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Archives for August 2014

Ken Dito: 49ers, Harbaugh, NFL Pre-Season

August 18, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito talks about the 49ers poor performance against the Denver Broncos and the importance of pre-season games. Ken does not believe the NFL company line that pre-season games don’t count.

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

Flick Nation: What Exactly is The Zero Theorem About?

August 18, 2014 Leave a Comment

Terry Gilliam’s latest film is a puzzler. Christoph Waltz searches for the meaning of life, Tom Hardy is Locke in a car, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 isn’t very amazing at all. Hosted by Dennis Willis.

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

Elizabeth Kate: Pinot Noir The Grape and The Wine

August 18, 2014 Leave a Comment

Elizabeth Kate talks about Pinot Noir being the most popular red wine. Kate says it has been so since the movie Sideways. She says it goes well with salmon.

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

John Rothmann: Race, Michael Brown, Ferguson, MO and Beyond

August 18, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothmann discusses racial issues in the United States and the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. Race relations in the US are still not good.

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

Ken Dito: Young People and Sports Injuries

August 18, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito talks with Dr. Mark Savant, Associate Team Physician at USF. Why do so many young girls get concussions?

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

Lloyd Lindsay Young: Weather is About Fronts

August 18, 2014 Leave a Comment

Cold fronts, warm fronts and stationery fronts. What causes weather systems and weather fronts? Lloyd Lindsay Young explains.

Filed Under: Lloyd Lindsay Young, Weather

Barbara Simpson & Ed Baxter: Is Jerry Brown Losing It?

August 17, 2014 1 Comment

Barbara Simpson and Ed Baxter discuss California Governor Jerry Brown’s latest proposals. Simpson says Brown is showing us who he’s always been and Baxter says he thinks the Governor has changed.

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

Elizabeth Kate: Old World and New World Wine

August 17, 2014 Leave a Comment

Elizabeth Kate talks about the different between new world and old world wines. Burgundy, Bordeaux, Chianti wines are all broken down into locations.

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

Ed & Rosie: Rabbit and Shark Meat for Sale

August 17, 2014 Leave a Comment

Rosie Allen and Ed Baxter discuss Whole Foods selling rabbit meat. Also talk about feeding shark meat to homeless people.

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

Ken Dito: Teaching Kids to Pitch

August 17, 2014 Leave a Comment

Kids should be coached properly. It is all too often that Dads are coaching because they have to. Ed Ricks was a professional pitcher and currently coaches kids of all ages.

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

John Rothmann Defends Governor Jerry Brown from Ed Baxter

August 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothmann and Ed Baxter discuss whether Governor Jerry Brown has lost his way on issues of water and the Bullet Train.

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

Stan Burford: Changes in Credit Cards

August 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

Stan Burford talks about the history of credit cards and where we are going. Diners Club, Master Charge, Bank of America cards.

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

Ken Dito: Quentin Kopp – Warriors – Local Media – San Francisco

August 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

Quentin Kopp talks about the Warriors move to San Fancisco. Is AT&T park responsible for the change in South of Market and why doesn’t the local media cover some local sports?

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

Ed Baxter: Has Governor Jerry Brown Lost His Way?

August 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter is asking whether Governor Jerry Brown has lost his way on the Peripheral Canal Water issues, and California Public Utilities Commission, and the Bullet Train are wrong.

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

Flick Nation: Free Movie Screening – The Trip to Italy

August 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

The Talk Pod and Flick Nation want to send you and a guest to the movies, to see the new IFC comedy THE TRIP TO ITALY with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. This is the hilarious sequel to THE TRIP, the movie that featured Coogan and Brydon’s dueling Michael Caine impersonations!

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

John Rothmann: Iraq Changes or Does It?

August 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothmann says Al-Maliki is out but the threat remains. Rothmann says the Islamic state is growing.

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

Ed & Rosie: Siri a Murder Accomplice?

August 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

Siri tells a man where to murder a victim. Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen talks about Siri having to change some policy on advice.

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

Ken Dito: New MLB Commissioner

August 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito thinks that new MLB Commissioner will be more of the same and it will be “This Buds For You, Part 2.”

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

Lloyd Lindsay Young: Why Doesn’t It Snow in SF?

August 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

Why does it snow in Washington DC and not in San Francisco when they are both at the same latitude?

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

John Rothmann: Barack and Hillary Hug Summit

August 14, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothmann says the media has blown up the rift between Clinton and Obama. Rothmann says there is history of candidates separating themselves from the incumbent.

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

Ed & Rosie: Mean Tweets at Zelda Williams

August 14, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen talk about the malicious tweets that have come to Robin Williams daughter. Zelda Williams has canceled her Twitter account.

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

Joe Starkey: New Block Home Plate Rule a Farce

August 14, 2014 1 Comment

Joe Starkey says the home plate block experiment rule is blowing the credibility of baseball. He says players don’t know what the rule is.

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

Ed Baxter: California Save Water Bond

August 14, 2014 Leave a Comment

The California Legislature has voted to put a water bond on the ballot. Ed Baxter says this seems like a good idea but the devil is in the details.

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

Lloyd Lindsay Young: Why Doesn’t California Get Summer Rain?

August 14, 2014 Leave a Comment

Why does California lack rain in the summer months? Lloyd Lindsay Young explains west coast weather.

