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Amidst all the chaos and hysteria of Trump 2.0, some things in America never change. As the Atlanta based journalist Brian Goldstone notes in There Is No Place For Us, America's “invisible” working homeless population have been mostly ignored by both Democratic and Republican administrations. Goldstone reveals how approximately 4 million Americans who work full-time jobs cannot today afford housing, with many living in extended-stay hotels, cars, or doubled-up with others. He highlights that 93% of homeless families in Atlanta are Black, and argues that these working homeless are victims of both failed economic policies and a lack of tenant protections. Goldstone criticizes both political parties for failing to address this crisis and calls for treating housing as a fundamental right rather than a commodity.Five Key Takeaways from this Goldstone Interview* Working Homelessness Crisis: Approximately 4 million Americans experience homelessness despite holding jobs, forming an "invisible" crisis where families live in extended-stay hotels, cars, or doubled-up with others.* Racial Disparity: In Atlanta, 93% of homeless families are Black, revealing significant racial disparities in housing insecurity, despite the city's reputation as a "Black Mecca."* Exploitative Housing Systems: Extended-stay hotels function as expensive, unregulated homeless shelters where families pay significantly more ($17,000 for eight months in one case) than they would for apartments they can't access due to credit barriers.* Bipartisan Failure: Both Republican and Democratic administrations have failed to address the root causes of housing insecurity, with Goldstone describing it as a "bipartisan abandonment of working poor people."* Housing as Commodity: The fundamental problem is treating housing as an investment vehicle or commodity rather than a basic human necessity, allowing it to be "auctioned off to the highest bidder."Keen On America is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Brian Goldstone is a journalist whose longform reporting and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, The New Republic, The California Sunday Magazine, and Jacobin, among other publications. He has a PhD in anthropology from Duke University and was a Mellon Research Fellow at Columbia University. In 2021, he was a National Fellow at New America. He lives in Atlanta with his family.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting the daily KEEN ON show, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy interview series. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown child This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of The Boardroom 180 Podcast, host Munir Haque delves into nonprofit governance with Bruce Anderson, an accomplished leader with extensive experience in nonprofit leadership, entrepreneurship, and board governance. Bruce shares insights from his decades of experience serving on over 21 nonprofit and professional boards, including Habitat for Humanity Saskatchewan and CAA Saskatchewan. He discusses how his diverse background in academia, consulting, and executive leadership informs his governance contributions. Bruce highlights the unique challenges of nonprofit governance, including balancing mission-driven goals with financial sustainability. He explains the diverse structures and financing of nonprofits, ranging from member dues and fundraising to revenue-generating enterprises. Bruce points out the need for boards to adapt their skill sets to address these complexities. He advocates for applying strategic thinking to nonprofit boards, emphasizing the importance of managing resources effectively and aligning marketing strategies. In talking about organizational models, Bruce explains Habitat for Humanity's evolution from the “classic” model, where Habitat itself manages the mortgage, to newer approaches involving partnerships with financial institutions. The discussion delves into broader governance themes, including diversity and effective leadership. Bruce advocates for meaningful diversity on boards to improve decision-making quality and better represent the communities they serve without tokenism. He stresses the balance between servant leadership and strategic guidance. Bruce points to the board chair's responsibility for encouraging inclusive discussions and challenging groupthink to ensure sound decision-making processes and unity. Munir and Bruce's conversation highlights the importance of patience, planning, and clear principles in navigating the complexities of organizational change, offering valuable lessons for others facing similar endeavours.About Bruce Anderson:Bruce Anderson joined the CAA Saskatchewan Board of Directors in October 2017 and serves on the Audit Committee, chairs the Human Resources Committee, and chaired the Investment and Acquisition Task Force. He is the managing partner and senior consultant with b-creative group and an instructor with the Hill / Levene Schools of Business at the University of Regina, where he teaches business strategy, consulting, and entrepreneurship to undergraduate and graduate students. He has served on numerous boards of directors, including as Chair of the Regina and Saskatchewan Chambers of Commerce and as Chair of the Saskatchewan Science Centre. He currently is Chair of Habitat for Humanity Saskatchewan and a mentor to new entrepreneurs. Bruce co-wrote a business case on CAA Saskatchewan and the case is used by business schools across the world and also by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Bruce and his spouse Lucie have two adult children and three grandchildren. They enjoy taking long drives to explore Canada.--Contact Munir Haque | ActionEdge Executive Development: Website: AEEDNow.comLinkedin: Action Edge Executive Development Inc.Contact Bruce Anderson: Bruce Anderson on LinkedIn Podcast Production:Recording:  PushySix StudiosProduction Assistance: Astronomic Audio--Transcript Bruce Anderson: [00:00:01] Your starting point around metrics is absolutely essential. How do we know that we're going to yield some of this result? So if we get a certain number of things donated at the Habitat Restore, for example, which things are going to yield the best profits? Which things have the best margin? Which things have the quickest inventory turn? Because these are terms that people are going as a not for profit. What do you mean inventory turn? If it sits in our warehouse, it sits in the shop there for a period of time. It costs us money. It costs us floor space. It's an opportunity cost because we could put other things that are more profitable in there. So some of these metrics that you would naturally think about have to be used.Munir Haque: [00:00:40] Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of The Boardroom 180 Podcast. I'm your host, Munir Haque, an executive coach and senior board strategist. I have partnered with Action Edge Executive Development to lead their governance and political acumen division. In each episode, we meet with governance leaders and step into their boardrooms, where decisions shape the world around us. In this episode, we'll be talking nonprofit governance with Mr. Bruce Anderson. Bruce Anderson is a seasoned leader with 15 years in nonprofit leadership and over 25 years as an entrepreneur. He is a managing partner of Be Creative Group, a consultancy specializing in management and marketing, and teaches strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Regina, where he also leads the Graduate Advanced Training and Entrepreneurship Center, or GATE. Bruce has a BCom as well as an MBA, and is a Chartered Director with the Icd.d designation and a Certified Management Consultant. His achievements include being named as a National Fellow of the Certified Management Consultants, as well as receiving the International Academic Fellow Award for Certified Management Consultants. Bruce has served on over 21 nonprofit, professional and regulatory boards, chairing ten of them, including Habitat for Humanity Saskatchewan, which he guided through a merger. Currently, he is a director with CAA Saskatchewan, chairing their HR committee and serving on the audit committee. His past leadership includes chairing the Regina and Saskatchewan Chambers of Commerce and the Saskatchewan Science Center, serving on the Council for Entrepreneurial Growth and Economic Development. A mentor to entrepreneurs and passionate community leader, welcome to The Boardroom 180 Podcast, Mr. Anderson.Bruce Anderson: [00:02:21] Thanks, Munir.Munir Haque: [00:02:23] I always find that a good gauge of how active somebody is in the community is whether or not my kids know them. And for this I've got stories of two of my kids that have crossed paths with you. So my daughter, I think was about five years ago, during some of her onboarding at University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, that onboarding weekend, she went up, and I attended with her and we got to at least watch. I think it was a student entrepreneur competition. And at that competition you were up in Saskatoon and you were one of the judges. So that's one of my kids. And then needless to say, she's not in business anymore. She switched into one of the more social sciences and now is just starting her master's in public health.Bruce Anderson: [00:03:11] I remember those teams well, the kids were great.Munir Haque: [00:03:15] We were just in the audience, but I saw you from the back, and I think I came up to you afterwards. The other thing is, my son is currently finishing off his bachelors of administration at University of Regina. He's taken a handful of courses from you, and he has good things to say about you. So once again, it goes to show how much you do in the community, how well my kids know your name.Bruce Anderson: [00:03:36] Fair enough, yeah.Munir Haque: [00:03:39] 21 boards, that'...

