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I am Jason Green-Lowe, the executive director of the Center for AI Policy (CAIP). Our mission is to directly convince Congress to pass strong AI safety legislation. As I explain in some detail in this post, I think our organization has been doing extremely important work, and that we've been doing well at it. Unfortunately, we have been unable to get funding from traditional donors to continue our operations. If we don't get more funding in the next 30 days, we will have to shut down, which will damage our relationships with Congress and make it harder for future advocates to get traction on AI governance. In this post, I explain what we've been doing, why I think it's valuable, and how your donations could help. This is the first post in what I expect will be a 3-part series. The first post focuses on CAIP's particular need [...] ---Outline:(01:33) OUR MISSION AND STRATEGY(02:59) Our Model Legislation(04:17) Direct Meetings with Congressional Staffers(05:20) Expert Panel Briefings(06:16) AI Policy Happy Hours(06:43) Op-Eds & Policy Papers(07:22) Grassroots & Grasstops Organizing(09:13) Whats Unique About CAIP?(10:26) OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS(10:29) Quantifiable Outputs(11:21) Changing the Media Narrative(12:23) Proof of Concept(13:44) Outcomes -- Congressional Engagement(18:29) Context(19:54) OUR PROPOSED POLICIES(19:58) Mandatory Audits for Frontier AI(21:23) Liability Reform(22:32) Hardware Monitoring(24:11) Emergency Powers(25:31) Further Details(25:41) RESPONSES TO COMMON POLICY OBJECTIONS(25:46) 1. Why not push for a ban or pause on superintelligence research?(30:17) 2. Why not support bills that have a better chance of passing this year, like funding for NIST or NAIRR?(32:30) 3. If Congress is so slow to act, why should anyone be working with Congress at all? Why not focus on promoting state laws or voluntary standards?(35:09) 4. Why would you push the US to unilaterally disarm? Don't we instead need a global treaty regulating AI (or subsidies for US developers) to avoid handing control of the future to China?(37:24) 5. Why haven't you accomplished your mission yet? If your organization is effective, shouldn't you have passed some of your legislation by now, or at least found some powerful Congressional sponsors for it?(40:56) OUR TEAM(41:53) Executive Director(44:04) Government Relations Team(45:12) Policy Team(46:08) Communications Team(47:29) Operations Team(48:11) Personnel Changes(48:49) OUR PLAN IF FUNDED(51:58) OUR FUNDING SITUATION(52:02) Our Expenses & Runway(53:02) No Good Way to Cut Costs(55:22) Our Revenue(57:02) Surprise Budget Deficit(59:00) The Bottom Line--- First published: May 7th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9uZHnEkhXZjWzia7F/please-donate-to-caip-post-1-of-3-on-ai-governance --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

Donald Trump's foreign policy team is taking shape. So for today's episiode, I wanted to give listeners a deeper understanding of some of the key players that will shape US foreign policy in the years to come. My guest is Josh Keating, a senior reporter at Vox and a veteran of DC foreign policy reporting. We go through a list of key foreign policy figures in the incomming administration, discuss the distinct foreign policy traditions and personal experiences that have informed their worldviews, and explain what baggage or, perhaps more charitably, perspectives they will bring to their new roles. We then discuss how key decisions on Ukraine may determine what faction of Republican foreign policy ideology may have the upper hand in Trump's second administration. Get a 40% discount off a paid subcription while supporting our work!  https://www.globaldispatches.org/40Off  

Will discusses Trump's foreign policy picks and talks about the REAL reason Dems lost this year.

Donald Trump is set to offer the job of US secretary of state to Marco Rubio, the Florida senator and former rival who stood for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016..The World in 10 is the Times' daily podcast dedicated to global security. Expert analysis of war, diplomatic relations and cyber security from The Times' foreign correspondents and military specialists. Watch more: www.youtube.com/@ListenToTimesRadio Read more: www.thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is 2024 going to be the year that determines whether the United States remains as the global superpower or whether it truly becomes a declining power surrounded by rising powers, especially China? Lots of strong views in this episode as Brandon Weichert again joins The Bill Walton Show to discuss geopolitics and national security. It's filled with some dire warnings, as well as gallows humor. At one point during the conversation we wondered whether we'd need to put a warning label on the episode: “Beware gloomy scenarios. This is dire, children.” Just some of conversation:  The Houthi in Yemen have been lobbing every sort of drone and missile at shipping in the Red Sea. They're also attacking US bases. And of course, we know they're backed by Iran, and we haven't responded, leading us towards a potential 21stCentury Suez Canal crisis. Biden, like his former boss, Obama, very badly wants to have an appeasement or accommodation to make a deal with Iran. There are deep and dark reasons for this that Brandon reveals in detail.  If we don't respond, it's likely the Israelis will, leading to a full scale conflagration in the region, drawing in dozens of participants, each with multiple and conflicting interests. From the beginning, the odds of Ukraine defeating Russia were vanishingly small, and it now looks like if they haven't already lost the war, they certainly are not going to win. Congress is likely to pull the plug on more money, further sealing their fate. How does that play out? Brandon's new book titled “A Disaster of Our Own Making” is about US diplomatic blunders. The Ukraine/Russia conflict was never a morality tale. It's about interests. When will Zelensky depart the stage? Is he a tragic figure? Brandon's Amazon author page is here. Why chaos is a ladder for China's interests. Homeland Secretary Mayorkas tells us border crossing “immigrants are fleeing climate change” The United States Space Force is now headed by a man who dresses as a woman. Our genius strategists ( Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, Victoria Nuland and Tony Blinken) are thinking about seizing Russian dollar assets to the tune of almost $300 billion, jeopardizing the dollar's reserve currency status. There's much more in this lively conversation, yet we do manage to end on a positive note.  “The problems we face are massive--and growing--and while a new president will not solve all our ills, many of these foreign policy crises will be resolved if we get the right POTUS in November.” Would love to get your thoughts about this episode. 

