Podcast appearances and mentions of Chris Lu

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 28:40

Michael Zezas, Chief US Public Policy & Municipal Strategist for Morgan Stanley, on the state and local aid to goverments. Chris Lu, Former Deputy Secretary of Labor under Obama and Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia Miller Center, discusses the passage of the Biden relief bill and what comes next. Gabrielle Coppola, Bloomberg auto reporter, on Apple’s foray into the auto market. John Authers, Senior Editor for Bloomberg Markets and Opinion columnist, on his column: “The Inflation Scare Is Missing Some Inflation.” Hosted by Paul Sweeney and Matt Miller.

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Chris Lu

STAFFER

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 55:03

Chris Lu has served in all three branches of the government, including as the Deputy Secretary of Labor in the Obama Administration. He shares stories about getting his start in government and what it was like being Chief Operating Officer of a 17,000 employee agency.Follow STAFFER on Twitter • Facebook • Instagram

Ep. 150 – Copy.ai Co-Founder, Chris Lu

Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 41:31

Our guest today is Chris Lu, who is a co-founder of copy.ai. Copy.ai is an AI copywriting platform that uses cutting edge artificial intelligence to help marketers and entrepreneurs grow their businesses. Chris worked at the ESO Fund for the past 5 years and is passionate about early stage investing and entrepreneurship. He’s angel invested … The post Ep. 150 – Copy.ai Co-Founder, Chris Lu appeared first on COO Alliance.

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"People Really Want Relief"-The Reporters' Roundtable Feb 26

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 44:58

$15 Minimum Wage Setback. Covid Progress. Airstrikes in Syria. GOP Civil War. Trump CPAC. With Leah Askarinam, Editor of National Journal Hotline, Maya King, Politics Reporter at Politico and Chris Lu, Fmr. Dep. Sec. of Labor and now at The Miller Center at UVA. Let's get rid of the barbed wire fence around the Capitol. Sign the petition or call your congressional representatives to free the People's House! More information at DontFenceTheCapitol.com

