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THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1:SPEAKER'S STUMP SPEECH is brought to you by https://www.hansenstree.com/ “St. Louis Definitely Can Be Great Again, If We Want it to Be So” 14:58 SEGMENT 2: SIMON HANKINSON, Senior Research Fellow at the Border Security and Immigration Center at Heritage || TOPIC: Fraudulent Marriage Schemes Expose Immigration Loopholes || What do recent sham marriage cases reveal about weaknesses in immigration enforcement? || How can policymakers better protect the integrity of the legal immigration system? || Some Migrants Hate America on Arrivalx.com/WatchfulWaiter1 heritage.org 34:20 SEGMENT 3: Trump claims to have received the highest gay vote of any Republican || Marijuana, cigarettes, and alcohol https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1:SPEAKER'S STUMP SPEECH is brought to you by https://www.hansenstree.com/ “St. Louis Definitely Can Be Great Again, If We Want it to Be So” 14:58 SEGMENT 2: SIMON HANKINSON, Senior Research Fellow at the Border Security and Immigration Center at Heritage || TOPIC: Fraudulent Marriage Schemes Expose Immigration Loopholes || What do recent sham marriage cases reveal about weaknesses in immigration enforcement? || How can policymakers better protect the integrity of the legal immigration system? || Some Migrants Hate America on Arrivalx.com/WatchfulWaiter1 heritage.org 34:20 SEGMENT 3: Trump claims to have received the highest gay vote of any Republican || Marijuana, cigarettes, and alcohol https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The political left and right increasingly agree on one dangerous idea: Washington should direct more of the economy.Industrial policy, tariffs, subsidies, and economic nationalism are being sold as ways to rebuild manufacturing, strengthen families, and make America more prosperous. But replacing market decisions with political direction does not create prosperity. It concentrates power, protects favored industries, and forces families and businesses to pay the bill.That is the focus of my conversation with Dr. Paul Mueller, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Defending Freedom and Combatting Collectivism at the American Institute for Economic Research. Paul studies entrepreneurship, economic growth, monetary economics, and political economy. He also hosts AIER's The Economist Next Door, which brings economic ideas to everyday Americans.We discuss his AIER paper examining the New Right's growing embrace of industrial policy, protectionism, and government-directed investment.

The 46th SADC Summit continues in Durban, KwaZulu Natal today. President Cyril Ramaphosa is hosting and chairing under the theme of industrialization, infrastructure, agriculture and critical minerals. The summit comes amid tensions in South Africa over recent deportations and perceived rising anti-foreigner sentiment. Leaders are expected to discuss migration, trade and regional stability. We spoke to Thembisa Fakude, Senior Research Fellow at Afrasid.

India's foreign investment problem may be bigger than it looks. In this episode of The Core Report Special Edition, Financial Journalist Govindraj Ethiraj speaks with Ajay Shah, Senior Research Fellow and Co-founder of XKDR Forum, about why foreign investment in India has slowed, why FDI flows have struggled to regain their earlier momentum, and what this could mean for India's economic growth.Ajay Shah argues that the real question is not whether foreign capital is coming into India, but how much more investment India could be attracting. He points to a longer-term slowdown in both foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investment and examines why global investors may remain cautious about committing substantially more capital to India.The conversation explores six major issues that Shah believes are holding back foreign investment in India, including capital controls, taxation, bilateral investment treaties, trade barriers, financial market infrastructure and the rule of law.Shah also explains why foreign capital matters for the Indian economy. Beyond funding, foreign companies can bring technology, management practices, global supply chains and knowledge that can improve productivity, manufacturing and competitiveness.Govindraj Ethiraj and Ajay Shah discuss FDI in India, FPI, FEMA, SEBI, taxation, tariffs, global value chains, contract enforcement, private investment, industrial policy and India's economic reforms. They also explore why Shah considers the period from 1991 to 2011 crucial to India's economic growth story and why both foreign and domestic private investment appear to have lost momentum since then.At the heart of the conversation is a bigger question. If India wants faster GDP growth, more manufacturing, more jobs and deeper integration with the global economy, what needs to change for global investors to put substantially more money into India?Chapters:01:25 What's Driving Foreign Capital Away? 03:50 Why Has Foreign Capital Struggled to Scale in India?07:31 Why Are Some Companies Still Investing in India? 09:51 How Easy Is It to Enter and Exit India? 13:20 Is India's Capital Problem Both Inward and Outward? 15:00 Why India's Tax Regime Concerns Foreign Investors 19:19 How the Indian State Affects Foreign Firms 23:36 Do Trade Barriers Discourage Foreign Capital 25:04 How Should India Position Itself Globally? 26:19 Why Are Tariffs Rising and Falling Again? 27:23 Why Are Tariffs Rising and Falling Again? 28:28 Why Capital Gets Stuck After Entering India 30:30 Why Transactional Efficiency Isn't Enough 31:50 How Should India Tackle Round-Tripping? 34:51 What Institutions Does India Need to Strengthen? 36:57 How Can India Become More Competitive? 40:27 How Important Is Private Capital to India? Watch the full conversation for a deeper understanding of India's foreign investment problem, foreign investment in India and the future of FDI in India.India's foreign investment problem goes beyond slowing FDI in India. Why are global investors cautious about foreign investment in India, and what must change? Ajay Shah explains how FDI, FPI, taxation, tariffs, private investment, manufacturing, economic reforms and the rule of law could shape India's economic growth.#ForeignInvestment #FDIIndia #IndianEconomy #EconomicReforms #IndiaGrowth #TheCoreReport #TheCore

Leon Ballin, Place-based Food System Manager at the Food Foundation is joined by a panel of experts to explore household food insecurity.Andrew Forsey, National Director of Feeding Britain, Penny Walters, Food Ambassador at the Food Foundation, Susanne Jaspers, Senior Research Fellow with the SOAS Food Studies Center and Elaine Morgan, the Principal for Strategy Reform at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority debate the question of whether the government's commitment to ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels can be achieved through change in local food support systems. Click here for the Food Foundation newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Day Break | THE CULTURE OF DEATH: How the Left Made Human Life Negotiable --- 00:00 - Monologue 19:23 – Les Rubin, founder of Main Street Economics. Rubin discusses America's growing fiscal challenges, the principles of capitalism, and how poorly designed government incentives can distort economic behavior. He examines federal spending, debt, and the long-term consequences of policies that reward the wrong financial decisions. 28:15 – Joe Rieck, Vice President of Sales at Longevity. Rieck discusses how Longevity's nutritional products are designed for people of all ages, emphasizing proper nutrition, recovery, and taking care of the body through sustainable daily habits. He also highlights the company's natural ingredients and protein shakes and encourages listeners to speak with Longevity's wellness advisors. 38:23 - Monologue 47:26 – Avi Fortenberry, President of Americans for Citizen Voting. Fortenberry discusses the defeat, at least for now, of a Los Angeles ballot measure that would have allowed noncitizens to vote, examining the debate over citizenship requirements and voter eligibility in local elections. 57:38 – Todd Bensman, Senior Research Fellow for the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation. Bensman discusses Spain's response to a migration crisis, examining the government's tougher border and immigration measures and comparing the approach with policies associated with President Trump. 1:16:44 - Monologue 1:25:36 – Tom Coulson, owner of Liberty Coin Service. Coulson provides an update on the precious metals market, discussing current trends affecting gold, silver, and collectible coins. He also reviews coins submitted by listeners and offers insight into their history, rarity, and potential value. 1:35:53 – Gina Oliver, Senior Director of Durable Markets at the American Chemistry Council and Michigan resident. Oliver discusses a new report examining the relationship between heavier vehicles, advanced materials, automotive safety, and manufacturing jobs, including the implications for Detroit and Michigan's auto industry. 1:44:41 – Ivey Gruber, President of the Michigan Talk Network. Gruber discusses reports of the University of Michigan moving away from traditional letter grades in some settings, questioning whether changes intended to address student mental health could ultimately lower academic expectations and leave students less prepared for challenges beyond college. --- Check out our brand new podcast, 'Forgotten America'... Episode 24 is live NOW at Steve Gruber on YouTube! Link below: https://youtu.be/UrGZQdE62jA