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: EU policymakers reach an agreement on the AI Act, published by tlevin on December 15, 2023 on LessWrong. On December 8, EU policymakers announced an agreement on the AI Act. This post aims to briefly explain the context and implications for the governance of global catastrophic risks from advanced AI. My portfolio on Open Philanthropy's AI Governance and Policy Team includes EU matters (among other jurisdictions), but I am not an expert on EU policy or politics and could be getting some things in this post wrong, so please feel free to correct it or add more context or opinions in the comments! If you have useful skills, networks, or other resources that you might like to direct toward an impactful implementation of the AI Act, you can indicate your interest in doing so via this short Google form. Context The AI Act has been in the works since 2018, and for the last ~8 months, it has been in the "trilogue" stage. The EU Commission, which is roughly analogous to the executive branch (White House or 10 Downing Street), drafted the bill; then, the European Parliament (analogous to the U.S. House of Representatives, with population-proportional membership from each country) and the Council of the EU (analogous to the U.S. conference committees in the US Congress). In my understanding, AI policy folks who are worried about catastrophic risk were hoping that the Act would include regulations on all sufficiently capable GPAI (general-purpose AI) systems, with no exemptions for open-source models (at least for the most important regulations from a safety perspective), and ideally additional restrictions on "very capable foundation models" (those above a certain compute threshold), an idea floated by some negotiators in October. threat assessments/dangerous capabilities evaluations and cybersecurity measures, with a lot of the details to be figured out later by that Office and by standard-setting bodies like CEN-CENELEC's JTC-21. GPAI regulations appeared in danger of being excluded after Mistral, Aleph Alpha, and the national governments of France, Germany, and Italy objected to what they perceived as regulatory overreach and threatened to derail the Act in November. There was also some reporting that the Act would totally exempt open-source models from regulation. What's in it? Sabrina Küspert, an AI policy expert working at the EU Commission, summarized the results on some of these questions in a thread on X: The agreement does indeed include regulations on "general-purpose AI," or GPAI. There does appear to be a version of the "very capable foundation models" idea in the form of "GPAI models with systemic risks," which are based on capabilities and "reach," which I think means how widely deployed they are. It looks like GPAI models are presumed to have these capabilities if they're trained on 10^25 FLOP, which is one order of magnitude smaller than the October 30 Biden executive order's cutoff for reporting requirements (and which would probably include GPT-4 and maybe Gemini, but no other current models as far as I know). Küspert also says "no exemptions," which I interpret to mean "no exemptions to the systemic-risk rules for open-source systems." Other reporting suggests there are wide exemptions for open-source models, but the requirements kick back in if the models pose systemic risks. However, Yann LeCun is celebrating based on this part of a Washington Post article: "The legislation ultimately included restrictions for foundation models but gave broad exemptions to "open-source models," which are developed using code that's freely available for developers to alter for their own products and tools. The move could benefit open-source AI companies in Europe that lobbied against the law, including France's Mistral and Germany's Aleph Alpha, as well as Meta, which relea...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: EU policymakers reach an agreement on the AI Act, published by tlevin on December 15, 2023 on LessWrong. On December 8, EU policymakers announced an agreement on the AI Act. This post aims to briefly explain the context and implications for the governance of global catastrophic risks from advanced AI. My portfolio on Open Philanthropy's AI Governance and Policy Team includes EU matters (among other jurisdictions), but I am not an expert on EU policy or politics and could be getting some things in this post wrong, so please feel free to correct it or add more context or opinions in the comments! If you have useful skills, networks, or other resources that you might like to direct toward an impactful implementation of the AI Act, you can indicate your interest in doing so via this short Google form. Context The AI Act has been in the works since 2018, and for the last ~8 months, it has been in the "trilogue" stage. The EU Commission, which is roughly analogous to the executive branch (White House or 10 Downing Street), drafted the bill; then, the European Parliament (analogous to the U.S. House of Representatives, with population-proportional membership from each country) and the Council of the EU (analogous to the U.S. conference committees in the US Congress). In my understanding, AI policy folks who are worried about catastrophic risk were hoping that the Act would include regulations on all sufficiently capable GPAI (general-purpose AI) systems, with no exemptions for open-source models (at least for the most important regulations from a safety perspective), and ideally additional restrictions on "very capable foundation models" (those above a certain compute threshold), an idea floated by some negotiators in October. threat assessments/dangerous capabilities evaluations and cybersecurity measures, with a lot of the details to be figured out later by that Office and by standard-setting bodies like CEN-CENELEC's JTC-21. GPAI regulations appeared in danger of being excluded after Mistral, Aleph Alpha, and the national governments of France, Germany, and Italy objected to what they perceived as regulatory overreach and threatened to derail the Act in November. There was also some reporting that the Act would totally exempt open-source models from regulation. What's in it? Sabrina Küspert, an AI policy expert working at the EU Commission, summarized the results on some of these questions in a thread on X: The agreement does indeed include regulations on "general-purpose AI," or GPAI. There does appear to be a version of the "very capable foundation models" idea in the form of "GPAI models with systemic risks," which are based on capabilities and "reach," which I think means how widely deployed they are. It looks like GPAI models are presumed to have these capabilities if they're trained on 10^25 FLOP, which is one order of magnitude smaller than the October 30 Biden executive order's cutoff for reporting requirements (and which would probably include GPT-4 and maybe Gemini, but no other current models as far as I know). Küspert also says "no exemptions," which I interpret to mean "no exemptions to the systemic-risk rules for open-source systems." Other reporting suggests there are wide exemptions for open-source models, but the requirements kick back in if the models pose systemic risks. However, Yann LeCun is celebrating based on this part of a Washington Post article: "The legislation ultimately included restrictions for foundation models but gave broad exemptions to "open-source models," which are developed using code that's freely available for developers to alter for their own products and tools. The move could benefit open-source AI companies in Europe that lobbied against the law, including France's Mistral and Germany's Aleph Alpha, as well as Meta, which relea...

