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Garbage Day
Has China already won the internet?

Garbage Day

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 59:31


Today we're talking about a panic that's been simmering for a while but has, in the past couple of years, become a full-blown panic. And that's the technological Cold War that the US is waging with China. (Okay, and now also the tariff war, but that's with pretty much everyone.) Are the Chinese really so radically different from us, or — at least when we're browsing the net — are we the same? Tianyu Fang joins us to compare Chinese and American internet culture, and who suffers from more online brain rot.Our guest Tianyu Fang is a Technology and Democracy Fellow at New America, an editor at Reboot, and formerly co-founded Chaoyang Trap. You can follow him on Twitter @tianyuf, and all of his latest endeavors at https://www.tianyufang.net/. Want even more Panic World content? Like ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, and access to the Garbage Day Discord? Sign up for just five bucks a month at: https://www.patreon.com/PanicWorld.SponsorsWant to sponsor Panic World? Ad sales & marketing support by Multitude, hit them up here: ⁠http://multitude.productions⁠.Credits- Host: Ryan Broderick- Producer: Grant Irving- Engineer: Rebecca Seidel- Researcher: Adam Bumas- Business Manager: Josh FjelstadSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Chris Voss Show
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Activated Citizenship: The Transformative Power of Citizens’ Assemblies 1st Edition by Marjan H. Ehsassi

The Chris Voss Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 46:50


Activated Citizenship: The Transformative Power of Citizens' Assemblies 1st Edition by Marjan H. Ehsassi Amazon.com/Activated-Citizenship-Transformative-Citizens-Assemblies/dp/1032798564 Berggruen.org To counter pervasive levels of citizen disengagement from political institutions, this book examines democratic innovations that meaningfully engage with citizens to address some of the deficits of Western representative democracies. Citizens' assemblies provide one such innovation, offering opportunities for more consistent participation between elections, more meaningful input in government decision making, and more impactful platforms for participation. This cutting-edge book introduces a new definition for an Activated Citizen, along with a methodology to measure civic and political engagement. Relying on a mixed-methods approach and field research conducted in Paris, Brussels, Ottawa, and Petaluma (California), as well as participant observations, over 180 surveys, 61 in-depth interviews and storytelling, the book provides case studies and in-depth analysis of hotbutton topics including climate change, unhoused populations, democratic expression, assisted suicide and euthanasia. Each chapter weaves quantitative results with rich qualitative testimonies from participants, government representatives, and observers. Based on empirical evidence, the book explores the ways in which government-led citizens' assemblies can promote a more Activated Citizen. To fully realize the transformative potential of deliberative platforms, a final chapter offers a blueprint for impact, outlining concrete measures along with recommendations for the design and implementation of future government-initiated deliberative platforms. Activated Citizenship urges the deliberative community to be more discerning and intentional to more positively impact participants' knowledge, sense of community, enthusiasm, political engagement, as well as their sense of meaningful voice. It will be required reading for all students and scholars interested in political participation and democratic innovation.About the author Marjan H. Ehsassi is the Executive Director of FIDE NA (the Federation for Innovation in Democracy - North America). She is also a Future of Democracy Fellow (non-resident) at the Berggruen Institute and a Senior Innovations Fellow at the Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA at OSU). A former litigator, she is a skilled advocate, a strategic policy advisor and a movement builder. Marjan received her Doctorate in International Affairs (DIA) from SAIS at Johns Hopkins University with a concentration on democratic innovations, citizen engagement and deliberation. A comparativist of citizens' assemblies, she has been deeply involved in the research, design, and implementation of several CAs in France, Belgium, Canada and the US. She served as one of four guarantors of the French Citizens' Convention on the End of Life (2022-23) and on the Oversight Committee of the G1000 We Need to Talk Citizens' Panel (2023).

