The San Francisco Experience

Clay Small returns to familiar themes in his third legal thriller novel: art forgery, Holland, the quirky US legal system and baby boomer protagonists who are living life to the fullest. Fine Art forgery occupies a grey netherworld in the lexicon of jurisprudence, jurists and the law and that double standard rings true in Bernadette's Problem.

Cashless Bail is a contentious policy which has been implemented around the country, with mixed results. California in particular has aggressively embraced policies that limit judges' discretion in the bail setting process. While Texas has moved in the opposite direction. Ken Good is a recognized bail expert and shares his perspective in today's episode.

Does creativity slow down with age ? Great painters like Matisse and Picasso or architects Like Frank Lloyd Wright did some of the best work when they were over 80. In fact creativity can thrive in later Life. Tom Donald has proved the point with his award winning film and music project Never Say Die, winner of a Telly award at the Oakland International Film Festival.

London recently ranked as the top city in the world according to the World Cities Index. Yet a recent report published by The Policy Institute, Kings College London, paints a different picture. Mistaken Britain, London has fallen ? outlines some startling misperceptions on crime, race, religion and life in the UK capital. Mike Wendling joins us to discuss the findings.

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For children who come from families where going to College has been out of reach, their parents often do not have the experience to navigate the application process. It can be complicated especially if English is not their native language. Enter First Graduate, a College readiness and access program devoted to San Francisco youngsters.

Leon Black is the founder and former CEO of Apollo Global Management, a leading alternate asset management firm with approximately $1 trillion under management. Black stepped down as CEO in March 2021 when the extent of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein became public. In particular Black's payment to Epstein of more than $150 million continues to garner questions. The book explores Leon Black's career, the growth of Apollo and the rise of New Wall Street.

The American passport used to rank # 1 in the world, but today is #12. What happened ? Declining reciprocity between countries and other policies have dimmed the luster of a US passport. And more Americans for a host of reasons are considering renouncing their US citizenship. In today's episode Alexander Marino walks us through the pros and the cons.

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More Americans than ever are looking to relocate overseas. Their motivations are numerous. Portugal has created a special visa - the Golden Visa - to attract foreign investors and many Americans are attracted to it.

The 442 and 100 Battalion were two of the most decorated combat regiments in World War II. Composed of Japanese Americans who had volunteered to serve on the front lines in Italy and France they were exemplary soldiers. Most of them had left behind families who had been interned/incarcerated under Executive Order 9066. Yet in the face of such trying circumstances and suspected by the US Government as potential sympathizers or collaborators they went off to serve honorably.

The Muslim NATO Alliance as some are calling the new pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey brings three of the leading Sunni powers together. Modelled after NATO's Article 5, any armed attack against one of the three signatories will regarded as an attack against them all. The secretariat for the pact will be located in Saudi Arabia and the first Secretary General will be a Pakistani.