Rachel Dame recently joined the Illinois Corn policy team as the new Public Policy Manager.

In this episode, TRM's global policy team - Ari Redbord, Isabella Chase and Angela Ang - got together, in-person, to dissect the latest regulatory news of the quarter. The result was a 20-minute rapid fire, wide-ranging discussion of macro and micro digital assets policy across the globe. From the UK to the U.S., the EU to Australia and beyond, TRM's Policy Team discussed the U.S. Treasury's recent proposed rule on mixers, what may be coming for DeFi regulation, and took viewers on a journey around the world for the latest on crypto policy and regulatory developments.

Today's guest brings a decade plus of experience in criminal justice policy reform to the San Francisco Public Defender Office. Hunter spoke with Angela Chan, Chief of Confront and Advocate, the policy branch of the SF Public Defender Office. In most places, District Attorneys operate by themselves in the policy world, and that is part of the reason that our society is awash with their policy preferences. In San Francisco however, Brooke Jenkins must compete with the powerful voice of Angela, Mano, and the rest of the policy centric branches of the San Francisco Public Defender.     Guests: Angela Chan, Chief of Confront and Advocate, San Francisco Public Defender's Office     Resources: SF Public Defender Office Hires Angela Chan https://sfpublicdefender.org/news/2022/02/san-francisco-public-defender-announces-the-hiring-of-angela-chan-long-time-immigrant-advocate-for-the-asian-law-caucus/ SF Public Defender Office https://sfpublicdefender.org/ Brooke Jenkins Blames Judges for Crisis https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/jenkins-blames-judges-for-fueling-sf-drug-crisis-18279532.php SF Public Defender Twitter https://twitter.com/sfdefender?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Brooke Jenkins Misconduct https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/brooke-jenkins-misconduct-18338499.php     Contact Hunter Parnell:                                 Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patron www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN  

In 2022, we saw global regulators and policy makers begin to craft comprehensive frameworks for digital assets. From the United Arab Emirates to Singapore, Japan to the European Union, the U.S. to the U.K. and beyond, we saw guidance and rules for stablecoins, taxation, consumer protection, and advertising. In 2023, we are likely to see much more of this regulatory action as policy makers attempt to rein in bad actors, ensure financial stability and protect consumers while simultaneously allowing for innovation and experimentation in an evolving space. Join TRM's Policy Team to discuss what to expect on the regulatory and policy front in 2023.

Throughout 2022, there have been successes, challenges, delays and change within the European pharmaceutical industry and we expect more to come in 2023. On the final episode of the year, hear the EUCOPE Policy team - Victor Maertens, Matias Olsen and Leander Vranken - unravel the past year in European pharma and biotech, looking at everything from rare diseases to ATMPs to EU HTA to Digital Health, sharing key highlights and what to expect in 2023. We will be back with more amazing episodes and insights next year, so stay tuned and stay healthy!

Outgoing President Alison St. Germain brings you all the latest information, updates and more from the October Newsletter. Read the Newsletter in its entirety here; Iowa Academy Annual Meeting Nov 3,4, 2022 details; Region Director interest and details--contact alisonst@iastate.edu; For more information on the two open Policy Team positions email Kaitlyn; Information on scholarship and awards; www.eatrightiowa.org

Outgoing President Alison St. Germain brings you all the latest information, updates and more from the September Newsletter. Read the Newsletter in its entirety here; Iowa Academy Annual Meeting Nov 3,4, 2022 details; Region Director interest and details--contact alisonst@iastate.edu; For more information on the two open Policy Team positions email Kaitlyn; Information on scholarship and awards; www.eatrightiowa.org

