Part Two of two episodes with Will Durst and Willie Brown sitting down at Tres Agaves in San Francisco @ 130 Townsend in San Francisco with Producer Paul “The Lobster” Wells and have lunch at this Restaurant close to AT&T Park, home of the SF Giants. A freewheeling discussion was recorded as part one.  After a delicious and very satisfying lunch for cast and crew, we pick up the conversation in Episode 18 on taxes and  money and dive in to the political topics of the day: President Obama’s first one hundred days, The rescue of the ship captain from Somalian Pirates by Navy Seals, Newspapers and what will be the key to their survival and the importance of it to democracy.  We touched on how Rush Limbaugh was proliferated through syndicated radio and what the impact of deregulation has had on radio and local communities.  The newspaper talk leads to sports writers and the Giants and their pitchers, and the new show on Comcast Willie Brown will be doing with Gary Radnich for 49ers post game wrap-ups.  Then we circle around to the May 19th special elections in California and Governor Arnold, Schwarzenegger, and the unpopular notion of new taxes and fees.  We end up with the proposal to rename 3rd Street in San Francisco “Willie Brown Boulevard.”

 Episode 18 - At Tres Agaves post-lunch [42:23m]: Play in Popup | Download

Part one of two episodes with Will Durst and Willie Brown sitting down at Tres Agaves in San Francisco @ 130 Townsend in San Francisco with Producer Paul “The Lobster” Wells and have lunch at this Restaurant close to AT&T Park, home of the SF Giants. A freewheeling discussion starting out with a quick mention of the origins of the crustacean DJ nickname of Paul Wells, Willie Brown’s birthday in Paris with 126 people, the bills coming in and the state of his clients, Taillevent restaurant, and running into Keifer Sutherland, who plays Jack Bauer on 24. We learn about the tie-in to Hilary Clinton and the female President in the TV series. After lunch, we pick up the conversation in Episode 18 and dive in to the political topics of the day.

 Episode 17 - At Tres Agaves, SF. Pre-lunch [17:12m]: Play in Popup | Download

Part two of the first new episodes of the Will and Willie show for 2009 begins with an insightful look into the financial budget crisis in California. Willie Brown, just returned from Sacramento right before we sat down at the Flow Communications’ studio in San Francisco, and has strong opinions about what needs to be done. His perspective as the former Speaker of the California State Assembly includes an idea of how the legislatures can end the mess. Will Durst and Willie Brown also talk about the movies, the Oscars, and Producer Paul “The Lobster” Wells gets to do his Clint Eastwood impersonation with the quote from Grand Torino, “Get off my lawn!”

 Episode 16 - Post Inaugural First Podcast of 2009, Pt. 2 [25:47m]: Play in Popup | Download

The first new episode of the Will and Willie show for 2009. In the words of Willie Brown, the world has changed since we last got together a week before the election. In the first of two parts, produced by Paul “Lobster” Wells at Flow Communications’ studio in San Francisco, Will Durst and Willie Brown talk about the new political landscape, their experiences at President Obama’s Inaugural in Washington, D.C. and some of their other favorite topics. Fans of the radio show will remember their Tuesday reviews of their favorite TV show, 24. The discussion takes a break when Will Durst has to go feed his parking meter!

 Episode 15 - Post Inaugural first Podcast of 2009, Pt. 1 [39:14m]: Play in Popup | Download

Part two of the first new episodes of the Will and Willie show for 2009 begins with an insightful look into the financial budget crisis in California.  Willie Brown, just returned from Sacramento right before we sat down at the Flow Communications’ studio in San Francisco, and has strong opinions about what needs to be done.  His perspective as the former Speaker of the California State Assembly includes an idea of how the legislatures can end the mess.  Will Durst and Willie Brown also talk about the movies, the Oscars, and Producer Paul “The Lobster” Wells gets to do his Clint Eastwood impersonation with the quote from Grand Torino, “Get off my lawn!”