Silicon Curtain
280. Elina Beketova - Brainwashing, Terror and Lawlessness is what Russia Brought to Occupied Territories

Silicon Curtain

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2023 56:48


Elina Beketova is a Democracy Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). She has experience of working as a journalist, editor, and TV-anchor for news stations in Kharkiv and Kyiv. Elina is originally from Crimea. At CEPA, Elina Authored – Behind the Lines – a project about the latest developments in the temporarily occupied and recently liberated territories of Ukraine. For that study, she interviewed a wide range of Ukrainian voices – policymakers, activists, and officials. ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- LINKS: https://cepa.org/author/elina-beketova/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/elina-beketova-a40b0016/ https://twitter.com/elina_beketova?lang=en https://www.kyivpost.com/authors/846 ---------- ARTICLES: https://cepa.org/article/behind-the-lines-ukraine-after-russias-invasion/ ---------- Please like and subscribe to see more great speakers and content on the Silicon Curtain channel, and check you are still subscribed to the channel, as many YouTubers covering the war in Ukraine have reporting losing subscribers, in a way that is unexplained, perhaps as part of some algorithmic change or process; I'd hate for you to miss out on some of the great greats we have lined up. Please also consider becoming a patron to support the work of the channel, or ‘Buy me a Coffee'. ----------

Dirty Moderate with Adam Epstein
Can non-partisan primaries Unite America?

Dirty Moderate with Adam Epstein

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 25:31


Dr. Richard Barton is a Democracy Fellow at Unite America and a professor at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He has a PhD in Government from Cornell University, and his research examines how electoral and legislative institutions shape lawmaking in Congress and the American Political Economy. Partisan primaries are one of the main causes of government dysfunction as the recent GOP House Speaker race, aka clown show attests. Richard Barton, a Democracy Fellow at Unite America and a professor at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs join us to discuss how Unite America is working in states such as Alaska and Louisiana to combat political polarization through non-partisan primaries and rank choice voting. Security UnfilteredCyber Security can be a difficult field to not only understand but to also navigate....Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyThanks for helping us save democracy one episode at a time!Join the Dirty Moderate Nation on Substack! Tell us what you think on Twitter! Or, if you are fed up with Elon's bullshit, hit us up on Threads! There are always shenanigans over on TikTok too…Are you registered to VOTE?

The Academic Minute
Marjan Ehsassi, Johns Hopkins University – Putting the Public Back in Policy

The Academic Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 2:30


U.S. citizens don't feel like they are being heard in politics. Marjan Ehsassi, Berggruen Future of Democracy fellow and research and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University, details this in an international framework. Dr. Marjan H. Ehsassi is a Berggruen Future of Democracy Fellow (non-resident) and Strategic Director of the Democratic Action Fund. A former […]

CREECA Lecture Series Podcast
The Story Of Memorial And The Country's Failed Transition To The Rule Of Law

CREECA Lecture Series Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 41:37


Lecture with Grigory Vaypan. Grigory traces the root causes of Russia's war against Ukraine to the failure of the post-Soviet transitional justice project in the early 1990s. When the Soviet totalitarian regime collapsed, very little was done to confront its past crimes. Impunity for Soviet-era atrocities set the ground for persecution and abuse of power to reproduce themselves in contemporary Russia's domestic and foreign policies. The story of Memorial, Russia's oldest human rights group and co-recipient of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, reflects that trajectory, from the moment it emerged as a grassroots movement for memory and accountability in 1987 until its forced dissolution by the Russian government in 2022. About the speaker: Dr. Grigory Vaypan is a Russian human rights lawyer and scholar. He is a Senior Lawyer at Memorial, Russia's oldest human rights group and laureate of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Currently, he is also a Democracy Fellow with the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington, D.C. He is a former Galina Starovoitova Fellow on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at the Kennan Institute in Washington, D.C. Grigory holds his first law degree from Moscow State University, an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and a Ph.D. in International Law from Saint Petersburg State University. At Memorial, Grigory carries out litigation, legal research and legal advocacy on transitional justice in Russia. His work, including the high-profile “children of the Gulag” case, has been featured by The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, and other leading international media. Grigory has more than a decade of strategic litigation experience before the Constitutional Court of Russia and the European Court of Human Rights. He is the recipient of the 2022 Moscow Helsinki Group Human Rights Award for defending human rights in court. Most recently, Grigory has been involved in the legal defense of Russian citizens prosecuted for protesting against Russia's war in Ukraine.