Join editor Libby Nelson (@libbyanelson) and reporters Rachel Cohen (@rmc031) and Madeleine Ngo (@maddiengo) for a summer policy wrap-up. Inflation, the economy, and gas prices were on everyone's minds, but we have even more policy news to talk about. Both Congress and the Biden administration made one last late-summer policy push with the Inflation Reduction Act and student loan cancellation. What does this all mean for you? Listen to find out! References: School vaccine mandates for Covid-19 are not happening  Will student loan forgiveness make inflation worse? Inflation is finally slowing down. Will things get cheaper?  The inflation numbers are bad — but how bad are they?   GDP declined again — but that might not mean we're in a recession  ”Standard Oil” octopus cartoon  Credits: Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer Libby Nelson, editorial adviser A.M. Hall, deputy editorial director Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Outgoing President Alison St. Germain brings you all the latest information, updates and more from the August Newsletter. Read the Newsletter in its entirety here; Iowa Academy Annual Conference Nov 3,4, 2022 details; Region Director interest and details--contact alisonst@iastate.edu; For more information on the two open Policy Team positions email Kaitlyn; Information on scholarship and awards; www.eatrightiowa.org

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Announcing the GovAI Policy Team, published by MarkusAnderljung on August 1, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. The AI governance space needs more rigorous work on what influential actors (e.g. governments and AI labs) should do in the next few years to prepare the world for advanced AI. We're setting up a Policy Team at the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) to help address this gap. The team will primarily focus on AI policy development from a long-run perspective. It will also spend some time on advising and advocating for recommendations, though we expect to lean heavily on other actors for that. Our work will be most relevant for the governments of the US, UK, and EU, as well as AI labs. We plan to focus on a handful of bets at a time. Initially, we are likely to pursue: Compute governance: Is compute a particularly useful governance node for AI? If so, how can this tool be used to meet various AI governance goals? Potential goals for compute governance include monitoring capabilities, restricting access to capabilities, and identifying high-risk systems such that they can be put to significant scrutiny. Corporate governance: What kinds of corporate governance measures should frontier labs adopt? Questions include: What can we learn from other industries to improve risk management practices? How can the board of directors most effectively oversee management? How should ethics boards be designed? AI regulation: What present-day AI regulation would be most helpful for managing risks from advanced AI systems? Example questions include: Should foundation models be a regulatory target? What features of AI systems should be mandated by AI regulation? How can we help create more adaptive and expert regulatory ecosystems? We'll try several approaches to AI policy development, such as: Back-chaining from desirable outcomes to concrete policy recommendations (e.g. how can we increase the chance there are effective international treaties on AI in the future?); Considering what should be done today to prepare for some particular event (e.g. the US government makes an Apollo Program-level investment in AI); Articulating and evaluating intermediate policy goals (e.g. “ensure the world's most powerful AI models receive external scrutiny by experts without causing diffusion of capabilities”); Analyzing what can and should be done with specific governance levers (e.g. the three bets outlined above); Evaluating existing policy recommendations (e.g. increasing high-skilled immigration to the US and UK); Providing concrete advice to decision-makers (e.g. providing input on the design of the US National AI Research Resource). Over time, we plan to evaluate which bets and approaches are most fruitful and refine our focus accordingly. The team currently consists of Jonas Schuett (specialization: corporate governance), Lennart Heim (specialization: compute governance), and myself (team lead). We'll also collaborate with the rest of GovAI and people at other organizations. We're looking to grow the team. We're hiring Research Scholars (deadline: August 7th), hoping to add 2 people to the team. We're also planning to work with people in the GovAI 3-month Fellowship (Winter Fellowship deadline: August 4th) and are likely to open applications for Research Fellows in the near future (you can submit expressions of interest now). We're happy for new staff to work out of Oxford (where most of GovAI is based), the Bay Area (where I am based), or remotely. If you'd like to learn more, feel free to leave a comment below or reach out to me at markus.anderljung@governance.ai. Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

Of Rwanda's roughly 600,000 hectares of irrigable land, only 10% is currently irrigated. With a more developed irrigation industry, farmers would be able to take advantage of three growing seasons, rather than one, enabling better food security and income. However, there are gaps in knowledge needed to advance the industry.  Seeking to make these advancements accessible, staff at the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute have completed a study which maps and analyzes the business ecosystem for smallholder irrigation in Rwanda. The Rwanda smallholder irrigation ecosystem map shines a light on farmer-led irrigation - the distribution and use of small irrigation pumps and associated equipment by individual farmers or shared between a few farmers - and analyzes the business ecosystem for providing those goods and services.     In this episode, Arianna Elnes, DWFI communications specialist, interviews Natacha Akaliza, DWFI program consultant; Savant Nzayiramya, DWFI policy intern; and Nick Brozović, DWFI director of policy; about the team's research and key findings.   View the full report and findings » https://go.unl.edu/ecosystem

Ms. Deb Stolze from the Policy Team of the Evaluations, Selections and Promotion Division of the Evaluations Branch at U.S. Army Human Resources Command provides inside into the importance of the Army's Evaluation Reporting System beyond mandatory counselings and evaluations.