Deborah Netolicky talks with Dr Barbara Watterston about leading and leadership in education, including mentoring, coaching, professional companioning and sponsoring. Barb is CEO of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) and has held several school and system leadership positions across Australia. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and a National Fellow of ACEL. Her expertise is regularly sought out to contribute in an advisory capacity as a member of numerous university, departmental, school, and professional boards. She is author of the report 'Insights: Environmental Scan Principal Preparation Programs' and the award-winning book 'Step In, Step Up: Empowering women for the school leadership journey'. Want to know more? - https://www.acel.org.au/ACEL/ACELWEB/About/ACEL_CEO.aspx - https://www.aitsl.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/environmental-scan-principal-preparation-programs-(screen).pdf?sfvrsn=ecaaec3c_0 - https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Middle_Leadership_in_Schools/3hbxEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 - https://www.amazon.com.au/Step-Empowering-Leadership-Educational-Development/dp/1943874301 Join the conversation on social media. - Deb: @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram - The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Instagram

Today, Andy sits down with Zeke Faux. He's an investigative reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg News, and a National Fellow at New America He also is the author of the book “Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall”, which release in paperback on Oct. 1. As his publisher explains, “for his reporting on the world of crypto, he traveled to El Salvador, the Bahamas, Cambodia, and the Philippines, where he met with some of the industry's biggest players, including Sam Bankman-Fried, the former billionaire who has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes related to financial fraud Catch Borderland: REASONABLE FEAR, a 4-part docuseries starting on September 24th. REASONABLE FEAR S.E.C. KIT available for Pre-order at https://thisisironclad.com/products/sec?=BL916YT SPONSORS: Montana Knife Company Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/ Allegiance Gold Go to https://ProtectWithAndy.com to get get exclusive lowest pricing on the market for select gold bars or call (844) 790-9191 to talk to an account representative. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 off your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription.

Share this episode: https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/365-reality-check Sam Harris begins by remembering his friendship with Dan Dennett. He then speaks with David Wallace-Wells about the shattering of our information landscape. They discuss the false picture of reality produced during Covid, the success of the vaccines, how various countries fared during the pandemic, our preparation for a future pandemic, how we normalize danger and death, the current global consensus on climate change, the amount of warming we can expect, the consequence of a 2-degree Celsius warming, the effects of air pollution, global vs local considerations, Greta Thunberg and climate catastrophism, growth vs degrowth, market forces, carbon taxes, the consequences of political stagnation, the US national debt, the best way to attack the candidacy of Donald Trump, and other topics. David Wallace-Wells is a best-selling science writer and essayist who focuses on climate change, technology, and the future of the planet and how we live on it. David has been a National Fellow with the New America Foundation, a columnist and deputy editor of the New York Magazine, and was previously at The Paris Review. Currently, David is a writer for The New York Times and a columnist for the New York Times Magazine. He is the author of The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming. Twitter: @dwallacewells Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That’s why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life’s most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.

What happened when El Salvador made Bitcoin an official currency? Who uses cryptocurrency the most? How does the blockchain both help and hinder would-be scam artists and criminals?Zeke Faux is a reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg News, a National Fellow at New America, and the author of Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall.Zeke and Greg discuss crypto bubbles, the crypto space, and the memorable characters Zeke encountered, such as Sam Bankman Fried. Zeke explains his investigations into Tether, the mass scamming compounds in Southeast Asia, and his personal experiences within this fluctuating industry when he bought his own Mutant Ape NFT.*unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:Why crypto investors overcome risks18:25: If you are making a crypto investment and your money is on some DeFi exchange or some centralized exchange, that seems pretty good. What kind of yield would you want just to let them hold your money? It'd have to be a pretty high-yield investment just to get over the risk that something unforeseen will happen, right? There's some chance that even if it seems great, that's something you didn't think is wrong with this because it keeps happening again and again in crypto. And I think what makes these people overcome is that they're not dumb. They know that these risks are there, the crypto investors. But they think, okay, maybe there's a 10% chance that something goes wrong here…[19:22] That's what makes people overcome everything: this desire to get rich quick, in this sense that it's possible because they've seen a lot of other people do it and get rich.The difference between internet and crypto bubble07:29: In crypto, the crypto guys do use crypto, but only to buy it. It's not serving any purpose other than just buying it, trading it, and doing things within this crypto world. Whereas with the internet, it was clearly a lot of fun, and it was affecting a lot of parts of real life. The internet bubble got way ahead of what could be justified by how much money these companies were making. But to me, there was never any doubt that the internet was a powerful innovation that was going to change our lives.Exploring 'Number Go Up' psychology in blockchain03:29: The key to it is psychology, and the title "Number Go Up" comes from this saying that I heard at my first crypto conference in 2021. I flew down to Miami. I thought I would hear more about technology. I thought I'd see bankers or fintech entrepreneurs who had ideas about how they're going to disrupt the financial system with this new technology, replace intermediaries, and make global transfers faster and cheaper. And instead, I heard this guy on stage saying, "Our technology is called number go up, and number go up technology means the price goes up, and that makes people excited, and they buy more, and the price goes up more, and then more people get excited, and pretty soon, Bitcoin is going to be at a million." And I just couldn't believe it. I was like, "Is that what it's really all about?"The treatment of crypto wallet transactions vs. traditional banking in stablecoins37:25: I can open a PayPal account, and I send money to PayPal. And now I have PayPal dollars that I can zap to your account. And that's not so different from a stablecoin. However, PayPal wants to know who I am. They follow all the banking rules and regulations about knowing your customer. They want to know who you are. You can't hold PayPal dollars without disclosing your identity. However, if I have a crypto wallet on my phone, like Metamask or any of the tons of other options, I can hold tethers on my phone and send them to your phone without disclosing any identifying information. And it seems like it's a very similar transaction that's treated very differently by regulators right now. And I just wonder if that will continue, especially if stablecoins keep growing.Show Links:Recommended Resources:BlockchainBitcoinDogecoinDecentralized financeSam Bankman-FriedTetherBitfinexCantor FitzgeraldGuest Profile:ZekeFaux.comProfile at NewAmerica.orgLinkedIn ProfileSocial Profile on XWikipedia ProfileHis Work:Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering FallBloomberg Articles

