I migliori Commonwealth Club Of California podcast (2024)

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Renée DiResta: The Invisible Rulers Turning Lies Into Reality 1:07:12

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Just what is the machinery that powers hugely influential propaganda? How does it work? Who’s behind it? And what can people do about it? Renée DiResta, a writer and former researcher with Stanford’s Internet Observatory, comes to Commonwealth Club World Affairs to share her research into the way power and influence have been profoundly transformed…

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CLIMATE ONE: Climate Policy Wonk Turned Indie Pop Star: AJR’s Adam Met 53:16

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Adam Met is a behind-the-scenes climate policy powerhouse. He also happens to be the bass player in the award winning indie pop group AJR. During Met’s time away from touring the world and rocking the bass in front of thousands of fans, he and the team at Planet Reimagined, the thought and action tank Met founded, set out on a cross country listeni…

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India’s Search for Major Power Status 1:03:44

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In 2022, India surpassed the United Kingdom as the fifth largest economy in the world. Since the 1990s, a series of U.S. presidents and secretaries of state have acclaimed India as a rising major power that deserves to be recognized as a lead actor in the international arena. T.V. Paul, an international relations professor at McGill University, exp…

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Burned Out? This Is The Way Out! 1:00:05

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Is hustling and grinding to “do it all” doing you in? Are you feeling fried and frayed, with a short fuse, low energy, and troubled sleep? Can't remember what you used to enjoy? But quitting your job doesn't feel like an option, and who has the energy and time to learn new coping skills or plan an escape? You’re not alone. Burnout is the modern epi…

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Autonomous Vehicles and the City 2024 2:32:42

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Join us for an afternoon focused on automation and innovation for public good. Autonomous vehicles have the potential to revolutionize transportation in our cities, offering increased accessibility and efficiency in our urban transport systems. The 8th Autonomous Vehicles and the City symposium at The Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California w…

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CLIMATE ONE: Adulting in Turbulent Times 56:43

11d ago56:43

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Acting like a responsible adult can be challenging at the best of times. Add dealing with climate chaos to the mix, and keeping it all together can feel like an outright miracle. Let’s start by acknowledging that all does not feel fine in the world at the present moment. But living through extreme intensity isn’t a completely unique experience. Gen…

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Alcatraz: The Last Escape 1:13:37

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It is an enduring mystery whether Frank Morris, and brothers John and Clarence Anglin, escaped from Alcatraz prison on June 11, 1962. It is widely believed that they succumbed to the waters of San Francisco Bay, though no trace of the men has ever been found―only their makeshift raft. In this reexamination of the escape and its aftermath, Ken Widne…

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The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story 1:08:13

16d ago1:08:13

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Francis Ford Coppola is one of American films’ most dramatic director-dreamers, and his most transformative dream has been American Zoetrope, the production company he founded in San Francisco when he was only 30 years old―years before his gargantuan successes. Through Zoetrope’s experimental, communal utopia, Coppola attempted to reimagine the ent…

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Kenneth Walsh: The Architects of Toxic Politics in America 1:17:01

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How did politics become so poisonous in America? Journalist Kenneth Walsh articulates the unique character of the current political moment, and the forces that have created it, by comparing and contrasting the Trump and Biden presidencies with administrations of the past. Walsh also profiles some of the key political “attack dogs” who have shaped t…

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CLIMATE ONE: Rekindling Our Relationship With Wildfire 58:11

18d ago58:11

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Summer means peak wildfire season. And recently, we’ve seen some of the most destructive wildfires in recorded history. For years the message around fire has been: no fire is good. But increasingly, we’re starting to fight fire with fire. Prescribed burns may help prevent large, catastrophic wildfires. While using fire as a tool to manage the fores…

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The Future of Health Care Is Unfolding—and Nursing and Public Health Are Leading the Way 1:04:07

21d ago1:04:07

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Evidence indicates that while health-care spending in the United States is the highest in the world, people in the United States experience the worst health outcomes of any high-income nation overall. Americans are more likely to die younger, and from avoidable causes, than residents of peer countries. The U.S health-care system is characterized by…

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Sal Khan: How AI Will Revolutionize Education 1:04:40

22d ago1:04:40

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Whether we like it or not, the AI revolution is coming to education. The founder of Khan Academy returns to Commonwealth Club World Affairs for a first look at how the artificial intelligence revolution will affect education, its implications for parenting, and how we can best harness its power for good. Khan will draw on his work in his new book B…

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CLIMATE ONE: You Gonna Finish That? Saving Good Food from Going Bad 54:40

25d ago54:40

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Globally, one-third of food produced every year is wasted. That’s enough to feed about 2 billion people — twice the number of people who are undernourished. The global food system also accounts for a whopping one-third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. These two problems — waste and emissions — are intricately linked: Climate disruption exac…

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Jen Psaki with Dan Pfeiffer: Lessons from the White House 1:02:02

27d ago1:02:02

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Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki knows it’s the follow-up questions that can be the most difficult to handle. When she was asked “Why do wars start?” by one of her children, she carefully explained and then got a follow up: “Have you ever seen a unicorn?” Not many White House press secretaries capture the nation’s interest the way Jen P…

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'My Octopus Teacher''s Craig Foster: Finding the Wild in a Tame World 58:46

28d ago58:46

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“An important book that will transform how we think about being human. . . . that will inspire hope.”—Jane Goodall Many people in today’s world seek to reclaim the soul-deepening wildness that grounds them and energizes them when so much of the modern world seems designed to tame them. In his thrilling memoir of a life spent exploring the most incr…

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Nellie Bowles: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History 1:01:29

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When the revolution comes . . . what next? As a Hillary voter, New York Times reporter, and frequenter of her local gay bars, Nellie Bowles fit right in with her San Francisco neighbors and friends—until she started questioning whether the progressive movement she knew and loved was actually helping people. When her colleagues suggested that asking…

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15th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy Summit—Beyond the Pump: Rethinking Transportation Funding Without the Fuel Tax 1:22:36

1M ago1:22:36

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While the climate benefits from booming electric vehicle sales, the nation’s transportation system faces an unfortunate predicament: less gasoline and diesel purchased means dwindling fuel tax revenue. Fuel tax revenue provides a core funding source for operating, maintaining, and improving transportation systems, so policymakers must find a replac…

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Renée DiResta: The Invisible Rulers Turning Lies Into Reality 1:07:12

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CLIMATE ONE: Climate Policy Wonk Turned Indie Pop Star: AJR’s Adam Met 53:16

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India’s Search for Major Power Status 1:03:44

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Burned Out? This Is The Way Out! 1:00:05

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Autonomous Vehicles and the City 2024 2:32:42

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CLIMATE ONE: Adulting in Turbulent Times 56:43

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Alcatraz: The Last Escape 1:13:37

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The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story 1:08:13

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Kenneth Walsh: The Architects of Toxic Politics in America 1:17:01

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CLIMATE ONE: Rekindling Our Relationship With Wildfire 58:11

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The Future of Health Care Is Unfolding—and Nursing and Public Health Are Leading the Way 1:04:07

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Sal Khan: How AI Will Revolutionize Education 1:04:40

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CLIMATE ONE: You Gonna Finish That? Saving Good Food from Going Bad 54:40

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Jen Psaki with Dan Pfeiffer: Lessons from the White House 1:02:02

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'My Octopus Teacher''s Craig Foster: Finding the Wild in a Tame World 58:46

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Nellie Bowles: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History 1:01:29

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15th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy Summit—Beyond the Pump: Rethinking Transportation Funding Without the Fuel Tax 1:22:36

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