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Archives for July 2014

Barbara Simpson: Would You Stand on a Flight?

July 31, 2014 Leave a Comment

Barbara Simpson talks about several airlines looking at taking out seats and have you fly standing.

Filed Under: Barbara Simpson, Culture, Who's Talking

Flick Nation: Guardians of the Galaxy…Fun

July 31, 2014 Leave a Comment

Marvel’s long-awaited “Guardians of the Galaxy” blasts off and it’s a huge crowd-pleaser with attitude! Hosted by Dennis Willis.

Filed Under: Flick Nation, Movies, Who's Talking

Ken Dito: A’s Trade

July 31, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito discusses the big trade between the Red Sox and A’s, essentially swapping Jon Lester for Yoenis Cespedes. Is that what the A’s need to win the World Series?

Filed Under: Ken Dito, Sports, Who's Talking

Ed & Rosie: Stephen A. Smith Suspended from ESPN

July 31, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter and Rose Allen disagree about whether Stephen A. Smith should have been suspended from ESPN. The issue is whether women can provoke an attack.

Filed Under: Rosie Allen & Ed Baxter, Sports, Who's Talking

John Rothmann: Collecting Political Memorabilia

July 31, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothmann talks about coins that are minted during political campaigns. He has the John F. Kennedy and Ben Franklin coins.

Filed Under: John Rothmann, Politics, Who's Talking

Lloyd Lindsay Young: Is There Earthquake Weather?

July 31, 2014 Leave a Comment

Lloyd Lindsay Young debunks the earthquake weather myth. Also high temperatures occur late in the day, and anywhere is tornado weather.

Filed Under: Lloyd Lindsay Young, Weather, Who's Talking

Ken Dito: Butch Whacks and the Glass Packs

July 31, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito talks about one of the great San Francisco party bands. Butch Whacks and the Glass Packs should come back.

Filed Under: Ken Dito, Movies, Who's Talking

Ed Baxter: Bieber and Bloom Push, Eat Big Hamburger

July 31, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter details nonsense stories from Bieber and Bloom, lighting oneself on fire, man who puts his hand down sleeping woman panties on airplane, and Monster Hamburger plate.

Filed Under: Culture, Ed Baxter, Who's Talking

Malou Nubla: Malou Drinks and Doesn’t Drive

July 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ride Sharing and my slammin’ deal on Uber X! Malou Nubla in Malou Review talks about the idea of using Uber X.

Filed Under: Consumer, Malou Nubla, Who's Talking

John Rothmann: Impeach the President?

July 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

33% of Americans want Barack Obama impeached. John Rothmann points out about the same number wanted to impeach George W Bush, and Bill Clinton and that impeachment is a political act.

Filed Under: John Rothmann, Politics, Who's Talking

Ed & Rosie: Drones, Zimmerman, Bachelorette Sex

July 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen talk drones over a fire, George Zimmerman a security guard, the Bachelorette and multiple sex, Charles Barkley special gift.

Filed Under: Current Events, Rosie Allen & Ed Baxter, Who's Talking

Elizabeth Kate: Elizabeth and Irish Whiskey

July 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

Elizabeth Kate visits an Irish pub and says why not try a good Whiskey. Women and men and shots of Whiskey.

Filed Under: Elizabeth Kate, Food & Wine, Who's Talking

Lloyd Lindsay Young: Weather Affects Our Mood

July 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

Lloyd Lindsay Young says heat affects our mood and lack of sun can as well. Seasonal Affect Disorder a real thing?

Filed Under: Lloyd Lindsay Young, Weather, Who's Talking

Ed & Rosie: Debt in the US is Scary

July 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

More than 35% of the population are drowning in debt and are being followed by collection agencies. Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen say debt in the USA is scary.

Filed Under: Current Events, Rosie Allen & Ed Baxter, Who's Talking

Flick Nation: Boyhood is Cinematic History

July 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

Steve Wagner chats with acclaimed director Richard Linklater (Before Midnight, Dazed and Confused, Bernie) about his landmark film Boyhood, spending 12 years on one project, the memory power of pop music, and how Bernie is doing.

Filed Under: Flick Nation, Movies, Who's Talking

Ed & Rosie: Naked TV Shows

July 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

Naked and Afraid is a show that features naked people. Ed and Rosie talk about the trend toward new TV shows.