#386 - An Interview with Chris Lu, Co-Founder of Copy.ai

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 31:35

This is an interview with Chris Lu, Co-Founder of Copy.ai. For those interested in our content marketing and blog writing services, please visit: BlogWritingService.com Hi, this is Ryan and I'm your podcast host today. We'll be having Chris Lu here on from Copy.ai. Welcome to the podcast, Chris. Thanks Ryan for having me. Of course. Well, we've been following you for a while now and wanted to get you on a podcast, discuss where copy.ai is going and where you see it going. We've seen some growth within your different tweets online and just an upward movement, especially with COVID-19 hitting. There's been some significant growth with people doing stuff online being able to grow their businesses because that's where everybody's hanging out is online. So if you could just tell me real quick your background and how you got into orchestrating this, this great software. Yeah, my co-founder and I move on to Paul Jacobian. He's the guy who tweets about our company. And I have worked together for five years now. And we were at an investment firm. However, what constantly fascinated us was entrepreneurship specifically, like how do you start it? How do you find the creativity for it? How do you really push it to the limits? And we realized that's a very strong creative exercise. And when we launched our own thing, we realized how much writing there was to be done. It's unreal, like everything from the mission statement and the landing pages to the initial emails, the launch posts there's just so much writing to be done. And that was one of the hardest parts. And then we realized that, you know, the world needs more entrepreneurship and COVID really helped celebrate that. And at the exact same time, a very powerful AI algorithm was released. And we realized this AI algorithm is the first foray into AI powered creativity. And so we decided, you know, what, this needs to exist. We need to distribute this AI to the entire world to really prove entrepreneurship and our goals to have a billion new entrepreneurs in the next decade. That's great. So with the creating the software, was it an iterative approach? Like, did you create a little tool and then expand upon it or did you have the idea to have it do what it does today and where do you see the growth of that? Yeah. when we started, we were very focused on highly repeatable writing processes. So in our eyes that was like writing ads. So our first version of that tool only had like seven or eight tools and it was around Facebook ads, Google ads, and Instagram ads and captions. And then what we realized is, well, that's actually a pretty small piece of the market. A lot of the small businesses, they don't actually even run it, but instead what they really need help on our product descriptions, blogs, blog, intros. And that's when we started expanding the scope today, we are aiming to build out tools for almost every single use case you can imagine. And the reason is when we build out a new tool, we really want to help empower people for a specific problem that they have. So for us, you know, for example, coming up with ideas to write about, to coming up with that first intro, that book I could really continue to keep so much continued reading. We think that those are really, really hard problems and it would be mentally tired. And so we're kind of build out as many tools as we expand to help facilitate that creativity. That's great. So with, with this technology, I know if it's built off of open.ai and they use a technology called GPT three or GPT four, I think is GTP four is out and you're playing with it right now. What is the difference between the two? Yeah, it's actually deeply two, three for now, and we are fascinated by what GBT four will be. So a little background on the technology it's open AI had this thesis that if they can train a margin of model and a large enough algorithm, it will become smart. And so they launched something called tributary to about a year and a half ago. Now, maybe even almost two years ago now. And it was pretty impressive. But maybe one in a hundred or really mind-blowing results. And then maybe like one in 20 was a passable and the rest are complete crap. So Paul actually spent a lot of time, but keep it to two, really trying to explore the capabilities. And that means wading through a lot of, you know, bad content to look and find the gems. GPD three is a model that's just a hundred times bigger than GPC two. And it's probably one of the largest models that has been commercialized to date. And when open AI released it we saw immediate, it was like, wow, maybe like three and 10 where like really good results. Five out of 10 were probably passable. One in 10, maybe one in 20 were like, mind-blowingly good. And we knew immediately that was much more commercially viable because, you know, with one or two clicks, you get really, really good results. The way we see GPT three and give me a little bit of background. There is it's a model where they just try to predict the next word so where it's not technically a word, but we'll say it as the word here. So if you have like my name, like the next word has a very high probability to be is. And so that might try to predict that but there's also a little bit of randomness thrown in. So there are other words that could go after. Hi, my name. And then, you know, it may choose one of those other ones on separate runs. But what this results in is everyone is trying to set up the context for it to finish running. And so it looks very much like Harry Potter stuff, the better you can set up the context, the better you can prepare the AI to complete what you need it to be the better the results. And so even though it's a lot of companies are being built on JPC three, the way you implement it actually has a very drastic differences in the quality changes radically as well. Got it. So is that kind of your competitive edge, bringing a creativity model to it where you can take this open API that they're providing, but the way you're reverting it to create is a little bit different than what competitors might be doing or what's your competitive edge? Yeah, that's probably one of the strong ones and I think our competitive edge comes down to our mission and vision. It's our North star metric. And while it's not very powerful today has the moat. I think you have to look very different five, 10 years down the line. Yeah, I think the way we approach the market matters a lot. It really tells you which tool to build first, which ones to prioritize, and it also builds out a brand in the process. Got it. So are you limited right now to TP? I gotta get the acronym, right? The GPT three, or are you kinda like really anxious to get the GPT four in your hands? Or are you maxed out at what it can do right now? Or are you able to take a little bit further or where do you stand right now with the technology? Yeah, GPT three is already really, really powerful and I think we've barely scratched the surface. When it first launched, people were showing up all kinds of cool demos, like having it write code having it create designs. Of course, you know, the w the way you implemented is very different than how we're implementing it, probably Revit words. But it is just as impressive those tasks. And as a result, I think that there is a whole world of possibility that we haven't even tapped into all of our tools are basically the most simple building blocks or today but down the line in the future, I think there's going to be a lot, but really, really cool things you can do with it that are much more advanced. That will be much more helpful to users as well for if, and when they launch it, I can only imagine how much better it will be. If it's anything like the jump between Japan two and three, it's going to be mind-blowing. But it's already pretty hard to see how much better it can get that. One thing that is on the plate though, and this is a little tangential is open AI, released a blog post about a Dolly, which is a image generation API that hasn't been released yet, but effectively you'll be able to describe an image and then the AI algorithm will cry. Wow. That's great. So do you, do you, is there like a list that you've created internally of like all these ideas that you could create with it? Because really the sky's the limit in terms of creativity, I can only think of a, you know, five or six use case applications, and then I get inside your application and there's a 30. And do you have another hundred that you've put on a Google doc somewhere or secured in a safe I, I don't expect you to share those with me, but I'm just curious as to where the ideas STEM from, or are you doing some highly classified brainstorming somewhere? Or w what are your, what are your ideas behind that? Yeah, our tools usually fall into two categories. One is business. So it's like anything that requires you to write something, a business, like it could be used for that. And so we talked through it, our product a lot. If we need to write a tweet, if we need to, you know, do anything, we will like test it out. Hey, the GPC three recently we were looking at job descriptions and it's like, Oh, we need to