In this episode, we're talking about how money FOMO, among other things, can make you vulnerable to scams and how to avoid being a victim. Cryptocurrency was all the rage for a couple of years, and it seemed nothing could go wrong. It was a very social experience. In 2022, 31% of new crypto investors got started with advice from a friend. On top of that, 10% of investors cited the fear of missing out, or FOMO, as a reason to get into the market. When inexperienced investors flood into fad investments like crypto, scammers aren't far behind. And that's exactly what happened with crypto. The market collapsed, and thousands of would-be millionaires had their savings wiped out. Let's make sure crap like this doesn't happen to you.   Host Stacy Johnson is joined by financial journalist Miranda Marquit. Listening in and sometimes contributing is producer Aaron Freeman. Today investigative reporter Zeke Faux, author of the book Number Go Up, just named a book of the year by the Washington Post, will join us to talk about how the fear of missing out can lead to scams. Before you listen, remember: This isn't financial advice. So make sure to do your own research and consult your own experts before acting on anything you learn here. You can listen to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts: Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify Watch out for scams Scams are everywhere. Even smart people can fall for scams. As we talked about with our guest, there are many reasons people fall prey to fraudsters. Here are some scams to watch out for, as well as resources on avoiding scams: 9 States Where People Face the Highest Risk of Identity Theft and Fraud Hear a Loved One's Voice Calling for Help? It Might Be a Scam Don't Fall for These 5 Types of Costly Small-Business Scams 24 Costco Scams Going Around Right Now 7 Text Message Scams to Avoid and Report Immediately Free Program Uses AI to Spot Scams Before They Trap You How to Avoid Mail Delivery Phishing Scams How to Tell If Fraudsters Have Opened Bank Accounts in Your Name 6 Things Scammers Do With Your Cellphone Number 4 Beliefs That Make You Easy Prey for Scammers How to invest—without being scammed Investing is still one of the best ways to build wealth over time. And, just because cryptocurrency ended up being ripe for fraudsters, it doesn't mean all investments are scams. Here are some resources for making money with investments: The Investing Combo Linked to a Better Retirement Lifestyle Why Index Fund Investing Is Good for Your Retirement 7 of the Best Dividend Stocks to Help Fund Your Retirement 5 Simple Tips to Make Money With Stocks Investing in Gold and Gold IRAs: 5 Things You Need to Know How to Choose Between Active and Passive Investing 7 Things You Should Know Before Investing in I Bonds 9 Tips for Sane and Successful Stock Investing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing: Hope or Hype? How to Invest When Both Stocks and Bonds Are Falling 7 of the Best Ways to Invest That Don't Involve Stocks How to Find the Best Dividend Stocks, Step by Step Meet this week's guest, Zeke Faux Zeke Faux is an investigative reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg News, and a former National Fellow at New America. He's a winner of the Gerald Loeb award and the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel award and a National Magazine Award finalist. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, and the anthologies The Year's Best Sportswriting and The Best Business Writing. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three children. Website Twitter Don't listen to podcasts? A podcast is basically a radio show you can listen to anywhere and anytime, either by downloading it to your smartphone or by listening online. They're awesome for learning stuff and being entertained when you're in the car, doing chores, jogging or riding your bicycle. You can listen to our latest podcasts here or download them to your phone from any number of places, including Apple, Spotify, RadioPublic and RSS. If you haven't listened to our podcast yet, give it a try, then subscribe. You'll be glad you did! About the hosts Stacy Johnson founded Money Talks News in 1991. He's a CPA, and he has also earned licenses in stocks, commodities, options principal, mutual funds, life insurance, securities supervisor and real estate. Miranda Marquit, MBA, is a financial expert, writer and speaker. She's been covering personal finance and investing topics for almost 20 years. When not writing and podcasting, she enjoys travel, reading and the outdoors.Become a member: https://www.moneytalksnews.com/members/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Page One, produced and hosted by author Holly Lynn Payne, celebrates the craft that goes into writing the first sentence, first paragraph and first page of your favorite books. The first page is often the most rewritten page of any book because it has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. We interview master storytellers on the struggles and stories behind the first page of their books.About the guest author:Writer and photographer Lisa M. Hamilton has documented agriculture and rural communities around the world. She was a National Fellow with New America, and has received additional fellowships, grants and awards from the UC Berkeley School of Journalism, California Historical Society, Creative Work Fund, James Beard Foundation and others. She is the author of Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness, and her feature articles have appeared in Harper's, McSweeney's, Virginia Quarterly Review, and California Sunday. She lives in Northern California.About the host:Holly Lynn Payne is an award-winning novelist and writing coach, and the former CEO and founder of Booxby, a startup built to help authors succeed. She is an internationally published author of four historical fiction novels. Her debut, The Virgin's Knot, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers book. She recently finished her first YA crossover novel inspired by her nephew with Down syndrome. She lives in Marin County with her daughter and enjoys mountain biking, surfing and hiking with her dog. To learn more about her books and private writing coaching services, please visit hollylynnpayne.com or find her at Instagram and Twitter @hollylynnpayne.If you have a first page you'd like to submit to the Page One Podcast, please do so here.As an author and writing coach, I know that the first page of any book has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. So I thought to ask your favorite master storytellers how they do their magic to hook YOU. After the first few episodes, it occurred to me that maybe someone listening might be curious how their first page sits with an audience, so I'm opening up Page One to any writer who wants to submit the first page of a book they're currently writing. If your page is chosen, you'll be invited onto the show to read it and get live feedback from one of Page One's master storytellers. Page One exists to inspire, celebrate and promote the work of both well-known and unknown creative talent.  You can listen to Page One on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher and all your favorite podcast players. Hear past episodes.To get updates and writing tips from master storytellers, follow me onFacebook, Twitter, Goodreads, and Instagram.Until then, be well and keep reading!

On its 75th anniversary since independence, Israel's democracy has been both resilient and troubled over issues of national identity. Joining Francis Fukuyama in this episode to discuss is Professor Amichai Magen, a professor at the Lauder School of Government at Reichman University in Israel, currently in residence at Stanford University as a visiting scholar at CDDRL and the inaugural Visiting Fellow in Israel Studies at FSI.Amichai Magen is a Senior Lecturer (US Associate Professor), Head of the MA Program in Diplomacy & Conflict Studies, and Director of the Program on Democratic Resilience and Development (PDRD) at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University. His research and teaching interests address democracy, the rule of law, liberal orders, risk, and political violence.Magen received the Yitzhak Rabin Fulbright Award (2003), served as a pre-doctoral fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), and was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution. In 2016 he was named Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy, an award that recognizes outstanding thought-leaders around the world. Between 2018 and 2022, he was Principal Investigator in two European Union Horizon 2020 research consortia, EU-LISTCO and RECONNECT. Amichai Magen served on the Executive Committee of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and is a Board Member of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) and the International Coalition for Democratic Renewal (ICDR). In 2023 he joined the Freeman Spogli Institute as its inaugural Visiting Fellow in Israel Studies.Democracy IRL is produced by the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University.To learn more, visit our website or follow us on social media.

