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Steve Fainaru, Reporter, The Washington Post; Author, Big Boy Rules: In the

Mon, Jan 5 Listen
Mercenaries: Iraq’s Parallel Army Steve Fainaru, Reporter, The Washington Post; Author, Big Boy Rules: In the Company of America’s Mercenaries On the margins of the Iraq war, a parallel army of 100,000 has been doing the jobs unable to be tackled by an overstretched U.S. military, either because they cannot or will not take on these jobs. You may know them as “security contractors,” and they operate outside the rules of engagement. Fainaru traveled with several bands of “mercs” to find out...

George Hamilton: Tales of Show Business and Life

Mon, Jan 5 Listen
George Hamilton: Tales of Show Business and Life In conversation with KGO Radio Host Ray Taliaferro In this blockbuster event, Hamilton - famed for his acting skills as well as his perpetual tan - shares intimate stories about life in Hollywood, including his friendships with Cary Grant and Sammy Davis, Jr., among other stars. Hear about some of Hollywood's biggest secrets and scandals from this versatile actor, whose credits encompass everything from “Crime and Punishment” to “Dancing with...

India: On the Road Toward Superpower?

Thu, Dec 18 Listen
India: On the Road Toward Superpower? Sabeer Bhatia, Co-founder, Hotmail and Arzoo.com; Entrepreneur Rafiq Dossani, Ph.D., Senior Research Scholar; Executive Director, South Asia Initiative Kanwal Rekhi, Managing Director, Inventus Capital Partners; Venture Capitalist; Philanthropist Ananya Roy, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Academic Affairs International & Area Studies, UC Berkeley As terror seizes Mumbai, the government of India stands on shaky political grounds. The authorities’ inability to...

Michael Kinsley, Columnist, Time Magazine; Founding Editor, Slate; Author,

Thu, Dec 18 Listen
Creative Capitalism: Navigating Rough Waters on Wall Street and Main Street Michael Kinsley, Columnist, Time Magazine; Founding Editor, Slate; Author, Creative Capitalism It’s official. The U.S. has now been in recession for at least a year, and the markets show no signs of significant recovery in the near future. One of the most prolific and thoughtful commentators on the U.S. political scene today, Kinsley turns his razor-sharp intellect and dead-on commentary to our financial system....

Jane M. Hightower, M.D.; Author, Diagnosis Mercury: Money, Politics and Poi

Thu, Dec 11 Listen
Diagnosis Mercury Jane M. Hightower, M.D.; Author, Diagnosis Mercury: Money, Politics and Poison Hightower will discuss the risk of consuming too much mercury when eating top predator ocean fish such as tuna, swordfish and sharks. She is a San Francisco doctor who discovered in 2000 that many of her patients had the classic symptoms of mercury poisoning, including nausea, trouble concentrating and tiredness, and she traced these symptoms to eating fish several times a week. Public health...

Robert Baer, Former CIA Operative; Author, Sleeping with the Devil and See

Thu, Dec 11 Listen
Iran’s Grip on America’s Future Robert Baer, Former CIA Operative; Author, Sleeping with the Devil and See No Evil Don't miss this opportunity to hear from and meet the man who was the basis of George Clooney's character in "Syriana" -- and find out why reality is even more riveting than film. Considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Middle East, Baer will explore the gap of information between what is going on in Iran and what Americans know. Bear visited Iran to interview...

Ted Turner, Media Mogul; Founder, CNN; Owner, Atlanta Braves; Philanthropis

Fri, Dec 5 Listen
The Legendary Maverick Tells All Ted Turner, Media Mogul; Founder, CNN; Owner, Atlanta Braves; Philanthropist; Author, Call Me Ted In Conversation with Phil Bronstein, Executive Vice President and Editor at Large, San Francisco Chronicle Turner’s life is the stuff of legend. But what drives him? Now, for the first time, the businessman shares his personal story. From his difficult childhood to his hard-partying college life, from the surprise success of CNN to the drama of the AOL/Time...

Meet Human Rights Activists Bo Kyi and Umida Niazova

Wed, Dec 3 Listen
Meet Human Rights Activists Bo Kyi and Umida Niazova Bo Kyi, Co-founder, Burma’s Association for Assistance of Political Prisoners Umida Niazova, Uzbek Journalist This year, Human Rights Watch honors two former political prisoners for their relentless exposure of abuses and their tenacious support for justice for victims of human rights violations in their own countries. Meet these two courageous individuals, hear their stories, and discuss the future for Burma and Uzbekistan. MLF:...

Sumbul Ali-Karamali, Attorney; Author, The Muslim Next Door: The Qur'an, th

Wed, Dec 3 Listen
The Muslim Next Door Sumbul Ali-Karamali, Attorney; Author, The Muslim Next Door: The Qur'an, the Media and that Veil Thing Ali-Karamali, self-described as “a Californian by upbringing, corporate lawyer by training, Stanford educated mum with degrees in English and Islamic Law,” presents a fresh perspective on Muslim beliefs and customs, and discusses the status and role of women in Muslim cultures. This program was recorded in front of a live audience on October 30, 2008

Mark Yudof, President, University of California; Former Law Professor; Expe

Wed, Nov 26 Listen
Proving the Value of Higher Education Mark Yudof, President, University of California; Former Law Professor; Expert, Education and Constitutional Law Hired to replace Robert Dynes in the aftermath of management changes, University of California’s newest president will discuss why he is so committed to accountability in higher education. Yudof is determined to lead a new UC imperative for demonstrating success, faculty achievement, and other benchmarks of quality to taxpayers who expect and...