Interviews with students from the Student Dietetic Association - Chat with future Registered Dietitians The Iowa Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics welcomes several Iowa State University Dietetic Students to the podcast. President Alison St. Germain chats with Caitlyn Pote, Policy Team www.eatrightiowa.org

In this latest edition of our Policy Special series, the IAB's Christie Dennehy-Neil and James Davies get into what advertisers and members can expect from the government's plans to change aspects of UK GDPR following Brexit and give an update on the ban on HFSS advertising online - everything from what's exempt through to how it will actually be regulated. The Government has now published its public consultation on reforms to the UK's data protection regime, closing on 19 November, so if you have views please get in touch with the Policy Team via policy@iabuk.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rich Kleiman and Kevin Durant are back for a check-in between seasons of Out of Office to speak with Weedmaps CEO Chris Beals about the growth of the cannabis industry, the intersection between weed and wellness, and the reasons they've partnered together to normalize the conversation around weed. They discuss Chris's path with Weedmaps, starting with developing the company's Government Relationships and Policy Team and spearheading the company's efforts to push legalization, and his current role as the company's CEO and leading the team to a successful IPO. They also discuss the current marijuana rules in major sports leagues, the perception of weed as a recovery tool for athletes, and what fans can look forward to from the Weedmaps and Boardroom partnership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the Thirty Second Episode of The Bounce Podcast with your cohosts, Jabari Anderson & Loreal Cartier as we discussed the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns to be the 2021 NBA Champions led by Giannis dropping 50 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 blocks in a closeout. How the NBA Finals help Giannis' legacy? (00:52). Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns ended their season with a loss against the Bucks. A lot of people are speculating where Chris Paul would stay with Phoenix or join the Lakers with LeBron James. Should Chris Paul run it back with the Suns or join the Lakers? (15:07). Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are closing in an agreement where Rodgers will play one more season with GB and depart after season. What do you make of this? (27:40). Cardinals WR DeAndre Hopkins says he's unsure about the NFL future due to new COVID-19 rules. Ezekiel Elliot also added his thoughts on the COVID-19 rules saying that it's important to respect someone's decisions. What do you make of these comments? (35:18). Team USA lost to France 83-76 last Sunday in the Olympics. Their first loss since 2004. Even though they are 1-1 in the Olympics, is it now time to be concern about Team USA Basketball? (44:13). NBA 2021 Draft: Which teams are you going to watch for the most in this year's draft? (56:00). Who has had the better career, Giannis Antetokoumpo or Kawhi Leonard? (59:24). Stay Tuned for The Bounce Podcast.

Jacqui Cooper (Host: CryptoMom2) shares an update about legislation in Washington D.C. Be sure to like & subscribe to follow updates about trends in the area of blockchain and cryptocurrency.

The Federal Government has signaled changes to the NDIS system. The upcoming introduction of compulsory independent assessors has been met with significant concern among people with disability and their supporters. Stacy Reese joins us in this podcast to explain what we know about the upcoming changes and why they are of concern to many in the community.Support the show (https://buff.ly/3dGs2dG)

The Biden foreign policy and national security teams arrived to choruses of praise for the experience of the members and their general positions. That said a van full of orangutans would have been greeted as an improvement to Trump & his motley crew. But what are the potential areas in which they will face challenges? And what does the world have in store for them that may change the calculus whether they want it to or not? We try to answer these questions on an episode featuring Harvard University's Steve Walt, Rosa Brooks of Georgetown University Law School and author of the new book "Tangled Up in Blue," Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute and David Sanger of the New York Times. Don't miss it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Biden foreign policy and national security teams arrived to choruses of praise for the experience of the members and their general positions. That said a van full of orangutans would have been greeted as an improvement to Trump & his motley crew. But what are the potential areas in which they will face challenges? And what does the world have in store for them that may change the calculus whether they want it to or not? We try to answer these questions on an episode featuring Harvard University's Steve Walt, Rosa Brooks of Georgetown University Law School and author of the new book "Tangled Up in Blue," Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute and David Sanger of the New York Times. Don't miss it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our special guest is Congressman for Florida's 18th district Brian Mast. In addition to being an army veteran, Mast is in his third term of elected office. In 2017 our Policy Team students reached out to him to propose and idea for legislation that would increase awareness of NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative. Over the next few years, the students would work closely with the Representative's legislative team to participate first hand in the legislative process, writing what came to be known as HR 109 and 2020's HR 85: CubeSats in Education. Today, Congressman Mast takes time out of his busy schedule to discuss how students, teachers and the citizens at large can take part in advocacy. He is joined by former policy team member and current high school student Aadhya Shah who shares how her experiences on the policy team helped shape her future by creating an experience she will never forget. Stay tuned to the end of the show where Kevin reminds us of an upcoming contest for students and teachers in conjunction with Explore Mars. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawna-christenson2/support

As the Biden administration takes shape, many wonder whether it will implement a truly progressive foreign policy agenda. President Biden’s early action to freeze arms sales to Saudi Arabia has given progressives hope. However, several key national security and foreign policy appointments project a more complicated picture. Katrina vanden Heuvel, long-time editor and part owner of The Nation, joins Eurasia Group Foundation’s Mark Hannah to unpack early indications of whether President Biden will follow through on the realistic and humble foreign policy on which he campaigned. If, as the adage goes, “personnel is policy,” what do his cabinet nominees and early appointments tell us about the president’s vision and agenda? Finally, vanden Heuvel explores what might be done to curb some of the interventionist impulses starting to play out among Biden’s inner circle. Katrina vanden Heuvel is Editorial Director and Publisher for The Nation and a weekly columnist for The Washington Post. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and sits on the board of directors for the Institute of Policy Studies. @KatrinaNation  

