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Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

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.

San Francisco Pride Third Annual Human Rights Summit (EXPLICIT)

60 hours 11 mins; July 10, 2025

San Francisco Pride Third Annual Human Rights Summit (EXPLICIT)

55 mins; July 10, 2025

San Francisco Pride Third Annual Human Rights Summit (Breakout Session 2) (EXPLICIT)

39 mins; July 10, 2025

Discussion on Cuts to U.S. Foreign Aid—and the Future of Foreign Aid

77 hours 54 mins; July 09, 2025

ENCORE: Drag Queen Pattie Gonia on Bringing Joy to Climate Action

54 mins; July 04, 2025

General Stanley McChrystal: Choices That Define a Life

63 hours 4 mins; July 03, 2025

The Confluence of Technology, Traditional Painting, and Interactive Art

59 mins; July 03, 2025

Shannon Watts: Fired Up! (EXPLICIT)

64 hours 19 mins; July 02, 2025

He Started Tesla Employees Against Elon. Then Got Fired.

20 mins; July 01, 2025

The Biology of Behavior: The Science of Desire and Faith

69 hours 46 mins; June 30, 2025

Is the EV Transition Stuck in Neutral?

58 mins; June 27, 2025

Jeff Bleich with David Chiu: Trump's Clash with the Courts

65 hours 30 mins; June 26, 2025

Youth Talk: Reclaiming Civic Power

75 hours 19 mins; June 21, 2025

Dead Heat: The Danger Of Home Power Shutoffs

61 hours 41 mins; June 20, 2025

AfroSolo Arts Festival: We Come This Far by Music

47 mins; June 19, 2025

Week to Week Politics Roundtable: June 11, 2025

59 mins; June 16, 2025

Town Hall Discussion: Immigration Crisis

72 hours 46 mins; June 15, 2025

Super Pollutants: The Hidden Half of Global Warming

65 hours 13 mins; June 13, 2025

Jonathan Capehart: Finding My Voice

69 hours 1 min; June 08, 2025

Bonnie Tsui, Paige Bethmann, and Ku Stevens: Muscle, The Stuff that Moves Us and Why It Matters

72 hours 1 min; June 07, 2025

50 Years of Survival, "50 Years of Survival, Strength and Resilience—After the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Genocide

97 hours 19 mins; June 06, 2025

Three Big Thinkers With No Room for Doom

58 mins; June 06, 2025

Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson: Biden’s Decline and the Cover-up

67 hours 37 mins; June 06, 2025

Food for Thought: Tackling Food Insecurity in California

63 hours 7 mins; June 05, 2025

Karen Hao: The Dreams and Nightmares of OpenAI

71 hours 40 mins; June 04, 2025

Understanding Cholesterol

60 hours 48 mins; June 04, 2025

Healthy Society Series: Rich Lyons on Public Higher Education at the Crossroads

68 hours 37 mins; June 03, 2025

Joan Williams: How the Left Lost the Working Class

72 hours 38 mins; June 02, 2025

Ed Helms: The History of SNAFUs (EXPLICIT)

63 hours 48 mins; June 01, 2025

John Sullivan: From the Front Lines of Russia’s War Against the West

66 hours 39 mins; May 31, 2025

I’m Walkin’ Here! A Report Card on Congestion Pricing

61 hours 1 min; May 30, 2025

Science Friday and The Future of Science Reporting

65 hours 18 mins; May 30, 2025

Patrick McGee: Apple in China (EXPLICIT)

68 hours 40 mins; May 29, 2025

Leah Litman: Disorder in the Court

67 hours 24 mins; May 29, 2025

A New Era of Philanthropy: A Conversation with Dimple Abichandani and Tegan Acton (EXPLICIT)

70 hours 41 mins; May 28, 2025

HIV/AIDS: Honoring the Past, Taking Action Now

125 hours 25 mins; May 27, 2025

Chris Hughes with Sen. Scott Wiener: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy

68 hours 8 mins; May 25, 2025

16th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy Summit: Beyond the Stadium: Keeping Cities Moving During Mega-Events

89 hours 17 mins; May 24, 2025

George Moscone: Three Years Our Mayor

66 hours 6 mins; May 23, 2025

Murder, Pollution as Policy, and Two Women Who Won’t Give Up

57 mins; May 23, 2025

American Bar Association President Bill Bay: Defending Justice & the Rule of Law

64 hours 1 min; May 22, 2025

Hali Lee: The Big We

66 hours 8 mins; May 21, 2025

Robert Edsel: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom and Enduring Gratitude

74 hours 6 mins; May 20, 2025

Jenara Nerenberg with Lee Fang: Nuance and Freethinking in a Distorted World of Self-Silencing

76 hours 34 mins; May 19, 2025

Jaz Brisack: Standing Up for a Better Workplace and a Better World

66 hours 37 mins; May 18, 2025

Anne Soon Choi: LA's Coroner to the Stars, Dr. Thomas Noguchi

63 hours 4 mins; May 16, 2025

CLIMATE ONE: Honoring Environmental Heroes in 2025

56 mins; May 16, 2025

Recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month

56 mins; May 13, 2025

The Abysmal State of Mental Health Care in This Country: How and Why We Got Here and What We Can Do

68 hours 47 mins; May 12, 2025

Humanities West Presents Lessons Unlearned: The 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War, Part II

