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Commonwealth Club Radio Program
Newest Episode: Tue January 31, 2012. 05:34 AM
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 and is now podcasting. Our website archive features audio of our recent programs, as well as selected speeches from our long and distinguished history. This podcast feed is usually updated twice a week and is always un-edited.
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1:05:50
Humor Columnist Dave Barry and Former "SNL" Writer Alan Zweibel

Dave Barry, Humor Columnist; Co-author, Lunatics

Alan Zweibel, Former Writer, "Saturday Night Live"; Co-author, Lunatics

Doug Sovern, KCBS Radio/ CBS 5 TV Correspondent (Moderator)

Beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Barry and quirky Thurber Prize-winning writer and "SNL" alum Zweibel take you on a literary journey of inspiration and mayhem. In a world filled with unbelievable jerks and morons, the two main characters of their new book Lunatics are about to collide in a swiftly escalating series of events that will send them running for their lives, pursued by the police, soldiers, terrorists, subversives, bears and a man dressed as Chuck E. Cheese. Experience the world through the eyes and words of bestselling humorist Barry and five-time Emmy Award winner, renowned "SNL" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" writer Zweibel – a sure way to tickle your funny bone!

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 19, 2012
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Fri January 27, 2012. 02:49 AM
Dylan Ratigan

Host, “The Dylan Ratigan Show,” MSNBC; Author, Greedy Bastard$!

Quentin Hardy, Deputy Technology Editor, The New York Times- Moderator

Dylan Ratigan, host of one of the highest rated daytime shows on MSNBC, graces The Commonwealth Club with his hardball, gloves-off approach to American politics and big business. In his first book, Greedy Bastards, Ratigan details what he calls a “broken system” and “illustrates how fixing these problems will release a renaissance of growth and innovation.” Prior to joining MSNBC, Ratigan previously launched CNBC’s highly successful Fast Money and Closing Bell. Come join the debate as Ratigan discusses the repercussions and remedies to the problems we face in America today.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 18, 2012
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1:03:47
Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain

Michael Gazzaniga, Professor of Psychology and Director of the SAGE Center for the Study of Mind, UC Santa Barbara

Known as the "father of cognitive neuroscience," Gazzaniga makes a powerful argument for free will. The question of free will versus determinism continues to vex scientists, psychologists and philosophers, but the biological evidence is not as stridently deterministic as it is often presented. Dr. Gazzaniga argues that the human mind constrains the brain and monitors our behavior, much as a government constrains its citizens. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, as well as ethics and law, he offers a deeply considered case for human responsibility.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 5, 2012s
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Fri December 16, 2011. 03:17 AM
Iris Brown, Organizer, Occupy Oakland

Nadim Haidar, Nonviolent Direct-Action Trainer; Travelling Occupier, Denver, Boulder, Santa Fe, Oakland

George Lakoff, Cognitive Linguist & Professor, UC Berkeley

Jean Quan, Mayor, Oakland

Melissa Griffin, Columnist, San Francisco Examiner; Co-Host, Necessary Conversations- Moderator

Diana Macasa, Outreach Working Group Member, OccupySF

#OWS, pepper spray, book sharing, tents, mic checks and protest signs: Since September, the Occupy movement has staked a claim in every Facebook feed, almost every news program and in literally more than 100 major cities in the United States alone. Using the tools of collective assembly, occupiers have mobilized thousands in their fight for global change and against the richest 1 percent, but so many people are still less than sure what Occupy is all about. What have been the strategies and intent of this people-powered movement? Now that they have the world’s attention, what are they going to do with it? What is driving the movement forward?
This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on December 15, 2011
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1:06:23
Insiders Look at Education: Creating Great Teachers

John Merrow, Education Correspondent, NPR/PBS; Author, The Influence of Teachers

Kathleen Martin McCarthy, Recipient, 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching; Teacher, Washington Elementary School, San Leandro

Anthony Smith, Ph.D., Superintendent, Oakland Unified School District

Steven Thomas, Science Teacher/Director, De Anza High School Health Academy, West Contra Costa Unified School District

Dr. Colleen Wilcox, Executive Director, Silicon Valley Alliance For Teachers; Former Superintendent of Schools, Santa Clara County; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors (Moderator)

A panel of high-level educators and experts discuss what they believe makes a great teacher and what the public and government can do to ensure that standards of excellence are set and adhered to at the primary and secondary level.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club on December 5, 2011
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1:07:06
PBS – Past, Present and Future