Charles Werner, your host, welcomes you to a new edition of the DRONE RESPONDERS podcast series. In today’s episode, he is accompanied by Lee Newman and Simon Stretch who share their experience using drones for good at the London Fire Brigade. Lee Newman is a Station Officer in the London Fire Brigade and has served 22 years in an operational role. Lee is currently based at the brigade headquarters working in the Operational Assurance and Policy Team. Lee became project manager for the drone trials in 2017 after seeing drone technology being used at Grenfell by the Kent Fire Brigade. He assumed the role of Drone Project Lead for the London Fire Brigade and is now responsible for its growth and expansion. Lee has used the LFB drones on hundreds of occasions to survey fire incidents alongside showcasing the technology and its capability across the London Fire brigade. Lee is also looking into how 4D mapping of buildings and AR and VR can be used to train new firefighters. Simon Stretch has been a serving firefighter for the past 20 years. Simon is also a CAA qualified drone pilot, currently based at the London Fire Brigades HQ in South London. Simon co-leads the newly established drone team and has been integral in mobilizing and establishing drone operators with the London Fire Brigade. Simon’s passion for drones started out when he was a young boy and a family business sparked his interest in helicopters. He obtained his own drone in 2010 and has since helped the LFB establish their governance and expand their drone fleet across the London Fire Brigade.   Key Takeaways: [1:13] Lee shares how he started into drones. [2:10] Simon Stretch talks about how he became involved with drones. [2:44] Simon shares how drones intervened in a terrible fire situation. [5:08] How was the reception of drones at the London Fire Brigade? [7:52] What are regulations like in the UK in regards to flying a drone in emergency situations? [9:03] What is the Emergency Service Exemption about in the UK? [10:40] Simon and Lee talk about the type of aircraft they are currently using. [13:01] Simon and Lee talk about the drones they use most frequently. [15:30] Simon and Lee share about the initial challenges they encountered while starting the program. [18:09] Simon and Lee talk about specific incidents where drones made a difference with their intervention. [22:40] Using drones for HAZMAT incidents in the UK. [24:38] Simon and Lee talk about indoor flights. [26:26] What are the potential benefits of using artificial intelligence? [29:08] Swarm technology in the UK. [29:51] Simon and Lee talk about the situation in regards to drones as first responders in the UK. [31:40] COVID 19 has opened the eyes of the general public about the benefits of using drones. [33:05] Simon and Lee share the projections for the immediate future for drones in the UK. [35:37] The benefits of 3D mapping. [36:56] LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors and the benefits for mapping. [38:15] Lees and Simon talk to other departments that are not yet using drones in their programs.   Mentioned in this episode: Airborne International Response Team Presented by AiRXOS, part of GE Aviation with additional support from FIRSTiZ and Pix4D AIRT is the leading 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supporting Drones For Good and Public Safety UAS Become a member of Drone Responders for free. AIRT and DRONERESPONDERS 2020 Drones in Public Safety Survey Drone Responders Events London Fire Brigade

Tommy and Ben talk about the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist, what Biden’s national security team tells us about his foreign policy, protests over police brutality in France, infighting at the UN Human Rights Council, China picking (Twitter) fights, a soccer legend dying and Cher helping a lonely elephant find friends. Then Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy joins to talk Iran, Biden’s cabinet and how to make a more progressive foreign policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Biden foreign policy team will include Anthony Blinken (Secreteray of State), Jake Sullivan (Ntl Security Council), likely Michele Flurnoy (Defense), Avril Haines (CIA), John Kerry (Climate Czar), and Linda Thomas-Greenfield (UN Ambassador). What do we know about them? --> Will go through their bios in the above order, using our special Arab-American lens...

Foreign policy expert Jeff Gedmin joins Andrew Walworth and Carl Cannon for today's RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast. President Elect Joe Biden has begun the transition process and has started to name his team, including some key foreign policy positions. So far – these names are familiar, at least to Washington insiders – including long-time Biden aide Antony Blinken for secretary of state and former Senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry for a cabinet-level position dealing with global climate change. What do we know about these nominees, and what do their nominations tell us about the direction of Biden’s foreign policy – especially in his first 100 days?

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Pfizer plans to ship 6.4 million doses of its vaccine across the U.S. in mid-December. Pennsylvania will not allow bars and restaurants to sell alcohol after 5 p.m. today, The White House gave approval for Biden to receive the President's Daily Brief, a summary of high-level intelligence. Trump is planning to pardon his former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The Dow Jones industrial average passed 30,000. Champions League all over Europe with Greek team Olympiacos facing Manchester City