148 hours 48 mins; May 09, 2025

Tracking Trump’s Attack on Environmental Protections

63 hours 32 mins; May 09, 2025

Highlighting Films from CAPE: API Women + Nonbinary Filmmakers

38 mins; May 08, 2025

Adam Becker: Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control Humanity's Fate EXPLICIT

66 hours 40 mins; May 08, 2025

Humanities West Presents Lessons Unlearned: The 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War

148 hours 12 mins; May 07, 2025

San José Mayor Matt Mahan: Live from SF Climate Week

36 mins; May 06, 2025

Trade not Tariffs: Why Every Purchase Matters in a Changing World

65 hours 22 mins; May 03, 2025

Solutions That Work With Grist, Drawdown and Jenny Odell

57 mins; May 02, 2025

Week to Week Politics Roundtable: Trump's First 100 Days

68 hours 6 mins; May 01, 2025

Congressman Jared Huffman: Live from SF Climate Week

48 mins; April 29, 2025

Jens Ludwig and Chief Bill Scott: The Unexpected Origins of Gun Violence (EXPLICIT)

67 hours 1 min; April 29, 2025

California Youth Agenda Conference

85 hours 34 mins; April 28, 2025

2025 Autonomous Vehicles & the City Symposium

67 hours 24 mins; April 27, 2025

Quế Mai: The Color of Peace in Vietnam 50 Years Later

69 hours 49 mins; April 26, 2025

Elie Mystal: Ten Laws That Are Ruining America (EXPLICIT)

62 hours 51 mins; April 25, 2025

REWIND: Staycation: All I Ever Wanted

53 mins; April 25, 2025

Beyond Race: Richard Kahlenberg on Building Real Diversity at Our Colleges

59 mins; April 24, 2025

Secretary of State Shirley Weber: From Educator to Politician

60 hours 22 mins; April 22, 2025

A Scholastic State of Emergency: Pandemic Lessons on Education, Economy and Democracy

75 hours 48 mins; April 21, 2025

Catherine Bracy: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy

66 hours 36 mins; April 18, 2025

Gina McCarthy on Cutting Everything but Emissions

58 mins; April 18, 2025

Songkran Southeast Asian New Year Celebration

55 mins; April 17, 2025

Red Hen Press Poets with Michelle Meow (EXPLICIT)

69 hours 53 mins; April 16, 2025

Jeremy Affeldt: Pitching in the Big Leagues—Physical, Psychological and Strategic Aspects

82 hours 25 mins; April 15, 2025

Vicky Nguyen: Boat Baby

58 mins; April 14, 2025

The Myth of the Homeless-Industrial Complex: How an Anti-Institution Boogeyman Distracts from the True Problems in the Homeless System of Care

55 mins; April 13, 2025

Net Gains: Saving Seafood Before It’s Too Late

55 mins; April 11, 2025

Sarah Kendzior: The Last American Roadtrip (EXPLICIT)

66 hours 21 mins; April 10, 2025

Jeanne Carstensen: The Human Cost of the Migration Crisis (EXPLICIT)

66 hours 20 mins; April 09, 2025

Michael Joseph Gross with Guy Raz: The Untold Story of Muscle In Our Lives

65 hours 1 min; April 06, 2025

AI’s Power Demands: Do We Really Have the Energy for This?

59 mins; April 04, 2025

The Energy Transition Challenge

67 hours 59 mins; March 31, 2025

Peter Som: Family Style

65 hours 51 mins; March 30, 2025

What’s for Dinner? How Food Policy Affects What Is on Your Plate. Appetizers Provided by Michelin Star Chef Richard Crocker.

68 hours 34 mins; March 29, 2025

Trump Breaks Wind?

57 mins; March 28, 2025

Women Empowering Women

66 hours 4 mins; March 26, 2025

Gary Krist: Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco

70 hours 27 mins; March 25, 2025

Paul Hawken: Carbon, Climate, and Humanity (EXPLICIT)

71 hours 3 mins; March 24, 2025

Alissa Wilkinson: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine

66 hours 33 mins; March 23, 2025

Justice and Faith: Catherine Coleman Flowers and Justin J. Pearson

54 mins; March 21, 2025

Art of Survival: A Vibrant Celebration of Black Culture and Resilience

90 hours 16 mins; March 20, 2025

March 11, "Week to Week Politics Roundtable: March 11, 2025

62 hours 3 mins; March 17, 2025

False Beliefs in a Post-Truth World: Psychological Causes and Antidotes (EXPLICIT)

70 hours 6 mins; March 16, 2025

Former Ambassador Mark Brzezinski: The U.S., Poland and the Heart of Europe

60 hours 30 mins; March 15, 2025

Making Cents Out of Watts: What’s Driving Up Your Energy Bills?

58 mins; March 14, 2025

Amanda Nguyen: Saving Five, A Memoir of Hope

68 hours 19 mins; March 14, 2025

Yoni Appelbaum: How the Privileged and Propertied Broke America

68 hours 10 mins; March 13, 2025

Edward Fishman: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare

66 hours 1 min; March 12, 2025

Constructive Conflict, Fierce Vulnerability: How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable

63 hours 42 mins; March 11, 2025

George Hammond: How Can We Be Sure We Have Free Will?

77 hours 15 mins; March 10, 2025

The Validity of Psychiatric Diagnosis: What’s in a Name?

77 hours 16 mins; March 09, 2025

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