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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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00:41:42

TCM Classic Film Festival 2025. Talking with Shaun...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/04/28

Turner Classic Movies hosts a classic movie festival every year in Los Angeles. The theme this year was " Grand Illusions: Fantastic Worlds on Film ". Shaun Chang attended this year and shares his impressions.

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00:37:41

Canada's Historic Election. Talking with Marci Surkes.

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/04/25

Canada goes to the polls on Monday April 28, 2025 to choose a new government. Incumbent Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre are the two main candidates for the top job. The election will be the first held against the backdrop of the Trump tariffs which have dominated the election campaign. The incumbent Liberals were likely to lose earlier this year but have surged back as President Trump taunted Justin Trudeau and suggested Canada should become the 51st

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00:54:23

The Return of the Strong Gods. Nationalism, Populism...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/04/23

The Post War Consensus, based on the Open Society was crafted to dampen and eliminate passions that fueled nationalism, militarism, anti-semitism in WWI and WWII. The de-emphasis of traditional beliefs in family, flag, faith in favor of individualism, secularity and internationalism served to cool emotions and for 80 years in the Western Democracies peace prevailed. But that consensus is coming to an end as a wave of Populism has swept across the US, UK and other nations. What will replace it ?

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01:00:06

The Sisterhood of Ravensbruck. How an Intrepid Band...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/04/19

The Ravensbruck concentration camp was a labor camp housing political dissidents from across the German occupied continent of Europe. The book tells the story of four French women who had a major impact for the good on the inmates, and their fellow countrymen. "Something must be done."

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00:36:53

The Telepathy Tapes: A British Perspective. Talking...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/04/14

Joe Rogan interviewed the Telepathy Tapes producer Ky Dickens. Michael Marshall is the co-host of The Know Rogan Experience and critically analyses the claims made about telepathy in the interview. He is also editor of The Skeptic Magazine.

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00:57:38

Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn's...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/04/10

Mark Twain's novel features an enslaved man Jim who teams up with young Huck rafting down the Mississippi to freedom. But Jim has become one of the more controversial characters in American Literature. This book sheds new light on one of Mark Twain's most endearing albeit misunderstood characters.

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00:52:39

Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/04/08

San Francisco's venerable Ferry Building opened in 1898 but by 1938 with the opening of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges, the need for commuter ferries vanished overnight. And with that, the grand transit hub fell on uncertain times. But through luck and civic activism the iconic former transportation hub has reinvented itself yet again, and is the centerpiece of a revived Embarcadero.

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00:51:35

The Lost and The Found. A True Story of Homelessness,...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/04/04

Veteran San Francisco Chronicle journalist Kevin Fagan wrote a 5 part series on homelessness in 2003 called "Shame of the City". Some of the characters profiled in that series became lifelong friends and were profiled in The Lost and The Found. Kevin had a 32 year career at The Chronicle.

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00:54:47

Canada: A defining moment for our neighbor to the...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/04/02

Canada has a new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, and faces a General Election on April 28, 2025. The key - some would say existential - issues facing Canadian voters are the Economy and managing the US relationship with the Trump Administration. Marci Surkes served as advisor to Justin Trudeau, the former Prime Minister and witnessed historic policy debates and decisions.

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00:43:27

The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/03/20

Technology has reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites .

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00:51:59

The Open Society as an Enemy: How Free Societies...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/03/17

Populist agendas of the Left and Right threaten to undermine fundamental principles that underpin liberal democracies. What can we do to reverse the trend ? Is it too late ?

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00:26:29

Safe and Sound: a proven program that reduces...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/03/13

San Francisco has over 4500 reports of child abuse annually. Safe and Sound for over 50 years has been working with at risk families to deal with the problem and prevent recurrences.

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00:39:33

The Zodiac Killings: Still Unsolved. Talking with...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/03/12

As an example of American True Crime stories, the Zodiac killings in the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and 1970s, continue to fascinate. In today's episode, we discuss the 2007 movie, Zodiac and the 2024 Netflix docuseries, This is the Zodiac speaking.

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00:48:20

The Science of Weird Shit: Why our minds conjure the...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/03/05

Paranormal phenomena are all around us: UFOs, Telepathy, alien abductions. But what is the psychology behind such beliefs ? Anomalistic Psychology seeks to explain the psychological bases of these beliefs.

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00:37:20

In conversation with Dr. Deepak Srivastava, President...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/03/03

The Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco is an independent biomedical research institution that empowers world class scientists to find new pathways to cure disease.

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00:36:14

A Man's Guide to Healthy Aging. Talking with...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/02/27

Men have a different relationship with their health and doctors than women have. And it continues to evolve for the better as men are more likely to seek care earlier than they would have done 30 plus years ago. But there is still a cultural bias against appearing to be weak: more change is warranted.

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00:37:21

Extreme Wealth is the leading social problem of our...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/02/24

New tech has created many billionaires and with that, extreme wealth. With AI and other advanced technologies on the horizon, the prospect of even greater wealth creation is highly likely. But how is social policy evolving to address the social ills that accompany new technology and new wealth ?

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00:37:31

The United States, Russia and Ukraine: Peace Talks...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/02/17

President Trump has convened a meeting with Russia in Riyadh to discuss Peace in Ukraine. President Macron also convened a meeting of European leaders while President Zelensky of Ukraine is meeting with Turkish President Erdogan in Ankara. First steps to end the three year conflict.

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00:28:44

Presidents' Day: What do we celebrate ? Talking with...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/02/17

The third Monday of February is a federal holiday established to honor our first President George Washington. But since 1970 when it was created, the holiday has evolved to acknowledge all of the 45 men who have served as President.

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00:35:45

Thanks to Life : A biography of Violeta Parra, the...

The San Francisco Experience ·

2025/02/12

Violeta Parra was a renowned folksinger whose Chilean folk songs have been popularized around the world. She also ventured into painting and ceramics and was well received in Europe. Though the Chilean public was less excited about her art in the 1960s.

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