or a self styled Libertarian who describes himself as an anarcho-capitalist, Javier Milei. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:27:06

Daniel Noboa: Ecuador's newly elected, 35 year old...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/10/20

Daniel Noboa, a member of Congress and a business heir, won the second round of Ecuador's presidential election with 52% of the vote, defeating leftist candidate Luisa Gonzalez who garnered 48% of the vote. She was endorsed by former President Rafael Correa who lives in Belgium. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:18:22

The 5 Eye Intelligence Chiefs meet in Silicon Valley...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/10/19

The intelligence chiefs of the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US had a public meeting at Stanford University on Tuesday to warn Silicon Valley and the global tech community, that China has mounted an unprecedented campaign to steal cutting edge technology from the West, before the door of sanctions and regulations slams shut. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:37:24

Weight Loss Drugs: Are they a cure all ? Talking with...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/10/17

Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are being trumpeted as a cure for obesity. While they are proven to induce weight loss, the underlying issues that cause obesity - ultra processed food - are largely unaddressed. Metabolical is Rob Lustig's latest book on the topic --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:29:33

Australia's Voice to Parliament Referendum. Talking...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/10/15

On October 14th, 2023, The Voice to Parliament Referendum which would have given Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders a body to advise Parliament, was defeated 60% to 40%. Professor Chris Wallace analyses what went wrong and the impact the defeat will have on Australian politics and race relations. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:29:38

Elon Musk's $13 billion debt bomb versus Wall Street....

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/10/13

Elon Musk's X/Twitter owes a syndicate of 7 banks $13 billion, $10 billion of which is secured by Twitter assets and $3 billion is unsecured. All $13 billion is non-recourse debt. In other words, Musk does not guarantee it. All quarterly interest payments have been paid, even as X's EBITDA has plummeted. The Banks are eager to sell the debt but who will buy it and at what price ? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:27:58

The State is everything. Talking with noted...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/10/10

What is the State ? How has it evolved ? Is it different from nationhood ? And what about failed states ? As Louis XIV said "L'Etat c'est moi." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:24:09

Covid 19 and Masks: Are they effective ? Talking with...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/10/09

As Covid 19 becomes a seasonal illness, a new booster shot is being rolled out alongside the flu shot as an annual update to increase our defenses. But masking skepticism and medical misinformation still deter many people from taking the precautionary shot. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:25:43

Alfred Hitchcock and the Censors. Talking with author...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/10/05

Movie Codes were introduced in the UK and the US in the 1920s and 30s. The US model focused on sex and violence while the UK monitored class divisions and other social issues. Alfred Hitchcock successfully navigated both Codes first in the UK where he began his film career and then in the US. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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00:15:42

Talking with Reta Jo Lewis, President and Chairwoman...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2023/10/05

Exim Bank is playing a growing role in financing the export drive of US small business. In California alone, they have 650 exporter clients who ship overseas, product worth $14 billion. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

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