Silicon Curtain
Elina Beketova - Behind the Lines in Temporarily Occupied and Recently Liberated Ukrainian Territory

Silicon Curtain

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 55:58


When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, some territories faced Moscow's aggression for the first time, while others had been illegally annexed or fought over since 2014. When Russia's full-scale invasion began, seven regions felt the full force of Russian aggression. Of these, Crimea had been illegally annexed by Russia the longest, for eight years. And it's this territory that holds the key for victory both for Ukraine, but also for Russia. Elina Beketova is a Democracy Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). She has experience of working as a journalist, editor, and TV-anchor for news stations in Kharkiv and Kyiv. Elina is originally from Crimea. At CEPA, Elina Authored – Behind the Lines – a project about the latest developments in the temporarily occupied and recently liberated territories of Ukraine. For that study, she interviewed a wide range of Ukrainian voices – policymakers, activists, and officials. https://cepa.org/article/behind-the-lines-ukraine-after-russias-invasion/ https://cepa.org/author/elina-beketova/

The Bald Brad Show
They Just Wont Go Away | Ep. 53

The Bald Brad Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 25:18


In this episode from The Bald Brad Show, a top Senate Democrat and a media anchor commemorated the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Sunday by trying to compare them to the Jan. 6 riots at the United States Capitol in 2021. Furthermore, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined CNN's Dana Bash on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to talk about how she hopes Americans will find a way to put political differences aside and "come together as a country" as we did following the attacks, only to turn around and suggest that "political and ideological" extremism "during this time in our country" is every bit as dangerous. Clinton's comments echoed President Joe Biden's latest divisive rhetoric calling "MAGA Republicans" a threat to the country. Lastly, The ex-CNN anchor just landed a plush job as the Fall 2022 Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School. Stelter, recently fired from CNN, has once again proven that in politics and media, the worst offenders tend to fail upwards. In short, certain Democrats just won't go away.

The Sunday Show
Conversations on the EARN IT Act and Tech Exceptionalism

The Sunday Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2022 57:32


The first segment in this episode focuses on the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act, known as the EARN IT Act. Nathalie Maréchal, Ph.D., Senior Policy and Partnerships Manager at Ranking Digital Rights, wrote in Tech Policy Press about what motivates her opposition to the legislation, and she joined the podcast to share her perspective.  The second segment takes on the idea of tech exceptionalism. Yaël Eisenstat, a Future of Democracy Fellow at the Berggruen Institute and Nils Gilman, vice president of programs at the Berggruen Institute and the deputy editor of Noema Magazine, wrote in Noema about "How tech uses the promise of endless innovation to ward off regulating even its present-day harms."

The Current
Whistleblower allegations against Facebook could be watershed moment, says former employee

The Current

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 18:05


Facebook has faced a string of allegations recently, from revelations that the company's own researchers knew about the damaging impact of Instagram on teens' mental health; to a whistleblower's accusations that the company turned off safeguards in a money-making move that contributed to the Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol. Matt Galloway talks to Yael Eisenstat, a Future of Democracy Fellow at the Berggruen Institute, who worked in elections integrity at Facebook in 2018.

The Technically Human Podcast
Public Service: Yaël Eisenstat Tackles the Intersection of Ethics, Tech, and Democracy

The Technically Human Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 65:30


In this special edition of "Technically Human," we feature a live public conversation about the future of democracy, technology, and public policy. In 2017, Yaël Eisenstat came onboard Facebook to change it, joining the company as its Global Head of Elections Integrity Operations. What she discovered while working there alarmed her. She started speaking out, becoming a leading critic of tech's threat to democracy.In this conversation, I sit down with Yaël in front of a live audience to ask: How can American Democracy persevere in the age of social media? Why does tech need regulation? Who can reign in Big Tech? What can we do to help? Yaël Eisenstat works at the intersection of tech, democracy, and policy, with a focus on what the public square and open, democratic debate look like in the digital world. She works as a Future of Democracy Fellow at Berggruen Institute and a policy advisor to start-ups, governments, and investors looking to align technology to better serve the public. She has spent 20 years working around the globe on democracy and security issues as a CIA officer, a White House advisor, the Global Head of Elections Integrity Operations for political advertising at Facebook, a diplomat, and the head of a global risk firm. She was a Researcher-in-Residence at Betalab in 2020-21 and a Visiting Fellow at Cornell Tech's Digital Life Initiative in 2019-2020, where she focused on technology's effects on discourse and democracy and taught a multi-university course on Tech, Media and Democracy. Yaël Eisenstat has become a key voice and public advocate for transparency and accountability in tech, particularly where real-world-consequences affect democracy and societies around the world. Her recent TED talk addresses these issues and proposes ideas for how government and society should hold the companies accountable. In 2017, she was named in Forbes' list of “40 Women to Watch Over 40”. She is also an Adjunct Professor at NYU's Center for Global Affairs, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and she provides context and analysis on social media, elections integrity, political and foreign affairs in the media. She has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Brookings Techstream, TIME, WIRED, Quartz and The Huffington Post, has appeared on CNN, BBC World News, CBS Sunday Morning, Bloomberg News, CBS News, PBS and C-SPAN, in policy forums, and on a number of podcasts. She earned an M.A. in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). This episode was produced by Matt Perry. Art by Desi Aleman.

