Jeff Schechtman's "Talk Cocktail"

"To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures..." John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

The Battle of Banks Not Tanks: A Conversation with Bill Browder

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Beyond the minute-by-minute reporting of the ground war, the Twitter feeds, TickTock images, there are broader and more economically complex...

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

From Useful Idiot to Working Asset

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Perhaps our greatest spy novelist of the cold war, John le Carré, talks about what he sees as the appetite for superpower, that still exists...

Monday, October 21, 2019

Deep State: Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law: A conversation with James B. Stewart

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The world is a complex place. The news comes at us at hyper-speed and 24/7. All while we have to deal with family, work and life. Therefo...

Friday, October 19, 2018

Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy

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Winston Churchill said of Russia that it was “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” Today the same might be said of Russia'...

Friday, July 20, 2018

Today's Struggle With Russia Is More Than Cold War 2.0

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Not since the apogee of the Cold War has Russia been so paramount in our national discourse. But Churchill’s “riddle, wrapped in a mystery...

Monday, March 28, 2016

Anne Garrels' reports from Putin Country

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Monday, February 16, 2015

Just how dangerous is Vladimir Putin? Ask Bill Browder!

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We often throw terms around in our political and geopolitical debates like capitalist, and communist, and oligarch, and class divide. But v...

Thursday, May 22, 2014

How the Russian Revolution is still impacting all of us today!

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Understanding history can be a two edged sword. On the one hand it is imperative that we understand the forces that have shaped nations and...

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

The Repression of Putin and The Passion of Pussy Riot

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In just days the Winter Olympics begin in Russia. In some respects the world comes to a nation that may be even more repressive than the M...

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Jeff Schechtman: Napa, California, United States; I grew up during the Kennedy Presidency. It was a time when the best and the brightest sat center stage in the nation's psyche. I've always remembered the story, that at an arts gala at the White House, Kennedy looked around the room and proclaimed it "the greatest gathering of talent since Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Without the benefit of such trappings, I've had the opportunity, for the past nineteen years, to have a seat at an international banquet of ideas and history. My radio program provided me a unique opportunity to "travel" around the world and speak to thousands of the most imaginative thinkers and leaders in the arenas of politics, religion, journalism, business, popular culture, academics, science, economics, history, and medicine. During these years, I have taken many people with me on this journey. It has been a momentous time. The trauma of politics, the onslaught of technology, the insights of science, and the changes in the human condition make this a period almost unequaled in history. I'm excited that technology has now made it possible for me to take more of you along with me on this journey.

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