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Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

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The 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.

The 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.

Location:

San Francisco, CA

Networks:

KQED

Description:

The 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.

Twitter:

@cwclub

Language:

English

Contact:

The Commonwealth Club of California 595 Market Street 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 415-597-6700

Episodes

Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Women and Leadership

2/4/2021
SPEAKERS Julia Gillard Former Prime Minister of Australia; Co-author, Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Former Finance Minister of Nigeria, Co-author, Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons In Conversation with Jennifer Palmieri Former White House Communications Director; Co-host, “The Circus” on Showtime; Author, She Proclaims: Our Declaration of Independence from a Man’s World In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program...

Duration:01:07:01

Anna Malaika Tubbs: The Mothers of the Civil Rights Movement

2/4/2021
SPEAKERS Anna Malaika Tubbs Author, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation Valerie Coleman Morris Emmy Award-Winning Journalist—Moderator In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club of California from San Francisco on February 3rd, 2021

Duration:01:02:56

Los Hermanos: Film Screening and Discussion

2/3/2021
SPEAKERS Afa Dworkin President and Artistic Director, Sphinx Organization Ilmar Gavilán Violinist; Member, The Harlem Quartet Marcia Jarmel Director and Producer, Patchwork Films Ken Schneider Director and Producer, Patchwork Films Rebeca Mauleón Director of Education, SF Jazz—Discussion Leader and Moderator In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The...

Duration:01:06:45

Frank Figliuzzi: The FBI Way

2/3/2021
SPEAKERS Frank Figliuzzi Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, FBI; Author, The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau's Code of Excellence In Conversation with Ellen Nakashima National Security Reporter, The Washington Post In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club of California from San Francisco on January 27th, 2021

Duration:00:58:01

Varying Degrees: Climate Change in the American Mind

2/3/2021
SPEAKERS Anthony Leiserowitz Director and Senior Research Scientist, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication Edward Maibach Director, George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication Greg Dalton Founder and Host, Climate One In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program was recorded on January 13 via a non-program video interview by Climate One at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, CA.

Duration:00:50:53

Silicon Valley Reads Kickoff: Together—Connecting and Finding Comfort

2/3/2021
SPEAKERS Dr. Sara Cody Director of Public Health, Santa Clara County Dr. James Doty Neurosurgeon and Founder, Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism; Author, Into the Magic Ship: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart Usha Srinivasan Co Founder and President, Mosaic Silicon Valley Sal Pizarro Columnist, Mercury News—Moderator In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via...

Duration:01:15:50

A Salute to KQED's Michael Krasny

2/2/2021
SPEAKERS Michael Krasny Host, KQED's "Forum"; Professor of English, San Francisco State University In Conversation with Thuy Vu Journalist; Co-founder and President, Global Mentor Network; Former Host, KQED "Newsroom" In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club of California from San Francisco on January 27th, 2021

Duration:00:59:54

Black and White: The Double Standard in the Capitol Hill Siege

2/2/2021
SPEAKERS Alicia Garza Activist; Principal, The Black Futures Lab Barbara Lee Barbara Lee, U.S. Representative (D–CA) In Conversation with Fred Blackwell CEO, The San Francisco Foundation In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club of California from San Francisco on January 22nd, 2021

Duration:01:01:23

Streaming Fiction with Charles Yu and Jess Walter

2/1/2021
SPEAKERS Charles Yu 2020 National Book Award-Winning Author; Author, The Only Living Girl on Earth Jess Walter Author, Town & Country In Conversation with Amy Grace Loyd Author and Acquiring Editor, Scribd Originals In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club of California from San Francisco on January 26th, 2021

Duration:01:05:13

Mai Khoi and the Art of Creative Dissent

1/29/2021
SPEAKERS Mai Khoi Artist; Activist; Recipient, Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent Michelle Meow Producer and Host, “The Michelle Meow Show”; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors—Co-Host John Zipperer Producer and Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable; Vice President of Media & Editorial, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience...