In this Federalist Society America 250 series, experts analyze modern legal and policy debates through the lens of the Founding generation. The Founders gave us the tools to answer many contemporary questions; join us as we explore those answers.In Federalist 23, Alexander Hamilton identified the common defense and the preservation of peace against external attacks as two of the principal purposes served by union. The Constitution that union adopted divides the power to declare war—vested in Congress—and the power to direct war—vested in the President as Commander in Chief. But what does it say about national security more broadly? The Founders were not without reservation about the risks of concentrating the means of defense, with James Madison warning the Constitutional Convention that a “standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.” It was also clear from the start, however, that functions like intelligence gathering belonged more naturally to the executive, whose institutional character supported the necessary secrecy and dispatch.This webinar will explore how the Founders understood national security power beyond the battlefield, how closely subsequent practice tracked their design, and whether today’s allocation of powers serves both the nation's security and its liberty.Featuring:Dr. Alberto Coll, Director, Global Engagement; Vincent de Paul Professor of Law, DePaul University College of LawProf. Matthew Waxman, Liviu Librescu Professor of Law, Columbia School of LawProf. John Yoo, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley; Senior Research Fellow, School of Civic Leadership, Civitas Institute, University of Texas at Austin; Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute(Moderator) Molly Nixon, Senior Fellow in Executive Power, Cato Institute

Congress can't solve America's biggest challenges if it's stuck—and this conversation explored why, and what it will take to move forward.On August 5, Dr. Maya Kornberg, Senior Research Fellow at the Brennan Center ‪and author of "STUCK: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress", and Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), examined the forces that keep Congress from delivering results, including relentless fundraising demands, the growing threat of political violence, media incentives, and outdated institutional structures. Despite these barriers, both speakers emphasized that meaningful reform is possible through stronger ethics rules, campaign finance reform, better-resourced congressional staff, and a renewed commitment to making government work for the people it serves. They also challenged Americans to embrace a forward-looking vision of democracy that reflects the nation's growing diversity rather than clinging to the past.The discussion closed with a clear reminder that protecting democracy requires more than voting—it demands sustained civic engagement. With Election Day approaching, attendees were encouraged to take action every day by organizing, advocating, and helping build a government that truly represents the American people.Check out Dr. Maya Kornberg's book STUCK here:https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/54126/stuck?utmLearn more about the Brennan Center for Justice here:https://www.brennancenter.org/ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:Maya L. Kornberg, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow and manager at NYU Law's Brennan Center for Justice. She is the author of the book “Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress” (Johns Hopkins University Press) and “Inside Congressional Committees: Function and Dysfunction in Lawmaking” (Columbia University Press). Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, NPR, BBC, The New York Times, Newsweek, The Hill, Slate, and other outlets.Congresswoman Lauren Underwood represents Illinois' 14th Congressional District and is the first woman, first person of color, and first millennial to serve her community in Congress. A registered nurse, she is the co-founder and co-chair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus, leading efforts to improve maternal health outcomes and eliminate disparities. She also serves as Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee and on the House Appropriations Committee. Before Congress, Rep. Underwood served as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she helped implement the Affordable Care Act and strengthen the nation's public health. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bigtentnews.substack.com

More households in low-income countries own a mobile phone than have electricity or clean water.  So why is education one of the last places it has been put to work?Jenny Aker (Cornell) and Noam Angrist (Oxford) are the academic leads on a J-PAL Policy Insight that reviews 30 studies of mobile phone programmes in education. They tell Tim Phillips that the cheapest option, blasting out SMS messages, is usually the one that fails. But put a real person on the other end of the line, and that's an effective and inexpensive way to improve education. The phone is a platform, Angrist points out, not a pedagogy.The research behind this episode:Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). 2026. "Leveraging Mobile Phones for Learning." J-PAL Policy Insight. Academic leads Jenny Aker and Noam Angrist; insight authors Jessica Williams and Demitria Wack.To cite this episode:Phillips, Tim, Jenny Aker, and Noam Angrist. 2026. "Using mobile phones to support teachers, parents, and students." VoxDev Talks (podcast).About the guestsJenny Aker is the Daniel G. Sisler Professor of Development Economics at Cornell University. She is also a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development and co-chair of the Digital Identification and Finance Initiative at J-PAL Africa. Her research spans mobile technology and agricultural markets, adult literacy and numeracy, financial inclusion, and the design of cash transfers and social protection in Africa.Noam Angrist is Academic Director of the What Works Hub for Global Education and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, and co-founder of Youth Impact, one of the largest NGOs scaling health and education programmes backed by randomised trial evidence. His research spans distance education, the measurement of implementation, and how programmes that work in a trial can be made to work at national scale.Research and concepts cited in this episodeOne Laptop per Child. The plan to put a cheap laptop in the hands of every child in the developing world, launched in 2005 and abandoned as evidence of its effect on learning failed to appear. Angrist raises it as the cautionary tale for anyone introducing a device: the schools could not absorb it, the software was an afterthought, and nobody planned for charging or breakage. Phones avoid that problem because they are already there, so the marginal cost of adding good pedagogy is low. A long-term follow up from rural Peru found no positive effect on educational outcomes.Mobile coverage. GSMA. 2025. "The State of Mobile Internet Connectivity 2025." Around 95% of the world's population now lives within range of a broadband network. In sub-Saharan Africa coverage is about 80% and adoption about 60%, and what people mostly hold is a simple handset rather than a smartphone.Phone tutoring in emergencies. Angrist, Noam, Micheal Ainomugisha, Sai Pramod Bathena, Peter Bergman, Colin Crossley, Claire Cullen, Thato Letsomo, Moitshepi Matsheng, Rene Marlon Panti, Shwetlena Sabarwal, and Tim Sullivan. 2023. "Building Resilient Education Systems: Evidence from Large-Scale Randomized Trials in Five Countries." NBER Working Paper 31208, revised 2025. Weekly maths texts combined with live tutoring calls raised test scores by 0.30 to 0.35 standard deviations at an average cost of US$11 per child. SMS on its own moved the needle only where access to learning was already very low.Scaling up without the drop. The first Botswana phone tutoring trial produced an effect of about 0.12 standard deviations; by the fifth replication, in Uganda, Angrist says the effect was over 0.8, and implementation fidelity data improved in step with the order of the studies. He sets this against the voltage drop described by John List in The Voltage Effect (2022), the tendency of programmes to lose their punch as they scale. Common, Angrist argues, but not inevitable.A/B testing the tutoring call. Angrist, Noam, Claire Cullen, and Janica Magat. 2025. "Cheaper (and More Effective) by the Dozen: Evidence from 12 Randomised A/B Tests Optimising Tutoring for Scale." What Works Hub for Global Education Working Paper 2025/001. Roughly half the cost of a tutoring programme goes on scheduling rather than teaching. One call of 40 minutes every fortnight, instead of 20 minutes every week, delivered the same dosage for less. Handing the call to a parent partway through doubled to tripled the effect; motivational nudges to parents did nothing.Monitoring teachers by phone. Aker, Jenny C., and Christopher Ksoll. 2019. "Call Me Educated: Evidence from a Mobile Phone Experiment in Niger." Economics of Education Review 72: 239 to 257. Weekly calls to the teacher, the village chief and two students raised maths and reading scores. The counter-example comes from Côte d'Ivoire, where nudging parents and teachers at the same time left the most motivated teachers turning up less; too much scrutiny, the authors suggest, corroded the motivation the programme depended on.Platform and pedagogy. Angrist's phrase for the distinction the review keeps returning to. The phone carries an intervention; it is not the intervention. Targeted instruction and early childhood stimulation both travel down the line, but somebody still has to decide how often to call, who picks up, and what happens on the call. The same traffic makes the phone a good instrument for research, since the data is traceable and the units of randomisation are well powered.Education Cannot Wait. The United Nations fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises. Its 2022 global estimate put 222 million crisis-affected children and adolescents in need of urgent education support, up from about 75 million in 2016. Angrist uses the same figure in the five-country paper, and cites it here to make the point that the humanitarian structures for education in emergencies exist while the evidence base underneath them barely does.More VoxDev Talks episodesHow AI can put 20 years of development evidence to work. Iqbal Dhaliwal on why One Laptop per Child failed, and what that failure should teach anyone now betting on AI in development.Why we need to invest in foundational learning. Benjamin Piper on the gap between getting children into school and getting them to read, which is the gap most of these phone programmes are trying to close.Related reading on VoxDev.orgHow simple technologies can improve learning: Evidence from Niger, in which Jenny Aker and Christopher Ksoll show that a weekly call to teachers and students almost doubled the effect of an adult education programme.Educating children in emergencies: Global evidence from five randomised trials, the five-country evidence on cheap phone tutoring that runs through much of this conversation.How AI tutors improved learning in Nigeria, on a six-week after-school programme in Edo State that produced large gains in English, and on the guardrails that made it work.