Guy Kawasaki, Co-founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Venture

Wed, Nov 26 Listen
Guy Kawasaki, Co-founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures; Author, Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition For nearly 30 years, Kawasaki has earned a notable reputation as a venture capitalist, entrepreneur and popular blogger. The former Apple evangelist will share his provocative insights and commonsense practices for succeeding in today’s business world. Kawasaki’s “no bull shiitake” approach is a reality check...

Neil Joeck, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Li

Tue, Nov 25 Listen
The U.S. and Pakistan: Next Steps for Troubled Friends Neil Joeck, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Labs Since 9/11, the U.S. and Pakistan have collaborated on regional security issues. However, the recent replacement of Pervez Musharraf by President Zardari and an impending change in the White House promise a new era of opportunities and challenges. Joeck, a leading expert on South Asian and nuclear issues who served on the White House staff,...

Offshore Oil: Drilling Ourselves into the Next Generation or an Environment

Tue, Nov 25 Listen
Offshore Oil: Drilling Ourselves into the Next Generation or an Environmental Catastrophe? Joe Sparano, President, Western States Petroleum Association Michael Brune, CEO, Rainforest Action Network Randall Luthi, Director, Minerals Management Service Peter Schwartz, President, Global Business Network Both sides of the political aisle agree: Dependence on foreign oil has become a dangerous game. They say energy independence is a must, but the best way to get there remains a big question....

Philip Zimbardo, Psychologist; Author, The Lucifer Effect and The Time Para

Fri, Nov 21 Listen
The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo, Psychologist; Author, The Lucifer Effect and The Time Paradox What if your attitudes toward time could explain why you are chronically late, why you’re likely to fight for rainforest preservation, or why you might be predisposed to addictions? Zimbardo, renowned for his notorious 1971 Stanford Prison Experiments, will discuss how internal time perspectives determine every single one of our thoughts, feelings and actions. He even makes the case that attitudes...

The Electoral College and National Popular Vote: Changing the System?

Fri, Nov 21 Listen
The Electoral College and National Popular Vote: Changing the System? John Koza, Venture Capitalist; Founder, National Popular Vote Dan Lowenstein, Professor of Law, UCLA Clyde Spillenger, Professor of Law, UCLA Doug Sovern, Political Correspondent, KCBS All News 740-AM The Electoral College was developed by our founding fathers and enshrined in the Constitution as a system of checks and balances to ensure a fair outcome in the choosing of our presidents. However, the highly publicized 2000...

Michael H. Shuman, Economist; Attorney; Entrepreneur; Author of The Small-M

Thu, Nov 20 Listen
Michael H. Shuman, Economist; Attorney; Entrepreneur; Author of The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global competition The Club's Business & Leadership Member Led Forum welcomes Michael Shuman to discuss local economies and the buy-local movement. This program was recorded in front of a live audience on November 5, 2008

Richard Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo & Company

Fri, Nov 14 Listen
“Now and Then” with Dick Kovacevich: Leadership in a Time of Financial Crisis Richard Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo & Company Amidst one of the biggest crises to hit the international financial markets in modern history, Wells Fargo & Company has been an island of relative stability. Wells Fargo's chairman will discuss the evolution of banking and finance from WWII to the present and beyond in this latest installment of the "Now and Then" series. Kovacevich was the 2007 San Francisco...

John Hofmeister, Founder and Chief Executive, Citizens for Affordable Energ

Mon, Nov 10 Listen
Is Big Oil Part of Our Energy Problem, or the Solution? John Hofmeister, Founder and Chief Executive, Citizens for Affordable Energy; Former President, Shell Oil Co. Big Energy is feeling the heat as skyrocketing oil costs and climate-change buzz fuel criticism from consumers and the media. But recently retired Shell chief Hofmeister will give a major speech addressing how the goals of consumers, the environmental movement and energy companies are actually closely aligned. He has just founded...

Naomi Klein, Journalist, Syndicated Columnist; Author, The Shock Doctrine:

Thu, Oct 30 Listen
Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein, Journalist, Syndicated Columnist; Author, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism In conversation with Stephen Elliott, Author; Member, San Francisco Writers' Grotto; Former Wallace Stegner Fellow, Stanford University; Founder, The Progressive Reading Series From the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to the unending war in Iraq, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Klein chronicles the rise of free-market policies and how...

