Commonwealth Club of California

KQED

The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. As a non-partisan forum, The Club brings to the public airwaves diverse viewpoints on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast - the oldest in the U.S., dating back to 1924 - is carried across the nation on public radio stations.

The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. As a non-partisan forum, The Club brings to the public airwaves diverse viewpoints on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast - the oldest in the U.S., dating back to 1924 - is carried across the nation on public radio stations.

More Information

Location:

San Francisco, CA

Genres:

News & Politics Podcasts

Interviews

Public Radio

Talk Show Replays

Networks:

KQED

Description:

Twitter:

@cwclub

Language:

English

Contact:

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

Website:

http://www.commonwealthclub.org/

Email:

club@commonwealthclub.org

Episodes

Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter: Why Competition in the Politics Industry Is Failing America

4/1/2019

SPEAKERS Katherine M. Gehl Former CEO and Political Innovation Activist Michael E. Porter Economist and Professor, Harvard Business School This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco on March 28th, 2019.

Duration:01:16:59

Insane Mode: Tesla’s Wild Ride

3/31/2019

SPEAKERS Hamish McKenzie Author, “Insane Mode: How Elon Musk's Tesla Sparked an Electric Revolution to End the Age of Oil” (Dutton, 2018) Lora Kolodny Tech Reporter, CNBC Katie Fehrenbacher Senior Writer & Analyst, GreenBiz Greg Dalton Founder and Host, Climate One This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco on March 12, 2019.

Duration:00:48:57

Amy Webb: The Dangers of AI

3/31/2019

SPEAKERS Amy WebbA Founder, Future Today Institute; Author, The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity; Twitter @amywebb AIn Conversation with Anja ManuelA Co-Founder and Partner, RiceHadleyGates This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 27th, 2019

Duration:01:07:32

An Evening with Governor Jerry Brown and Anne Gust Brown

3/30/2019

SPEAKERS Jerry Brown Former Governor of California Anne Gust Brown Former First Lady of California In Conversation with Dr. Gloria Duffy President and CEO, The Commonwealth Club This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Marines Memorial Theatre in San Francisco on March 28th, 2019.

Duration:01:08:27

Taraji P. Henson: The Best of Enemies

3/30/2019

SPEAKERS Taraji P. Henson Actress; Author, Around the Way Girl Robin Bissell Director, The Best of Enemies; Producer, The Hunger Games; Producer, Seabiscuit Dominique Telson Senior Vice President of Development and Production, Astute Films Alicia Garza Principal, Black Futures Lab; Strategy and Partnership Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter; Contributing Editor, Marie Claire—Moderator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at...

Mayor Pete Buttigieg: Democratic Presidential Candidate

3/29/2019

SPEAKERS Pete Buttigieg 32nd Mayor of South Bend, Indiana; 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate; Author, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future Clara Jeffery Editor-in-Chief, Mother Jones—Moderator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commandant’s Ballroom at Marines’ Memorial Hotel in San Francisco on March 28th, 2019. ** This Podcast Contains Explicit Language **

Duration:01:45:07

Water from the Wilderness: San Francisco's Water Supply Post 1906 and in the Era of Climate Change

3/28/2019

SPEAKERS Jim Yager Senior Producer, Jim Yager Media; Producer, Water from the Wilderness Michael Carlin Deputy General Manager and Chief Operating Officer, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Sarah Elkind Professor, Environmental and Urban History, San Diego State University Radhika Fox Chief Executive Officer, US Water Alliance This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 27th, 2019.

Duration:01:00:34

Chancellor Carol Christ: The New Initiatives at UC Berkeley

3/28/2019

SPEAKERS Carol Christ UC Berkeley Chancellor In Conversation with Joseph Epstein President, Sierra Steel Trading LLC; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 26th, 2019.

Duration:01:13:54

San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly: Managing Inflation in the Current Economy

3/28/2019

SPEAKERS Mary Daly Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco David Batstone Ph.D., Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of San Francisco School of Management—Moderator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 26th, 2019.

