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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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00:29:33

Artificial Intelligence meets Cybersecurity: Talking...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/09/04

Cybersecurity is all about protecting computer systems, networks and data from digital attacks. Will Artificial Intelligence reduce the power of the hackers and bad actors or enhance it ?

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00:29:05

Fireproofing your home during California Wildfire...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/09/03

IBHS is the leading safety institution that establishes standards that are used in building standards particularly at risk for fire among other risks. With September and October being the peak of wildfire season in Northern California, Steve Hawks joins us to discuss improving building standards to mitigate wildfire risk.

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00:44:09

Playback: Talking with author Carla Malden.

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/08/19

Carla Malden is an accomplished screen writer, novelist and memoirist. Among her literary works is the memoir "When do I Start", which she co-authored with her father, Academy award winning actor Karl Malden.

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00:45:59

Artificial Intelligence meets Cybersecurity: a...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/08/14

Artificial Intelligence is shaping the future of Cybersecurity.Risk = Threat x Vulnerability x Consequence

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00:37:18

Talking with World Business Academy CEO Rinaldo Brutoco

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/08/06

Rinaldo discusses the potential impact of tariffs on the corporate sector and the need to revamp the insurance industry before it collapses.

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00:36:57

Commune, a documentary film. Talking with Jonathan...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/08/06

The Black Bear Ranch was established as a commune in Summer 1968 by a group of young men and women from San Francisco. Located 318 miles North East of San Francisco in remote Siskyou County on 80 acres, it still exists. The re-mastered 2005 film was re-released in Summer 2025.

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00:53:50

Podcasting 101 - Making a successful podcast - A tale...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/08/02

Shaun highlights two podcasts Still the Place and We are Knot Done Yet that feature actresses who starred in Melrose Place and Knots Landing respectively, reminiscing about the shows. But the styles of the two podcasts are in stark contrast with lessons for making a successful show.

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00:56:59

Speaking Up, Standing Strong: Confronting...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/08/01

Chabad of the Neighborhood, West Portal Avenue, San Francisco welcomed a live podcast discussion about Anti-Semitism at the historic Empire Theater, the home of Chabad of the Neighborhood. Rabbi Mendel Levin and Devorie Levin were our hosts for the evening.

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00:41:55

The Comeback. The 2024 Elections and American...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/07/29

The 2024 campaign and in particular the 57 days between Biden's disastrous debate June 27th and Harris' formal acceptance of the Democratic Nomination August 23 was one of the most tumultuous and consequential periods in modern Presidential history. The Comeback relates Donald Trump's unlikely return to the White House.

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00:40:15

Analog Sun - a Fable. Talking with author Alex Woodard.

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/07/28

Adam has two addictions: drugs and digital technology. Robbed and finding himself in an alley without his smart phone, he is untethered from the internet and his self created reality. He stumbles into town and meets several characters on an involuntary road trip who show him a life and experiences beyond the digital world.

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00:44:14

When it all Burns. Fighting Fire in a Transformed...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/07/24

The Los Padres Hotshots are an elite corps of Wildfire Fighters - like Navy Seals - who race into California's wildfires with chainsaws, shovels and pick axes, to halt the advance of fires. As civilians flee the fire, Hotshots aggressively arrest the advance of flames by carving fire lines through the blazing forests and undergrowth. Wildfires have given way to Megafires.

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00:44:10

Lotic AI: Artificial Intelligence meets Behavioral...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/07/22

While millions of Americans track their biometrics daily - steps, heart rate, blood pressure - how do we interpret that data and give it context ? Can we use it to improve the quality of our lives, and make better health decisions ? Lotic AI enables you to do that.

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00:35:58

American Zealots. Inside Domestic Right Wing...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/07/17

Political violence in America is on the rise. As the Nation has grown more diverse through immigration, militant violence has grown. Attacks have targeted religious and ethnic minorities, law enforcement and have been perpetrated by anti government extremists, religious extremists and lone wolf shooters.

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01:04:42

Apple in China. The Capture of the World's Greatest...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/07/15

With a market Capitalization of $ 3.1 Trillion, Apple makes 500,000 iPhones everyday mostly in China. 90% of iPhones are produced there. Apple has built the world's most advanced electronic production supply chain in China, not America.

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00:38:35

Space in the Bay Area. Research, Technology,...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/07/12

The Bay Area is home to a significant space industry. It benefits from the national labs located here, research universities and venture capital industry.

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00:48:36

A CIA False Flag Plot. Lee Harvey Oswald, New...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/07/11

George Joannides was a CIA Branch Chief at the CIA Miami Station. He was responsible for the Anti Castro student group the DRE. The DRE baited Oswald in New Orleans for passing out pro Castro flyers. They also ensured that Oswald was interviewed on radio and TV as a left wing Castro sympathizer. Those clips were used after the assassination to bolster the Oswald lone nut Castro supporter image.

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00:40:58

The Power of the Independent Voter. Talking with Adam...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/07/11

Independent voters, especially among Gen Z and Millennials is a growing cohort and eschews the binary choice of Democrat or Republican parties, unlike their Baby Boomer parents. Such a political realignment could help break the polarized politics that plagues our country.

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00:45:54

My Mom Jayne. A film by Mariska Hargitay. Talking...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/07/06

Jayne Mansfield was a Hollywood film star of the late 1950s and early 60s. Her daughter Mariska Hargitay has directed this documentary with a strong personal memoir of her Mother. It can be seen on HBO.

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00:43:04

The Great Progression 2025 - 2050. Talking with...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/07/02

An era of great technological change is unfolding before us which will transform every aspect of our lives sooner than you think.

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00:53:49

Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy ? Talking...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/07/02

To reduce the chasm of polarization in American Politics, Professor Fishkin has developed a successful process of Deliberative Polling that he has employed in 160 cases in the US and overseas to great success.

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