10 Questions With Stan And Susan

If music is a universal language, who helps us learn it? Stan's by himself for this episode with guest Angela Wellman, a noted trombonist and founder of the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music.

This time, Stan flies solo with guest Adam Tooze. He's the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History at Columbia University who's written what may be the most exhaustive treatment yet of the Great Recession--from many angles.

"Fake news". "Enemy of the people". Russian election meddling. Facebook trolls and bogus accounts. Welcome to American politics and journalism, circa 2018. Our guest is longtime Washington journalist and academic (and KCBS Radio Political Analyst) Marc Sandalow.

Uber and Lyft: do they help or hurt traffic and transportation? The debate has raged for years, but a provocative new study pulls together data from a variety of sources to draw some conclusions. Our guest is the author of the study, Bruce Schaller.

A federal agency of which you may have never heard plays a key role in deciding how much Chinese investment money flows into the US--and which companies can attract it. Our guest is former SEC Division of Investment Management Director Norm Champ.

Should we worry about solar storms? Probably! How MUCH should we worry? We talk with a guy who knows: Scott McIntosh, Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research High Altitude Observatory.

Your smartphone knows you by your face. Police departments all over the world are investing in facial recognition systems. Is this technology really ready for prime time? Our guest is James Wayman, Director of the Biometric Identification Research Program at San Jose State University.

Artificial intelligence: how far have we come, where do we stand, and where are we going? Veteran technologist Jerry Kaplan, an adjunct professor at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, answers these big questions and more. 

John Carreyrou is the Wall Street Journal reporter whose dogged pursuit of the Theranos story exposed the truth about the high-flying Silicon Valley blood-testing startup.  He talks with Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor on Episode 17 of "10 Questions With Stan and Susan". 

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Charlie LeDuff is out with a new book, "Sh*tshow!: The Country's Collapsing...and the Ratings Are Great". He talks with Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor on Episode 16 of "10 Questions With Stan and Susan". 

This is not your father's music recording industry. Times have changed, and they keep changing. John Simson has been on the front lines of the industry for over 40 years. Now Program Director for the Business and Entertainment Program at American University, He talks with Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor on Episode 15 of "10 Questions With Stan and Susan". 

It all began with a few math lessons for his nephews. Now, Sal Khan's Khan Academy is a household name in the world of education. He talks with Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor on Episode 14 of "10 Questions With Stan and Susan". 

Is it possible that a technique now used to treat OCD, Parkinson's disease and other conditions could be the "magic bullet" to deal with the impulsive behavior that leads to overating, excessive drinking, violence and more? Stanford University Medical Center professor Dr. Casey Halpern is leading some fascinating research on new uses for deep-brain stimulation (DBS). He talks with Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor on Episode 13 of "10 Questions With Stan and Susan".

The former Concord Naval Weapons Station east of San Francisco has a very modern purpose these days: a large piece of the site has become the GoMentum Station. It bills itself as "nation’s largest secure testing facility for autonomous and connected vehicle technology". Contra Costa Transprotation Authority Executive Director Randy Iwasaki  talks with Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor on Episode 12 of "10 Questions With Stan and Susan".

Predators are showing up in unlikely places, and a provocative new study suggests it's a phenomenon that's likely to continue. Study co-author Brian Silliman is the Rachel Carson Associate Professor of marine conservation biology professor at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment. He talks with Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor on Episode 11 of "10 Questions With Stan and Susan".  

Millions of Americans now make things, and the so-called "Maker Movement" shows no signs of slowing down. Dale Dougherty has been watching this for many years, as the founder of Make: magazine and now as CEO of the Maker Faire series of events. He talks with Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor on Episode 10 of "10 Questions With Stan and Susan".

Sleep (or the lack thereof) turns out to be at the center of a whole lot of health issues. DR. Michael Grandner is the Director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona. He talks with Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor on Episode 9 of "10 Questions With Stan and Susan".

Plane crashes. Oil well blowouts. Even Facebook's user-data scandal. Failures are everywhere. Can we see them coming in time to prevent them? Chris Clearfield is the co-author of "MELTDOWN: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It". He talks with Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor on Episode 8 of "10 Questions With Stan and Susan".

Ed O'Bannon starred for the legendary UCLA Bruins basketball program, won a national championship, and played in the NBA. But he may be better known as the plaintiff in O'Bannon v. NCAA. He joins Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor to discuss his legal battle against college sports,  his hopes for reform, and his new book "Court Justice: The Inside Story of My Battle Against the NCAA" on Episode 6 of "Ten Questions With Stan and Susan".

That person across from you on the train playing a game on a smartphone might be a world-class "athlete". The explosion of Mobile eSports is happening all around us. Andrew Paradise is co-founder of Skillz, a San Francisco-based company that acts as a sort of backbone for this.He talks with Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor in Episode 5 of "10 Questions With Stan and Susan".