Frank Rich, Michael Tomasky, Thomas Powers, Martin Kettle, Bob Silvers-The

Tue, Oct 28 Listen
The Election: Experts Weigh in on the Big Issues Frank Rich, Op-ed Columnist, The New York Times; Contributor, New York Review of Books Michael Tomasky, Editor, Guardian America; Contributor, New York Review of Books Thomas Powers, Author, The Military Error and Intelligence Wars; Contributor, New York Review of Books Martin Kettle, Writer, The Guardian Bob Silvers, Co-founder and Editor, New York Review of Books - Moderator Join some of the brightest intellectuals of our day as they break...

America and the World: Presidential Candidate Advisors Speak on Internation

Fri, Oct 24 Listen
America and the World: Presidential Candidate Advisors Speak on International Security Hon. James Woolsey, Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Former Director of Central Intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency (1993-1995); Advisor to Senator McCain Michael McFaul, Deputy Director, Freeman Spogli Institute For International Studies and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Advisor to...

George Mitchell, Former U.S. Senator; Chairman, Global Board, DLA Piper

Thu, Oct 23 Listen
Mitchell Reports George Mitchell, Former U.S. Senator; Chairman, Global Board, DLA Piper Moderated by Dr. Gloria C. Duffy, President and CEO, The Commonwealth Club of California Mitchell's mission is to ensure the U.S. remains a leader in brokering peace and ensuring the safety and viability of populations. As congressman, Mitchell was named most respected member six times. He helped broker peace in Northern Ireland and worked to discover a path to peace in the Middle East. Most recently, he...

Colonel Peter Mansoor, Executive Officer to the Commanding General, Multi-N

Fri, Oct 17 Listen
Baghdad at Sunrise Colonel Peter Mansoor, Executive Officer to the Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq (2007-08); Chair of Military History, Ohio State University; Author, Baghdad at Sunrise Mansoor led the first Army brigade during the initial stages of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. He was uniquely positioned to gain a firsthand, up-close view of what went right and what went wrong as the U.S. increased its presence in the region. His work gives us a detailed analysis of the operation...

Robert Reich, Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley; Form

Wed, Oct 15 Listen
What's at Stake in the Election: Trickle-Down Versus Bottom-Up Economics Robert Reich, Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley; Former U.S. Secretary of Labor; Author, Supercapitalism The state of the economy and the welfare of American jobs are pressing issues in the current election cycle. The former secretary of labor and author of multiple best sellers, Reich warns that democracy and capitalism are not fundamentally intertwined; there can be one without the other, he says....

Panel: Paths to Zero-Striving Toward a Nuclear-Free World

Mon, Oct 13 Listen
Paths to Zero: Striving Toward a Nuclear-Free World Raymond Jeanloz, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science and of Astronomy, UC Berkeley Sidney Drell, Professor Emeritus of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund Harold Palmer Smith Jr., Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley Ivan Oelrich, Vice President of the Strategic Security Program, Federation of American Scientists George Shultz, Former U.S....

Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google

Mon, Oct 13 Listen
Where Would Google Drill? Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google Would “Drill, Baby, Drill” be part of Google’s vision for green energy? Yes, but not drilling for oil. CEO Schmidt says punching down into the Earth to capture natural and clean geothermal energy could help move the United States away from its dependence on petroleum. Google’s new energy plan also calls for a bold move into solar and wind power. It would cost $2.7 trillion through 2030. However, Schmidt says it would generate $2.1 trillion...

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California

Mon, Oct 6 Listen
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California In signing a landmark climate change law two years ago, Governor Schwarzenegger put California ahead of the parade to a low-carbon economy. “The global warming debate is over,” he declared. Public awareness has surged since then, but most of the hard work still lies ahead. How will California meet its goal of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases 25 percent by 2020? Will offshore oil drilling be resumed? Who will pay for the transition to...

Farnaz Fassihi, Iraq Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal; Author, Waitin

Mon, Oct 6 Listen
Farnaz Fassihi, Iraq Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal; Author, Waiting for an Ordinary Day Iraq: Life Unraveling In Conversation with Dory Culver, Associate News Director, KCBS All News 740 AM Every day, we are inundated with images and talk of war in Iraq. But many of us in the U.S. do not see the human side of the conflict, says Fassihi, the everyday people living amidst the bombs, battles and fractured public services. Fassihi has lived with these people and discusses their plight...

California's Proposition One: Pros and Cons of High-Speed Rail

Mon, Oct 6 Listen
Pros and Cons of High-Speed Rail Quentin Kopp, Chairman, CA High Speed Rail Authority (Pro-Prop One) Jon Coupal, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (Anti-Prop One) Norman Mineta, Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation – Moderator Plans to build a 200-mph bullet train route between San Francisco and Los Angeles will put California on the map as home to the nation’s first high-speed train. If Proposition 1A passes, will the billions spent be offset by operating revenues? Will...

The Future of Health Care: The Candidates’ Plans

Fri, Sep 26 Listen
The Future of Health Care: The Candidates’ Plans Daniel Kessler, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Professor, Stanford University Graduate School of Business; Health Policy Surrogate, 2008 John McCain Presidential Campaign E. Richard Brown, Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; Professor, UCLA School of Public Health; Health Policy Advisor, 2008 Barack Obama Presidential Campaign Doug Sovern, Reporter, KCBS All News 740-AM - Moderator Health care is a major issue in the current...

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