PBS President Paula Kerger and KQED President John Boland

In conversation with Robert Rosenthal, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting

Kerger is president and CEO of PBS, the nation’s largest non-commercial media organization, with more than 350 member stations throughout the country. Boland oversees KQED Public Media, including KQED Television – one of the nation's most-watched public television stations during primetime, with more than 1.5 million households viewing per month – as well as KQED Radio, the most-listened-to public radio station in the country, reaching more than 745,000 listeners each week. Our members ask the leaders of PBS and KQED their plans for future programming.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club on November 29, 2011
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1:06:31
Katrina vandal Heuvel, Editor and Publisher, The Nation; Author, The Change I Believe in: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama
In conversation with Phil Bronstein, Editor-at-Large, Hearst Newspapers

Vanden Heuvel challenges the limits of our downsized political debate, arguing that timid incrementalism and the forces of establishment power that debilitate American politics can be overcome only by independent organizing, strategic creativity and determined idealism. In the wake of the economic crisis, says vanden Heuvel, it is clear that neither one election, nor one person, can wholly reshape American politics.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club on November 30, 2011
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1:07:05
Jennifer Granholm and Dan Mulhern: Fighting for America’s Economic Future

Jennifer Granholm, Former Governor of Michigan; Co-author, A Governor’s Story: The Fight for Jobs and America’s Economic Future

Dan Mulhern, Senior Advisor, Families and Work Institute; Co-author, A Governor’s Story: The Fight for Jobs and America’s Economic Future

Lisa Vorderbrueggen, Reporter and Columnist, Contra Costa Times, Bay Area News Group, Media News – Moderator

The impact of the recent economic crisis was felt especially intensely in Michigan, the heart of American manufacturing. As the state’s governor from 2003 to 2011, Granholm was on the front lines of a series of battles that began in the Great Lakes state before spreading across the country. During her eight years of leadership, Granholm tackled creating new jobs and reworking health care, rebuilding manufacturing industries and repairing the education system, in attention to attempting to restore public faith in the local and national economies. Join us for an exclusive conversation with Governor Granholm and her husband and co-author, Mulhern, as they discuss Michigan’s unique struggles, how the state weathered the economic storm, and what advice they can offer other policy makers and citizens.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club on November 29, 2011
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1:04:37
Tom Brokaw

NBC Nightly News Special Correspondent; Author, The Greatest Generation, Boom! and The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation about America

Dan Ashley, News Anchor, KGO TV and Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors - Moderator

With all of the current political, social and economic challenges facing our country, veteran television broadcaster Brokaw asks: What happened to the America I thought I knew? In an effort to reconnect our families, communities and commitment to civic engagement, Brokaw looks back at his own family history and South Dakota upbringing and discusses the many changes that have transformed society. He offers inspiring stories of Americans who are leading the way for change in their own communities and shares his thoughts on how we can revitalize the promise of the American dream.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Santa Clara Convention Center Theatre on November 21, 2011
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1:03:31
Changing Threats in a Changing World: Staying Ahead of Terrorists, Spies and Hackers

Robert S. Mueller III, Director, FBI

As technology and globalization change our world, the threats to our nation’s security are changing as well. The FBI must stay ahead of these changes, in order to protect our safety and prosperity. FBI Director Mueller discusses how threats are evolving in the FBI’s top three national security priority areas – counterterrorism, counterintelligence and cyber security – and how the Bureau and the country must adapt to defeat these threats.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on November 17, 2011
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1:05:33
Chris Matthews
Host, “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” MSNBC; Author, Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero

David Kennedy, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus, Stanford University - Moderator

Discover a new side to an American icon. Throughout the media storm that has followed him in life and death, President John F. Kennedy is still referred to as “that elusive man” by even his closest friends and family members. TV Host Chris Matthews sought to pull away the mystery when he began interviewing those who knew Kennedy best. From childhood in Massachusetts to a private battle with Addison's disease and finally Kennedy’s White House days, Matthews reveals the man behind the iconic initials.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Schultz Cultural Hall in Palo Alto on November 8, 2011
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1:07:04
Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era