Panels, seminars, conferences, reports, speeches, and emotion do not build a navy. Even shipyards do not build a navy. In the American system of government, if you want a navy you have to go up to Capitol Hill and get Congress to fund it.Without money, everything else is just a PDF.What is the state of play in bringing the argument for sea power to Congress?Returning to the Midrats Podcast just in time for the Senate's August recess is Brent Sadler, CAPT, USN (Ret.).Brent is a Senior Research Fellow for Naval Warfare and Advanced Technology in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for National Security at The Heritage Foundation, and a retired U.S. Navy Captain.Show LinksSHIPS for America ActSal's exchange with Tom KarakoBooks by Brent SadlerBrent Sadler on LinkedInBrent Sadler on XSummaryIn this episode, Mark and Sal discuss with their guest Brent Sadler the legislative process behind maritime security, the SHIPS for America Act, and the importance of industrial capacity in national defense. Brent emphasizes the need for bipartisan support and strategic planning to strengthen America's maritime industrial base and national security.Chapters00:00: Introduction02:14: The legislative process and seasonality in Congress08:05: Status and details of the Ships for America Act12:13: Bipartisan support and legislative challenges17:00: The role of congressional staffers in policy making21:54: Strategic importance of maritime industrial capacity27:07: The impact of recent Navy funding and shipbuilding efforts34:00: The need for reform in defense organizational structures43:10: The importance of strategic communication and advocacy

Solar and wind power is growing worldwide, but so is electricity consumption: as a result, renewables are often only added to the energy mix, rather than replacing fossil fuels. Reducing energy demand would make net zero more achievable, but it recieves far less attention than decarbonisation efforts. This may be due to a perception that managing energy demand would be politically unpopular, requiring governments to make radical interventions into people's lifestyles and spending. Oliver Broad, Senior Research Fellow at University College London, tells Alasdair that such fears are unfounded. His team's research found that the UK could reduce energy demand by 52% without new tech or overly disruptive societal change, and has worked with policymakers and public focus groups to demonstrate political acceptability. Further reading: 'Policymakers and academics envision energy demand reductions beyond typical policies in the United Kingdom', Nature Energy, 2025'Policymaker-led scenarios and public dialogue facilitate energy demand analysis for net-zero futures', Nature Energy, 2025'Energy demand reduction options for meeting national zero-emission targets in the United Kingdom', Nature Energy, 2022'Real people or "economic processing units"? The limited understanding of people's roles in energy and climate governance', Energy Research & Social Science, 2022'A low energy demand scenario for meeting the 1.5 °C target and sustainable development goals without negative emission technologies', Nature Energy, 2018'Invisible energy policies: A new agenda for energy demand reduction', Energy Policy, 2018Send us Fan MailFind all our latest investigations, features and interviews at www.landclimate.org

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Louise Marryat, a senior research fellow at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. The interview covers Louise's systematic review on prenatal opioid exposure, and health, social and educational outcomes for school-aged children.The motivation behind Louise's systematic review [00:50]The current evidence surrounding prenatal opioid exposure and early outcomes [02:13]What Louise defined as prenatal opioid exposure in her review [03:08] The limitation of small sample sizes in the included studies [04:08]The methods of the review [04:55]The key findings of the review [08:20]The implications of the findings on Scottish health policy [12:38]The take home messages for researchers and clinicians [15:48]About Elle Wadsworth: Elle is an academic fellow with the Society for the Study of Addiction. She is based at the University of Bath with the Addiction and Mental Health Group and her research interests include drug policy, cannabis legalisation, and public health. Elle holds a voluntary role at The Loop, a non-profit service provider of drug checking in the UK. About Louise Marryat: Louise is a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. A sociologist by training, she holds a PhD in Psychological Medicine and has dedicated her career to understanding the social, environmental, and psychological factors that shape health and wellbeing across the life course. She currently leads the UK Opioids in Pregnancy Study (https://opioidsinpregnancy.gla.ac.uk/), exploring the impacts of opioid use and treatment during pregnancy on mothers and children. Her research focuses on reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for children, families, and communities experiencing disadvantage through evidence-based policy and practice.Declarations of interest: None Original article: Prenatal opioid exposure, and health, social and educational outcomes for school-aged children: A systematic review https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70510 The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the host and interviewees and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA or Addiction journal.The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can Australia reframe water as a national security issue, rather than only an environmental or social policy concern? Can Australia realistically pursue both AI leadership and sustainable water management? What happens when drought, climate change, food insecurity, ageing infrastructure and economic pressure combine? Who should be at the table for a national water strategy? In this episode, Sharryn Parker speaks with Jason Alexandra and Matthew Coulton about Australia's water future, exploring why water security needs to be understood as a national security issue. Dr Jason Alexandra is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University's (ANU) Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions and the Institute for Water Futures. Matthew Coulton is Associate Director at WSP Australia, and previously served as General Manager Water and Agriculture at the Bureau of Meteorology and as a senior adviser to Australian and New South Wales governments on water policy and reform. Sharryn Parker is a Senior Policy Advisor at the ANU National Security College (NSC), on secondment from the Department of Defence. TRANSCRIPT Show notes: NSC academic programs – find out more How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don't have the data to know by Michael Vardon, ANU Sustainable water services for rural and remote communities by WSP Reforming water policy for a changing Australia by WSP Next Steps on the National Water Agreement by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Australian Water Association (AWA) Homepage Australian Water Directory by AWA National Water Week  We'd love to hear from you! Send in your questions, comments, and suggestions to NatSecPod@anu.edu.au. You can tweet us @NSC_ANU and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Immigration is always a hot -and often emotional - topic, yet few people truly understand the impact immigration policies have on their daily lives, finances, and freedoms. Immigration touches every segment of society and impacts every community. Every town is a border town when immigration policies allow for open borders, financial fraud, rampant crime, and cultural upheaval. How do we continue our promise of freedom to immigrants while protecting the rights of our American citizens?  As policy details are swallowed in news cycles and impacts are often ignored until irreversible, Todd Bensman, Linda's guest in this episode, brings clarity and truth to the conversation, all based on his years as a journalist, policy analyst, and counterterrorism expert. Todd served as Senior National Security Fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies and as Senior Adviser to the US Department of Homeland Security and the National Counterterrorism Center. He now serves as a Senior Research Fellow for The Heritage Foundation's Border Security and Immigration Center. Todd has testified before Congress and written extensively to alert American citizens regarding the negative national security implications of open-border policies and to provide insight on providing safeguards for citizens and legal immigrants. This is an important episode you will not want to miss. Listen today and share with friends.  ©copyright 2026, Prosperity 101, LLC __________________________________________________________ For information about our online course and other resources visit: https://prosperity101.com To order a copy of Prosperity 101 – Job Security Through Business Prosperity® by Linda J. Hansen, click here: https://prosperity101.com/products/ Become a Prosperity Partner: https://prosperity101.com/partner-contribution/ If you would like to be an episode sponsor, please contact us directly at https://prosperity101.com. You can also support this podcast by engaging with our Strategic Partners using the promo codes listed below. Be free to work and free to hire by joining RedBalloon, America's #1 non-woke job board and talent connector. Use Promo Code P101 or go to RedBalloon.work/p101 to join Red Balloon and support Prosperity 101®. Connect with other Kingdom minded business owners by joining the US Christian Chamber of Commerce. Support both organizations by mentioning Prosperity 101, LLC or using code P101 to join. https://uschristianchamber.com Mother Nature's Trading Company®, providing natural products for your health, all Powered by Cranology®. Use this link to explore Buy One Get One Free product options and special discounts: https://mntc.shop/prosperity101/ Unite for impact by joining Christian Employers Alliance at www.ChristianEmployersAlliance.org and use Promo Code P101. Support Pro-Life Payments and help save babies with every swipe. Visit www.prolifepayments.com/life/p101 for more information. Maximize your podcast by contacting Podcast Town. Contact them today: https://podcasttown.zohothrive.com/affiliateportal/podcasttown/login Check out VAUSA, America's choice for virtual assistants- https://hirevausa.com/connect" Thank you to all our guests, listeners, Prosperity Partners, and Strategic Partners. You are appreciated!   The opinions expressed by guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent those held or promoted by Linda J. Hansen or Prosperity 101, LLC.