create a tool for that. So that got added to the list. It's not ready yet, but it added to the list. More recently the other side of tools that we have are more first-line more for personal utility where it's like, you know, stuff that's just been painful to her. Right. then it's less, you know, associated with marketing or SEO or anything along those lines. So, for example, for students writing your cover letter, like I remember when I was a student, I had no idea where to start. And, but now we have a tool. So if I were a college student today, I would just type in the job that I want, or the company that I'm looking for, click a button that I have a great starting point for a really, really solid cover letter. One other fun tool that we'd launched recently was for Valentine's day. We had this thing called Valentine's day.ai, where we would help you write Valentine's day cards. We believe that people really want to express their love, but sometimes struggle to find the words for it. And when they struggle to find the West for, you know, it just comes out cheesy and it just doesn't feel right. With AI, you can actually help brainstorm the different words and you can input like inside jokes or, you know, more contextual stuff about your specific relationship and get back words that you could use for your own Valentine. The way we see a copy AI right now is much more like an assistant that helps you brainstorm you take bits and pieces from all the different generations that has, and then you put it together. And that final product is around and you may have, well, you wrote it. AI just helped you brains in different ways, but you're the one who edited it and figured out this is exactly what I'm trying to express. Yup. I hear that. Exactly. It it reminds me of a experience I had in early and then late nineties when I was in an English class. And I literally that's when the internet and more content was coming online. And I literally was reading the great Gatsby and I copy and pasted a section, and I put it into my report and the teacher kept up bringing up plagiarism, and I didn't know what she was talking about. And then eventually I got a little slap on the wrist and my grade dropped a little bit because I had plagiarized not really thinking anything of it, but something like this, you put that paragraph into copy.ai, and it's going to regurgitate a different way of saying it, right. Not to say that we should go off and teach our kids this, but I think it allows them to get more creative in coming up with verbs and adverbs and nouns that would allow them to express what they're trying to say. More effectively they still have to make completed sentences and crafted, you know, make it personal. And I don't think AI will ever get to a point in some industries that will like manufacturing and that sort of stuff. But with the creative realm, I don't think it's going to replace the copywriter. It's just going to empower them, just like these other tools, other manufacturing tools. So with that, are you, are you seeing a big organization here with copy.ai? I see that you're hiring. What are those positions and where do you see a copy.ai going in the, in the, you know, six months, year, two years. Yeah. You touched on a really, really strong point there, which is we are deeply, deeply passionate about AI to empower people, not replace them. As a matter of fact, one of our founding mission statements. So we first left our jobs was there was a narrative out there where it says AI is going to take over, take our jobs. And if that is true, there is a second narrative where it will, AI will make it easier to start Coopers. So we are on a mission to help shift people from losing their jobs to, Oh, no. Now I am part of being that company that gets the benefit from the AI. And that it's a very subtle thing, but I think it's really, really important. And so everything we do has been around, how do we empower to do this? We don't do auto. We do suggest we really, really, we think that ultimately is great at generation, but it's down to the human to churn and bring it back to exactly what you want to express. That being said our long-term vision is to create creative tools that help entrepreneurs start businesses. We believe that very deeply in the passionate economy. I don't know if you've heard of that, but it's basically, you will be able to make living focused on your passionate nature. Content creators are probably the early signs that are living in the future and it's because you can make content about anything. So they're, you know, they're already, it's a very meta but to already do it, you know, it's like, Oh, I am passionate about trains. And so I make a lot of videos about different trains. I get a lot of views. I can run ads on it and there you go. I have a living. So we, we really do believe in This. And one of the hardest parts though, of starting a business is getting all of the words, right, getting the messaging, right, connecting with the customer. And so our tooling wants, they want to create these creative tools that help them get there. One other point that you touched upon is we're not going to replace copywriters. As a matter of fact, copywriters will actually be empowered in a, in a much more powerful way than everyone else. And the reason for that is the point I mentioned before, where every single word you use to input into the AI matters and a good choppier, your writer will have better words to input, which means that AI will understand your intentions in a much better way. So if you use a word like, you know, I, I like, you know, she, or something like that and then you change it to like, I like this specific type of sheets. You know, it, it, it really changes the output. And the better you are with words, the better you are with telling and describing at this, when you were looking for the better, the results. So CA good copywriters of good storytellers will find this as a super tool. Yeah, that's what we see it as well Internally. We are not just our copywriters are creating content for our clients, but we're actually paying them to create content for us internally. Right? So we practice what we preach in terms of, we were curating a whole bunch of content because when people type in those long tail keywords, we want them to find us in order to do that. We need to rank high on Google and that you bring up a good, interesting topic that we could probably talk an hour about, but essentially this, this, the passion I guess influence of today you know, people that like, I want to do what I'm passionate about. They have the ability to take content. That's already been created, put it into this tool, whether they have to do several copy and paste to generate it, but they can spend like a half an hour a day doing a blog post that was curated, you know, 10 years ago. And they can repurpose it as their own because they changed it up and up where it's not plagiarism, where they can do that. And when they start doing that, if they're consistent with it and they put in the keywords that they're looking for to be ranked for, they can rise in the Google rankings with the ability to get to those people that are interested in that specific niche. So I think the empowerment that we're allowing people that even aren't copywriters, that they will have the ability to say, I'm passionate about XYZ. And this is a tool over here that I have to spend. What, $40 a month, $50 a month. I'm not, you might raise the price to a hundred dollars a month. I'm not sure, but essentially what you want them to do is say here, here's another tool in your tool belt that allows you to start a business. Not just that you're not a copywriter take copy that's over on this site and bring it to this site. So are you seeing yourself using copy.ai as you expand the options? You know, the, the passionate person say there's a hundred different niches. Are they going to be able to go in there and say I want to do it for this specific niche, or it's already to that point, or, you know, when you get so many options, are you going after the small group over here, or are you going after a huge group over here, you see yourself branching out into different, you know, making an umbrella over coffee.ai, where do you see it going? That's a great question. And we are still debating it internally. There's just so many ways to go. But what is our North star is helping empower more and more entrepreneurs. So we definitely will want to launch more tools for beginner entrepreneurs to really be able to ramp up quickly. And it's very much like Shopify is arm the rebels in a motto where it's like, we are trying to arm the rebels. You know, that AI taking the jobs thing. It's like, we do think that's going to potentially happen. But you know, we're going to arm the rebels. So not only are they going to, I thought they're not going to get replaced, no employees, we're going to empower employees to quit their jobs first, and then start these other things. The result's going to be the same, but the employee the everyday person is going to be far better off on your other point about the different niches and whatnot. One of our favorite tools is actually changed tone, and we need to rename it. It's a horrible name for the tool, but