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Commonwealth Club Radio Program
Newest Episode: Thu March 18, 2010. 11:38 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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Inside NATO: Ambassadors Ivo Daalder, Stefano Stefanini, Per Poulsen-Hansen

In conversation with Commonwealth Club President and CEO Dr. Gloria Duffy

Now including 28 countries of Western, Eastern and Southern Europe – as well as the United States – NATO has evolved to include roles as varied as fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, airlifting aid to Haiti after the recent earthquake, and ensuring collaboration among its members in combating terrorism. What else does NATO do today? How strong is this alliance? How is it measuring up to the new challenges of security we and our European allies face, from terrorism and cyberterrorism, climate change, the global economic rollercoaster, pandemics, natural disasters, and nuclear proliferation? What should an alliance of economically developed democracies be doing in the world today?

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on February 25, 2010
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Governance in California: From Greatness to Gridlock in 50 Years

William T. Bagley, Former California Assemblyman and UC Regent; Author, California’s Golden Years

Tracing what he sees as the downfall of the art of governance, Bagley describes the causes and effects of gridlock in Sacramento. He’ll detail personal participatory knowledge of the creation of California’s golden era, before “political reform,” when non-ideological legislators produced what might be the state’s most significant gains in education, civil rights, infrastructure, environmental protection and more.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on March 8, 2010.
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Joseph Stiglitz

Winner, 2001 Nobel Prize Winner for Economics; Author, Freefall

In conversation with Andrew Leonard, Senior Technology and Business Writer, Salon

Stiglitz argues that America exported bad economics, bad policies and bad behavior to the rest of the world. Stiglitz outlines a way forward building on ideas that he has championed his entire career: restoring the balance between markets and government; addressing the inequalities of the global financial system; and demanding more good ideas (and less ideology) from economists.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on February 22, 2010.
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Wed March 10, 2010. 08:28 AM
Amartya Sen: The Search For Justice

Nobel Laureate; Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University; Author, Reducing Injustice on Earth

Nobel Laureate Sen has been called the "Mother Teresa of economics" for his work on famine, human development theory and welfare economics. He argues that social justice is more than a matter of intellectual discourse, and that the idea of justice influences how – and how well – people live. Sen offers a powerful critique of the mainstream theories of justice that, despite their many specific achievements, he argues, have taken us in the wrong direction.

This program was recorded in front of live audience at the Commonwealth Club on February 25, 2010.
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International Criminal Court: How’s It Doing? Should the U.S. Join?

William H. Taft, IV, Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Stanford Law School

The International Criminal Court is almost 10 years old, but the Obama administration has yet to decide if the U.S. will join. Fear that it would be a politicized institution likely to prosecute American soldiers have not been realized, nor has it been effective in prosecuting persons responsible for war crimes. In recent years the U.S. has moderated its hostility to the court, but where do we go from here?

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on February 24, 2010.
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Garry Wills: The Extra-Constitutional Executive

Historian; Author, The Modern Presidency and the National Security State

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Wills argues that the atomic bomb paved the way for presidential authority that has “enfeebled” Congress and the courts, and that reached its apex with George W. Bush.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on February 11, 2010.
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Mon March 01, 2010. 06:51 AM
Same-Sex Marriage: State vs. Fed

Molly McKay, Media Director, Marriage Equality USA

Jennifer Morse, President and Founder, Ruth Institute at the National Organization for Marriage

Therese Stewart, Chief Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco; Attorney for the plaintiffs in current court case challenging Prop. 8

Kevin Snider, Chief Counsel, Pacific Justice Institute

Doug Sovern, Broadcast Journalist, "Sovern Nation" on KCBS; Three-time Winner, AP’s Reporter of the Year Award for California - Moderator

Six years ago, the eyes of the nation were focused on San Francisco when Mayor Gavin Newsom granted almost 4,000 same-sex couples marriage licenses. But the battle was far from over. With the passage of Proposition 8 in 2008, only marriage between a man and a woman is recognized in California; this year, after numerous protests, lawsuits and campaigns, San Francisco’s Federal District Court will decide the constitutional validity of the law.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on February 17, 2010.
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Crisis and Command: Presidential Power in the 21st Century

John Yoo, Law Professor, UC Berkeley; Author, Crisis and Command

Allen Weiner, Co-director, International Law Program, Stanford Law School - Moderator

At the Department of Justice, Yoo played a large and controversial role in shaping the Bush administration’s policy in the war on terrorism, arguing that prisoner of war status under the Geneva Conventions does not apply to “enemy combatants.” He further asserted executive authority to undertake “enhanced interrogation techniques” regarded as torture by the current Justice Department.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on January 27, 2010.
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Wed February 24, 2010. 07:39 AM
Eve Ensler: I Am an Emotional Creature

Eve Ensler, Author, I Am An Emotional Creature; Playwright, "The Vagina Monologues"

In conversation with Daniel Handler, "Lemony Snicket"; Author; Screenwriter; Accordionist

Since creating her groundbreaking first work, "The Vagina Monologues," Ensler and the performers she inspired have grown into nothing less than a global movement. A best-selling author, award-winning playwright and anti-violence activist, Ensler has been the voice for women and girls across the globe for over a decade. She will reveal the daily struggles faced by many modern women around the world.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on February 16, 2010.
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Protecting Public Health: FDA’s Global Challenge

Margaret Hamburg: M.D., Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration

J. Michael Bishop, M.D., Professor and Director, G.W. Hooper Foundation, UCSF and Chancellor Emeritus UCSF - Moderator

FDA chief Hamburg has been tasked with an extremely difficult job: ensuring the safety of everything we consume, in an increasingly globalized world with increasingly obscured accountability trails. With a background in medicine, science and public health, she is well-positioned to meet the myriad of challenges facing the FDA. As New York’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene commissioner, Hamburg improved services for women and children, instituted needle-exchange programs to reduce the spread of HIV (the AIDS virus), and created the first public health bio-terrorism defense program in the nation. Her most celebrated achievement, however, was curbing the spread of tuberculosis. Learn what she has planned to help keep the nation and its food and medicine supply safe. As New York’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene commissioner, Hamburg improved services for women and children, instituted needle-exchange programs to reduce the spread of HIV (the AIDS virus), and created the first public health bio-terrorism defense program in the nation.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on January 28, 2010.
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Wed February 17, 2010. 07:33 AM
And Yet, We Are Not Broken: The Journey of Recovery

Janice Mirikitani, Co-founder/Founding President, Glide Foundation; San Francisco’s 2nd Poet Laureate

Mirikitani speaks about recovery of her life from a childhood history of incest, abuse, violence and internment of her family in WWII camps. She has worked for 43 years in partnership with the Rev. Cecil Williams.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on February 8, 2010.
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Thu February 11, 2010. 09:14 AM
The Cataclysm of 2008-2009: Lessons Learned, or Lessons Ignored

Eliot Spitzer, Former Governor and Attorney General, New York

Mary Cranston, Senior Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP; Immediate Past Chair, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors - Moderator

As the former attorney general and later governor of New York, Spitzer prosecuted some of the most notorious white-collar crime and securities fraud on Wall Street. He now questions whether we have what it takes to regulate and reform the banking industry. Does “too big to fail” mean too big? Without successful financial regulatory reform, are we just waiting for the next economic meltdown?

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on January 26, 2010.
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Thu February 11, 2010. 09:06 AM
Danger to Self: Life on the Front Line with an ER Psychiatrist

Paul Linde, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF School of Medicine

What happens behind closed doors in an urban psychiatric ER? What medical, psychiatric and social problems does a front line psychiatrist confront? Linde sheds light on this place, highlighting the history, politics, finance and ethics of society’s current involuntary commitment laws.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California, on February 9, 2010.
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Thu February 04, 2010. 08:06 AM
Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility

David Walker, President, CEO, Peter G. Peterson Foundation; Former Comptroller General of the U.S.; Author, Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility

One of America’s foremost independent financial experts, former comptroller general of the U.S. and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office from 1998-2008, Walker will discuss a range of compelling ideas, including how to control spending, save Social Security, dramatically alter our health-care system, reform our tax system and re-engineer the base of the federal government – all taking into account the Obama administration’s efforts to-date to do the same.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on January 25, 2010.
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Mon February 01, 2010. 07:07 AM
Silicon Valley Reads: In Defense of Food

Michael Pollan, Author, The Ominvore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food

Mike Cassidy, Columnist, San Jose Mercury News

According to Pollan, the advent of “nutritionism” has vastly complicated how Americans see food, without doing very much for our health. Nutritionism arose to deal with genuine issues – addressing chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and many cancers – but now seems to be obscuring and perpetuating the real problems of the American diet, says Pollan.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on January 27, 2010.
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Robert Reich, Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, U.C. Berkeley; Former U.S. Secretary of Labor; Author, The Work of Nations

Is the U.S. economy showing signs of recovery, as some indicators suggest, or are these assertions dangerously premature? He served in three administrations, wrote best-selling books and published articles in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on January 22, 2010
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Thu January 28, 2010. 06:47 AM
Bank Lending on the Hot Seat: What Lies Ahead?

Steve Buster, CEO, Mechanics Bank

Mike Walker, Northern California President, U.S. Bank

Perry Pelos, Executive Vice President, Wells Fargo National Commercial Banking

Tom Cleveland, Professor, St. Mary’s School of Economics and Business; Former Banking Executive – Moderator

Top executives from a range of national, regional and local banks will stand and deliver on the questions we all are asking: What is the future of credit and bank lending for businesses as well as for individuals?

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on January 27, 2010.
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Modern European Nationalism and the Fight to Control the Past

Patrick Geary, Professor of Medieval History, UCLA

Does history matter in the New Europe? Geary will explore the recent, dangerous resurgence of ethnocentric nationalism since 1989 in Europe, which makes an appeal to long-discredited but still powerful myths about the region’s deep past.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on January 20, 2010.
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Tue January 26, 2010. 06:26 AM
Failing up in Business

Barry Moltz, Author, Bounce!

In conversation with Cassandra Phillipps, Executive Producer, FailCon; Founder, WebWallflower Events

Conventional wisdom teaches us that the road to business success is a straight one – if you work hard you’ll win big, and if failure finds you at least there will be lessons to be learned. Not so, says entrepreneurship expert Barry Moltz, who regularly serves up unorthodox views on dealing with failure and defining success. In Bounce!, Moltz teaches that sometimes failure simply stinks. But if we recognize failure as a fixture of the business cycle and an opportunity for choice and change, we can build the business confidence needed to go the distance in a challenging economy.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California, on January 11, 2010.
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Tom Campbell: What Government Must Do To Promote Economic Recovery

Tom Campbell: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate; Former U.S. Congressman; Former Dean, Haas School of Business; Former CA Director of Finance

Republican gubernatorial hopeful and economics Ph.D. Campbell says that his experience as state finance director in 2004-2005 (when California had a balanced budget) can help lead the state out of its current fiscal crisis.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on January 20, 2010/
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