Jeff Schechtman
Podcasts Editor and Interview Host at Who What Why
Founder and Host at Napa Broadcasting
Podcast Host at Talk Cocktail
Podcast Host at California Sun Podcast
Media Executive and Interview Host
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1 week ago |
whowhatwhy.org | Jeff Schechtman
A former NATO ambassador shows how Trump has shattered 80 years of global trust in just 120 days, forcing allies to act without America for the first time. In just 120 days, President Donald Trump has accomplished what no foreign adversary could achieve in eight decades: the systematic destruction of America’s global leadership from within.
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2 weeks ago |
whowhatwhy.org | Jeff Schechtman
Amid yacht parties and red carpets, Cannes proves cinema still matters — where art fights commerce and collective dreams refuse to surrender to algorithms. I’ve just returned from the 78th Cannes Film Festival, where for 10 days I was immersed in a world that seems increasingly rare in our cultural landscape.
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2 weeks ago |
whowhatwhy.org | Jeff Schechtman
When we stop thinking, we enable harm. Elizabeth Minnich warns that systemic evils don’t need monsters — “it takes all of us” through everyday compliance. What makes ordinary citizens complicit in extraordinarily harmful systems? In this WhoWhatWhy podcast we talk with moral philosopher Elizabeth Minnich, who delivers a timely warning about collective thoughtlessness.
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3 weeks ago |
whowhatwhy.org | Jeff Schechtman
A covert alliance of wealth, faith, and fear is quietly dismantling American democracy — one lie, one spectacle, and one grievance at a time. When we imagine democracy collapsing, we picture tanks in the streets, ballots burning, or shadowy hackers pulling invisible strings. Yet the gravest threat to America’s democratic experiment isn’t loud or sudden — it’s a quiet, methodical corrosion of truth, fueled by grievance, money, and a dangerous sense of divine entitlement.
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4 weeks ago |
whowhatwhy.org | Jeff Schechtman
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? While Fox News and right-wing talk radio built empires of outrage, National Public Radio quietly revolutionized American broadcasting with a different model: nuance, narrative, and long-form journalism in a sea of hot takes. But has NPR’s time passed?
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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 https://t.co/2Uz5n17EeV
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." https://t.co/YPP8mx2Mb1
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 https://t.co/e2qktCI3zR https://t.co/Lvwl95K8tg