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We are a "deep dive" news podcast, for Americans who get their news from the Internet. Our mission is to give the listener succinct, fact based analysis both non-ideological and independent from a California, Silicon Valley perspective. Your host Jim Herlihy is a published author: his novel “Deceit and Dirty Money” is available on line. He served as President of the SF Public Library Commission 1992 - 1996. While working in Latin America, he was a stringer for The Economist, The Times and the BBC. Jim serves as a director on two SF sister city boards : Bangalore, India and Cork, Ireland.
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- Yesterday32 min
xCures: AI meets your Electronic Health Record. Talking with CEO Mika Newton.
xCures transforms fragmented medical records into decision ready data that helps doctors make faster, better informed decisions and prevents treatment delays. Wherever you travel to, your healthcare provider can see your entire care history, medicine regime and even family health history. Linking AI to medical records is a game changing advance for patient care.
- 4 days ago32 min
A Stick of Good Fortune: How I escaped the Pol Pot Genocide and my ten year journey to Freedom. Talking with author Sieu Sean Do.
The Cambodian genocide during the 1970s saw 2 million people killed by the murderous Khmer Rouge regime. Sean Do shares a first hand account of life during those times and his eventual escape to America.
- 1 weeks ago45 min
Should You Tip for Takeout ? Talking with Saul Levmore and Ward Farnsworth.
Solving the puzzles of everyday life like tipping for takeout present themselves frequently. Generally we solve these minor dilemmas employing common sense with little thought or reflection. But authors Levmore and Farnsworth dissect our thought processes with rationality and demonstrate these choices are more complex than they first appear.
- 1 weeks ago32 min
Vitallog.AI - AI Native. Talking with Co-Founders Ty Baugh and Mark Thompson.
Vitallog.AI is using AI Native that embeds the artificial intelligence directly in the firmware as compared to AI enabled which essentially bolts on the AI to existing firmware.
- 1 weeks ago32 min
Vitallog.AI - AI Native. Talking with Co-Founders Tai Baugh and Mark Thompson
AI native embeds AI at the firmware level rather than just bolting it on to the existing firmware - an innovation that offers huge benefits to an enterprise that deploys it. Vitallog.AI is pioneering this strategy .
- 2 weeks ago41 min
San Francisco 1990s: The Big Chihuahua. Talking with author Daniel Ben Horin
San Francisco in the 1990s was in the midst of the Dot Com Boom. The internet was in its infancy and the streets seemed to be paved with gold, attracting fortune seekers, creatives, fraudsters and adventurers. Daniel captures the colorful characters and complex cultural themes present as Baby Boomers entered their prime.
- 2 weeks ago41 min
Political Polarization: Media Construct. Talking with Wesley Warshawer.
Polarization permits an exaggerated view of opponents to be amplified by cable TV pundits, shock radio and social media making us see fellow Americans as "other". We need to step outside of these comfortable bubbles we all inhabit and see people for who they are, not ideological cutouts.
- 3 weeks ago27 min
Prismm: Facilitating an historic Wealth Transfer. Talking with Founder and CEO Martha Underwood. #TechCrunchDisrupt2026
65 million Baby Boomers over the next 20 years will transfer trillions of dollars ( some estimate $124 Trillion) to their heirs. There has to be a safer, more orderly and efficient way to effect such a movement of money than Banks currently use. Prismm plans to change that for the better.
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