basically you can type in like, you know, a product description or something from a different, you know, competitor website. And they choose the tone that you want, click the button and get the same thing and rewritten in a different tone. So for example, if you have a candle brand and you want it to have this more playful, witty sort of feel to it, you can literally take a competitor's, you know, candle description, you know, and then put it through and then click witty, pressed the button and get back with your channel descriptions that will have a lot more personality. And you can build an entire plan around that around being like a witty camel grant. And you know, you can already imagine what that would look like. And you can do this across everything. And so as long as you can find something that you're passionate about and you're willing to spend the time to, you know, really make it happen, really define the brand, the voice, you know, what you really want from it. You can start a business today in less time than ever. As a matter of fact, you could probably start that business within a day, you know, get it up and running on Shopify, find the manufacturers that are going to drop ship these candles, for example, you know, and then you can probably launch it by the end of the day. Before it might've taken a lot more time, because it would take a lot of times, or right, the top of the, you sort of really define the brand, but these days it's a lot easier. And that's one of the big motivating factors. It's Paul and I think about this a lot. If every single one of your business ideas has a 10% chance of success, how many times do you have to do it before overall? All of our projects has like a net. At least one of them has like a 95%. And the answer right now is 30. You have to do it 30 times and you'll have over a 95% chance of one of them succeed. What we want to do is not only decrease the number of times, but also we want it in garden and make it easier to do more projects, but we also want to improve the potential champions Fest. We can push that up. You know, it's a 20%, you know, the number of tries to find a successful business actually drops significantly. And we believe that this will happen across everyone, you know, talk to any entrepreneur. They've had multiple, multiple failures. Me, myself, personally. I made it take, talk about it. I have like 10 failures underneath my belt. And you know, this one just seems like an overnight success, but it was many, many years. Yeah. And you make a good point. I think that there's various reasons why a business would fail execution, but this essentially is giving them a tool to say, Hey, we'll take care of you over here. Yeah. You got to do the marketing aspect. You got to pay for ads, you got to curate content, or you gotta take it to your audience. But this is just another way that we're empowering the marketplace to, to bring it to the percentages that you're talking about. If they have one thing fixed on their plate of to-dos, then there'll be able to, you know, take a breather and say, Oh, I can focus my energy or my time on this over here. But if, if they're not able to grasp writing or, or able to create creative writing that penetrates or excites their audience, then they're really, they're not going to get anywhere. Right. They can have a website with a nice picture, but if it's not explaining it properly, then they're not going anywhere. So it really, I think it levels the playing field, like you said before, I think copywriters, it's not going to replace them, but it's going to make copywriters out of non copywriters as well. Exactly good copywriters, you know, and the experienced ones are probably the best storytellers on the planet. And that is a skill that just won't be easily replaceable. They'll have a very good sense of how do you tell this story? How do you make it exude through all the websites? So if I were starting a company today and we did I would use copy AI to potentially run through the first version, right. Get some traction and validate the problem. If we can validate it, then the next step is to probably bring on someone who's a really good storyteller, some more experienced copywriter to really help refine the story and make it feel and flow a lot better. Now, that being said, you know, these days there's so much content that needs to happen. You don't need a full-time copywriter on every single Instagram post. Yet you do want the Instagram posts to have high quality. So copying, I can fill in that gap. So there's just, I think there's going to be so much more that needs to be written. There's probably not enough copywriters out there, Right. So I'm just curious in respect to the creative element and not any boundaries. So if I were to take some content from a website that is written like a sales page, and it has a story and has a hook, and I regurgitate that into copy.ai, is it going to change it enough that would allow the person? Or is it because that story or that it's written a specific way that you can't repurpose it with copy.ai and you don't want to deal with the legalities there, or I don't know, have you looked into that or what that looks like? Not yet. We are focused very much on a shorter form, like maximum 400 characters or so. And the reason is when you start looking at full landing pages and the rewriting entire landing page, it does get pretty complicated. But what I can tell you though, is most managers do tell a story in a pretty similar way. It was like a lot of those, you know, very common copywriting, formulas, I pain agitate solution, ADA, whatnot. And we can help you brainstorm boats, which sort of thing if you saw a sales page and it's like, wow, they did an it solution really, really well for this product. Could I do that for my product? You can run it through, copy AI, get it back, and you could find other pain points or other ways to excite them. One of the early users we had was so excited because they'd been thinking about this topic for 20 years. It wasn't about AI or anything, but just thinking about a topic for 20 years, he ran it through copier. They gave him four or five new angles that he hasn't even considered before. And he's like, wow, like I've been focusing so much on trying to understand this topic yet with one click of a button in 10 seconds, I was able to get new ideas and that just blew his mind. And that was what we think the power of this AI can be. It's a really, really good at lateral thinking. It's really, really good at pattern recognition is really, really good at trying to find similar things. And it also has a huge knowledge base. I should have explained earlier, but this model is trained on about 10% of the internet as of October, 2019. So it knows a lot of contexts. And as a matter of fact, one of my favorite tools is a startup ideas where you can go in there type in you completely unrelated topics. And it will try to create business ideas for you out of these, out of the intersection, this topics. But there was one where I did like, you know, a dinosaur as you know, and then like amusement parks. And then like, you know, something I know is giving me incredible, like BR dinosaur experience, you know, apart, or like, you know, and it was mind blowing. And so we believe with these tools and if you put in your passion, you will find something that you back intersect all of your passion, that you would the right person to pursue this idea, just because this is who you are, what you believe in and what you're really, really tasked with. Well, that's great, Chris. I appreciate your time today. I just, I think that's a good stopping point for us because I want the, our audience to understand your tool, its capabilities in a trajectory in which it's going in the future. So please what, what's a good way that our audience and your audience can reach out to you if they can reach out to you personally. Great. If you just want them to go to the site, but how, how can we get in contact with you? Yeah, we live and breathe on Twitter. I highly suggest following my co-founder today, his Twitter is twitter.com/all your Coovian. And my Twitter is Twitter at optoms slash Chris underbar. Underbar leu, there's 200 bars in there. Paul actually made a joke the other day that our Twitter is our Slack channel. And it feels like that many times. Well, it sounds like it's your revenue channel as well, especially with the posts and the, what the traction you've been able to get from it. So congratulations, you've grown significantly. How many users do you have right now that are paying, if you don't mind? Yeah, we have about 1,200 now. It might be a little higher than that grows a little bit every day, and we're very, very fortunate. But we're really excited. Every single user, you know, read to us represents, you know, a entrepreneur or someone who started growing their own business. And these are the people that we want to support. Wonderful. Well, thanks for your time. Once again, Chris, and I appreciate it and we'll, we'll see, continue to grow and we'll keep following you so Perfect. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. And look forward to it. All right. Take care. Thanks. Have a good one. Connect with us: SEO.co // DEV.co // PPC.co // Link.Build