A conversation with the public policy team for the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). Topics of discussion will include: Current federal and state legislative priorities for NORD; NORD’s interaction with the Food & Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Status of issues important to the Mito community, including mandated insurance coverage for medical foods, vitamins and supplements used to treat rare diseases and legislation relating to orphan drugs; How NORD works with families on legislation, including NORD’s legislative priorities as well as issues families bring to NORD; and What patients and families can do to make sure their voices are heard on issues that are important to them. NORD is a non-profit organization which supports individuals with rare diseases through advocacy, education, research grants and networking among service providers. NORD’s Washington, D.C.-based policy team provides a consistent voice for rare disease patients and families on Capitol Hill and beyond. Speakers include Martha Rinker JD, VP of Public Policy, Paul Melmeyer, Assistant Director of Public Policy, and Tim Boyd, Associate Director of Public Policy. Attachments: NORD Supported Legislation 2016 RDD.pdf NORD State Legislative Priorities 2016.pdf About The Speaker Martha Rinker JD is NORD’s Vice President of Public Policy leading the public policy team on matters affecting the rare disease community. Martha is responsible for all Federal and State legislative and regulatory issues and the development and implementation of advocacy strategy and relationships with key stakeholders. Prior to joining NORD, Ms. Rinker was the Chief Advocacy Officer for the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE), the Legislative Counsel and Senior Director of Policy, Practice and Advocacy for the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) and the Director of Government Relations for the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA). In addition, Ms. Rinker was the Legislative Director for Congresswoman (now Senator) Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and held staff positions with both the Pennsylvania Senate and the Maryland General Assembly. Paul Melmeyer currently serves as the Assistant Director of Public Policy at the National Organization for Rare Disorders. In this role, Paul leads the Federal policy operations in developing and advocating for the enactment and implementation of pro-rare disease patient policy. Prior to joining NORD, Paul held positions with the Center for Amer

Today's guest hosts are Brent J. Cohen and Edwith Theogene, Executive Director and Organizing Director for Generation Progress. During today's episode, they discuss how school districts across the country are prepping for (or already in the thick of) back-to-school season. This year will look different for many schools as they attempt to navigate the threat posed by the pandemic—which has loomed even larger as the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have climbed in recent weeks. While Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos have pushed hard for in-person schooling to resume—even threatening to withhold funding from schools that choose to stay online—many experts are wary of the inevitable safety risks that will come from bringing students, teachers, and staff back on campus. Aside from the academic challenges of distance learning, schools are also working to figure out other challenges that will arise if students aren’t physically at school, such as how to get supplies and food that they normally provide students to children and families learning at home and what will happen with childcare for families with parents who are working. As always, many of the downsides of both returning to school during the pandemic and pursuing fully remote learning will disproportionately impact low income families and families of color. To talk with Brent and Edwith more about how COVID-19 will impact K-12 education this year, they’re joined by Elizabeth Davis, the president of the Washington Teachers’ Union in D.C, and Khalilah Harris, the managing director of the K-12 policy team at the Center for American Progress. Here are the Twitter handles for today's guests and their respective organizations: Elizabeth David - @davis704, Washington Teachers’ Union - @WTUteacher, Khalilah Harris - @Ed2BeFree, K-12 Policy Team at the Center for American Progress - @EdProgress The website for "Generation Progress" is www.GenProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @GenProgress. Brent J. Cohen's Twitter handle is @BrentJCohen and Edwith Theogene's handle is @WhoIsEdwith.

On July 19 - 20, 2019, Town Hall brought together nearly 100 local actors, journalists, and activists for a 24-hour live reading of Robert Mueller's (redacted) 448-page special council report. Audiences across our region attended by the hundreds, with more than a 1,000 more joining in throughout the livestream. To maximize access to this collective civic endeavor, Town Hall is releasing the recordings as a special In The Moment miniseries: Town Hall Seattle Reads The Mueller Report. In this episode, Emilie Langjahr and Alex Kilian read pages 85-93 of Volume 1.

On July 19 - 20, 2019, Town Hall brought together nearly 100 local actors, journalists, and activists for a 24-hour live reading of Robert Mueller's (redacted) 448-page special council report. Audiences across our region attended by the hundreds, with more than a 1,000 more joining in throughout the livestream. To maximize access to this collective civic endeavor, Town Hall is releasing the recordings as a special In The Moment miniseries: Town Hall Seattle Reads The Mueller Report. In this episode, Emilie Langjahr and Alex Kilian read pages 85-93 of Volume 1.

With so much coverage of declining public confidence in democratic institutions, how can a new generation of policymakers use tech to engage with citizens, make better decisions and rebuild trust? Joining Nesta's Nigel Campbell to discuss this are Tanja Aitamurto, Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of Crowdsourcing for Democracy: A New Era in Policy-Making, Theo Bass, Researcher in Nesta's Research, Analysis and Policy Team, looking into ways that tech can improving citizen engagement, and how data and technology are changing the nature of policy making and democracy. We also hear from Audrey Tang, Digital Minister for Taiwan on vTaiwan, a pioneering open consultation process bringing civil society organisations and citizens together with elected representatives and others to help lawmakers implement decisions with a greater degree of legitimacy.

In our first episode the Policy Team on staff at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council discuss what homelessness is, how we got where we are today, and the connection between health care policies, health status, and poverty.

Matt Hawkins welcomes Andrew Walker to discuss his new book God & the Transgender Debate: What Does the Bible Actually Say About Gender Identity? Christian compassion and the Transgender Debate Amazon: God and the Transgender Debate by Andrew Walker 5 Things Every Christian Must Know About the Transgender Debate by Andrew Walker Book review by David Prince: “Christians now have gospel counsel on transgenderism in accessible terms for layman and pastor alike. This book is must-read material for those wanting to hear what the Bible says about transgenderism and for the church of the Lord Jesus Christ needing to be prepared to give a defense for our hope in the midst of a gender-confused world.” Roundtable Russell Moore commends appointment of Sam Brownback as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Rep. Ann Wagner's bipartisan bill: Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Tune in

Matt Hawkins welcomes Andrew Walker to discuss his new book God & the Transgender Debate: What Does the Bible Actually ...