Business of Bees
Regulating Social Media as a Threat to Humanity

Business of Bees

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 35:15


Concerns over the harmful impact of social media are rising to a fever pitch. In the past decade, everyone from conspiracy theorists to foreign governments have used social media to spread election disinformation, sow discord, and peddle viral conspiracies. This month, the Biden administration and the U.S. Surgeon General accused social media platforms of being the primary source of misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines. Likewise, a July 6 paper warned that the invention of social media could cause human society to fail “catastrophically, unexpectedly, and without warning” if it continues down its current path. In the fourth and final episode in our UnChecked series, we are looking at some of the public-policy solutions being proposed to rein in the threats posed by Big Tech and social media. In this episode of [Un]Common Law we speak with: Courtney Rozen, White House reporter for Bloomberg Law Francis Fukuyama, author and professor of political science at Stanford University Alex Engler, AI Data & Democracy Fellow at Brookings Institution Tom Wheeler, former chairman of the FCC and visiting fellow at Brookings Institution Martha Minow, professor of law at Harvard University

Confluence
Pro-Human Technology

Confluence

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 40:13


On this episode of Confluence, host Rana Sarkar turns to the private and not-for-profit sectors to get the perspective of folks who really understand the human side of technology and the implications of technology policy on real people. To do this, Sarkar speaks with Aza Raskin—Co-Founder of the Center for Humane Technology and the Earth Species Project—as well as Yael Eisenstat—Future of Democracy Fellow at the Berggruen Institute, Founder of Kilele Global risk advisory firm, and former Senior Intelligence Officer for the United States. Coming from diverse backgrounds in engineering, intelligence, and corporate leadership, these two guests understand the harms that misuse of tech can cause to unwitting citizens. These harms are serious, and both guests advocate for a more humane standard for the tech industry that is grounded in supporting rather than exploiting users. In this conversation, Sarkar and his guests discuss the role that public-private partnership in tandem with comprehensive regulation can have in shaping the landscape.Links:Aza Raskin LinkedIn  Aza Raskin WebsiteAza Raskin WikipediaYael Eisenstat WebsiteYael Eisenstat LinkedInYael Eisenstat TwitterYael Eisenstat WikipediaCenter for Humane TechnologyEarth Species ProjectBerggruen InstituteKilele GlobalAdditional Resources:Section 230 Debate on Electronic Frontier FoundationSection 230 Debate on The VergeSection 230 review by US Department of JusticeYour Undivided Attention PodcastYael Eisenstat TED TalkYaël Eisenstat: 'Facebook is ripe for manipulation and viral misinformation'What This CIA Veteran Learned Helping Facebook With Elections

AshCast
Power and Organizing in Twenty-First Century America

AshCast

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 62:22


On Tuesday, May 4, 2021, the Ash Center hosted a book talk of Prisms of the People: Power & Organizing in Twenty-First-Century America with co-authors Elizabeth McKenna and Michelle Oyakawa. Joined by Alejandra Gomez and Tomás Robles of Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA), the panel draws upon their collective research and experience to discuss the characteristics of winning and losing campaigns, sharing how movements build power for change as well as where they often go wrong. Tova Wang, Democracy Fellow at the Ash Center, moderates the discussion.About the CenterThe Ash Center is a research center and think tank at Harvard Kennedy School focused on democracy, government innovation, and Asia public policy. AshCast, the Center's podcast series, is a collection of conversations, including events and Q&As with experts, from around the Center on pressing issues, forward-looking solutions, and more. Visit the Ash Center online, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. For updates on the latest research, events, and activities, please signup for our newsletter.

