Commonwealth Club of California Podcast show

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

Summary: 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.

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Podcasts:

 Unretirement: Changing the Way We Think About Work, Community and the Good Life | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Farrell will offer key insights into the economic and social forces behind the unretirement trend, and offer practical advice for navigating this exciting, but unsettled, frontier.

 Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Jane Smiley | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Don’t miss the chance to hear from this prolific author as she discusses her inspirations, her work and her first trilogy of novels, The Last Hundred Years.

 Psychological Pseudoscience | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Professor Sheldon gives a brief history and explanation of each practice or theory, and demonstrating how a simple application of the scientific method reveals its flaws.

 Sebastian Rejak, Polish Foreign Ministry’s Envoy to the Jewish Diaspora | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Dr. Rejak is a member of the Polish Society for Jewish Studies and sits on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Polish-Jewish Studies (associated with the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies).

 Joseph Stiglitz: The Great Divide | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Stiglitz argues that we can once again create the opportunities that have for so long defined America, and get the country back on track.

 What’s the Value of a College Education? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What would an education that is tailored to the needs of the 21st century – and affordable to all – even look like?

 David Brooks | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Brooks is a popular political commentator, and his New York Times column reaches over 800,000 readers around the world.

 The Gene Therapy Plan: Taking Control of Your Genetic Destiny with Diet and Lifestyle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Dr. Gaynor’s gene changer therapies are the latest advance in the evolution of optimizing health.

 Week to Week Political Roundtable and Member Social 4/27/15 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Join our panelists for informative and engaging commentary on political and other major news.

 Arabian Shakespeare | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

After just two weeks, their students performed their favorite scenes in both English and Arabic before an enraptured audience of nearly 400.

 Steve Jurvetson: From Hotshots to Moon Shots - The World of Silicon Valley Innovation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

He will share his perspective on disruptive innovation, how he chooses which startups to fund, as well as his unique insights on the future of artificial intelligence, biotech and Silicon Valley.

 Cédric Villani: The Living Art of Mathematics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Join us for an insightful visit about mathematical thinking and its ability to enhance perception.

 Grover Norquist: End the IRS | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Mr. Norquist contends that the IRS has abused and bullied the American people and proposes to replace all federal taxes with a single retail sales tax.

 The Islamic State | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Come take part as our insightful panel discusses the catastrophe of ISIS in both human and political terms.

 Juan Enriquez: Evolving Ourselves | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Join us as futurist Juan Enriquez conducts a sweeping tour of how humans are changing the course of evolution – sometimes intentionally, sometimes not.

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