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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.

Celebrating Black History Month with a Special Film Documentary: 'John Burris: The Godfather of Police Litigation'

59 mins; March 09, 2025

Carl Zimmer: Air-Borne

72 hours 8 mins; March 08, 2025

Is ESG BS?

64 hours 52 mins; March 07, 2025

The Lost and the Found: Personal Insights on Homelessness

76 hours 15 mins; March 06, 2025

Michael Hiltzik: Golden State—The Making of California

64 hours 49 mins; March 05, 2025

AI and the Future of Citizenship: Preparing for a Digital Democracy

63 hours 36 mins; March 04, 2025

Korean Fallout: Impeachment, Nuclear Tests and K-pop

68 hours 51 mins; March 03, 2025

The Third Sex: A History of Transgender Peoples and Their Rights in South Asia

68 hours 28 mins; February 28, 2025

The $300M Lawsuit That Could Crush Dissent

59 mins; February 28, 2025

"Jazz, Music and Technology: A Black Historical Perspective

105 hours 22 mins; February 27, 2025

Living Longer, Living Better: The Art and Science of the New Longevity

61 hours 41 mins; February 26, 2025

Kurt Gray: Outraged—Why We Fight About Morality and Politics

69 hours 40 mins; February 25, 2025

The Dynamic Challenges for Consumers and Banking Institutions in 2025

60 hours 30 mins; February 23, 2025

The 21st Anniversary of Marriage Equality: Now What Comes Next? (EXPLICIT)

60 hours 36 mins; February 21, 2025

Disasterology: Navigating Fossil-Fueled Chaos

62 hours 26 mins; February 21, 2025

Week to Week Politics Roundtable: New Trump Era in Washington

71 hours 35 mins; February 18, 2025

Charles Piller: Fraud and Tragedy In the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's

68 hours 35 mins; February 17, 2025

Chris Hayes: The Siren's Call

68 hours 55 mins; February 17, 2025

Jonathan Rauch: The Christianity-Democracy Break Up

62 hours 22 mins; February 16, 2025

Sahil Bloom: Designing Your Dream Life

68 hours 56 mins; February 15, 2025

Shift: Managing Your Emotions so They Don't Manage You

73 hours 5 mins; February 14, 2025

Humanities West Presents Hannibal’s Carthage

126 hours 13 mins; February 14, 2025

Solar Power to the People

58 mins; February 14, 2025

Joan Baez - Legendary Artist & Activist

67 hours 3 mins; February 13, 2025

Juan Williams: The Rise of America's Second Rights Movement

62 hours 0 mins; February 12, 2025

Reid Hoffman: Superagency and Our AI Future

64 hours 18 mins; February 11, 2025

‘Porcelain War’ Film Screening & Discussion

32 mins; February 10, 2025

A Revolution in Medicine: The Science Fueling a New Age of Cures

75 hours 59 mins; February 09, 2025

Drag Queen Pattie Gonia: Bringing Joy to Climate Action

54 mins; February 07, 2025

The Economy 2025: The Impacts of Tariffs, Tax Cuts and Trump

70 hours 35 mins; February 04, 2025

Silicon Valley Reads 2025—Empowering Humanity: Technology for a Better World

76 hours 8 mins; February 03, 2025

What Climate Progress Is Possible Now?

59 mins; January 31, 2025

'America First' Foreign Policy Fights in Trump 2.0

69 hours 34 mins; January 27, 2025

Plot Twist: Could Artificial Intelligence Be the Transformative Force for Justice?

60 hours 53 mins; January 26, 2025

LA Wildfires: Loss, Recovery and Resilience

62 hours 6 mins; January 24, 2025

Mark Clifford: How Jimmy Lai Became Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident and China's Most Feared Critic

64 hours 50 mins; January 21, 2025

California Forever: Can Building New Cities Help Solve Our Housing Crisis?

66 hours 11 mins; January 18, 2025

Even Old Houses Can Learn New Elec-Tricks

58 mins; January 17, 2025

Obi Kaufmann—The State of Fire: Why California Burns

75 hours 42 mins; January 16, 2025

Seth Rockman: A Material History of American Slavery

63 hours 54 mins; January 14, 2025

Can a City Department Be a Hub for Community Problem Solving, "Can a City Department Be a Hub for Community Problem Solving, Innovation and Social Change? (EXPLICIT)

75 hours 14 mins; January 12, 2025

Leah Stokes: 2024 Schneider Award Winner

56 mins; January 10, 2025

REWIND: Geothermal — So Hot Right Now

55 mins; January 03, 2025

REFRESH — Big Plastic: The New Big Oil

56 mins; December 27, 2024

Jeff Jarvis: How We Can Reclaim the Internet

62 hours 0 mins; December 23, 2024

The Power of Human Connection: Photographer Harry Williams on the Michelle Meow Year-End Special

75 hours 32 mins; December 21, 2024

Week to Week Holiday Special: The New Era

61 hours 34 mins; December 20, 2024

This Year in Climate: 2024

63 hours 20 mins; December 20, 2024

Craig Mundie with Sam Altman: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

60 hours 16 mins; December 17, 2024

What Is Cultural Appropriation?