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke sits down with Kristen Collins for a wide-ranging conversation on Adam Smith's moral philosophy and its intersection with theories of justice, sympathy, and political power. The conversation moves through the relationship between sympathy, moral imagination, and the origins of our sense of justice, drawing on Michelle Schwarze's work on sympathetic resentment, before turning to why economists have historically misread Smith as indifferent to the poor and powerless — despite Smith's own repeated siding with the weak against the powerful. Boettke and Collins also explore Smith's "man of system" passages as a caution against imposing utopian visions by force, discuss Judith Shklar's "liberalism of fear" in relation to Hayek, and close with an extended look at Collins's research on Jeremy Bentham's little-known Sotomion — a proposed institution designed to protect unmarried pregnant women from social shame while preserving their social connections, offering a striking counterpoint to Bentham's more famous Panopticon.Dr. Kristen Collins is a Senior Fellow with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She hosts the Virtual Sentiments podcast, which features conversations with scholars and practitioners reflecting on the ethics and politics of technology. She is currently working on a book, Seeing and Being Seen: Spectatorship and Surveillance in Liberal Democracies, under contract with Oxford University Press.**This episode was recorded on June 2, 2026**Show Notes:Kristen Collins, “Observed without Sympathy: Adam Smith on Inequality and Spectatorship” (American Journal of Political Science, 2020)Virtual Sentiments | Maria Pia Paganelli on 250 Years of Adam Smith's Wealth of NationsVirtual Sentiments | Eileen Hunt on Mary Shelley and the Ethics of AIMartha C. Nussbaum, The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal (Harvard University Press, 2021)F.A. Hayek, “Individualism: True and False”Michelle Schwarze, Recognizing Resentment: Sympathy, Injustice, and Liberal Political Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2020)Carl Menger, “The Social Theories of Classical Political Economy and Modern Economic Policy”James R. Otteson, Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life (Cambridge University Press, 2012)Albert O. Hirschman, The Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph (Princeton University Press, 2013)William Easterly, Violent Saviors: The West's Conquest of the Rest (Basic Books, 2025)Joshua L. Cherniss, Liberalism in Dark Times: The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century (Princeton University Press, 2021)Jeremy Waldron, Political Political Theory: Essays on Institutions (Harvard University Press, 2016)Jeremy Waldron, One Another's Equals: The Basis of Human Equality (Harvard University Press, 2017)Judith N. Shklar, The Liberalism of Fear (Harvard University Press, 2026)Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These (Grove Press, 2021)If you like the show, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and tell others about the show! We're available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you get your podcasts.Check out our other podcast from the Hayek Program! Virtual Sentiments is a podcast in which political theorist Kristen Collins interviews scholars and practitioners grappling with pressing problems in political economy with an eye to the past. Subscribe today!Follow the Hayek Program on Twitter: @HayekProgramFollow the Mercatus Center on Twitter: @mercatusCC Music: Twisterium

Black locust doesn't have many fans among foresters in North America. It's often criticized for growing crooked, spreading aggressively, and producing poor-quality stems. But is the problem really the tree, or is it how we've been growing it? In this episode, Zsolt Keserű, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Plantation Forestry and Senior Research Fellow at the Hungarian Forest Research Institute, University of Sopron, shares how decades of European research and silvicultural innovation have made it possible to grow straight, high-quality black locust timber. Join us for this episode of SilviCast as we talk about the genetics and management practices behind successful black locust plantations, why the species has become such an important hardwood in parts of Europe, and what North American foresters can learn from that experience. If you've written off black locust, this conversation might make you take a second look.Send us Fan Mail

Guests include:Jason Sorens, Senior Research Fellow at AIER, rejoins the show to update listeners about the new tariffs implemented by the Trump Administration, what impact they could have, and if the reasoning behind them is strong enough to stop another challenge in court.Representative Mike Tagliavia (R-Orange-1) discusses GOP solutions to affordability and why voters should be skeptical of members of the Majority claiming they have the solutions to VT's problems.Matt Griffiths, Chair of the Maine Young Republicans, breaks down the mess in the Democratic Primary for US Senate in the Pine Tree State and why voters should be concerned with Democratic Socialists running for office.and Andrea Murray, Candidate for VT State Senate Windsor District, talks about her campaign, fighting for rural Vermonters, and the need for more balance in the State House.

Japan's significant intelligence reforms reveal how the country's approach to security is becoming more self-reliant and autonomous. But what is being proposed, and why now? In this edition of Global Security Briefing, host Philip Shetler-Jones, Senior Research Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security at RUSI is joined by Ken Kotani, Professor at Nihon University, Japan and James DJ Brown, Professor of Political Science at Temple University, Japan Campus, to reflect on how Japan is rebuilding its national intelligence capability. They explore the following core questions: Why is this important in terms of the history of the country? What are some of the obstacles? What does this reform tell us about how Japan is changing in terms of its self-perception and threat perception? What are the implications for Japan's relationships with allies and adversaries?

We're on vacation this week but we're flashing back to episode 422 of Talking Headways from a couple of years ago featuring one of our favorites, Jennifer Kent. We'll be back in a few weeks but I hope folks enjoy this one. This week we're joined by  Dr. Jennifer Kent, Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism at the University of Sydney, to talk about her work on family transportation, the messiness of travel for parents, and loneliness and the built environment. +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

On July 20th we marked 52 years since phase one of Turkey's invasion of Cyprus. For 52 years, Turkey has never been held accountable for this illegal invasion and occupation, for the division it imposed on the island, or for the lives and communities it shattered.  Today, despite international condemnation, UN resolutions, and calls for negotiations, the Cyprus issue remains one of the world's longest-running unresolved challenges. While progress toward a solution has been elusive over the last five decades, reports indicate there is a new effort afoot to revive peace talks as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres prepares to visit Cyprus in the coming days. Turkey's invasion of Cyprus was also part of the discussion at the European Parliament this month, as the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the impact of Turkey's 1974 invasion on Cypriot women and girls. This is seen as an important step acknowledging Cypriot women's experiences of violence during the invasion, including sexual violence, that can hopefully open the door for survivors to speak and be heard openly and safely. The Cyprus invasion isn't just an open wound for the island, but for the Greek diaspora. 1974 was a major turning point, especially in the US, as Greek-Americans mobilized across the country, becoming politically active and advocating in Washington, DC for justice.  Andrew Novo, Harris Georgiades, Natalie Alkiviadou, and Alexander Kitroeff join Thanos Davelis as we look into both phases of Turkey's invasion of Cyprus in 1974, whether we could be seeing a new push from the UN for talks, the importance of the European Parliament's resolution on the impact of Turkey's invasion on Cypriot women, and how the Cyprus invasion mobilized the Greek American community. A little more info on our guests: Andrew Novo is a professor of strategic studies at the National Defense University and adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service and Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. Harris Georgiades is Chairman of the Foreign and European Affairs Committee of Cyprus' Parliament, Chairman of the “Clerides Institute”, and a former Minister of Finance. Dr. Natalie Alkiviadou is a Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Free Speech project at Vanderbilt University. Alexander Kotroeff is a professor of history with an expertise in Greece and the diaspora. You can support The Greek Current by joining HALC as a member here.

