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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

John Rothmann: Pension Cuts Threaten Retirees

July 24, 2014 Leave a Comment

What happens if your pension gets cut? John Rothmann discusses what happened in Detroit where union members were forced to vote on pensions funding.

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

Ken Dito: Think About Your Skin

July 24, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ken Dito gets expert skin advice from a dermatologist. People who participate in sports don’t often think of the sun’s effect on their skin.

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

John Rothmann: ObamaCare – The Courts and Judges

July 23, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothmann discusses subsidies given in the Affordable Care Act. Judges have ruled on ObamaCare in two separate conflicting opinions leading to the US Supreme Court.

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

Flick Nation: And So it Goes with Rob Reiner

July 23, 2014 Leave a Comment

Steve Wagner and Dennis Willis have an exclusive interview with Rob Reiner. “And So it Goes” is more mature but not so much comedy.

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

Barbara Simpson: Prisoner Exchange and Gitmo

July 23, 2014 Leave a Comment

Barbara Simpson says the investigation into Bowe Bergdahl hasn’t reached any conclusion. Simpson says Gitmo is a farce.

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

Elizabeth Kate: Pinot Blanc is Great

July 23, 2014 Leave a Comment

Wine expert Elizabeth Kate talks about the family of Pinot grapes. All are grape mutations of the Pinot.

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

Lloyd Lindsay Young: Heat Extremes

July 23, 2014 Leave a Comment

Lloyd Lindsay Young says the highest temperature ever recorded in the world is in Death Valley. How hot is Phoenix and Saudi Arabia?

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

Ed & Rosie: Get “7” Hours of Sleep

July 23, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen talk about the CDC saying we need seven hours sleep. The also talk about the one-piece swim suit coming back.

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

John Rothmann: They are still saying “Kill the Jews”

July 23, 2014 Leave a Comment

John Rothman says the streets of Europe are filled with chants of “Jews, back to the ovens, Death to the Jews!” Rothmann says the hatred and violence is at levels never before matched.

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

Barbara Simpson: Illegal Aliens and Drivers’ Licenses

July 23, 2014 Leave a Comment

Barbara Simpson complains that many undocumented workers should have the same standards for obtaining drivers licenses. Simpson says many illegals can’t read road signs and tests.

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

Ed & Rosie: Is Tony Dungy Homophobic?

July 22, 2014 Leave a Comment

Tony Dungy says he wouldn’t draft Michael Sam who is a gay football player. Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen discusses Dungy saying he is a distraction.

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

Stan Burford: How the Rich Spend Their Money

July 22, 2014 Leave a Comment

Stan Burford talks Larry Ellison, Mark Cuban, Elon Musk, Marisa Mayer and other rich Silicon Valley men and women spend their money.

Filed Under: Science & Tech, Stan Burford, Who's Talking

Ed Baxter Making Sense: Tony Dungy – Michael Sam

July 22, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter tries to make sense of Tony Dungy saying he wouldn’t draft gay football player Michael Sam.

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

Bill Wattenburg: Rampant Auto Repair Fraud

July 22, 2014 1 Comment

How some auto repair shops rip you off. Bill Wattenburg says dealers bounce the cost of repair shops.

Filed Under: Bill Wattenburg, Consumer, Who's Talking

Ed & Rosie: Smiling Selfie at Auschwitz

July 22, 2014 Leave a Comment

Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen discuss the teenager taking a smiling selfie at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

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

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