Transition in a Time of Insurrection

The City Club of Cleveland Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 60:00

One of the hallmarks of American democracy is the peaceful transition of power between Presidents. Since President Joseph Biden was declared president-elect, that transition has been anything but peaceful. Violence has shocked the country to its very core. Social media companies stripped President Trump and many of his staunchest supporters of their accounts. What can the new administration do to bridge the deep fissures that divide us? Lisa Brown, Vice President and General Counsel of Georgetown University and Chris Lu, a Teresa A. Sullivan Practitioner Senior Fellow at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, both members of President Barack Obama's transition team, share their insights.rnThis forum is the Tecovas Foundation Endowed Forum. Support for City Club Virtual Forums is provided by Bank of America, KeyBank, PNC and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Production and distribution of City Club forums in partnership with ideastream is generously provided by PNC and the United Black Fund. rn

The sounds of the new administration

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 12:23

Celebrate the end of inauguration week with this compilation of fun soundbites from past guests who are now serving in the Biden Administration! Featuring: Jared Bernstein, from ‘What can a board game teach us about capitalism? https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/what-can-a-board-game-teach-us-about-capitalism/ Chris Lu, from ‘Whatever happened to overtime?’ https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/whatever-happened-to-overtime/ Felicia Wong, from ‘Why is getting out of poverty so hard?’ https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/why-is-getting-out-of-poverty-so-hard/ Lisa D. Cook, from ‘Economic Woman’: https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/economic-woman-with-katrine-marcal-lisa-d-cook-and-anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman/ Mehrsa Baradaran, from ‘The hidden costs of banking while poor’: https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/the-hidden-costs-of-banking-while-poor-with-mehrsa-baradaran-and-cate-blackford/ Ron Klain, from ‘Leadership failure made the U.S. pandemic worse’: https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/leadership-failure-made-the-u-s-pandemic-worse-with-ronald-klain/ Heather Boushey, from ‘Inequality and coronavirus’ and ‘Whatever happened to the middle class? https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/inequality-and-coronavirus-with-heather-boushey-and-michelle-holder/ https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/whatever-happened-to-the-middle-class/ Joelle Gamble, from ‘How Econ 101 upholds racist systems’: https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/how-econ-101-upholds-racist-systems-with-joelle-gamble/ Bharat Ramamurti, from ‘The case for a True New Deal’: https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/the-case-for-a-true-new-deal-with-bharat-ramamurti/ Show us some love by leaving a rating or a review! RateThisPodcast.com/pitchforkeconomics Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/ Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

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DEMOCRACY HAS PREVAILED

Strange Days with Fernand Amandi

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 66:34

Chris Lu & Malcolm Nance

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Episode 1005: Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th U.S. president

CTV Power Play Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 46:45

Marc Garneau, Foreign Affairs Minister; Kristen Hillman, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.; David Frum, The Atlantic, Chris Lu, Former White House Cabinet Secretary to President Barack Obama; Rona Ambrose, former Conservative Party Leader; Bruce Heyman, Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada; Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press; Robert Benzie, The Toronto Star.