Filed Under: Movies, Rosie Allen & Ed Baxter, Who's Talking

Stan Burford: Three Day Work Week

July 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

Stan Burford “thinking without borders” looks at Carlos Slim”s idea of a three day work week of 11 hours a day. Netherlands has a 29 hour work week and could squeeze more people into the workforce.

Filed Under: Culture, Stan Burford, Who's Talking

Ed & Rosie: President’s Fist Bumps and Health

July 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

The President does fist bumps rather than shaking hands. Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen look at health and handshaking.

Filed Under: Culture, Rosie Allen & Ed Baxter, Who's Talking

Ken Dito: Sports Athletes Distractions

July 29, 2014 1 Comment

Ken Dito discusses sports stars as distractions. Joe Namath, Johnny Manziel, Pete Rozelle, Aldon Smith.

Filed Under: Ken Dito, Sports, Who's Talking

Flick Nation: Divergent at Flick Nation

July 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

Shailene Woodley is Divergent, Russell Crowe is Noah, and Aaron Paul needs a new agent, er, Speed. Hosted by Dennis Willis.

Filed Under: Flick Nation, Movies, Who's Talking

Lloyd Lindsay Young: Lightning Strikes Super Danger

July 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

Lloyd Lindsay Young talks about lightning strikes and safety. Lightning, golf, beaches, and telephones.

Filed Under: Lloyd Lindsay Young, Weather, Who's Talking

Ken Dito: Life in the Minor Leagues

July 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito talks with Ed Ricks who was in the Yankee organization for several years about the correct way to teach baseball to kids.

Filed Under: Ken Dito, Sports, Who's Talking

John Rothmann: San Francisco’s Unique Housing Problem

July 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothmann discusses San Francisco’s dilemma of creating affordable housing and keeping the neighborhoods.

Filed Under: Culture, John Rothmann, Who's Talking

Ed & Rosie: Kid Poops on Newspaper in Plane

July 28, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen discuss the parents who let their toddler poop on a newspaper in a plane. Delta Airlines is trying to sort out the mess.

Filed Under: Culture, Ken Dito, Who's Talking

Ken Dito & Joe Starkey: La Russa, HOF and Steroids

July 28, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito and Joe Starkey talk about what Tony La Russa has said about steroids in baseball. He has been inducted in the Hall of Fame and Ken and Joe talk Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds.

Filed Under: Joe Starkey, Ken Dito, Sports, Who's Talking

Ed & Rosie: Megan Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Jenny McCarthy

July 28, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen fill the gossip file with Megan Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Jenny McCarthy.

Filed Under: Movies, Rosie Allen & Ed Baxter, Who's Talking

John Rothmann: The March of Radical Islam

July 28, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothmann details the destruction at the hands of the Taliban. The shrine of Jonah may be the first in the line of many more shrine destruction.

Filed Under: Current Events, John Rothmann, Who's Talking

Elizabeth Kate: Italian Wine is Fabulous

July 28, 2014 1 Comment

Elizabeth Kate details seeing the movie “A Trip to Italy” saying that she laughed so hard she had tears. Kate details the role of Chianti and travel to Italy.

Filed Under: Elizabeth Kate, Food & Wine, Who's Talking

Lloyd Lindsay Young: Weather on Cell Phones Suck

July 28, 2014 Leave a Comment

Lloyd Lindsay Young details how inaccurate weather on cell phones can be. Where to go for accurate on your mobile device.

Filed Under: Lloyd Lindsay Young, Weather, Who's Talking

Ken Dito: What is Terry Whitfield Doing Now?

July 28, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito talks with baseball great Terry Whitfield about teaching baseball to kids.

Filed Under: Ken Dito, Sports, Who's Talking

Barbara Simpson: President Obama Fundraises and Fundraises

July 27, 2014 1 Comment

Barbara Simpson discusses the fundraising that President Obama is doing. Fundraising in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Filed Under: Barbara Simpson, Politics, Who's Talking

Ed & Rosie: Dangerous Dogs That Kill

July 27, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen talk about the Cane Corso dog that killed a jogger. He had attacked before and Ed says the owner should be in jail.

Filed Under: Current Events, Rosie Allen & Ed Baxter, Who's Talking

Elizabeth Kate: The Right Way To Buy Wine

July 27, 2014 Leave a Comment

Is there a right way to buy wine? Elizabeth Kate says you can buy wine in a supermarket, boutique store or Costco depending on what kind of help you need.