Duration:01:05:25

A Way to Find One's Purpose (and, Coincidentally, Happiness and Contentment)

3/26/2019

SPEAKERS Ellen Grace O’Brian Director, Center for Spiritual Enlightenment; Author, The Jewel of Abundance This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 25th, 2019.

Duration:01:04:14

Representative Joe Kennedy III

3/25/2019

SPEAKERS Joe Kennedy III U.S. Representative for District 4 (D–MA) Marisa Lagos Reporter, California Politics and Government, KQED—Moderator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 22nd, 2019.

Duration:01:06:31

The Great Leap with BD Wong, Arye Gross and Tim Liu

3/25/2019

SPEAKERS Arye Gross Actor, "Castle, "Ellen"; Twitter @ThatAryeGross Tim Liu Actor, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; "Nepotism" Web Series; Twitter @timmycliu BD Wong Tony Award-winning Actor, "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit," "Gotham," "Mr. Robot"; Twitter @BD_WONG Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and KBCW TV); Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host This...

Duration:00:58:04

Korea: Two Ambassadors, Two Perspectives

3/25/2019

SPEAKERS Harry Harris United States Ambassador to South Korea Cho Yoon-je South Korean Ambassador to the United States Philip Yun Executive Director, Ploughshares Fund; Former Senior Advisor for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. State Department Under President Clinton—Moderator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 21st, 2019.

Duration:01:06:20

Naturally Wired: Getting Outside in the Digital Age

3/22/2019

SPEAKERS Phil Ginsburg General Manager, San Francisco Recreation and Parks Rebecca Johnson Co-Director, Citizen Science at the California Academy of Sciences Nooshin Razani Pediatrician and Founder/Director of the Center for Nature and Health at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Greg Dalton Founder & Host, Climate One This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 5th, 2019.

Duration:00:50:52

California Education Chief Tony Thurmond

3/22/2019

SPEAKERS Tony Thurmond California Superintendent of Public Instruction In Conversation with Ricardo Cano K–12 Education Reporter, CALMatters This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 21st, 2019.

Duration:01:07:10

What You Need to Know Before You’re 65: A Medicare Primer

3/22/2019

SPEAKERS Esther Koch Founder, Encore Management; Medicare Aging Network Partner, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 20th, 2019.

Duration:01:05:49

James Lapine, William Finn, Spencer Liff and Jordan Roth: Inside 'Falsettos', on The Michelle Meow Show

3/21/2019

SPEAKERS William Finn Musical Composer and Lyricist; Tony Award Winner (Falsettos, 1992) James Lapine Director, "Falsettos" and "Sunday in the Park With George"; Screenwriter Spencer Liff Choregrapher, "Falsettos"; Resident Choreographer, "So You Think You Can Dance" Jordan Roth President and Majority Owner, Jujamcyn Theaters; Producer, Clybourne Park (Winner, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award) Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and KBCW TV); Twitter...

Duration:00:41:56

Congresswoman Jackie Speier

3/21/2019

SPEAKERS Jackie Speier U.S. Representative for District 14 (D-CA); Author, Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back; Twitter @RepSpeier In Conversation with Barbara Marshman Former Editorial Pages Editor, The Mercury News This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Lucie Stern Theater in Palo Alto, California on March 18th, 2019.

Duration:01:02:41

Written in Stone: Public Monuments in Changing Societies

3/21/2019

SPEAKERS Sanford Levinson Professor of Law, the University of Texas, Austin; Author, Written in Stone: Public Monuments in Changing Societies This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 18th, 2019.

Duration:01:22:25

Week to Week Politics Roundtable 3/20/19

3/21/2019

SPEAKERS Carson Bruno Assistant Dean and Adjunct Lecturer, School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University; Twitter @carsonjfbruno Melissa Caen Political and Legal Reporter, CBS Bay Area (KPIX) Barbara Marshman Former Editorial Page Editor, Mercury News; Twitter @barbmarshman John Zipperer Vice President of Media & Editorial, The Commonwealth Club—Host This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 20th, 2019.

Duration:01:14:16