In this episode, we talk about what a body can do and how we meet the built world. Sara Hendren is an artist, design researcher, writer, professor at Olin College of Engineering, and the creator and host of the Sketch Model podcast. She is the author of What Can A Body Do? How We Meet the Built World, published by Riverhead/Penguin Random House. It was chosen as a Best Book of the Year by NPR and won the Science in Society Journalism book prize. Sara is a humanist in tech. Her work of 2010-2020 includes collaborative public art, social design, and writing that reframes the human body and technology. Her work has been exhibited on the White House lawn under the Obama administration, at the Victoria & Albert Museum, the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, The Vitra Design Museum, the Seoul Museum of Art, among other venues, and is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper Hewitt Museum. She has been a National Fellow at the New America think tank, and her work has been supported by an NEH Public Scholar grant, residencies at Yaddo and the Carey Institute for Global Good, and an Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. At Olin, she was also the Principal Investigator on a four-year initiative to bring more arts experiences to engineering students and faculty, supported by the Mellon Foundation. Episode mentions and links: https://sarahendren.com/ Sketch Model Podcast Engineering at Home AccessibleIcon.org When The World Isn't Designed For Our Bodies via NYT Restaurants Sara would take you to: Clover Food Lab Follow Sara: LinkedIn Episode Website: https://www.designlabpod.com/episodes/115

David Reynolds is the Chief Executive of the Department for Trade and Investment for South Australia (an Australian state twice the size of France). The Department enables economic growth in South Australia by attracting investment, increasing exports, and removing barriers to business. South Australia has built a global reputation as a leader in sustainability. The state, a leader in renewable energy, replaced coal with wind and solar. Today, 70% of the state's energy use is from renewables, which is an incredible achievement. The goal is to get to 500% renewable energy generation in order to export their surplus. David has served South Australia through the public sector since 1995. In 2022 he was awarded a Public Service Medal for outstanding public service in relation to South Australia's economic and financial response during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2018 he was awarded as a National Fellow of the Public Administration for Australia. In this episode we discuss: What hydrogen power is The cultural trait of South Australians that has produced a history of leading change Two practical actions every leader can take to advance diversity and equality in their organization Key Takeaways: As a leader, you inherit accountability for your organization. The culture you walk into. The pay and hiring inequities that were established before you got there. When you take the lead role, you take ownership of all of it. I'm not just referring to the CEO, though the tone they set is incredibly important. But if you're the head of any team, any department, you are responsible for it. You are the lead advocate for everyone on the team. You are responsible for advocating up the chain of command. So dive into the details, look under the hood, and get curious. We live in a world where we know unconscious biases favor certain individuals over others. That's why the world looks the way it does. Rest assured, you will find things that need to be fixed. It's up to you to have the courage to try new approaches to get different results. A strategy is of no use if you don't know how to implement it. It doesn't matter how beautiful the framework is if it doesn't translate into action. To be effective you need to get clear on your objective, identify the actions you're going to take to get there, and determine how you'll measure success so you'll know if your actions are working or if you need to start again. Remember, progress is a process. There will always be opportunities to improve. Our discussion around the three different types of hydrogen power (black, blue, and green) highlighted the importance of transparency. This example was a great reminder that not all things that appear interchangeable are actually equal. In this case, the end product is exactly the same. It's the same chemical element of hydrogen. However, the process of isolating the hydrogen varies drastically, creating widely different environmental footprints. Process matters. How you get to an output is in many cases more important than the output itself. Transparency has the power to create a tsunami-sized change in our purchasing decisions, which in turn changes which companies succeed and which ones fail. What you choose to buy matters. So get curious about the process for how something was created. References: Connect with David on LinkedIn Department of Trade and Investment, South Australia Here's the department's contact information if your company is interested in doing business with others in South Australia Find out more about the Carbon Accounting Lab here You can learn more about Australia's green hydrogen project here Connect & Share: If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading them! If this episode resonated with you, I ask you to send it to a friend. Help bring even more visibility to these leaders that are using business as a force for good! Subscribe to the Purpose and Profit newsletter to make sure you don't miss future episodes. This podcast is for you, the listener. I'd love to hear what resonated with you, or if you have a suggestion on who would be a great guest for this show. Please send me a note at info@KathyVarol.com.

In this special insatllment of Futureproof Gold, we take a listen back to our award-winning episode 'Enemies of the State'. Among other guests, Mara Hvistendahl, Contributing Correspondent for Science, National Fellow at New America and author of the Wired article 'Inside China's Vast New Experiment in Social Ranking', joins Jonathan to explore the true potential that technology has in controlling and manipulating the behaviour of entire populations through social credit scores.

This conversation features author Josh Chin and New Yorker journalist Evan Osnos discussing both of their books before a live audience at the Kentucky Author Forum on September 29th, 2022 at the Kentucky Center in Louisville. Josh Chin wrote “Surveillance State: Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control” with fellow Wall Street Journal writer, Liza Lin. He tells the gripping story of how China's Communist Party is building a new kind of political control: shaping the will of the people through the sophisticated—and often brutal—harnessing of data. For more than a decade, Chin has covered politics and tech in China for The Wall Street Journal. He led an investigative team that won The Gerald Loeb Award for international reporting in 2018 for a series exposing the Chinese government's pioneering embrace of digital surveillance. He was named a National Fellow at New America in 2020, and is a recipient of the Don Bolles Medal, awarded to investigative journalists who have exhibited courage in standing up against intimidation. Evan Osnos joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 2008 and covers politics and foreign affairs. His book “Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China'', is based on eight years of living in Beijing. “Age of Ambition'' won the 2014 National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Previously, Osnos worked as Beijing Bureau Chief for the Chicago Tribune, where he was part of a team that won a 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting. He is a CNN contributor and a frequent guest on The Daily Show, Fresh Air, and other programs.

Author Maggie Nelson discusses her book, On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint, with writer Eula Biss. Maggie Nelson is a writer working in autobiography, art criticism, theory, feminism, history, aesthetic theory, philosophy, scholarship, and poetry. Nelson received a 2016 MacArthur Fellowship, a 2012 Creative Capital Literature Fellowship, a 2011 NEA Fellowship in Poetry, and a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship in Nonfiction. Other honors include a 2007 Andy Warhol Foundation/Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant. Nelson has written several acclaimed books of poetry and prose, including the National Book Critics Circle Award winner The Argonauts. She currently teaches at the University of Southern California. Eula Biss is the author of four books and has been recognized with a National Book Critics Circle Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a 21st Century Award from the Chicago Public Library. Biss' books have been translated into a dozen languages. As a 2023 National Fellow at New America, she is at work on a collection of essays about how private property has shaped our world. She currently teaches nonfiction for the Bennington Writing Seminars.