 Episode 16 - Post Inaugural First Podcast of 2009, Pt. 2 [27:29m]: Play in Popup | Download

The first new episode of the Will and Willie show for 2009.  In the words of Willie Brown, the world has changed since we last got together a week before the election.  In the first of two parts, produced by Paul “Lobster” Wells at Flow Communications’ studio in San Francisco, Will Durst and Willie Brown talk about the new political landscape, their experiences at President Obama’s Inaugural in Washington, D.C. and some of their other favorite topics.  Fans of the radio show will remember their Tuesday reviews of their favorite TV show, 24.   The discussion takes a break when Will Durst has to go feed his parking meter!

 Episode 15 - Post Inaugural first Podcast of 2009, Pt. 1 [38:46m]: Play in Popup | Download

On December 11th, 2008 an event was held in San Francisco that distributed food, personal items and toys to thousands of low income San Francisco families. Paul Wells, producer of the Will and Willie show was one of the volunteers at the event, organized in part by the Willie L. Brown Institute. As the election, the Holidays and the Inauguration of President Barrack Obama all rolled past into history, Will and Willie’s schedule was too packed to get together for another Podcast. A post-inaugural session will follow soon. Here’s Feed The Children’s Larry Jones on what brought his philanthropic organization to San Francisco for the “Miracle on Pier 48.”

 Miracle On Pier 48 Video 12.11.08 [1:09m]: Play in Popup | Download

Our roundtable pre-election discussion at Epic Roasthouse, 369 The Embarcadero on San Francisco’s scenic waterfront. For more on this fine dining establishment, visit www.epicroasthousesf.com Technical difficulties prevent Episodes 13 (Ah Ha!) and 14 from being seen in the video version in their entirety. Segments #13 are combined with the video version for #14. In this episode, we talk about the elections, the setting and how it got built, and the history of The Will and Willie show, which ran as the morning show on 960 AM in 2006, and is produced by Paul “Lobster” Wells, of Flow Communications, the duo’s Ed McMahon and Freddie DeCordova rolled into one. We also touch on state and local politics, personalities and propositions, auto dealers, newspapers, gas prices, suv and prius drivers, and more.

 Episode 13 & 14 - Video Edit of Closing In On The 2008 Elections [41:55m]: Play in Popup | Download

Part two of our roundtable pre-election discussion at Epic Roasthouse, 369 The Embarcadero on San Francisco’s scenic waterfront. For more on this fine dining establishment, visit www.epicroasthousesf.com Suggest listening to Episode 13 first.  In this episode, we talk about the restaurant, and how it got built, and the history of The Will and Willie show, which ran as the morning show on 960 AM in 2006, and is produced by Paul “Lobster” Wells, of Flow Communications, the duo’s Ed McMahon and Freddie DeCordova rolled into one. We also touch on state and local politics, personalities and propositions, auto dealers, newspapers, gas prices, suv and prius drivers, and more. Technical difficulties prevent Episodes 13 (Ah Ha!) and 14 from being seen in the video version in their entirety.  Segments from #13 are being combined with those from #14.

 Episode 14 - Closing In On The 2008 Elections, Pt. 2 [26:17m]: Play in Popup | Download

Will Durst and Willie Brown join Producer Paul “The Lobster” Wells at Epic Roasthouse, a fine new Pat Kuleto restaurant managed by Pete Sittnick at 369 The Embarcadero on San Francisco’s scenic waterfront. This is part one of our final pre-election broadcast. We start with the Presidential race, Will and Willie’s predictions, the polls, the economy and how it has swung the race in Obama’s direction. We also give historic perspective to the current financial crisis with a look back to similar events going back before 1929 to the current changes that allowed sub-prime mortgages to be sold as “Triple A” securities and traded through banks and hedge funds. Technical difficulties prevent Episodes 13 (Ah Ha!) from being seen in the video version in it’s entirety. Segments #13 are being combined with those from the video version of #14.

 Episode 13 - Closing In On The 2008 Elections, Pt. 1 [25:44m]: Play in Popup | Download