The annual ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting has concluded in Manila, with China, the United States, Russia and other major players all in attendance. Against the backdrop of renewed tensions over Ren'ai Jiao, the meeting was overshadowed by geopolitical maneuvering. But as Manila, Washington and Tokyo continue to raise the stakes, can a handful of countries pull the region toward confrontation when most of Asia wants stability? Host Ge Anna is joined by Prof. Anna Malindog-Uy, Vice President and Director, Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute; Dr. Peter Chang, Former Deputy Director, Institute of China Studies, Universiti Malaya; Dr. Zhou Mi, Senior Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1: SPEAKER'S STUMP SPEECH, brought to you by https://www.hansenstree.com/ “Scarcity v. Prosperity” 12:50 SEGMENT 2: Todd Bensman, Senior Research Fellow, Border Security and Immigration Center || TOPIC: Recent ICE Shootings || ICE vehicle stops || asylum fraud deterrence || 'Anti-ICE rioter' arrested after starting fire outside NYC federal building heritage.orgx.com/bensmantodd 31:52 SEGMENT 3: $50 million for a dinosaur skeleton https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Chris Murray welcomed in Simon Hankinson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation to discuss ICE detention centers. From 1999–2022, he was a Foreign Service Officer serving in India, Fiji, Ghana, Slovakia, Togo, Washington, D.C., Marseille, and Nairobi. Prior to entering the State Department, Hankinson worked as a lawyer in London, and then taught history, English, and drama at a private school in Miami.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1: SPEAKER'S STUMP SPEECH, brought to you by https://www.hansenstree.com/ “Scarcity v. Prosperity” 12:50 SEGMENT 2: Todd Bensman, Senior Research Fellow, Border Security and Immigration Center || TOPIC: Recent ICE Shootings || ICE vehicle stops || asylum fraud deterrence || 'Anti-ICE rioter' arrested after starting fire outside NYC federal building heritage.orgx.com/bensmantodd 31:52 SEGMENT 3: $50 million for a dinosaur skeleton https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown - Friday, July 17, 20264:20 pm: Stephen Soukup, Director of The Political Forum Institute, joins the show to discuss his piece for American Greatness on how the politicization of everything allows for shady tactics in attempts to gain power.4:38 pm: Todd Bensman, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Border Security and Immigration Center, joins Rod and Greg to discuss his piece about why stopping asylum fraud schemes should be the next tool used to secure the nation's borders.5:05pm: Cleta Mitchell, Founder of the Election Integrity Network and a Senior Research Fellow at the Conservative Partnership Institute, joins the program to discuss the takeaways from President Trump's speech last night, and to explain why people from the intelligence community haven't been prosecuted for hiding information about the election from Trump.6:05 pm: Jennifer Graham, Ideas and Culture Editor for the Deseret News, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about her piece on President Trump's claim of having an approval rating of 59% with no polls found to substantiate the claim.6:20 pm: We'll listen back to this week's conversations with Utah Speaker of the House Mike Schulz on his conversations with President Trump as the President prepared to deliver on his promise to shrink the acreage footprint of Bears Ears and Grand-Staircase Escalante, and (at 6:38 pm) with Peter Laffin of the Washington Examiner on how President Trump needs to reset the conversation about Iran, beginning with American citizens.6:50 pm: A new episode of CEO's You Should Know with April James of Hearts Knit Together.

Thomas Arnett is Senior Research Fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, focused on disruptive innovation in education. He is author of research on "What actually determines AI's impact on humanity". Thomas discusses how disruptive innovation transforms established systems and describes the incentives, governance, and business models shaping AI development. He explores how AI is changing the 'game' of work and education and that we must shift from traditional models as AI exposes their limitations. Thomas explains the need for curiosity and adaptable skills-based learning as career pathways change.     KEY TAKEAWAYS  [01:04] Fascinated by how the world works, Thomas studies economics.   [01:53] Teaching middle school convinces Thomas that much of today's education system is outdated.  [02:55] Thomas pursues graduate school to explore how to reinvent education.  [03:38] The Christensen Institute gives Thomas a framework for understanding disruptive innovation.  [04:48] Established systems are usually optimized to solve yesterday's problems rather than tomorrow's.  [06:23] Disruptive innovation positive side effects making scarce solutions more abundant and available.  [06:55] School systems face the innovators' dilemma as entities struggling to adopt new innovations.  [08:26] Disruptive innovation frequently starts with inferior solutions to mainstream alternatives.  [08:54] Disruptive innovations initially often serve overlooked users before improving and reaching mainstream audiences.  [10:27] AI represents a technology capable of fundamentally changing how education creates value.  [10:56] AI has created a new game to play while education systems teach how to succeed at the old game.  [11:33] School is an artificial game where AI can help students succeed at school assignments while undermining the assignments' purpose.  [12:16] Assessments need rethinking because AI changes what knowledge and capabilities matter.  [14:17] AI companies' missions and their business models often drive them in different directions.  [15:30] Investors, governance, and customer markets increasingly influence how AI products evolve.  [16:33] Understanding incentives provides better insights into AI's future than reviewing technical capabilities.  [18:02] The business models behind AI shape which applications receive the greatest investment.  [18:26] Factors tempering AI companies' 'arms race' as feedback and safety issues influence decisions.  [21:24] Thomas is optimistic about young people considering their reservations about AI.  [22:29] Learning should focus more on critical thinking, developing judgment, and problem-solving.  [23:02] Thomas stresses learning how to uncover nuances to succeed in the era of AI.  [25:49] AI's cost efficiencies and capability expansion is generating more entrepreneurship possibilities.  [29:06] AI's language interface adapts to us, rather than humans having to learn a new tech interface.  [29:53] Many human roles were previously needed to deal with messy tech-human interfaces.   [31:22] New entrants can adapt faster with new interfaces, fitting the organisation, designed AI-first.  [33:49] Shifting to tax capital not labour as one possible solution to improve labour market dynamics.  [34:44] Thomas suggests new modes of financing ventures as community-based capital.  [37:24] Existing examples of Universal Basic Income – upsides and downsides are inevitable.  [38:34] Recognising how financial security affects people's career decisions and viable opportunities.  [39:09] School experiences must evolve as they determine students' ability to succeed in the workplace.    [27:35] AI lowers barriers for individuals wanting to create value independently.  [31:05] Defined career ladders are evolving into more fluid and adaptable pathways.  [34:00] The future belongs to people who identify worthwhile problems before searching for solutions.  [40:30] Education must prepare people to navigate uncertainty not just master established knowledge.  [44:10] Human curiosity becomes increasingly valuable as AI can handle more routine cognitive work.  [48:25] Career success will increasingly depend on adaptability.  [53:15] Solving meaningful problems creates more lasting value than completing prescribed tasks.  [59:50] IMMEDIATE ACTION TIP: Focus on understanding the problems that need solving and cultivate the curiosity to keep learning and creating solutions throughout your career.      RESOURCES  Thomas's research publication "What actually determines AI's impact on humanity".  Thomas's article       QUOTES    "School is an artificial game... we've constructed this game and now we've got this technology that helps you win at the game but actually lose at the purpose of the game."    "Most of the AI getting used in schools today is... not rethinking the assumptions of how school works, it's just using it to try and enhance the way the school system has always worked."    "Don't just look at what AI can do. Look at the incentives driving the companies building it."    "If you want to see where these [AI] companies are going, look at their governance structures, look at who their investors are, look at what customer base they're trying to target."    "As long as you maintain that curiosity for understanding those problems and a desire to try and solve them, I think that is a mindset that is going to serve people well."    "Systems get designed to solve certain problems and they get really good at doing the things they were designed to do, but not very good at doing things that are radically different from what they're originally designed to do." 