Duration:01:00:48

Gershom Gorenberg: War of Shadows

1/28/2021
SPEAKERS Gershom Gorenberg American-Israeli Journalist; Author, War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East Robert Rosenthal Board Member, Center for Investigative Reporting—Moderator In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club of California from San Francisco on January 27th, 2021

Duration:00:57:32

Tyler Stovall: White Freedom

1/27/2021
SPEAKERS Tyler Stovall Ph.D., Professor of History, and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Fordham University; Author, White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea In Conversation with George Hammond Author, Conversations With Socrates In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club of California from San Francisco on January...

Duration:01:00:31

Michael Boskin and Laura Tyson: Bank of America Annual Economic Forecast

1/27/2021
SPEAKERS Michael Boskin Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Chair, President George H.W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisors Laura Tyson Ph. D., Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley; Chair, President Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors Evelyn Dilsaver Chair, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors; Former Executive Vice President, Charles Schwab; Former President & CEO, Charles Schwab...

Duration:01:02:33

NBA’s Kevin Love: Championing Mental Health for Everyone

1/27/2021
SPEAKERS Kevin Love Professional Basketball Player, Cleveland Cavaliers Elissa Epel Ph.D, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco Raj Mathai News Anchor, NBC Bay Area—Moderator Introduction by Stephen Hinshaw Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online...

Duration:01:03:31

After the Capitol Siege: The Need for Civics Education

1/26/2021
SPEAKERS Louise Dubé Executive Director, iCivics Lauren Leader Co-founder and CEO, All In Together Mark K. Updegrove President and CEO, LBJ Library and Foundation Elizabeth Clay Roy CEO, Generation Citizen—Moderator In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club of California from San Francisco on January 22nd, 2021

Duration:00:59:20

A Healthy Society Series: Communicating Science (in a Science-Skeptical World)

1/26/2021
SPEAKERS Jeremy A. Abbate Vice President and Publisher, Scientific American Melinda Wenner Moyer Contributing Editor, Scientific American; Faculty Member, Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University; Author, How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t A--holes (forthcoming) In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was...

Duration:00:59:18

Making the Case: A Unique Portrait of a Supreme Court Justice

1/26/2021
SPEAKERS Laura Brill Former Clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Jennifer Callahan Director, Making the Case Estelle Parsons Academy Award-Winning Actor (Bonnie and Clyde); Director Daniel Stiepleman Screenwriter; Recipient, Humanitas Prize (for On the Basis of Sex) Michelle Meow Producer and Host," The Michelle Meow Show" KBCW-TV and Podcast; Member, The Commonwealth Club Board of Governors; Twitter @msmichellemeow—Co-Host John Zipperer Producer and Host, Week to Week Political...

Duration:01:00:24

Rep. Eric Swalwell: The Siege on Capitol Hill

1/25/2021
SPEAKERS Eric Swalwell U.S. Representative (D–CA) Rose Aguilar Host, KALW’s “Your Call” In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club of California from San Francisco on January 21st, 2021

Duration:00:56:10

Journalist Annie Jacobsen: Biometrics and the Surveillance State

1/25/2021
SPEAKERS Annie Jacobsen Journalist; Former Contributing Editor, Los Angeles Times Magazine; Author, First Platoon In Conversation with Max Brooks Writer; Fellow, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and the Modern War Institute at West Point; Author, World War Z In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club...

Duration:01:07:55

The New Corporation: Creating an Economic System That Works for All

1/22/2021
SPEAKERS Jennifer Abbott Filmmaker, The New Corporation, The Corporation and A Cow at My Table Joel Bakan Filmmaker, The New Corporation Film; Author, The New Corporation; Public Speaker; Professor of Law, University of British Columbia Elizabeth Davis Ph.D., Dean, School of Economics and Business Administration, Saint Mary's College of California Kevin McGarry Attorney, Associate Professor of Accounting (Tax/Law/Ethics), Saint Mary's College of California; Director, Elfenworks...

Duration:01:07:37

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