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Josh Chin, author of Surveillance State: Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control. Josh Chin is Deputy Bureau Chief in China for the Wall Street Journal. He previously covered politics and tech in China as a reporter of the newspaper for more than a decade. He led an investigative team that won the Gerald Loeb Award for international reporting in 2018 for a series exposing the Chinese government's pioneering embrace of digital surveillance. He was named a National Fellow at New America in 2020 and is a recipient of the Dan Bolles Medal, awarded to investigative journalists who have exhibited courage in standing up against intimidation. Born in Utah, he currently splits time between Seoul and Taiwan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deborah Netolicky talks to Tracey Ezard about leadership, collaboration, learning, and developing psychologically-safe organisational cultures. Tracey has a background in teaching and educational leadership in the Victorian state system; business management and HR in fine dining restaurants; and project management in the automotive industry. She has been running her own speaking and consulting practice for sixteen years, and is known for her Ferocious Warmth leadership approach and collaborative framework The Buzz. Tracey has run leadership, cultural and strategic programs throughout Australia, New Zealand and the UK. She is a National Fellow of the Australian Council of Education Leaders, a Certified Speaking Professional, Board Chair of The Corner Store Network, and author of three books: ‘Glue', ‘The Buzz', and ‘Ferocious Warmth'. Want to know more? - Tracey's website: https://www.traceyezard.com/ - Special podcast package: https://www.traceyezard.com/podcast-downloads-page Join the conversation on social media. - Tracey: @traceyezard on Twitter and @traceyezard on Instagram. - Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram. - The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram.

Johnson posits that a blueprint for national solidarity can be found in the exceptional citizenship long practiced in Black America. “Racism is an existential threat to America,” Theodore R. Johnson declares at the start of his profound and exhilarating book, When the Stars Begin to Fall. It is a refutation of the American Promise enshrined in our Constitution that that all men and women are inherently equal. And yet racism continues to corrode our society. If we cannot overcome it, Johnson argues, while the United States will remain a geopolitical entity, the promise that made America unique on Earth will have died.In this episode of the Serve to Lead Podcast, Johnson discusses his timely, readable, and provocative book, which will be released in paperback in June 2022.When the Stars Begin to Fall makes a compelling, ambitious case for a pathway to the national solidarity necessary to mitigate racism. Weaving memories of his own and his family's multi-generational experiences with racism, alongside strands of history, into his elegant narrative, Johnson posits that a blueprint for national solidarity can be found in the exceptional citizenship long practiced in Black America. Understanding that racism is a structural crime of the state, he argues that overcoming it requires us to recognize that a color-conscious society--not a color-blind one--is the true fulfillment of the American Promise.Fueled by Johnson's ultimate faith in the American project, grounded in his family's longstanding optimism and his own military service, When the Stars Begin to Fall is an urgent call to undertake the process of overcoming what has long seemed intractable.Representative ReviewsThe Washington Post:An earnestly conceived road map for how America can achieve racial justice following centuries of white supremacy . . . A virtue of the book is his use of personal narrative to illustrate analytical points . . . Johnson writes with lyrical clarity, delivering tales that are by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking.Publishers Weekly:A passionate and persuasive exhortation to build a ‘multiracial national solidarity to confront the race problem [in America] head-on’ . . . Heartfelt and vividly written, this is a salient call for America to finally live up to its promise.Raleigh News & Observer:You can also be a patriot and still embrace the fullness of American history. Johnson believes one of the keys to realizing our country’s founding vision—the radical idea that all men are created equal, and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights—is understanding how our governing institutions have been warped by a long history of racial division. His new book, When the Stars Begin to Fall, is a call for reforming those institutions, for tackling systemic racism as an urgent threat to the core promise of our country.About the AuthorDr. Theodore R Johnson is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Fellows Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, where he undertakes research on race, politics, and American identity. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, he was a National Fellow at New America, and a Commander in the United States Navy, serving for twenty years in a variety of positions, including as a White House Fellow in the first Obama administration and as speechwriter to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His work on race relations has appeared in prominent national publications across the political spectrum, including the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and National Review, among others.Please note that the Serve to Lead Podcast has recently moved to Substack (and continues to repopulate in updated settings). It can be accessed in the usual formats, including:Apple Podcasts | Amazon Audible | Amazon Music | Google Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podnews | TuneIn Image Credits: theodorerjohnson.com Get full access to The Next Nationalism at jamesstrock.substack.com/subscribe

Become a free subscriber to receive this ‘Stack in your email. Do note that this Grasping Reality newsletter is a reader-supported publication—I really would like to collect enough from it to hire an RA. So consider becoming a paid subscriber, please, if you find this project worthwhile and think it worth continuing:Thanks for reading this. And please share it far and wide, if you think it worth reading…Key Insights:The Federal Reserve Act directly speaks of the importance of representation—that Governors come from different economic communities with different economic interests, and not be limited to monetary economists, financiers and bankers, and rich asset-heavy worthies. The African-American community—and, indeed, the gloal warming-worrying community—are fine communities to be represented by a Governor.A former senior advisor to the Secretary of the T reasury for development and finance, a former senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisors who served as the point person on the European side of the Great Recession’s financial crisis, a tenured economics professor from a major state university in the Midwest and a former National Fellow at the Hoover Institution—there would be no Republican senatorial opposition to her from other than the ten wingnuttiest wingnuts were Lisa Cook not Black.We—at least Brad—is thus more scared than he was about the Republican-conservative white racial panic that this backlash reveals: 400 years of guilt from the enforcement of white supremacy have led at least the people who speak for the Republican Party to fear a former Hoover Institution National Fellow as a mortal threat by reason of what they presume is her hyper-wokeness.If Lisa Cook does not satisfy that Republican community, I cannot think of a single African-American who could.We are in an era of unrest, in which people are stupid and very stupid things happen. This white backlash against Lisa Cook is just one of the many very, very stupid things happening at the moment.This moment will pass: 10 years ago Lisa Cook’s nomination would not have generated a backlash; 10 years from now it would not generate a backlash.At this moment in America our competence as a nation to do even the very simple things is heavily compromised by the racialized hyper-politicization of nearly every single thing.Hexapodia!References:Lisa Cook: Statement Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs, United States Senate Lisa Cook: Website Lisa Cook: Biography Lisa Cook: C.V. Lisa Cook: Violence and Economic Growth: Evidence from African American Patents, 1870- 1940 Amanda Terkel: Biden’s Federal Reserve Nominee Lisa Cook Is Facing A Racist Smear Campaign Olivier Blanchard: ‘I like Lisa Cook and believe she will be a very useful addition to the Board… Nina Banks & al.: NEA Supports the Nominations of Drs. Cook and Jefferson to the Federal Reserve Board Brad DeLong: Lisa Cook Has Not Been Playing the Game of Life on Easy Mode…Craig Torres & Daniel Flatley: Fed’s First Black Female Nominee Brings New Focus, Stirs GOP Ire Paul Romer: Theories, Facts, and Lisa Cook George F. Will: Biden Proposes Saddling an Already Struggling Federal Reserve with Two Political Activists John Cochrane: Fed Nominees Chris Brunet: Biden’s Fed Nominee Lisa Cook Criticized For Being Unqualified, Embellishing Resume +, of course:Vernor Vinge: A Fire Upon the Deep Become a free subscriber to receive this ‘Stack in your email. Do note that this Grasping Reality newsletter is a reader-supported publication—I really would like to collect enough from it to hire an RA. So consider becoming a paid subscriber, please, if you find this project worthwhile and think it worth continuing: Get full access to Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality at braddelong.substack.com/subscribe