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The Presidential Transition Process with Chris Lu

Management Matters Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 31:47

On this episode, we welcome Chris Lu, Senior Fellow of the University of Virginia's Miller Center, former Deputy Secretary of Labor, and Academy Fellow, to discuss the presidential transition process, the confirmation process of political appointees, and a new labor agenda aiming to connect individuals to meaningful work.Music Credits: Sea Breeze by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

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Episode 1000: Trump makes history as first president to be impeached twice

CTV Power Play Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 49:51

Annie Bergeron-Oliver, CTV News; Bonnie Crombie, Mississauga Mayor; Jeff McGuire, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police; Rob Oliphant, Liberal MP; Raquel Dancho, Conservative MP; Jack Harris, NDP MP; Laura Tamblyn Watts, CanAge; Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press; Robert Benzie, Toronto Star; Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng; Chris Lu, Former White House Cabinet Secretary to President Barack Obama.

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Episode 996: Congress certifies Joe Biden's win, Democrats look to impeach Trump

CTV Power Play Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 49:15

John Bolton, Former U.S. National Security Adviser; Phil Mendelson, Council of the District of Columbia; David MacNaughton, Former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.; Vanessa Lee, CTV News; Rick Hiller, Ontario COVID-19 Distribution Task Force; Kevin Vickers, Former Sergeant at Arms; Chris Lu, Cabinet Secretary to President Barack Obama; Bob Fife, The Globe and Mail; Joyce Napier, CTV News.

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Chris Lu on Presidential Transitions

Intergenerational Politics

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 40:19

Intergenerational Politics is a podcast created by Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi dedicated to engaging all generations in politics with weekly unfiltered conversations with experts across the nation. Be sure to subscribe to and rate us on Apple Podcasts. You can also find us on Spotify or any other podcast streaming services.Intergenerational Politics on social media:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intergenerational-politics/id1522241906Twitter: https://twitter.com/IntrgenpoliticsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/intergenpoliticspodcast/

Vote Counts in Key States, October Jobs Report

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 57:13

Former Republican Strategist and Bloomberg Contributor Rick Davis breaks down presidential election vote counts in key states. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Diversity Team Leader Rebecca Greenfield discuss the story “Record Number GOP Women Voted to Congress, With Scant Party Help.” Chris Lu, Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia Miller Center and Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor, details the October jobs report and shares his thoughts on the election results. Congressman Denver Riggleman and Republican Representative for Virginia's 5th district walks through misinformation surrounding election results. Hosts: Carol Massar, June Grasso, and Kevin Cirilli. Producer: Doni Holloway.

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Vote Counts in Key States, October Jobs Report

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 57:13

Former Republican Strategist and Bloomberg Contributor Rick Davis breaks down presidential election vote counts in key states. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Diversity Team Leader Rebecca Greenfield discuss the story “Record Number GOP Women Voted to Congress, With Scant Party Help.” Chris Lu, Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia Miller Center and Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor, details the October jobs report and shares his thoughts on the election results. Congressman Denver Riggleman and Republican Representative for Virginia's 5th district walks through misinformation surrounding election results. Hosts: Carol Massar, June Grasso, and Kevin Cirilli. Producer: Doni Holloway. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

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The President has Covid. The Roundtable -Oct 2

Indivisible Westchester: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 39:57

How does the President's Covid affect the government, the campaign, the debates, the White House response to the pandemic? With Gabe Debenedetti National Correspondent for New York Magazine, Lauren Burke, Writer for Black Press USA and Chris Lu, Former Obama White House Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Labor. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the SMART Union More information at SMART-Union.org.

#150: An Asian American in the White House

Asia Rising

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 26:08

In its many successes and struggles, the Asian American community can be seen as a microcosm of the nation. Despite often being treated as a monolithic community there is great diversity amongst the groups, and all are impacted by varying degrees to the current coronavirus emergency, the political climate and the inflammatory rhetoric directed at Asian nations. As the United States approaches a divisive election during the year of a devastating pandemic, La Trobe University’s Asia Rising podcast welcomes Chris Lu to the 150th episode. Chris Lu served in the Obama administration as Deputy Secretary of Labor, White House Cabinet Secretary, and Co-Chair of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. He is a senior fellow at the University of Virginia Miller Center. Recorded 9 September 2020.