The Sunday Show
AI & National Security; Fixing Social Media

The Sunday Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 79:27


In the first half, we talk with Lucy Suchman, a professor and expert on human computer interaction & warfare about a recent report commissioned by the United States Government about artificial intelligence and national security. We look at some of the unexamined premises for the report. In the second half, we listen to a panel discussion hosted by Betalab on how to build a better social media future featuring David Ryan Polgar, a Responsible Tech advocate and founder of All Tech Is Human; Nicole Chi, a civic technologist and product manager who has worked at the intersection of product, policy, and public interest; Rana Sarkar, who was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Consul General of Canada in San Francisco & Silicon Valley in 2017; and moderator Yaël Eisenstat, Researcher-in-Residence at Betalab and now a Future of Democracy Fellow at Berggruen Institute.

GovExec Daily
Feds' Anti-Gag Rights During the Transition

GovExec Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 19:50


In December, a group of good government organizations sent a letter to 25 federal departments and agencies asking them to reinforce their employees' whistleblower rights amid the presidential transition.  The letter mentioned specifically the import of whistleblowers to the ongoing transition and came just a week before President-elect Joe Biden called out unnamed outgoing Trump administration officials for not cooperating with the transition. One of those groups was the Government Accountability Project. Aman Panjwani serves as the Government Accountability Project’s Democracy Fellow and Irvin McCullough is a National Security Analyst for the Government Accountability Project. They cowrote a post on our site last month headlined “Federal Workers Need to Know Their Anti-Gag Rights" that outlines the rights feds have. They joined the program now to discuss gag orders during the final weeks of the Trump administration.

James Madison Center for Civic Engagement: Democracy Matters
Episode 41: Turtles Riding Dogs: The Politics of Civil Discourse on Campus and Beyond

James Madison Center for Civic Engagement: Democracy Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 36:33


What does civil discourse mean to students? How can we have hard conversations in such a divisive political climate when the stakes are so high? In this episode, we talk about the politics of civility on campus and beyond with JMU students Wyatt Blevins (Political Science and Public Policy and Administration, '22), Chairman of the College Republicans; Robert Gruberger (History and Political Science, '22), Young Democratic Socialists of America at JMU; and Emily Baker (Political Science and English, '21), Campus Vote Project, Democracy Fellow. See the show notes with links mentioned in this episode at https://j.mu/news/civic/2020/10-27-democracy-matters-episode-41.shtml

James Madison Center for Civic Engagement: Democracy Matters
Episode 11: Women Breaking Barriers: A Timeline

James Madison Center for Civic Engagement: Democracy Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 27:49


2019-2020 marks the 100th anniversary since the passage and ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which articulated that, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." The 19th amendment was the result of centuries of activism and contributions from many social movements to ensure through the highest law of the land a "right through which all other rights could be secured." But as suffragist leader Frances Harper observed in 1893, "I do not think the mere extension of the ballot a panacea for all the ills of our national life. What we need to-day is not simply more voters, but better voters." Kearstin Kimm, a senior Computer Science major at James Madison University, spent her summer as a Democracy Fellow at the James Madison Center for Civic Engagement researching the history of women's rights in what we now know as the United States and the 19th amendment. Using her knowledge and technical expertise, she created a comprehensive timeline beginning in 1619 up to present day. In this episode, Kearstin discusses the timeline, which includes entries related to progress and challenges to the status of women, with photos and links to primary source documents. Women Breaking Barriers: A Timeline See the show notes with links mentioned in this episode at https://j.mu/news/civic/2019/09-04-democracy-matters-episode-11.shtml

The  Period  Party
PP# 149: The Politics of Periods with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

The Period Party

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 31:18


Jennifer Weiss-Wolf is the vice president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law and the organization’s inaugural Women and Democracy Fellow. A passionate advocate for issues of gender, politics, and menstruation, Jennifer was dubbed the “architect of the U.S. campaign to squash the tampon tax” by Newsweek. Her 2017 book Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equity was lauded by Gloria Steinem as “the beginning of liberation for us all.” In this episode, we talk about what menstrual equity means, how Jennifer became involved with the politics of periods, what you need to know about the “tampon tax,” why policy reform around menstruation helps to promote gender equality, how you can become part of the menstrual equity movement, and so much more!   To learn more about Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, visit the show notes.