Filed Under: Elizabeth Kate, Food & Wine, Who's Talking

John Rothmann: Execution by Firing Squad

July 27, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothmann discusses a San Francisco judge who feels that firing squads are more humane than lethal injection.

Filed Under: Culture, John Rothmann, Who's Talking

Ken Dito: A Bunch of Triples

July 27, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito recaps the Dodgers/Giants game in which Puig hit three triples.

Filed Under: Ken Dito, Sports, Who's Talking

Ed Baxter: 80 Year-Old Man Shoots a Burglar

July 27, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter asks whether it makes sense an 80 year-old man has the right to shoot intruders in his home. He kills a woman who yelled she was pregnant.

Filed Under: Current Events, Ed Baxter, Who's Talking

Barbara Simpson: The Real West is Still Alive

July 25, 2014 1 Comment

Barbara Simpson says those people who discount the spirit of the West are tragically mistaken. The morals and values should be envied.

Filed Under: Barbara Simpson, Culture, Who's Talking

Ed & Rosie: 80 Year-Old Man Shoots Burglars

July 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen discuss the 80 year-old man who shot and killed a burglar who was fleeing from his home. What are the rights of home owners?

Filed Under: Culture, Rosie Allen & Ed Baxter, Who's Talking

Elizabeth Kate: Malbec, The Grape and the Wine

July 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

Elizabeth Kate discusses Malbec wine that comes from Argentina. Malbec really comes from France?

Filed Under: Elizabeth Kate, Food & Wine, Who's Talking

Ken Dito: The A’s and Astros ReMix

July 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito recaps the A’s and Astros series.

Filed Under: Ken Dito, Sports, Who's Talking

Flick Nation: Scarlett Johansson Gets the Instant Review

July 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

It’s the return of the most honest review you can find: in the car on the way home! Dennis Willis and Steve Wagner’s immediate reaction to Luc Besson’s thriller Lucy with Scarlett Johansson, minutes after seeing it.

Filed Under: Flick Nation, Movies, Who's Talking

Malou Nubla: Social Clubs in Review

July 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

Malou Nubla talks about the one stop shopping clubs for gentlemen. Malou has joined the Battery and has a Malou Review.

Filed Under: Consumer, Malou Nubla, Who's Talking

Lloyd Lindsay Young: El Nino has Weakened?

July 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

What is El Nino? Lloyd Lindsay Young says it has gotten weaker and we do not get a lot of rain in California.

Filed Under: Lloyd Lindsay Young, Weather, Who's Talking

Ed & Rosie: The Gossip File

July 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen trash Robin Thicke, Jay Z and Beyonce, Daniel Ratcliffe talks about losing his virginity.

Filed Under: Humor, Rosie Allen & Ed Baxter, Who's Talking

Ken Dito: Giants and Phillies ReMix

July 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito reviews the Giants – Phillies series.

Filed Under: Ken Dito, Sports, Who's Talking

Barbara Simpson: Does the President Serve All the People?

July 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

Barbara Simpson says the President has been ignoring high profile Republicans regarding the Immigration issue. Simpson says Obama needs to respond to Arizona governor Jan Brewer.

Filed Under: Barbara Simpson, Politics, Who's Talking

John Rothmann: Fixing the Death Penalty

July 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothmann says three recent botched death penalty tries should renew the debate over the death penalty.

Filed Under: Culture, John Rothmann, Who's Talking

Lloyd Lindsay Young: Driving in Different Kinds of Weather

July 24, 2014 Leave a Comment

Lloyd Lindsay Young talks about his experience at the DMV and that morphs into different kinds of driving weather.

Filed Under: Lloyd Lindsay Young, Weather, Who's Talking

Flick Nation: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth and more

July 24, 2014 Leave a Comment

Capsule reviews of new movies with Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton. Hosted by Dennis Willis.

Filed Under: Flick Nation, Movies, Who's Talking

Ed Baxter: Obama Contraception Compromise

July 24, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter tries to make sense of the Obama administration’s effort to not have to make businesses with religious beliefs against contraception pay for it while, getting the coverage for women.

Filed Under: Current Events, Ed Baxter, Who's Talking

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