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:

 Still Got It, Still Doing It: Sexuality and Intimacy in Older Adults | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

With the cultural lens almost uniformly focused on sexuality and youth, where does that leave older adults in our society?

 Andrew Young: Answering the Call for Leadership | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Andrew Young knows that for many of the youth marching in Ferguson, the civil rights struggles are practically ancient history. But he believes it is a history well worth revisiting, because it demonstrates the very real potential of strategic civic participation.

 Geo for Good | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Moore will discuss the company’s latest projects to help preserve our planet.

 Gluten-Free: Chinese Traditional Medicine's 750-Year Perspective | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Dr. Nieters will explain how Chinese medicine sees gluten and grains. He will also share his insights on diets to address common disorders.

 From Bloody Thursday to Now: 80 Years of Labor History in San Francisco | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The Commonwealth Club will soon occupy the building that was the Longshore workers’ union hall at the time of the 1934 strike. This is a special look at labor history and its tie to the Club’s new headquarters.

 Week to Week Political Roundtable and Member Social 12/1/14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Join our panelists for informative and engaging commentary on political and other major news, audience discussion of the week’s events, and our news quiz!

 The Business Case for Gender Diversity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Keefe has written and spoken widely on the subject of women’s empowerment.

 Betsy Andrews, Executive Editor, Saveur Magazine | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Andrews will highlight the world’s best recipes for the modern home kitchen, giving tips and detailing the stories behind the dishes.

 Tony Serra: The Green, Yellow, and Purple Years in the Life of a Radical Lawyer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

He wrote it while in federal prison for refusing to pay taxes.

 Mark Schapiro: Carbon Shock – A Tale of Risk and Calculus on the Front Lines of the Disrupted Global Economy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

He explores how some new powers are rising and others are falling as the world struggles to contend with the fundamental economic fact of our time: the rising price of carbon.

 The San Francisco LGBT Struggle for Freedom Revisited: Catholic Power and the Right to the City | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

This story helps explain the city's robust opposition to LGBT activists' call for broader American freedoms in the 1950s and beyond.

 Flour + Water’s Chef Thomas McNaughton in Conversation with Adam Savage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Now his new book, flour + water: pasta, takes you behind the scenes of San Francisco’s hottest Italian restaurant and shows all of you weekend warriors how to make the perfect bowl of pasta.

 Undocumented and Uninsured | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Our panelists will discuss how the Affordable Care Act will impact immigrants unable to get health insurance, what the health-care future might hold for them and how our health system would be able to eventually absorb these millions of people when they finally get coverage.

 An Evening with Jacques Pépin | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Enjoy an evening with internationally renowned French chef, author, and television personality Jacques Pépin, as he discusses his upcoming 14th cooking series, “Jacques Pépin: Heart and Soul.”

 A Toast to the 2014 Wine Harvest, Sustainable Practices and Pairings in California Wine | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Join Janet Fletcher and a distinguished panel of vintners and experts as they discuss sustainable wine growing and examine the stories of California vintners and growers across the state.

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