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast
Tom Wheeler: The FCC, Net Neutrality, and Platform Regulation

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2018 61:27


Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the FCC from 2013 to 2017 under President Obama, and Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, discussed technological change, President Trump’s FCC, regulation of social platforms, and more during a talk at the Shorenstein Center.  This Shorenstein Center Speaker Series event was recorded February 27, 2018, at Harvard Kennedy School. 

Progressive Spirit
Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning and Connection for the America We Want

Progressive Spirit

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2018 53:00


The election of Donald Trump came as a shock to many. But others saw it as the culmination of a decades-long effort to uproot and destabilize America’s democratic government. My guests come from two different generations but with a similar viewpoint and quest to empower Americans to leave despair behind and embrace the new democracy movement.    Frances Moore Lappe’s 18 books include the three million copy Diet for a Small Planet, described by the Smithsonian as “one of the most influential political tracts of the times.”  Adam Eichen is a writer, researcher, and political organizer working to build a democracy that empowers all voices in society. Adam is a Democracy Fellow at Small Planet Institute and on the board of directors of Democracy Matters. They are co-authors of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning and Connection for the America We Want.

PolicyCast
171 Neutering Net Neutrality

PolicyCast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2017 32:00


As Chairman of the FCC, Tom Wheeler reclassified broadband as a public utility, to ensure that internet service providers would continue to treat all data equally. Now, his successor is trying to undo those efforts, and he’s not happy about it. Wheeler is currently a Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at the Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center, as well as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School.

New Books in Public Policy
Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen, “Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want” (Beacon Press, 2017)

New Books in Public Policy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2017 23:46


What is right about democracy? In Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want (Beacon Press, 2017), Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen seek out an answer. Lappe, author of the multimillion-selling Diet for a Small Planet and seventeen other books, is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the “Alternative Nobel.” Eichen is a Democracy Fellow at the Small Planet Institute. Drawing on several previous New Books in Political Science podcast alums, including Lee Drutman and Zachary Roth, as well as numerous other political science scholars, Lappe and Eichen offer a series of critiques of our current state of democratic affairs. But they do not dwell long in the past, they instead focus on noble solutions. They back a Democracy Movement and call upon citizens to daringly take up the cause of democracy through becoming a citizen lobbyist, creating new public spaces for community talks, and celebrating democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in American Studies
Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen, “Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want” (Beacon Press, 2017)

New Books in American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2017 23:21


What is right about democracy? In Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want (Beacon Press, 2017), Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen seek out an answer. Lappe, author of the multimillion-selling Diet for a Small Planet and seventeen other books, is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the “Alternative Nobel.” Eichen is a Democracy Fellow at the Small Planet Institute. Drawing on several previous New Books in Political Science podcast alums, including Lee Drutman and Zachary Roth, as well as numerous other political science scholars, Lappe and Eichen offer a series of critiques of our current state of democratic affairs. But they do not dwell long in the past, they instead focus on noble solutions. They back a Democracy Movement and call upon citizens to daringly take up the cause of democracy through becoming a citizen lobbyist, creating new public spaces for community talks, and celebrating democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Political Science
Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen, “Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want” (Beacon Press, 2017)

New Books in Political Science

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2017 23:21


What is right about democracy? In Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want (Beacon Press, 2017), Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen seek out an answer. Lappe, author of the multimillion-selling Diet for a Small Planet and seventeen other books, is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the “Alternative Nobel.” Eichen is a Democracy Fellow at the Small Planet Institute. Drawing on several previous New Books in Political Science podcast alums, including Lee Drutman and Zachary Roth, as well as numerous other political science scholars, Lappe and Eichen offer a series of critiques of our current state of democratic affairs. But they do not dwell long in the past, they instead focus on noble solutions. They back a Democracy Movement and call upon citizens to daringly take up the cause of democracy through becoming a citizen lobbyist, creating new public spaces for community talks, and celebrating democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books Network
Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen, “Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want” (Beacon Press, 2017)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2017 23:21