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

Ed & Rosie: Hillary and Barack at War?

August 14, 2014 Leave a Comment

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama: friends or not? Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen discuss whether Hillary Clinton should be fighting with the President.

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

Ken Dito: NFL, Johnny Manziel, Quarterbacks, Rookie QB’s

August 14, 2014 Leave a Comment

Johnny Manziel was the 22nd college player taken in the 2014 NFL draft. Some think he will be a bust. Ken Dito thinks otherwise.

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

Flick Nation: The Expendables Come Out Shooting!

August 14, 2014 Leave a Comment

The Expendables 3 brings together Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, and half of Hollywood – but is it any good? Plus, the latest documentary from director Alex Gibney. Hosted by Dennis Willis.

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

Ed & Rosie: Boots Back in Iraq?

August 14, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen talk about troops back in Iraq. Is the US going back into Iraq or should we stay out?

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

Barbara Simpson & John Rothmann Agree on Radical Islam

August 13, 2014 Leave a Comment

Barbara Simpson and John Rothmann talk about the dilemma of our security and and radical Islam.

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

Ken Dito: Tim Lincecum Must Perform

August 13, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito says that Tim Lincecum is hurting the Giants chances of winning when he is on the mound. He refuses to keep base runners close – unacceptable.

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

Stan Burford: Barbara and John Missed a BIG question on Immigration

August 13, 2014 Leave a Comment

Stan Burford disagrees with Barbara Simpson and John Rothmann on Immigration. He says there is NO one answer and we need to get to the cause.

Filed Under: Current Events, Stan Burford, Who's Talking

John Rothmann: US Foreign Policy is Confused

August 13, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothmann says there are advisors with boots on the ground in Iraq. Nobody knows what the clear answer is of what to do next.

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

Lloyd Lindsay Young: The Polar Vortex Explained

August 13, 2014 Leave a Comment

What is the polar vortex and how does it affect our weather? Lloyd Lindsay Young explains.

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

Ken Dito & Joe Starkey: Baseball GM’s Greatness

August 13, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito and Joe Starkey talk about the relative ratings of baseball general managers. Billy Beane and Brian Sabean.

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

Barbara Simpson – John Rothmann: Gun Rights / Gun Control Debate

August 12, 2014 2 Comments

Barbara Simpson and John Rothmann debate gun rights, Second Amendment, Jim Brady, gun licensing like an automobile.

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

Flick Nation: Fading Gigolo is More Than Humor

August 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton are vampires, Woody Allen is John Turturro’s pimp, and the Toy Story gang is trapped in a creepy motel. Hosted by Dennis Willis.

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

John Rothmann: The President Wants A Democratic Senate

August 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothmann says the mid-term election will have impact on the Supreme Court and how the President can hope to be effective.

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

Malou Nubla: Meter Maids Get Tickets Too

August 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

Malou Nubla comes across a meter maid who actually got a ticket. Meter Maid parking justice.

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

Ed Baxter: Selfie on a Cliff / Hidden Gold

August 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter tries to make sense of some strange stories. Selfie on a cliff, hidden World War II treasure found, woman hides tens of thousands of dollars in her bra and girdle.

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

Ken Dito: Golf Majors

August 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito wraps up all the Majors and looks to the Ryder’s Cup. Ken asks whether Tiger Woods will make the team.

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

Lloyd Lindsay Young: Will Lloyd Like the Weather Channel?

August 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

Lloyd Lindsay Young reports on why he does not like the Weather Channel as much any more.

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

Ed Baxter: Robin Williams Dead

August 11, 2014 1 Comment

Ed Baxter remembers Robin Williams.

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

Flick Nation: Robin Williams Dead at 63

August 11, 2014 1 Comment

Dennis Willis and Steven Kirk react to the shocking death of multi-talented Oscar-winner Robin Williams, why he was important to the Bay Area and why his apparent suicide should spark an honest conversation about depression.

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

Ed Baxter: Selfie Surgery…We’re Doomed

August 11, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter discusses the trend of getting cosmetic surgery to look good in selfies. Camera angles in taking selfies is better than surgical photoshop.

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

Flick Nation: How to Fix the Spider-Man Movies

August 11, 2014 Leave a Comment

With The Amazing Spider-Man 2 now available on home media, Dennis Willis, Steven Kirk and Steve Wagner debate all the ways the powers-that-be at Sony can reverse the diminishing financial and creative direction of the franchise, if they really wanted to.

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

Ed & Rosie: More of Us Are Watching TV

August 11, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen share a survey about how much TV Americans are watching. There are more cable shows that are grabbing our attention. Almost five hours a day watching TV.

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

Ken Dito: Rise Rory…Fall Tiger

August 11, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito reports on the amazing play of Rory McIlroy and the apparent fall of Tiger Woods.

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

John Rothmann: Iraq Catch 22

August 11, 2014 Leave a Comment

As Iraq descends into chaos, the tragedy continues and grows. John Rothmann discusses the apparent no-win situation.

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

Lloyd Lindsay Young: The Weather Divide

August 11, 2014 Leave a Comment

Lloyd Lindsay Young reports on how the Continental Divide affects weather.

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

Ken Dito: Outside the Box with Dito

August 11, 2014 1 Comment

Ken Dito talks about what he hopes to do in The Talk Pod. He says this is an experience all of us have been waiting for.

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

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