Amory Lovins, Author; Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute

Renowned environmentalist Lovins maps business-led pathways for the U.S. to phase out fossil fuels and win the global clean energy race. He envisions a future in which a 2.6-times larger U.S. economy in 2050 could need no oil, coal or nuclear energy, use one-third less natural gas, and save trillions. The transition can be led by business for profit and requires no act of Congress, says Lovins. He lays out his bold vision.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on October 17, 2011
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1:05:40
Your Brain on Music: A Story of Song Meets Science
Daniel Levitin, Author, This Is Your Brain on Music

In musical conversation with Alex de Grassi, Grammy Award-nominated Fingerstyle Guitarist

Ever wonder what’s going on in your brain when you tune in to your favorite radio station or hum that song stuck in your head? Humans have been creating and enjoying music for thousands of years, but what really creates the experience? Is the brain of a musician different than the brains of the rest of us? Hear Levitin and De Grassi jam, chat and foot tap their way through the story of “Music and the Mind Machine.”

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on November 3, 2011
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1:03:58
Reid Hoffman and Brian Chesky Talk Two Generations of Tech

Reid Hoffman, Partner, Greylock; Executive Chairman and Co-founder, LinkedIn; Previous Executive VP, PayPal

Brian Chesky, Co-founder and CEO, Airbnb

In conversation with Brad Stone, Senior Technology Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek

One of Silicon Valley’s most successful entrepreneurs and one of the Valley’s most promising individuals are coming together to talk about the business of tech. Hoffman has not only been an important angel funder, an instrumental player in the birth of PayPal and now a thriving venture capitalist at Greylock; he also led LinkedIn to a public offering at more than $8 billion this past spring. Chesky launched the very popular and controversial Airbnb to change the way people look at ownership and dove into the world of self-monitoring online marketplaces. Find out what this tech duo has to say about crisis management, building trust, learning to be a leader and harnessing the power of the Internet.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on November 2, 2011
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1:05:51
Jim Lehrer
Former News Anchor, PBS “NewsHour”; Author, Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain
In conversation with David Kennedy, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus, Stanford University

As the “man in the middle seat,” legendary broadcaster Lehrer has presided more than 11 presidential and vice-presidential debates. Drawing on his own experiences and interviews with candidates and other moderators, Lehrer gives an insider account of all of the backstage drama and reflects on some of the “major moments” and “killer questions” that defined each historical debate.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club's Silicon Valley branch on October 19, 2011
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1:05:06
The Constitutionality of Health-Care Reform

Laurence Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Law School

Roger Pilon, Founder and Director of Cato's Center for Constitutional Studies
Jesse Choper, Earl Warren Professor of Public Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law - Moderator

Is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act constitutional? As the litigation on health-care reform percolates up toward the Supreme Court, legal experts Pilon and Tribe debate the constitutionality of health-care reform.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on October 26, 2011
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1:05:11
Lawrence Lessig

Director, the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, Harvard University; Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Author, Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress – and a Plan to Stop It

With the influx of private donations and corporate campaign expenditures continuing to balloon, trust in government is at an all-time low. Lessig discusses the evolution of our “economy of influence,” faulting both Democrats and Republicans and offering a plan to end corruption and restore our trust in the political system. Hear his thoughts on how to stop, correct and change the process.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club's Silicon Valley branch on October 24, 2011
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1:07:12
Michele Bachmann: The Revival of American Competitiveness

Congresswoman; Republican Candidate for U.S. President

According to the World Economic Forum, the United States has slipped to fifth in global competitiveness. Republican presidential candidate and Minnesota Congresswoman Bachmann will present her views on pro-business economic policies that will allow private sector businesses to compete in the global market while addressing the need for job-skill retraining, innovation, comprehensive tax reform and reduction of regulations that threaten jobs. She will share her thoughts on how to revive America's competitive edge and restore the United States to the top of global competitiveness. Don't miss this chance to ask your questions directly to the presidential candidate herself.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on October 20, 2011
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Wed October 19, 2011. 07:08 AM
Dr. Jeffrey Sachs

Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University, Special UN Advisor; Author, The Price of Civilization

Michael Moritz, Managing Member, Sequoia Capital - Moderator

Sachs gives a startling account of the inadequacies of U.S.-style capitalism. He offers a bold plan of reforms relating to sustainable infrastructure, taxes, job training, etc., that he says must be taken to avoid further damage. One of the most influential international economic advisors, Sachs was the director of the UN Millennium Project and is the president and co-founder of Millennium Promise Alliance.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club's Silicon Valley branch on October 10, 2011
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