Day Break | Iran Threats, Border Battles & the Senate Shake-Up ---- 00:00 – Jonathan T. Gilliam, former FBI Special Agent, Navy SEAL veteran, and conservative political commentator. Gilliam discusses reports surrounding the expected release of classified documents related to the 2020 presidential election, recent developments involving Iran, and the political implications following the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham, including the appointment of his sister to fill his Senate seat. 19:19 – Don Brown, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina, former Navy JAG officer, and former federal prosecutor. Brown discusses escalating tensions involving Iran, the U.S. response in the Middle East, and reflects on Senator Lindsey Graham's legacy, national security priorities, and recent geopolitical developments. 28:18 – Tom Simon, spokesperson for Home Title Lock and former FBI Special Agent with 26 years of investigative experience. Simon examines a multi-state fraud scheme involving cryptocurrency and international scammers, highlighting how homeowners and consumers can better protect themselves from increasingly sophisticated financial crimes. 38:37 - Monologue 47:41 – Todd Bensman, Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation's Border Security and Immigration Center. Bensman discusses immigration enforcement, the deportation of Venezuelan nationals, and media narratives surrounding border security and U.S. immigration policy. 57:52 – Tiffany Cianci, MAHA advocate, entrepreneur, and founder of TikTok TownHall. Cianci discusses the progress of the Make America Healthy Again movement, arguing that promised reforms have been slower than expected while examining consumer protection, corporate influence, and the impact of private equity on American families and small businesses. 1:06:49 – Glenn Sturm, internationally published, award-winning author of Warriors Hate War. Sturm discusses Iran's ongoing threats against President Trump, rising tensions in the Middle East, and the broader national security implications as the regional conflict continues to evolve. 1:16:59 - Monologue 1:25:58 – Katie Heid, News Director for Michigan News Source. Heid breaks down Michigan's latest political headlines, including growing discussions surrounding "Operation Chaos" ahead of the primary election, recent campaign endorsements, and how these developments could shape key statewide races. 1:36:17 – Patrick Hedger, Director of Policy at NetChoice. Hedger discusses growing opposition to large-scale data center development, examining concerns over energy usage, local infrastructure, regulatory policy, and the balance between technological growth and community impact. 1:45:16 – Ivey Gruber, President of the Michigan Talk Network. Gruber discusses the ongoing heat wave affecting much of the country, reflects on the appointment of Lindsey Graham's sister to succeed him in the Senate, and examines a case involving an illegal occupant of a national forest who allegedly left behind thousands of pounds of trash, along with other notable headlines from around the country. --- Check out our brand new podcast, 'Forgotten America'... Episode 22 is live NOW at Steve Gruber on YouTube! Link below: https://youtu.be/Dfr8Z_syB-M

Hour 2 with Heidi Harris begins with Brent Sadler, Senior Research Fellow and Retired U.S. Navy Captain, who joins the show to discuss the tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the ongoing conflict with Iran. A teenage girl and her boyfriend go on a killing spree in East St. Louis. Ethan has his top stories of the day on Ethan's Sports and Local.

Brent Sadler, Senior Research Fellow and Retired U.S. Navy Captain, joins the show to discuss the tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the ongoing conflict with Iran.

Heidi Harris begins the show talking about Jordan Walker's historic performance in last night's home run derby! Jordan is the first Cardinal ever to win this thrilling event. Jared Halpern, White House Correspondent and Political Anchor for Fox News Radio, joins the show to discuss Darlene Graham potentially finishing out her brother Lindsey's term. Is this something she could want long-term? Would you take a train cross-country? Hour 2 with Heidi Harris begins with Brent Sadler, Senior Research Fellow and Retired U.S. Navy Captain, who joins the show to discuss the tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the ongoing conflict with Iran. A teenage girl and her boyfriend go on a killing spree in East St. Louis. Ethan has his top stories of the day on Ethan's Sports and Local. Heidi Harris starts the third hour off by discussing the heat that Caitlin Clark faces in the WNBA. Are they jealous, or is it just because she is so much better? It seems to be a trend across all sports of players trying to injure young stars. The 58th Governor of the State of Missouri, Mike Kehoe, joins the show to discuss the devastating floods across of Missouri. What are the next steps in order to recover? We end the show with our poll results!

The UK is experiencing a crisis of inequality: core tenets like our education and UK healthcare system are geographically unequal and suffering, but what are the expert social policy solutions to these issues, and can we dare to be optimistic for the future?In this episode of the We Society with Will Hutton, join Institute for Fiscal Studies Director Helen Miller and economist Sir Richard Blundell who talk us through the findings of one of the most comprehensive studies ever undertaken on inequality in the UK called the Deaton Review. This was a major six year review of inequalities in the UK, chaired by Nobel Prize-winning economist Sir Angus Deaton, and funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Drawing on research from economics, sociology, public health, philosophy and political science, the Review argues that Britain's inequalities extend far beyond income alone and presents a framework for how social policy makers should address their response.  But what can be done about it? Helen, Sir Richard and podcast host Will Hutton come together to discuss the evidence and the potential solutions in local government funding and long-term social policy. Professor Sir Richard Blundell is a Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Helen Miller is the Director of Institute for Fiscal Studies, the UK's leading independent economics research institute. Find out more about the IFS Deaton Review here: https://ifs.org.uk/inequality This episode is ideal for listeners interested in topical issues, social policy, UK healthcare, inequality and local government funding solutions.In the We Society, join acclaimed journalist and Academy of Social Sciences president Will Hutton, as he invites guests from the world of social science to explore the stories behind the news and hear their solutions to society's most pressing problems. In this series social science calls on aspects of business, education, economics, geopolitics, healthcare, human geography and more, exploring their impact on society and the social policy they can inspire. The We Society is for those interested in how social science impacts their world, and how evidence backed research can improve it.Don't want to miss an episode? Follow the show on your favourite podcast platform and you can email us on wesociety@acss.org.uk and tell us who we should be speaking to. The We Society podcast is brought to you by the Academy of Social Sciences in association with the Nuffield Foundation and the Leverhulme Trust. Producer: Emily Uchida FinchAssistant Producer: Emily GilbertA Whistledown Production for the Academy of Social Sciences 

00:08 — Bill Hartung is Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. His latest book is The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home. The post The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home appeared first on KPFA.

As the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, fundamental questions about the Constitution and the balance of power are once again at the center of American politics. John Yoo joins to examine the Supreme Court's landmark term, arguing that its recent decisions have restored presidential authority over the administrative state, clarified the constitutional limits of independent agencies, and reaffirmed birthright citizenship in the 14th amendment while leaving broader immigration policy in Congress's hands, as the Constitution intended. From executive power and the civil service to court packing, the filibuster, and the separation of powers, John explains whether the Court is actually reshaping American government and executive power or restoring an originalist vision of the Constitution. As calls to restructure the Court grow louder, are America's constitutional guardrails strong enough to withstand the political battles ahead? And once again, we ask if Congress will do its job in weighing its own responsibilities in the system of checks and balances?John Yoo is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Yoo has served in all three branches of government. He was an official in the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on national security and terrorism issues after the 9/11 attacks. He served as general counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. He has been a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and federal appeals Judge Laurence Silberman. Professor Yoo has published almost 100 scholarly articles on subjects including national security, constitutional law, international law, and the Supreme Court. He also regularly contributes to the editorial pages of The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and National Review, among others. Professor Yoo's latest book is The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court.Read the transcript here.Subscribe to our Substack here.