Matt Hawkins welcomes Andrew Walker to discuss his new book God & the Transgender Debate: What Does the Bible Actually ...

In today's episode of Lions of Liberty, Marc welcomes Scott Horton back to the show to help take a look at the foreign policy team that President (whoa, it's real now…) Donald Trump has assembled. Scott has been on the show two previous times, is the host of AntiWar Radio, opinion editor at AntiWar.com, and is most recently the Managing Director of the Libertarian Institute.  In the show, you'll hear: Why Scott co-founded the Libertarian Institute, who else is involved, and what is their mission? What Scott thinks of Rex Tillerson's potential when it comes to relations with Russia, and why neocons are so obsessed with the framing of Russia as an adversary.  Scott looks at General James “Mad Dog” Mattis, why he is so hawk-ish against Iran, and whether some libertarians are right to be optimistic [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode of Lions of Liberty, Marc welcomes Scott Horton back to the show to help take a look at the foreign policy team that President (whoa, it’s real now…) Donald Trump has assembled. Scott has been on the show two previous times, is the host of AntiWar Radio, opinion editor at AntiWar.com, and is most recently the Managing Director of the Libertarian Institute.  In the show, you’ll hear: Why Scott co-founded the Libertarian Institute, who else is involved, and what is their mission? What Scott thinks of Rex Tillerson’s potential when it comes to relations with Russia, and why neocons are so obsessed with the framing of Russia as an adversary.  Scott looks at General James “Mad Dog” Mattis, why he is so hawk-ish against Iran, and whether some libertarians are right to be optimistic [...]

Please join MitoAction this month for a conversation with the public policy team for the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).

Farming in the City XIII (Backyard Chickens X) In November 2009, a panel discussion on urban agriculture was hosted by Backyard Bounty and the University of Guelph. The event was called Opportunities for Action: An Urban Agriculture Symposium and Deconstructing Dinner partner station CFRU recorded the panel. This episode hears from two of the panelists who both share innovative urban agriculture projects: the Carrot City exhibition - a collection of conceptual and realized ideas for sustainable urban food production, and the Diggable Communities Collaborative - a community garden initiative that demonstrates the importance of partnerships and the ways in which regional health authorities and local governments can support and implement local food system and urban agriculture planning. Rounding off the show - regular contributor Bucky Buckaw and his Backyard Chicken Broadcast. Bucky dispels the myth that backyard chickens attract rats and he shares insights on raising roosters - an often prohibited presence even within municipalities that do allow backyard chickens. Updates on 'Norway, British Columbia' & 'A Dinner Date With the Olympics' Much has transpired since our previous episodes of our Norway, British Columbia series on BC salmon farms. Updates include news of the transfer of regulatory power between the Province and the federal government; criminal charges filed against Marine Harvest and upcoming rallies/events in Vancouver. Also updates on the Coca-Cola torch relay which passed through Deconstructing Dinner's hometown of Nelson, BC shortly after our January Olympic broadcast. Guests/Voices Mark Gorgolewski co-curator, Carrot City (Toronto, ON) - Mark is a Professor and Program Director for the graduate program in building science in the Department of Architectural Science at Toronto's Ryerson University. He is a Director of the Canada Green Building Council and has worked for many years as an educator, architect, researcher and environmental consultant to the construction industry in Canada and Europe. Recently he was co-curator of the exhibition Carrot City � Design for Urban Agriculture. He has also coordinated one of the winning teams in the CMHC Equilibrium Housing Competition to design a sustainable, net zero energy housing development, and is co-recipient of the 2007-2008 ACSA/AIA Housing Design Education Award. Katherine Pigott manager, healthy communities & policy team, Region of Waterloo Public Health (Kitchener, ON) - Katherine has worked at Region of Waterloo Public Health since March 2000. A key part of her role has been the development of a comprehensive local food systems planning approach in Waterloo Region as Manager of the Healthy Communities and Policy Team. Katherine has over twenty years experience in community based program development, planning, and systems change that has spanned economic development, health promotion and environmental planning. She serves of the Board of Directors of the Association of Health Centres of Ontario and on the Steering Committee of Food Secure Canada. Bucky Buckaw - host, Bucky Buckaw's Backyard Chicken Broadcast (New York, NY) - Bucky Buckaw gives advice on raising backyard chickens as just one example of how a locally based economy can work. Through this segment, he informs listeners about the downside of factory farming and what kinds of toxic chemicals you can expect to find in the resultant livestock. He promotes organic gardening and composting, and supporting local farmers. Alexandra Morton - scientist/researcher, Raincoast Research Society (Echo Bay, BC) - While studying orca whales up until the 1990s, Alexandra watched as the salmon farming industry appeared in the Broughton Archipelago where she calls home. As she observed the arrival of industrial salmon farms, the whales she studied disappeared. She believed the cause was salmon farms, and when 10,000 pages of letters to all levels of government failed to elicit meaningful response, Alexandra realized that she would have to scientifically prove that salmon farming had driven out the whales and caused epidemic outbreaks of bacteria, viral and parasitic infections in wild salmon. By partnering with international scientists and in some cases commercial fishermen, Alexandra has documented the loss of the whales, thousands of escaped farm salmon, lethal outbreaks of sea lice, and antibiotic resistance near salmon farms.