Fri, Oct 19, 2007 -- 10:00 AM Chip Conley Dave Iverson talks with entrepreneur Chip Conley. Starting in 1987 with one property in San Francisco's Tenderloin District, Conley's Joie de Vivre Hospitality is now a boutique hotel empire. His new is book "Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow." more
Fri, Oct 19, 2007 -- 9:00 AM Hayward Fault The show examines a new report on the history of the Hayward fault, which some seismologists say is the most dangerous in the Bay Area. more
Thu, Oct 18, 2007 -- 10:00 AM Callum Roberts: The Unnatural History of the Sea Marine biologist Callum Roberts joins the program for a conversation about his book, "The Unnatural History of the Sea." The book addresses the long history of ocean resource depletion and how we might reverse the trend with protections such as marine preserves. Roberts is a professor of marine conservation at the University of York in England. more
Thu, Oct 18, 2007 -- 9:00 AM Web 2.0 Summit This week opens the much anticipated Web 2.0 Summit taking place in San Francisco, with everyone from Rupert Murdoch to the founder of Facebook on hand to cut deals and promote their vision for the web. This hour of Forum looks at social networking, widgets and other emerging trends that make up the universe of Web 2.0. more
Wed, Oct 17, 2007 -- 10:00 PM Bay Area Transit Issues Bay Area Transit Issues -- The program talks about rising traffic congestion, and new ideas about getting from here to there on Bay Area transit. Guests include Clarence Johnson of media affairs at AC Transit; Erik N. Nelson, reporter for the Oakland Tribune; Michael Cabanatuan, transportation reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle; Brandy Childress, spokesperson for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority; John Goodwin, public information officer at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission; and Jose Louis Moscovitch, executive director of the San Francisco Transportation Authority.
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Wed, Oct 17, 2007 -- 10:00 AM Andrea Most Forum host Michael Krasny explores the role Jews have played in the development of Broadway musicals with Andrea Most, associate professor of English at the University of Toronto and author of "Making Americans: Jews and the Broadway Musical." more
Wed, Oct 17, 2007 -- 9:00 AM Bay Area Transit Issues The program talks about rising traffic congestion, and new ideas about getting from here to there on Bay Area transit. more
Tue, Oct 16, 2007 -- 10:00 AM Garry Wills Forum talks with historian and author Garry Wills about his latest book, "Head and Heart: American Christianities." Wills' other books include "Lincoln at Gettysburg," "Henry Adams and the Making of America" and "What Jesus Meant." more
Tue, Oct 16, 2007 -- 9:00 AM China Update This week, Chinese leaders are converging on Beijing for the Communist Party congress, held every five years. We look at the government's ongoing efforts to control information as internet access expands and as the population gets more affluent and educated. more
Mon, Oct 15, 2007 -- 10:00 AM Author Norman Solomon The show talks with Norman Solomon, author of "Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State." more
Mon, Oct 15, 2007 -- 9:00 AM The Terror Dream Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi joins the show for a survey of her latest work, "Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America." It's a comprehensive analysis of the media, popular culture and political life after 9/11. more
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