65 hours 21 mins; December 13, 2024

Transfer of Power: Life After Coal

54 mins; December 13, 2024

Humanities West Presents Arias from Heaven: The 100th Anniversary of Puccini’s Death

126 hours 49 mins; December 12, 2024

'Who's Afraid of Nathan Law' Film Screening and Q&A

34 mins; December 09, 2024

Farmers Markets, Food Banks and Chefs: Sample Your Food System!

71 hours 7 mins; December 09, 2024

AI in Healthcare: Will the Reality Match the Hype?

74 hours 42 mins; December 08, 2024

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries: The ABCs of Democracy

71 hours 29 mins; December 07, 2024

What Trump 2.0 Means for the Climate

53 mins; December 06, 2024

"AI, Art and New Technology: Threat or Opportunity

71 hours 35 mins; December 05, 2024

Jonathan Alter: Trump on Trial (EXPLICIT)

73 hours 10 mins; December 03, 2024

Humanities West Presents Classical Music in the 21st Century

103 hours 31 mins; December 01, 2024

Genevieve Guenther: The Language of Climate Politics

62 hours 51 mins; November 30, 2024

REWND: You Gonna Finish That? Saving Good Food from Going Bad

54 mins; November 29, 2024

From Silence to Solutions: Changing the Conversation about Domestic Violence

81 hours 2 mins; November 29, 2024

Community Town Hall: Preparing for 2025

142 hours 25 mins; November 28, 2024

Kate Conger and Ryan Mac: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitte

62 hours 40 mins; November 27, 2024

The Future of Downtown, What's Good SF! Summer Series

60 hours 4 mins; November 26, 2024

Election 2024: The Voters Have Spoken—A Week to Week Special (EXPLICIT)

61 hours 24 mins; November 23, 2024

Heroic Lives of Climate Defenders

59 mins; November 22, 2024

Journalism and Its Role in Civic Life

71 hours 53 mins; November 20, 2024

California’s Ethnic Studies Controversy: Launch of a Curricular Alternative

75 hours 34 mins; November 19, 2024

What's Next for Former S.F. Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson (EXPLICIT)

70 hours 47 mins; November 16, 2024

Where Do We Go From Here? COP29 and the Path Ahead

59 mins; November 15, 2024

Elderhood in a Post-Election Era

63 hours 8 mins; November 09, 2024

In the Eye of the Storm: TV Meteorologists Talk Climate

56 mins; November 08, 2024

Community Roast and Exit Interview with SF Pride Board President Nguyen Pham (EXPLICIT)

78 hours 50 mins; November 05, 2024

"Steve Wasserman: Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything

68 hours 5 mins; November 04, 2024

Global Glare: U.S. Elections Through the Eyes of International Journalists

61 hours 22 mins; November 02, 2024

REWIND: Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts

57 mins; November 01, 2024

The 2024 Election and the AANHPI Vote

70 hours 21 mins; October 31, 2024

Educating During Turbulent Times

73 hours 46 mins; October 29, 2024

A Nature Positive San Francisco Future: What's Good SF! Series

67 hours 8 mins; October 28, 2024

'Hollywoodgate' Film Screening and Q&A

37 mins; October 26, 2024

REWIND: What More Can I Do?

59 mins; October 25, 2024

"Michael Mina: My Egypt, Cooking From My Roots

64 hours 43 mins; October 23, 2024

Paola Ramos: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America

60 hours 59 mins; October 23, 2024

"Charging Forward: Lithium Valley, Electric Vehicles and a Just Future

72 hours 20 mins; October 22, 2024

"October Surprise": What Could Derail Harris and Trump?

89 hours 35 mins; October 18, 2024

How To Dance With China

54 mins; October 18, 2024

Women in the Workplace: The Path Ahead

63 hours 30 mins; October 17, 2024

Nate Silver: On the Edge

60 hours 30 mins; October 16, 2024

Polling and the 2024 Election

72 hours 34 mins; October 15, 2024

Former US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross: Risks and Rewards

72 hours 11 mins; October 14, 2024

What If We Get It Right?

62 hours 7 mins; October 11, 2024

Yuval Noah Harari and Aza Raskin: The Making and Unmaking of Humanity

92 hours 25 mins; October 10, 2024

The Handmaid's Tale: Opera of Searing Contemporary Resonance

60 hours 57 mins; October 05, 2024

No Justice Without Climate Justice

56 mins; October 04, 2024

Arlie Russell Hochschild: Stolen Pride and the Rise of the Right

71 hours 7 mins; October 02, 2024

Talmage Boston: How the Best Did It

70 hours 44 mins; September 30, 2024

Sergeant Nyaradzo Auxilia Hoto: Protecting Africa’s Wilderness, "Sergeant Nyaradzo Auxilia Hoto: Protecting Africa’s Wilderness, with a Powerful All-Female Ranger Force

71 hours 0 mins; September 28, 2024

Revitalizing SF Through the Arts: What Does That Look Like? (EXPLICIT)

70 hours 52 mins; September 27, 2024

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