Michele Boldrin intervista Ping Wang. Ping Wang e' professore di economia alla Washington University in St Louis (St Louis) https://economics.wustl.edu/people/ping-wang e National Fellow alla Academia Sinica (Taipei) https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en ----------------------------

This week on the podcast, host Mungi Ngomane is joined by Theodore R. Johnson III. Theodore is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Fellows Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, where he undertakes research on race, politics, and American identity. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, he was a National Fellow at New America and a Commander in the United States Navy, serving for twenty years in a variety of positions, including as a White House Fellow in the first Obama administration and as speechwriter to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His work on race relations has appeared in prominent national publications across the political spectrum, such as the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the National Review. In this conversation, Mungi and Theodore touch on his time in the military, the challenges the military faces and the paradox of the Black American experience. Theodore also speaks about his book, When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America, which outlines a path toward multiracial national solidarity to finally overcome the existential threat of racism in the United States. He shares honestly where he is in his life's purpose and explains the concept of the power in "I am" instead of "my name is."……..Visit mungingomane.coFollow Mungi on InstagramFollow The Brand is Female on Instagram

Lisa is solo this week and is joined by  Theodore R. Johnson a Senior Fellow and Director of the Fellows Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, where he undertakes research on race, politics, and American identity. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, he was a National Fellow at New America and a Commander in the United States Navy, serving for twenty years in a variety of positions, including as a White House Fellow in the first Obama administration and as speechwriter to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His work on race relations has appeared in prominent national publications across the political spectrum, including the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the National Review, among others.He is here today with Lisa to talk about his incredible book, When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America. Below is the book description:  “Racism is an existential threat to America,” Theodore R. Johnson declares at the start of his profound and exhilarating book. It is a refutation of the American Promise enshrined in our Constitution that all men and women are inherently equal. And yet racism continues to corrode our society. If we cannot overcome it, Johnson argues, while the United States will remain as a geopolitical entity, the promise that made America unique on Earth will have died.When the Stars Begin to Fall makes a compelling, ambitious case for a pathway to the national solidarity necessary to mitigate racism. Weaving memories of his own and his family's multi-generational experiences with racism, alongside strands of history, into his elegant narrative, Johnson posits that a blueprint for national solidarity can be found in the exceptional citizenship long practiced in Black America. Understanding that racism is a structural crime of the state, he argues that overcoming it requires us to recognize that a color-conscious society—not a color-blind one—is the true fulfillment of the American Promise.Fueled by Johnson's ultimate faith in the American project, grounded in his family's longstanding optimism and his own military service, When the Stars Begin to Fall is an urgent call to undertake the process of overcoming what has long seemed intractable.

Jude Munro AO is the chair of the Victorian Planning Authority.She was the Chief Executive of four councils: St Kilda, Moreland, Adelaide and 10 years as CEO of Brisbane City Council. She is an experienced non-executive director, serving over 20 boards over the last 20 years in aviation, community services, transport, tourism, property, and other sectors. She has led 2 major local government reviews in Tasmania and NSW.In 2010, Jude Munro received the keys to the City of Brisbane. It was also the year in which she was awarded the Order of Australia for distinguished service to local government in general and the City of Brisbane in particular. She has been appointed a National Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration, an honorary National Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia, and received the Raymond J Peck award from the UDIA in Victoria in 2020.In this episode, you'll learn about:Solving complex problems and dealing with dysfunctionMaintaining strength in the face of great demandsRecognizing prioritiesExecutive leadership lessonsImportance of support systemsDeveloping critical thinking and higher level intelligenceLanding board positionsCharacteristics of a CEO mindsetAnd still, so much more. If you aspire to be more and achieve more, this episode is for you. Show notesIf you enjoyed this episode, and you've learnt something or it inspired you in some way, I'd love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me, @elinormoshe_ or Elinor Moshe on LinkedIn.Don't forget you can also join the Facebook community to be part of the growing family of constructors who chose exceptional futures.

Join us as we talk with archaeologists, Matt Stirn and Rebecca Sgouros about how they have followed their love of archaeology, photography and tea (yes tea) to interpret and bring archaeology to the public. Matt Stirn holds an MSc in Environmental Archaeology and Paleoecology, and specializes in understanding how humans adapted to high elevation landscapes around the world. He has directed several archaeological research projects in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and has been involved in excavations on four continents. He is a member of the Sigma Xi Research Society, a National Fellow for The Explorer's Club and currently has ongoing archaeological research in Wyoming, Greece, and Italy. Rebecca is an environmental archaeologist and educator. She is a freelance archaeologist focusing on projects in the Rocky Mountains, specifically the Tetons, Gros Ventre, and Wind River Ranges in Wyoming. Current projects include investigating life and food choices at high altitudes, paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Tetons, ice-patch archaeology survey along the Continental Divide, and an ancient food & diet study using biomolecular and experimental archaeology techniques . . .  and Rebecca owns an online tea company called Tea Hive! We have a conversation about the importance of bringing history and archaeology to the public, through all the methods Matt and Rebecca bring to the table in their work and their research. Join us for this fun and fascinating conversation!    To Learn More:   Tea Hive https://www.myteahive.com/   Matt Stirn Photography https://www.mattstirnphoto.com/   In the Land of Kush https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/sudan-land-kush-meroe-ancient-civilization-overlooked-180975498/   Yaupon: the Rebirth of Americas Forgotten Tea http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210223-yaupon-the-rebirth-of-americas-forgotten-tea   Sabu-Jaddi: The Site Revealing the Sahara's Verdant Nast http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200607-sabu-jaddi-the-site-revealing-the-saharas-verdant-past  

Dr. Michael Hartney, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College, joins the podcast this week to discuss the state of private and public education in light of the current political environment. He is currently a National Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. His recent paper is Politics, Markets, and Pandemics: Public Education's Response to COVID-19. You can find his paper at https://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai20-304.