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Ep 40: The 2020 Election with Chris Lu

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2020 39:34

We are back! Former Obama Administration Official Chris Lu joins us to talk all things 2020 Election: Biden, Trump, voting and more. Looking for ways to get involved in the 2020 election? Check out our Take Action page: www.indivisiblewestchester.org/take-action

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Not Confident on the U.S. Recovery or Dollar: BBH's Thin

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 30:24

Dr. Win Thin, Global Head of Currency Strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, on the dollar and emerging markets. Chris Lu, Former Deputy Secretary of Labor under Obama and Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia Miller Center, discusses Biden's performance and key takeaways from the Democratic National Convention. Randy Frederick, VP of Trading and Derivatives at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, on their new survey of trader perceptions of current market conditions. Timothy O'Brien, Senior Columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, on his column: "23 Questions for the Postmaster General." Hosted by Paul Sweeney and Vonnie Quinn.

Kravis Says 'Wall St. Is Behind'

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 36:08

Chris Lu, Former Deputy Secretary of Labor, talks about the economic impact of the July jobs report. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News P&I Reporter Vernon Silver discuss Italy's $1,000 bicycle bailout pitting recovery against inequality. We hear sound from Bloomberg Equality guests Henry R. Kravis, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO at KKR and William Goodloe, SEO President & CEO. And we Drive to the Close with Jim Lowell, CIO of Adviser Investments. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Doni Holloway. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

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Kravis Says 'Wall St. Is Behind'

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 36:08

Chris Lu, Former Deputy Secretary of Labor, talks about the economic impact of the July jobs report. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News P&I Reporter Vernon Silver discuss Italy’s $1,000 bicycle bailout pitting recovery against inequality. We hear sound from Bloomberg Equality guests Henry R. Kravis, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO at KKR and William Goodloe, SEO President & CEO. And we Drive to the Close with Jim Lowell, CIO of Adviser Investments. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Doni Holloway.

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"The Panic is Heightening" The Roundtable July 24

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 52:34

Moms face the Feds in Portland. GOP Convention OFF but schools ON? Trump claims he doesn't dementia. Again. Obama and Joe talk. AOC shines. With Pema Levy, Reporter for Mother Jones, Ginger Gibson, Editor at NBC News Digital and Chris Lu, fmr. Obama Cabinet Secretary.Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, on the frontlines in our supermarkets and food processing plants. More Information at UFCW.org

The Song of the Summer of 2020 is Likely to Be a Sad One

Deep State Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 43:45

To commemorate the beginning of summer, we take a look at the issues likely to dominate the headlines between now and Labor Day, from COVID to unrest in the streets, the economic crisis to potential cyberattacks, from foreign policy threats to the navel gazing of the narcissist-in-chief. We talk to Natasha Bertrand, national security correspondent for Politico, Chris Lu, former Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Labor for President Obama and David Sanger of the New York Times to try to understand why the weeks just ahead are likely to be unsettling and for many Americans, a deepening crisis. You won't want to miss this insight-rich conversation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Song of the Summer of 2020 is Likely to Be a Sad One

Deep State Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 43:45

To commemorate the beginning of summer, we take a look at the issues likely to dominate the headlines between now and Labor Day, from COVID to unrest in the streets, the economic crisis to potential cyberattacks, from foreign policy threats to the navel gazing of the narcissist-in-chief. We talk to Natasha Bertrand, national security correspondent for Politico, Chris Lu, former Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Labor for President Obama and David Sanger of the New York Times to try to understand why the weeks just ahead are likely to be unsettling and for many Americans, a deepening crisis. You won't want to miss this insight-rich conversation.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Unfit for Office - The Roundtable - Juneteenth

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 37:55

Bolton. DACA. LGBTQ+. Dem Leverage on Police Reform. Covid still dangerous. Today's pod guest-hosted by Chris Lu, fmr Obama Labor and WH official with Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times, Scott Wong, Senior Staff Writer for The Hill and Elliot Williams, CNN Legal Analyst who spent 8 years in the Obama Administration at DOJ and DHS.Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The Ironworkers Union, whose members built the Golden Gate Bridge, Sears Tower and the St. Louis Arch. More information at Ironworkers.org

The Whole World is Watching-The Roundtable June 12

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 36:30

Police reform possible? Trump behind the curve. Covid not gone. Biden VP? Former Obama Labor Dept. and White House official Chris Lu subs for Bill (on vacation) with Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call, Matt Gertz, Senior Fellow, Media Matters and Alaina Beverly, Former Associate Director, White House Office of Urban Affairs.Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers. From preschool to college, they are adapting to online learning and keeping our kids learning. More information at AFT.org.

"Can't Wish it Away." The Reporters' Roundtable - May 22

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Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 41:28

"Mail-in Voter Fraud" Fraud. Is Trump really taking that drug? Biden moving left. Veepstakes. Bill talks it all out with Pema Levy of Mother Jones, Igor Bobic of the Huffington Post and Chris Lu, fmr top Obama WH aide and Assistant Secretary of Labor.Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the SMART Union. We thank them for their support.

Reaching out to angel investors having a tiny network: recommendations by Chris Lu, angel investor with multiple investments across the US and Canada.

