Jeff Schechtman
@jeffs2009
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Media Executive and Interview Host
Napa, California
Joined March 2009
Such a pleasure to speak with @jeffs2009 and to consider @jerrygarcia and @GratefulDead in the context of California history, politics and culture. Great conversation — and much appreciated.
On my latest Calif. Sun pod, @mmcphate Jerry Garcia never wanted to be a leader—yet he built a community that still thrives. @newton_jim on the Dead, counterculture, & why their California ethos still shapes America. https://t.co/UL7WnSHc1f
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On my latest Calif. Sun pod, @mmcphate Jerry Garcia never wanted to be a leader—yet he built a community that still thrives. @newton_jim on the Dead, counterculture, & why their California ethos still shapes America. https://t.co/UL7WnSHc1f
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On the Calif. Sun pod @mmcphate I talk with @samyebri , a Yale-educated refugee-turned-civic leader. He warns that L.A., once a beacon for dreamers, is now plagued by crime, homelessness, and corruption. Revival will come only with bold new leadership. https://t.co/foF2AEkipa
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On this Calif Sun pod @mmcphate Gene Seroka, Exec. Director of @PortofLA tells me about this gateway handling 20% of America's cargo—powering 1 in 9 SoCal jobs. From automation to tariff impacts, the port signals economic trends months before they are felt https://t.co/Gg8KnvxM2v
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Your iPhone exists because of a consequential global business partnership. Apple created China's tech superpower—while China created the modern iPhone. 3 million workers. Billion-component supply chains. My talk with "Apple in China" author @PatrickMcGee_
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On this Calif. Sun Pod @mmcphate I talk to Chris Beam @JCbeam on his chilling NYT story: How tech elites from Google, NASA & Berkeley twisted AI fears into deadly extremism. Meet the "Zizians," a cult linked to six deaths. Manson vibes in tolerant Calif. https://t.co/AH1NN4DtSL
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I’d argue that the nominations of Spanberger in VA and Sherrill of NJ for Governor are far more indicative of the future direction of the Democratic Party than Mamdani’s win in NYC. Discuss.
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On this @whowhatwhy pod, I talk to historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom about the China paradox: capitalist yet communist, traditional yet revolutionary, open yet opaque. As Trump stares down Xi, are we missing the deeper story? He decodes the contridictions.
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China’s contradictions may be its greatest strength — and weakness. A look inside the civilization attempting something unprecedented in history.
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On this week's Calif. Sun pod, @mmcphate LA Times veteran Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm talks to me about his new book "GOLDEN STATE,"where he unpacks 500 years of California myth, showing how the Golden State shaped—and exposed—the American dream https://t.co/6ACBo5yPeW
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So it's gonna be forever Or it's gonna go down in flames You can tell me when it's over, mm If the high was worth the pain Got a long list of ex-lovers They'll tell you I'm insane 'Cause you know I love the players And you love the game
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On this Calif Sun pod @mmcphate, Joe Kloc spent nine years with “anchor-outs”—a community on abandoned boats off wealthy Sausalito. His book LOST AT SEA reveals their fight against displacement and resilience when society pushes the vulnerable to the edge. https://t.co/uDezpbial0
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Has NPR Passed Its Sell-By Date? NPR: Broadcasting tote bags since 1971. Can they survive a knife fight, their own risk aversion, and that they still think they’re college radio? My conversation with @steveoneywriter about his history of NPR, "On Air."
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NPR: Broadcasting tote bags since 1971. But can they survive a knife fight, their own risk aversion, and that they still think they’re college radio?
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On my latest Calif. Sun @mmcphate pod, @lauriebkirby FestForums founder, reveals how CA music festivals like Coachella and BottleRock mirror economic trends and cultural shifts. #Festivals #California #Economy
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My latest Calif. Sun pod @mmcphate Hollywood's perfect storm: empty theaters, streaming wars, production exodus, AI—and audiences rejecting EVERYTHING. Can the dream factory reinvent itself before the credits roll? 🎬My conversation with WSJ @benfritz
https://t.co/t7JOslV2hr
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On the Calif. Sun pod, @mmcphate I talk with New York Times film critic @alissamarie discussing her new book, “We Tell Ourselves Stories," which explores Joan Didion's prescient understanding of how entertainment would colonize American political life. https://t.co/QO94R10t8p
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Just how off the mark is @ICRicardoLara , the current Calif. insurance commissioner? Listen to my Calfiornia Sun @mmcphate conversation with @RepGaramendi the states first elected insurance commissioner. https://t.co/JTki4YnmCf
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In a perfect world, the town drunk and the Secretary of Defense would be two different people.
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