Hailing from Rochester NY, Captain Woityra completed a 2018 Fulbright Scholarship studying icebreakers in Finland. He is a Coast Guard Academy graduate, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. Advanced degrees include a Master of Science in Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island, an MBA from Chancellor University, and an Advanced Diploma in Maritime Law from the IMO International Maritime Law Institute. He is a graduate of the Joint Military Attaché School and holds his Joint Professional Military Education certificate from Air University. He was an MIT Seminar XXI National Security Fellow in 2018-2019. A career icebreaker sailor, POLAR STAR is CAPT Woityra’s second command, and fourth Polar Icebreaking tour. He has spent more than a decade breaking ice at sea. Prior to assuming command of POLAR STAR in 2020, he served as Executive Officer on board. He also led CGC HEALY on five Arctic research missions, including her historic 2015 expedition to the North Pole, the first time an unaccompanied U.S. surface vessel had reached the top of the world. He served for three years as Commanding Officer of CGC NEAH BAY in Cleveland OH. While commanding NEAH BAY, he established a cooperative program with Bowling Green State University that led to his crew earning more than 60 college credits for participating in a lake sampling partnership. He served as Executive Officer on CGC THUNDER BAY out of Rockland ME and previously on POLAR STAR as Marine Science Officer, where he made one Antarctic and two Arctic deployments. He also served as a research fellow on the Arctic 100 Northwest Passage expedition aboard the Finnish icebreaker NORDICA. Captain Woityra’s shore assignments include Program Manager for Coast Guard icebreaking, where he set priorities establishing where, when, and why the Coast Guard breaks ice. He also served at the International Ice Patrol, tracking North Atlantic icebergs over the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and two years as Coast Guard Attaché to Malta, where he advised the U.S. Ambassador and Armed Forces of Malta on maritime concerns and taught Search and Rescue Coordinator classes at the Maritime Safety and Security Training Centre. Captain Woityra’s personal awards include the Defense and Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medals, Department of State Meritorious Honor Award, and various other decorations. He is a permanent Cutterman and has also earned the Aviation Mission Specialist and Navy Craftmaster designations. He is a Project Management Professional, LEED Accredited Professional, and American Society for Quality Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence. He holds his USCG Merchant Mariner Master’s license and is certified as a Level II Ice Navigator. He is admitted as a National Fellow of The Explorers Club and an Associate Fellow of The Nautical Institute. ****************************************** Woityra [Why-TIER-uh]

At this week's Round Table, Inica, Julianna, Olivia, and Riya spoke with Avi Green, Executive Director of the Scholars Strategy Network (SSN), which helps researchers use relationship-building and communications skills to increase the impact of research and evidence on public policy and to develop reciprocal relationships with government officials and policymakers on both sides of the aisle, and with Lyric Bowditch, a rising senior at Barnard College who is a National Fellow at SSN. At Next Gen, we're all about bridging divides and we enjoyed learning about SSN's powerful approach to doing so. We think you will too. If you enjoyed learning about SSN's work, check out their fantastic weekly podcast No Jargon. Thanks for joining us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nextgenpolitics/message

In conversation with Dr. Rachel Valletta, Environmental Scientist at The Franklin Institute and director of all climate change education and outreach programming. A columnist and deputy editor at New York magazine, David Wallace-Wells has written extensively about the environment and the future of science, including a widely read-and hotly debated-2017 article about worst-case climate change scenarios. He formerly was a National Fellow at the New America Foundation and the deputy editor of the Paris Review. In his number-one New York Times bestseller The Uninhabitable Earth, Wallace-Wells issues a fervent call-to-arms to a world closer to the brink of climate-change Armageddon than many would care to admit. ''This generation's Silent Spring,'' (Washington Post), it is a travelogue of the crisis as it unfolds in real time and a rumination upon how it will affect the next generation. (recorded 5/5/2020)

A Pacific Council teleconference on artificial intelligence's potential to disrupt geopolitics. The economic and strategic potential promised by Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made its pursuit a priority for countries around the world. The United States and China are widely viewed as the leaders in the race for AI, though significant investments in the technology have been made by Russia, Canada, France, and the UK to name a few. Join us as we explore AI's potential to disrupt geopolitics, and reshape our understanding of the world. Featuring: John Villasenor, Professor of Public Policy, Electrical Engineering, and Management, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs John Villasenor is a professor of electrical engineering, public policy, law, and management at UCLA, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Danielle Tarraf, Senior Information Scientist and Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School Danielle Tarraf is a seasoned AI leader with over 14 years of experience spanning strategy consulting, basic research, and venture capital. Since 2018, she has also been building a portfolio of funded projects aiming to position RAND in the AI sphere. Moderator: Benjamin Boudreaux, Policy Researcher and Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School Benjamin Boudreaux is a professor at Pardee RAND Graduate School and a policy researcher at RAND working in the intersection of national security, technology, and ethics. His current research focuses on ethical issues in artificial intelligence (including autonomous weapons and algorithmic fairness), conflict prevention in cyberspace, and cyber incident response.

Arturas Rozenas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at New York University. He was a National Fellow at Hoover Institution, Stanford. His research focuses on building theoretical models of authoritarian politics and testing them using natural experiments, field experiments, and machine learning tools. At NYU, he teaches courses on comparative politics and advanced statistical methods.

Photo by Bridget Badore for the 14th Street Y | @bridgetbadore Shawn Shafner is an artist, educator and activist. Creator of The People's Own Organic Power Project (www.thePOOPproject.org), he has catalyzed conversation about sustainable sanitation from NYC's largest wastewater treatment plant to the United Nations. Shawn's solo show An Inconvenient Poop was a Time Out NY Critic’s Pick and won him the 2015 NY International Fringe Festival Award for Overall Excellence in Solo Performance. Other major POOP works include the feature documentary Flush, family musical Innie / Outie, and monthly episodes of SHHH: The Poopcast (aka Shit and Shame with Shawn). His new show, Assume the Throne, is currently touring living rooms across the USA. Shawn was a 2005 Spielberg Fellow, 2014-15 LABA Fellow, 2014-15 iLAND/LMCC resident (featured in their book, A Field Guide to iLANDing), 2017 Global Social Impact House fellow through UPenn's Center for Social Impact Strategy, a 2017 Performing Arts Legacy Fellow, 2018 National Fellow through the Environmental Leaders Program, and is a member of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Foundation's ROI Community. Outside of The POOP Project, Shawn pursues work that invites human interaction and connection. Community-based projects include The Clap (with Laura Silver), art walks for Jane's Walks NYC and Elastic City (featured in their forthcoming book), and Latch/Attach commissioned by the World Policy Institute and Fourth Arts Block and exhibited at Cooper Union. An accomplished theatre artist, Shawn's performances have graced New York Stages from Madison Square Garden to Joe's Pub, and venues around the world including the Institute for Contemporary Art in London, and Harpa Concert Hall in Iceland. He has sung with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center alongside Marisa Michelson's Constellation Chor (of whom he is a founding member), and spent the summer of 2017 in residence at the Art Monastery Project, directing a new play about white supremacy. Shawn teaches movement through the lineage of acclaimed choreographer Tamar Rogoff, tells original stories for young children and their families, develops arts-integrated curriculum, and is devoted to manifesting a world of creativity, mindfulness and joy. Shawn in his 2015 award-winning solo show, An Inconvenient Poop, directed by Annie G. Levy. Photo by Ellise Lesser Spring 2018, Shawn created a two-part performance, beginning at the Soil Symposium hosted by the University of California at Santa Cruz, and ending at the Follow the Flush Wastewater Walk in Santa Cruz produced by Fictilis. During The Sum of My Soil Part 1: Realization of the Grotesque Body, Shawn baked his own body weight in mud cakes, and led participants in contemplation of the body's form and impermanence (traditional Paṭikkūlamanasikāra meditation). In The Sum of My Soil Part 2: Earth Witness, Shawn retold the story of Siddartha Gautama becoming the enlightened Buddha by naming the earth as his witness, and thus claiming his right to enlightenment. Visitors were reminded that they, too, are worthy of the space allotted them, and each person was gifted a mud cake. Sprinkled with native seeds, audiences were invited to plant the cakes or allow them to dissolve in a final gesture of embodied impermanence. Photo by Timothy Furstnau.

