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How America Really Lost Control of Its Own Future
While America fixates on President Donald Trump’s psychology, the real story may be the fundamental mutation of American power itself — one that makes…
Oct 11
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Jeff Schechtman
51:14
My 1998 Conversation with Jane Goodall
In March 1998, I had the privilege of sitting down with Jane Goodall, whose pioneering work transformed how we understand chimpanzees and our shared…
Oct 4
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Jeff Schechtman
20:58
September 2025
California's Crown Jewel Has a Dark Secret: The Battle to Break Apple's Monopoly
How one of California’s corporate crown jewels, Apple, faces an unprecedented rebellion.
Sep 30
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Jeff Schechtman
45:17
Propaganda 2025: Lies, All The Way Down
Listen now (40 mins) | We inhabit a fractured information landscape where truth itself has become negotiable.
Sep 27
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Jeff Schechtman
40:13
Bruce Lee and the emergence of Asian American pride
Jeff Chang, in his new biography “Water Mirror Echo,” and in our recent California Sun podcast explores how the short of life of Bruce Lee helped shape…
Sep 24
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Jeff Schechtman
26:44
Empire of Secrets: Robert Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine’s Dark Legacy
What Ghislaine Maxwell knows about her father Robert Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein may be the final untold chapter of two of the great scandals of our…
Sep 20
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Jeff Schechtman
38:38
An Autopsy of the Left
Joan Williams— a UC law professor, author of Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back delivers the prevailing wisdom on…
Sep 17
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Jeff Schechtman
31:27
America’s Most Expensive Lie: Why Tariffs Are Killing What They Claim to Save
Violence subsumes us this week, but at the end of the day, it’s still the economy that impacts all of us.
Sep 13
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Jeff Schechtman
30:22
Privilege and Vulnerability for the Sons of the Elite
The sons of the elite also struggle.
Sep 10
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Jeff Schechtman
28:50
How One San Francisco Murder Exposed Silicon Valley's Road to MAGA
How did Silicon Valley's best and brightest become Trump's cheerleaders?
Sep 6
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Jeff Schechtman
and
Scott Alan Lucas
40:03
China's Moment: How History and Family Shapes Today's Superpower
With China's rising global influence amid America's shifting position worldwide, understanding China's complex history has never been more critical.
Sep 4
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Jeff Schechtman
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Ed Wong
37:49
August 2025
Trump, Putin, Epstein: It’s Not a Hoax
For nearly a decade, we've waited for the "smoking gun" that would expose the Trump-Putin relationship.
Aug 30
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Jeff Schechtman
44:51
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