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Paul Dragos Aligica delivers a keynote lecture at the 2024 Markets & Society conference on resilience as a research frontier in mainline political economy. He traces how resilience has been largely absent from comparative economic systems scholarship, only to explode as a topic in the last decade, mostly imported from ecology and complexity theory rather than economics.He maps how three traditions at the core of the Mercatus research program—Austrian economics, public choice, and Ostromian institutionalism—each shape our understanding of resilience. Aligica also addresses claims that resilience thinking is merely a proxy for neoliberalism, closing with reflections on the normative stakes of self-governing societies.Dr. Paul Dragos Aligica is a Senior Research Fellow with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, KPMG Professor of Governance at the University of Bucharest, and a Senior Nonresident Scholar with the Center for Governance and Markets at the University of Pittsburgh. His many publications include Governing Differences: Social Diversity, Polycentric Political Economy and Modus Vivendi (Edward Elgar, 2025) coauthored with Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Public Governance and the Classical Liberal Perspective: Political Economy Foundations (Oxford University Press, 2019), and Public Entrepreneurship, Citizenship, and Self-Governance (Cambridge University Press 2018).**This episode was recorded on October 11, 2024**If you like the show, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and tell others about the show! We're available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you get your podcasts.Check out our other podcast from the Hayek Program! Virtual Sentiments is a podcast in which political theorist Kristen Collins interviews scholars and practitioners grappling with pressing problems in political economy with an eye to the past. Subscribe today!Follow the Hayek Program on Twitter: @HayekProgramFollow the Mercatus Center on Twitter: @mercatusCC Music: Twisterium

Amy MacIver speaks to James Ker-Lindsay, Senior Research Fellow at Kingston University, about the collapse of the US-Iran ceasefire, renewed military action, and the prospects for future negotiations. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Day Break | Can America Stop the Socialist Surge? --- 00:00 - Monologue 19:10 – Diana Furchtgott-Roth, nationally recognized economist, energy policy expert, and Distinguished Fellow at the Energy Policy Research Foundation (EPRINC). Furchtgott-Roth discusses Britain's current energy challenges, arguing that aggressive net-zero emissions policies have driven up costs and reduced energy reliability. She examines what lessons the United States can learn as policymakers debate the future of domestic energy production and climate policy. 38:27 - Monologue 47:24 – Missy Malone, My Pure Health. Malone discusses health freedom, metabolism, and why many people struggle to lose weight despite dieting and exercise. The conversation explores individualized approaches to wellness, understanding the body's unique needs, and alternatives to conventional weight-loss programs, while encouraging listeners to seek personalized health consultations. 57:36 – Brent Sadler, Senior Research Fellow for Naval Warfare and Advanced Technology at The Heritage Foundation's Allison Center for National Security. Sadler discusses growing interest among U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific for nuclear-powered submarines, examining the strategic importance of naval deterrence, defense partnerships, and maintaining stability in the Pacific region. 1:16:44 - Monologue 1:25:40 – Anthony Tomey, Co-Owner of 8 Mile Vodka and CEO of the Tomey Group. Tomey discusses 8 Mile Vodka's Gold Medal win at the 2026 Bartender Spirits Awards, the challenges and opportunities of building a successful business in Michigan, entrepreneurship, and manufacturing in America. 1:35:41 – Alejandro Martínez Arriaza, Secretary General of Mexico's National Food and Commerce Union (SNAC). Martínez discusses labor issues affecting Mexican workers, U.S.-Mexico trade relations, and the importance of fair labor standards and strong economic cooperation under the USMCA for workers and businesses on both sides of the border. --- Check out our brand new podcast, 'Forgotten America'... Episode 21 is live NOW at Steve Gruber on YouTube! Link below: https://youtu.be/WyZmI-8l5yg  

US President Donald Trump praised Turkey's loyalty and said a decision would be made on the sale of F-35 fighter jets as he met Tuesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Ankara. This as Israel eyes with concern Turkey's rising regional power. Dr. Gallia Lindenstrauss, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies , spoke with KAN reporter Naomi Segal (Photo: Associated Press)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining Africa Melane is Wandile Sihlobo, Agricultural Economist, Chief Economist of Agbiz, Presidential Envoy on Agriculture and Land, and Senior Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University. He unpacks why there may be less reason to panic about El Niño than many expect, what this means for farmers, consumers and food prices, and the factors that will determine whether South Africa can weather another challenging climate season. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Professor Santa J. Ono is a senior academic leader and internationally recognized scientist whose career centers on leading globally connected research universities and large-scale innovation institutions, with a focus on institutional transformation, research expansion, technology-driven innovation, sustainability, and public engagement. He serves as President of the Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford and Global President of the Ellison Institutes, advancing discovery in health, food security, clean energy, climate, and artificial intelligence. He is developing a major new research campus at Oxford Science Park—more than 2.3 million square feet of laboratory space—and overseeing the recruitment of up to 7,000 scientists, engineers, and clinicians. He directs platforms in AI, robotics, generative biology, and clinical research, and leads education initiatives including the Ellison Scholars Programme and doctoral programs conferred by Oxford University. At Oxford he is Professor of Ophthalmology & Immunology and a Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College. Previously, as President of the University of Michigan, he built a $1.2 billion AI research ecosystem, surpassed $2 billion in annual research expenditures, expanded access through the Go Blue Guarantee and Wolverine Pathways, and helped raise $4.3 billion toward a $6 billion campaign. As President of the University of British Columbia, he led major research expansion and sustainability leadership—UBC rose to the top rank in North America for impact on the UN Sustainable Development Goals—and helped establish the $2 billion Digital Technology Supercluster. Earlier, he served as President of the University of Cincinnati and in senior roles at Emory University. He has published 170 papers, served on numerous editorial boards, consulted for leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, and advised national science panels in the U.S. and Canada. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

Evangelical Christians should earnestly hope for, pray for, and work for revival. Maybe that's why we're always looking for and too often declaring, with only limited evidence, that revival has broken out. We want it to be true, so we declare it to be true with just the slightest encouragement. We should also not be ignorant to the fact that many purveyors of revival talk have financial incentives. If I can say that God is at work here, and you should support the work that God is doing, that provides a powerful and sometimes manipulative message that will separate well-meaning but naïve Christians from their money. Revival talk sells books, fills auditoriums and arenas, and causes donations to flow. And while we do not want to quench the spirit (to use biblical language), we should be clear-eyed and discerning when we hear people talk of revival. And we've been hearing a lot lately that America is experiencing revival. Kenneth Copeland has repeatedly declared that America is entering a season of revival. On his broadcasts and at ministers’ conferences, he has described the nation as being on the verge of “the greatest awakening” and has tied it to his own prophetic announcements. Mario Murillo has been one of the strongest proponents of the “America is in revival” narrative. He argues that mass tent meetings, conversions in California and elsewhere, and openness among young people indicate that the country is already experiencing a “Third Great Awakening.” Lance Wallnau has likewise said that America is experiencing a spiritual awakening, often linking it with political developments and what he describes as a national “reformation.” But people who study religion say…not so fast. Today, I have one of the godfathers of Christian polling and survey work on the program, George Barna, and we address the question directly: Is America experiencing a revival. His thoughts on the subject may surprise you. George Barna is one of the best-known researchers of religion and culture in the United States. He founded the Barna Research Group in 1984, pioneering the use of survey research to measure Americans’ religious beliefs, church attendance, worldview, and cultural trends. After selling the Barna Group in 2009, he launched several research initiatives focused on faith and public life. Today, Barna serves as Professor of Cultural Research at Arizona Christian University, where he is Director of Research for the university’s Cultural Research Center. He is also Senior Research Fellow for the Center for Biblical Worldview at the Family Research Council and the author or co-author of more than 60 books on faith, culture, leadership, and worldview. The producer for today's program is Jeff McIntosh. I'm your host, Warren Smith. Until next time, may God bless you.