Kmele facilitates a wide-ranging conversation on race, racism, and anti-racism. With: Glenn Loury - Professor of the social sciences and economics at Brown University - Host, The Glenn Show @ bloggingheads.tv Thomas Chatterton Williams- Author, "Losing My Cool"- Contributing writer @ New York Times Magazine. - National Fellow at New America, where he's completing a new book project about ‘being the black father of white-looking children in Paris'. John McWhorter - Professor of Linguistics, Philosophy, and Music at Columbia- Host, Slate's "Lexicon Valley" Podcast- Writes for the AtlanticColeman Hughes- Undergraduate Philosophy major at Columbia University, and a columnist at Quillette Recorded:11/17/2018Published:  11/22/2018 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kmele facilitates a wide-ranging conversation on race, racism, and anti-racism. With: Glenn Loury - Professor of the social sciences and economics at Brown University - Host, The Glenn Show @ bloggingheads.tv Thomas Chatterton Williams- Author, "Losing My Cool"- Contributing writer @ New York Times Magazine. - National Fellow at New America, where he's completing a new book project about ‘being the black father of white-looking children in Paris'. John McWhorter - Professor of Linguistics, Philosophy, and Music at Columbia- Host, Slate's "Lexicon Valley" Podcast- Writes for the AtlanticColeman Hughes- Undergraduate Philosophy major at Columbia University, and a columnist at Quillette Recorded:11/17/2018Published:  11/22/2018 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Professor John Wanna has studied politics, policy, and public administration since the 1970s and has published over 50 books and supervised over 50 research students. He is the inaugural Sir John Bunting Chair in Public Administration at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government based at the Australian National University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Science in Australia and National Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA). He received IPAA's Meritorious Service Award in 2014 after serving for twenty years as the editor of the Australian Journal of Public Administration. John’s scholarly contribution is to be honoured with a Festschrift in September 2018, supported by ANZSOG, the ANU, and Wiley Publishing. In this podcast, I interview Professor Wanna and ask him to reflect on his career. I would like to thank the editorial team at the Australian Journal of Public Administration and Wiley Publishing for the encouragement to produce this podcast.

In our 197th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Maury Shenk, and Nick Weaver discuss: Spectre/Meltdown: What is the problem? How does it get addressed? What does this mean legally for CPU makers? And for the future of cybersecurity? Customs imposes new limits on border electronics searches and catches flak. No good deed goes unpunished. What the heck is President Macron thinking? Password storage company suffers security failure, sues ArsTechnica for libel. Hal Martin pleads guilty. Our guest interview is with Mara Hvistendahl, National Fellow at New America and a contributing correspondent for Science.

In The Fifth Estate: Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance, James G. McGann illustrates how policymakers have come to value the independent analysis and advice provided by think tanks and why it has become one of the defining characteristics of the American political system. Drawing on case studies in both foreign and domestic policy, McGann clarifies the correlation between think tank research and the policies enacted by the past three presidential administrations. He also describes a phenomenon known as “the revolving door,” where think tanks provide former government officials an opportunity to share insights from public service, remain involved in policy debates, and continue to provide advice and commentary.Based on the history and the level of involvement seen today, the influence of think tanks is unlikely to diminish in the coming years.James G. McGannJames G. McGann Ph.D. is a senior lecturer of International Studies at the Lauder Institute, director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program and senior fellow, Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. McGann earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and was a National Fellow at Stanford University while writing his doctoral thesis, which examined the nature and evolution of public-policy research organizations in the United States. His research and consulting have enabled him to work with governments and civil society organizations in over 100 countries. He has authored over numerous books on think tanks and is the creator and editor of the annual Global Go To Think Tank Index. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Drones in the United States Speaker: John Villasenor Last year, President Obama signed an aviation bill into law that will open American skies to “drones”—or more formally, unmanned aircraft systems—over the next several years. Civilian drones have many potentially beneficial applications including search and rescue, surveying, scientific research, and wildfire detection and monitoring. However, they also raise a host of complex policy issues, in particular in relation to privacy from overhead observations. This presentation begins with a brief overview of drone technology trends and the current regulatory environment. It then considers the following fundamental question: When you capture images from overhead, what are the relevant privacy frameworks? The answer depends, among other things, on whether it is the government or a private party that is doing the capturing, and on the nature of what is being observed. This talk will use a series of examples—only some of which involve drones—to describe the current privacy landscape and to illustrate the complex scenarios that legislators, regulators, and the courts will have to grapple with in the coming years. The presentation is intended to be highly interactive, and to stimulate discussion not only about drones but also about the broader policy issues raised by continued cost declines in the technologies for gathering, storing, and indexing information. John Villasenor is a professor of electrical engineering and public policy at UCLA and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Cybersecurity. His work addresses the intersection of digital technology with public policy and the law.

India is about to go to the polls. 788 million people are eligible to vote in the world's largest democracy. The role of regional, local and caste-based parties is important in Indian politics where Governments tend to rule by coalition, but this election is being represented as an epic struggle between the Indian National Congress party and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by the controversial figure of Narendra Modi, a Hindu Nationalist. Joining Ernie Rea to discuss the role of religious nationalism in Indian politics are William Gould, Professor of Indian History at the University of Leeds, Atreyee Sen, lecturer in Contemporary Religion and Conflict at the University of Manchester, and Zoya Hasan formerly Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University and currently National Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). Producer: Amanda Hancox, Rosie Dawson.

India is about to go to the polls. 788 million people are eligible to vote in the world's largest democracy. The role of regional, local and caste-based parties is important in Indian politics where Governments tend to rule by coalition, but this election is being represented as an epic struggle between the Indian National Congress party and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by the controversial figure of Narendra Modi, a Hindu Nationalist. Joining Ernie Rea to discuss the role of religious nationalism in Indian politics are William Gould, Professor of Indian History at the University of Leeds, Atreyee Sen, lecturer in Contemporary Religion and Conflict at the University of Manchester, and Zoya Hasan formerly Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University and currently National Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). Producer: Amanda Hancox, Rosie Dawson.

Guest: Bill Colby, JD Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Hear attorney Bill Colby, National Fellow with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and author of Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America, as he discusses what healthcare issues the Baby Boomers will face at the end-of-life.