First, Steve talks politics, what works, what does not work and how we might choose to look at our current government. Next, it would be nice to be able to tell when someone is lying to your face, so Steve interviews Doctor Joan Bachenko, author of Automatic Detection...

Leading technology writer Ashlee Vance spent more than 50 hours in exclusive conversation with Elon Musk, the man behind PayPal, Tesla Motors, SpaceX and SolarCity, each of which has sent shock waves through American business and industry. Steve interviews Ashlee...

Steve interviews George Green, author of Out of the Spotlight, a compendium of over forty interviews with famous, successful people who enjoy their lives as they move from one spotlight to another.

The main purposes for the financial systems of the world are to manage other people's money and to provide money for entrepreneurs who want to innovate and provide products and services. Instead, today we have giant financial companies (too big to fail) whose main...

Starting at about the end of World War II in 1945, more and more people began to acquire things. Lower prices and easy availability put more and more products within reach of consumers. Technology generated more goodies, tools and toys for people to buy. But recent...

Technology driven economic growth was fantastic in America in the early part of the 20th century, and the middle class was created and nurtured as a result. Steve talks about why today's technology growth isn't doing anything like that. Then, the Presidential campaign...

Doing a good job of assessing risk in financial choices, health decisions and in raising children can make life safer, easier and happier. But it's harder than it looks. Steve interviews Greg Ip, author of Foolproof: Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us...

Steve, a practicing Southern California lawyer for 38 years, talks about how the legal system has changed during that time and where it’s headed now. Then, Steve talks about the awful week in the stock market. [audio...

he best parents are the ones that make themselves increasingly unnecessary. Because many parents, who only want to help, make their children perpetually dependent without intending to do so, Steve interviews Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of How to Raise an Adult: Break...

The stock market has taken back all of its 2015 gains and then some. To find out whether investors should be nervous, very nervous or downright panicking, Steve welcomes Certified Financial Planner Phil Albitz back to the show to discuss the volatile investing...