The San Francisco Experience

Jim Herlihy•www.thesanfranciscoexperiencepodcast.com

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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Episodes

Living on Lockdown: Survive and Thrive

In the fifth and final part of the Living on Lockdown series, I explore how and where we get our news on Covid 19 over the rest of the lockdown. With a historic perspective and quotes from Queen Elizabeth II and Henry Kissinger.

Apr 05, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Living on Lockdown: the Art of online board games, gaming and social interactivity.

Social isolation can lead to depression and loneliness. Today’s episode provides an alternative, to let you interact online through games, house parties and group movie watching at a distance.

Apr 04, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Living on Lockdown: the Art of Delivery and Takeout Dining and Grocery Shopping.

In this episode we review 6 apps for takeout and delivery services from restaurants. Best practices for grocery shopping.

Apr 03, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Living on Lockdown: The Art of the Urban Hike.

Urban Hiking is the fastest growing trend in Hiking. It brings the same hiking energy to a CityScape and is a great way to accomplish your cardio fitness goals. Several hiking apps are reviewed.

Apr 02, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Living on Lockdown: the Art of Managing your 401k

The first in our series of podcasts to help you get through your home confinement during Lockdown. We focus on retirement savings in your 401k account and introduce online resources you can access.

Apr 01, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Living in Lockdown: Don’t let a crisis go to waste.

Sharing best Social Lockdown practices from San Francisco, the city that is pioneering how to socially isolate and distance, with a big assist from Social Media.

Mar 31, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Covid 19 - Did early Lockdown and Social Distancing in San Francisco pay off ?

Comparison of early flight bans from China on San Francisco’s low rate of Covid 19 versus New York’s open European flights. Social Distancing Policies and Europe’s varied approach to Social Lockdown and Distancing.

Mar 30, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock 1958

In this episode I discuss the greatest film of all time, Vertigo, as judged by the British Film Institute in 2012. Set in 1957 San Francisco, it is a technicolor travelog of the City by the Bay. It provides a magnificent physical backdrop to the dark and brooding themes of deceit, obsession, unrequited love and insanity as depicted by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay was adapted from the French novel “D’entre les morts.” (From among the dead.) written by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.

Mar 29, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 1

The San Francisco Experience (Trailer)

Mar 27, 2020•53 sec

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