What is right about democracy? In Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want (Beacon Press, 2017), Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen seek out an answer. Lappe, author of the multimillion-selling Diet for a Small Planet and seventeen other books, is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the “Alternative Nobel.” Eichen is a Democracy Fellow at the Small Planet Institute. Drawing on several previous New Books in Political Science podcast alums, including Lee Drutman and Zachary Roth, as well as numerous other political science scholars, Lappe and Eichen offer a series of critiques of our current state of democratic affairs. But they do not dwell long in the past, they instead focus on noble solutions. They back a Democracy Movement and call upon citizens to daringly take up the cause of democracy through becoming a citizen lobbyist, creating new public spaces for community talks, and celebrating democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Straight Talk Africa - Voice of America
Africa Elections or Selections - Straight Talk Africa

Straight Talk Africa - Voice of America

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2017 60:00


Shaka Ssali discusses the upcoming Africa elections with Senator Alhaji Gbenga Kaka, Nigerian Senator (2011-2015), Gervais Condo, Former Rwandan Member of Parliament and Diplomat, and with Arthur Larok, Democracy Fellow, National Endowment for Democracy.

africa democracy parliament diplomats selections national endowment democracy fellow straight talk africa shaka ssali
Straight Talk Africa
Africa Elections or Selections - Straight Talk Africa

Straight Talk Africa

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2017 60:00


Shaka Ssali discusses the upcoming Africa elections with Senator Alhaji Gbenga Kaka, Nigerian Senator (2011-2015), Gervais Condo, Former Rwandan Member of Parliament and Diplomat, and with Arthur Larok, Democracy Fellow, National Endowment for Democracy.

africa democracy parliament diplomats selections national endowment democracy fellow straight talk africa shaka ssali
Straight Talk Africa [simulcast] - Voice of America
Africa Elections or Selections - Straight Talk Africa [simulcast]

Straight Talk Africa [simulcast] - Voice of America

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2017 59:59


Shaka Ssali discusses the upcoming Africa elections with Senator Alhaji Gbenga Kaka, Nigerian Senator (2011-2015), Gervais Condo, Former Rwandan Member of Parliament and Diplomat, and with Arthur Larok, Democracy Fellow, National Endowment for Democracy.

PolicyCast
158 Public Diplomacy and the Post-Truth World

PolicyCast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 31:12


Former Time Managing Editor Rick Stengel, who recently stepped down as U.S. Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, emphasizes the value of the State Department’s public diplomacy efforts, despite signs that the Trump Administration could soon curtail them. He also discusses how journalism needs to adapt to a crowded marketplace of ideas where facts aren't always regarded as necessary. Stengel is currently the Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at the Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center.

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast
Rick Stengel: Government and the Media

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2017 55:38


Rick Stengel, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, discussed the differences between working in media and government, the Trump administration’s relationship with the press and how terrorist groups use social media, among other topics at the Shorenstein Center. Stengel served as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs from 2014-2016, and is former managing editor for Time magazine. He is currently an advisor to Snapchat. This Shorenstein Center Speaker Series event was recorded February 28, 2017, at Harvard Kennedy School. 

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast
2016 Theodore H. White Seminar on Press and Politics featuring: Bob Schieffer, Nancy Kaffer, Michael Tomasky and Derrick Jackson

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 91:49


A panel discussion about the 2016 election and news coverage featuring: Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, political contributor to CBS News, and former moderator of “Face the Nation”; Nancy Kaffer, columnist for Detroit Free Press and winner of the 2016 David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism; Derrick Z. Jackson, Joan Shorenstein Fellow and Boston Globe essayist; and Michael Tomasky, special correspondent for The Daily Beast. Moderated by Nicco Mele, director, Shorenstein Center, and recorded on November 16, 2016, at Harvard Kennedy School. 

Bob Schieffer's
The Bezos Effect: Dan Kennedy and the Future of Newspapers

Bob Schieffer's "About the News" with H. Andrew Schwartz

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2016


In this episode, we talk to Media Nation blogging guru Dan Kennedy about the future of newspapers and the technology that is changing the media landscape. Kennedy, a professor at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism and author of “The Wired City: Reimagining Journalism and Civic Life in the Post-Newspaper Age,” discusses his often cited analysis of how the Washington Post is being run by its new owner Jeff Bezos and how the paper has been transformed into a model media and technology company. Dan and Bob Schieffer first met last spring at the Harvard Kennedy School, where Kennedy was a Joan Shorenstein Fellow and Bob was the Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow. Kennedy is currently working on book project called “The Return of the Moguls,” which will be about the Post under Bezos, the Boston Globe under Red Sox principal owner John Henry, and the Orange County Register under entrepreneur Aaron Kushner, to be published by ForeEdge in 2017. Kennedy is a frequent contributor to Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab, a project that attempts to help journalism figure out its future in an Internet age.  Download transcript here.