Fundraising Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 27:16

In this episode Chris Lu, angel investor and investor at Employee Stock Option Fund gives a lot of recommendations for early stage founders - how can they reach out to angel investors if they don't have a good network, what books on fundraising should they read prior to raising funding and what he as an angel investor likes to see in the startup. Book recommendation by Chris: building a business culture - https://www.amazon.com/What-You-Do-Who-Are-ebook/dp/B07NVN4QCM Invest in Konstantin Dubovitskiy through an IPO: https://humanipo.app/id/konstantin.dubovitskiy Below the description you can find the transcript of the episode and actually search it for things that you want to learn!

Job Losses for 20.5 Million Americans

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 37:06

Chris Lu, Former Deputy Secretary of Labor, breaks down the April jobs report and the importance of economic stimulus for rebounding from the coronavirus outbreak. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Labor Reporter Josh Eidelson share their insight on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UCC) wanting viewers to watch its brawls, not its $5 billion lawsuit. Dr. Penny Wheeler, CEO at Allina Health, provides an update on the pandemic in the Midwest. And we Drive to the Close with JJ Kinahan, Chief Market Strategist at TD Ameritrade. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Doni Holloway. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

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Job Losses for 20.5 Million Americans

5 Things with Lisa Birnbach

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 37:06

Chris Lu, Former Deputy Secretary of Labor, breaks down the April jobs report and the importance of economic stimulus for rebounding from the coronavirus outbreak. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Labor Reporter Josh Eidelson share their insight on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UCC) wanting viewers to watch its brawls, not its $5 billion lawsuit. Dr. Penny Wheeler, CEO at Allina Health, provides an update on the pandemic in the Midwest. And we Drive to the Close with JJ Kinahan, Chief Market Strategist at TD Ameritrade. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Doni Holloway.

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EP 91 - with former Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu - Surviving a pandemic

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 32:39

Guest Chris Lu, former Obama White House Cabinet Secretary, joins host Lisa Birnbach to discuss the response to the CoronaVirus pandemic, and the political implications for 2020.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. 119SEIU 2. HELP USA, 3. New York State (NY.gov), 4. National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, 5. No Kid HungryChris Lu’s 5 Things: 1. 10K steps every day, 2. Twitter, 3. Paid media subscriptions, 4. Small businesses, 5. Career government employees

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USA, Number One! ...The Reporters' Roundtable-Mar 27

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 42:07

$2 Trillion to ward off a depression. Over 86,000 US coronavirus cases, number one in the world. Bill breaks it down with Eliza Collins, Politics reporter covering the presidential election for The Wall Street Journal, Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call and Chris Lu, former Obama WH Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Labor.

First Light - 03/25/20

First Light

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 38:30

On Wednesday’s First Light, the White House and Senate leaders of both parties have agreed on emergency legislation to rush a massive amount of aid to businesses, workers and a health care. President Trump. President Trump says he is hoping the United States will be reopened by Easter despite contradicting opinions from health professionals. Michael talks to correspondent Karen Caifa who breaks down the 2 trillion dollar aid package. Democrat activist, Chris Lu offers some insight on possible VP candidates.

Governments’ Responses to COVID-19: The Good, The Bad, and The Ridiculous

Talking Feds

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 43:03

The long-predicted grim effects of COVID-19 began to hit home in earnest, with numbers of cases in the U.S. doubling every 2-3 days, the economy in free fall, supermarket shelves emptied, and whole states and communities ordered to stay at home. Chris Lu, Barb McQuade, Anne Milgram, and Asha Rangappa –former feds with rich and varied experience in governmental responses to emergencies – join Harry to assess the governments’ work to date and to analyze the formidable difficulties that await us.

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#176: How Presidential Administrations Respond to Crises Ft. Chris Lu

Politics and Polls

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 27:16

World leaders continue to grapple with the appropriate crisis response for COVID-19, showcasing the need for stable leadership and a continuity of government officials. Christopher Lu '88, former deputy secretary of labor, joins Sam Wang in this episode to discuss how U.S. presidents respond to crises and what a future administration would look like. Lu was present at the Obama administration's tabletop exercise of coordinated response to a hurricane, pandemic, and cyber intrusion — attended by the incoming Trump administration. He also makes the observation that if Biden was elected, his administration would bring in its own continuity, essentially from the Obama administration. Lu served as assistant to the president and White House cabinet secretary for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as well as the co-chair of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Lu graduated from the Woodrow Wilson School and from Harvard Law School, where he was a classmate of Obama's. Read the Politico story Wang and Lu discuss.

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PGIM Is Selectively Buying Dip In Credit: Collins (Podcast)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 40:20

Mike Collins, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at PGIM Fixed Income, and Yelena Shulyatyeva, Senior U.S. Economist for Bloomberg Intelligence, discuss jobs, the economy, and bond markets. Julian Lee, Bloomberg oil strategist in London, discusses the OPEC meeting. Chris Lu, Former Deputy Secretary of Labor and Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia Miller Center, discusses jobs data and the Dem race. Robert Kahn, Director, Global Strategy and Global Macro at Eurasia Group, on the three economic scenarios for the coronavirus. Hosted by Lisa Abramowicz and Paul Sweeney.

Rekindled China Trade Uncertainty Amps Flight To Gold