Commonwealth Club of California
The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum 📣, bringing together its 20,000 members for more than 500 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.
Founded in 1903 in San Francisco California 🌉, The Commonwealth Club has played host to a diverse and distinctive array of speakers, from Teddy Roosevelt in 1911 to Anthony Fauci in 2020.
In addition to the videos🎥 shared here, the Club reaches millions of listeners through its podcast🎙 and weekly national radio program📻.
For more information or to become a member🎉, visit https://www.commonwealthclub.org/membership
Discussion on Cuts to U.S. Foreign Aid—and the Future of Foreign Aid
The 94th Annual California Book Awards
Addressing the Impacts of the Administration's Actions.
AfroSolo Arts Festival: We Come This Far By Music
Bluff Justice | Jeff Bleich and David Chiu on Trump’s Clash with the Courts
HIV/AIDS: Honoring the Past, Taking Action Now
Week to Week Politics Roundtable: June 11, 2025
Town Hall Discussion | Immigration Crisis
Joan Williams: How the Left Lost the Working Class
Evan Osnos: Dispatches on the Ultrarich
Food for Thought | Tackling Food Insecurity in California
Jonathan Capehart | Finding My Voice
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson: Biden’s Decline and the Cover-up
Karen Hao | The Dreams and Nightmares of OpenAI
Patrick McGee | Apple in China
Rich Lyons on Public Higher Education at the Crossroads
Robert Edsel | American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom and Enduring Gratitude
American Bar Association President Bill Bay | Defending Justice & Rule of Law
Leah Litman | Disorder in the Court
Chris Hughes with Sen. Scott Wiener | The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy
Adam Becker | Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control Humanity's Fate
16th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy Summit
Trade not Tariffs | Why Every Purchase Matters in a Changing World
Hali Lee | The Big We
Ed Helms | The History of SNAFUs
Humanities West: Lessons Unlearned Part 1 | 50 Years After the End of the Vietnam War
Humanities West: Lessons Unlearned Part 2 | 50 Years After the End of the Vietnam War
John Sullivan: From the Front Lines of Russia’s War Against the West
Jaz Brisack: Standing Up for a Better Workplace and a Better World
Anne Soon Choi: LA's Coroner to the Stars, Dr. Thomas Noguchi