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast
Bob Schieffer & Ann Compton: Media, Politics & Power – Trump, Clinton & the 2016 Election

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2016 69:45


A conversation on the state of the 2016 presidential campaign and its coverage in the media, with Bob Schieffer, former CBS News anchor and host of “Face the Nation,” and current Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow; and Ann Compton, former ABC News White House correspondent and current fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics. They discuss the upcoming presidential debates, the role of social media in the 2016 election, and share stories from the campaign trail. Moderated by Nicco Mele, director of the Shorenstein Center. Recorded on September 20, 2016, in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at Harvard Kennedy School. 

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast
Bob Schieffer: Media Coverage of the Campaign

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2016 61:05


Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, veteran CBS reporter, and former moderator of “Face the Nation,” discussed the media’s performance in covering the 2016 election and Donald Trump’s campaign, and looked ahead to the general election. Schieffer also discussed money in politics, the divide in the Republican Party between its leaders and base, the possibility of an indictment for Hillary Clinton, Obama’s legacy, and more. This Shorenstein Center Speaker Series event was recorded on April 20, 2016, at Harvard Kennedy School.   

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast
Media and Politics: What's Next? A Conversation with the Spring 2016 Joan Shorenstein Fellows

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2016 60:04


The Shorenstein Center hosted a conversation with its Spring 2016 Joan Shorenstein Fellows:Johanna Dunaway, associate professor of communication, Texas A&M University; Joanna Jolly, South Asia editor and feature writer, BBC; Dan Kennedy, associate professor of journalism, Northeastern University; and Marilyn Thompson, deputy editor, Politico. Each fellow gave a preview of the work they conducted at the Shorenstein Center, and answered audience questions. Also featuring contributions from Bob Schieffer, the Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow. This Speaker Series event was recorded on April 19, 2016, at Harvard Kennedy School.   

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast
Bob Schieffer: The Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primary

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2016 63:03


Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, veteran CBS reporter, and former moderator of "Face the Nation," discussed this week’s Iowa Caucuses, and looked ahead to the upcoming primaries and general election. Schieffer also discussed the impact of the race on the Senate, Clinton’s email controversy, media coverage of Trump, Michael Bloomberg’s potential bid, and the questions he would like to ask the presidential candidates. This Shorenstein Center Campaign Series event was recorded on February 3, 2016, at Harvard Kennedy School.     

PolicyCast
The Smartest Time on TV

PolicyCast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2015 23:53


Bob Schieffer, former host of CBS News’s Face the Nation and current Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at the Shorenstein Center, explains the enduring popularity of the Sunday morning political talk show, offers his take on what he calls “the most different” presidential campaign in his long memory, and recounts some of his favorite stories from the campaign trail. 

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast
Bob Schieffer: The 2016 Debates, Candidates, and Role of the Media

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2015 61:21


Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, veteran CBS reporter, and former moderator of “Face the Nation,” discussed the nature of the presidential debates, the current field of presidential candidates, and political media in the second event in a series focusing on the 2016 election. Schieffer reflected on his moderation of past presidential debates, including Obama & McCain in 2008, and Obama and Romney in 2012. He also gave his thoughts on the debate performances of 2016 candidates and their current standing in the polls, including Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson and Donald Trump. This Shorenstein Center Campaign Series event was recorded on October 28, 2015, at Harvard Kennedy School. 

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A Conversation with Bob Schieffer

JFK Library Forums

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2015 83:11


Bob Schieffer, veteran broadcast journalist, long-time anchor of Face the Nation, and current Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, discussed his distinguished career with WBZ-TV News anchor Lisa Hughes.

PolicyCast
Startup Government

PolicyCast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2015 22:58


  Aneesh Chopra, a Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at the Shorenstein Center who served as the United States' first Chief Technology Officer, describes how the federal government, historically a leader in new technologies, fell behind in embracing innovation. He details the challenges government agencies have historically faced and how a combination of new policies and tech-savvy leadership have the potential to set things back on course.