Privatising Humanity: How Our Essential Human Needs Became Financial Assets (Manchester UP, 2026) is the latest book from Dr Kate Bayliss, a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economics at SOAS, University of London. Dr Bayliss' excellent title, published with Manchester University Press, is a critical examination of the privatisation paradigm. In the book, Dr Bayliss specifically analyses the history, processes, political economy and outcomes of privatisation policies in Britain across three major economic sectors – that of water, energy, and housing. Infamously, Britain was arguably in the vanguard of a proliferation of privatisation policies in the 1980s, courtesy of then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a key proponent of the neoliberal revolution at this time. Privatisation was touted as a solution for increased efficiency, the creation of a shareholder society, and relieving taxpayer burdens. Dr Bayliss' book, Privatising Humanity, is a crucial tool to understand how privatisation policies were applied, who benefited, and whether the outcomes lives up to these expectations. It is both an exceptionally detailed account of the web of interests that have profited from privatisation, on the one hand, and on the other, a highly accessible volume that is critical reading in this current moment. Elliot Dolan-Evans is a sessional lecturer and tutor in law at Monash University and RMIT. His research investigates the political economy of global capitalism, forms of international governance, and questions of war and peace. His first book, Making War Safe for Capitalism: The World Bank, IMF and the Conflict in Ukraine, is now out with Bristol University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Privatising Humanity: How Our Essential Human Needs Became Financial Assets (Manchester UP, 2026) is the latest book from Dr Kate Bayliss, a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economics at SOAS, University of London. Dr Bayliss' excellent title, published with Manchester University Press, is a critical examination of the privatisation paradigm. In the book, Dr Bayliss specifically analyses the history, processes, political economy and outcomes of privatisation policies in Britain across three major economic sectors – that of water, energy, and housing. Infamously, Britain was arguably in the vanguard of a proliferation of privatisation policies in the 1980s, courtesy of then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a key proponent of the neoliberal revolution at this time. Privatisation was touted as a solution for increased efficiency, the creation of a shareholder society, and relieving taxpayer burdens. Dr Bayliss' book, Privatising Humanity, is a crucial tool to understand how privatisation policies were applied, who benefited, and whether the outcomes lives up to these expectations. It is both an exceptionally detailed account of the web of interests that have profited from privatisation, on the one hand, and on the other, a highly accessible volume that is critical reading in this current moment. Elliot Dolan-Evans is a sessional lecturer and tutor in law at Monash University and RMIT. His research investigates the political economy of global capitalism, forms of international governance, and questions of war and peace. His first book, Making War Safe for Capitalism: The World Bank, IMF and the Conflict in Ukraine, is now out with Bristol University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Many people with infertility use in vitro fertilisation (IVF), however the probability of having a baby following IVF is only approximately 30-40% per cycle and decreases significantly with age. It can be a lengthy and expensive process. Providers sometimes offer ‘add-ons', additional treatments that they claim could help patients conceive, which are themselves also usually expensive. In Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom more than 70% of patients pay for at least one of these add-ons. A new review published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women's Health journal has found that evidence on the benefits of these add-on treatments is unclear. Claudia Hammond speaks to Dr Sarah Lensen, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health at the University of Melbourne.Joining Claudia from Ghana is genito-urinary consultant and HIV expert, Vanessa Apea. Claudia and Vanessa discuss a draft African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values, which claims that comprehensive sex education, as well as a range of sexual and reproductive health rights, are a threat to African families from foreign ideologies.They also discuss a report from the Office of Inspector General of US Agency for International Development (USAID) which reveals that President Donald Trump's administration has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in storage and transportation costs for $9.7 million worth of contraceptives that are being stored in Belgium rather than distributed to the various low-income countries they were intended for. Many of the withheld contraceptives are now expired or unusable due to their removal from temperature-controlled storage.We also hear from Health Check reporter Jane Chambers in the Chilean city of Valdivia, where wetlands are part of everyday life—and increasingly, part of people's health. And we hear how faecal-microbiome transplants could improve the efficacy of some antidepressants in patients with major depressive disorder.Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producers: Jonathan Blackwell & Georgia Christie

Indonesia is often framed as a key arena of China-Japan-US competition in the Second Cold War. In this episode, we talk with Trissia Wijaya about her book on the political economy of Chinese and Japanese infrastructure financing in Indonesia. She challenges the view that it is simply an instrument of competition and instead situates infrastructure finance within Indonesia's own development strategies. She shows how development assistance, commercial loans, export credits, and public-private partnerships are shaped by contestation among Chinese and Japanese capital, as well as Indonesian civil society, state actors, and labor. We also link these dynamics to the country's changing industrial policy, from energy infrastructure to Nickel processing to the planned capital of Nusantara, asking how Indonesia uses strategies of polyalignment and foreign finance to pursue its own developmental ambitions. — Trissia Wijaya is a McKenzie Research Fellow at the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this role, she worked as a Senior Research Fellow at Asia-Japan Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, and taught at the College of Global Liberal Arts. She received her PhD in Politics from Murdoch University, Australia, and remains affiliated as an Honorary Research Fellow at the Indo-Pacific Research Centre there. She has also worked at the Asian Development Bank and UNDP Indonesia, cultivating an interest in the political economy of development and evidence-informed policymaking. Her research spans green infrastructure financing, industrial policy, and critical mineral development. She has conducted intensive fieldwork across Indonesia, Japan, and China. The Political Economy of Japanese and Chinese Infrastructure Financing Governance: Organizing Alliances, Institutions, and Ideology (Bristol University Press 2025) Indonesia, nickel, and the political economy of polyalignment in the Second Cold War in Third World Quarterly An EV-fix for Indonesia: the green development-resource nationalist nexus in Environmental Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Indonesia is often framed as a key arena of China-Japan-US competition in the Second Cold War. In this episode, we talk with Trissia Wijaya about her book on the political economy of Chinese and Japanese infrastructure financing in Indonesia. She challenges the view that it is simply an instrument of competition and instead situates infrastructure finance within Indonesia's own development strategies. She shows how development assistance, commercial loans, export credits, and public-private partnerships are shaped by contestation among Chinese and Japanese capital, as well as Indonesian civil society, state actors, and labor. We also link these dynamics to the country's changing industrial policy, from energy infrastructure to Nickel processing to the planned capital of Nusantara, asking how Indonesia uses strategies of polyalignment and foreign finance to pursue its own developmental ambitions. — Trissia Wijaya is a McKenzie Research Fellow at the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this role, she worked as a Senior Research Fellow at Asia-Japan Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, and taught at the College of Global Liberal Arts. She received her PhD in Politics from Murdoch University, Australia, and remains affiliated as an Honorary Research Fellow at the Indo-Pacific Research Centre there. She has also worked at the Asian Development Bank and UNDP Indonesia, cultivating an interest in the political economy of development and evidence-informed policymaking. Her research spans green infrastructure financing, industrial policy, and critical mineral development. She has conducted intensive fieldwork across Indonesia, Japan, and China. The Political Economy of Japanese and Chinese Infrastructure Financing Governance: Organizing Alliances, Institutions, and Ideology (Bristol University Press 2025) Indonesia, nickel, and the political economy of polyalignment in the Second Cold War in Third World Quarterly An EV-fix for Indonesia: the green development-resource nationalist nexus in Environmental Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Bobbi Herzberg delivers a keynote lecture at the 2025 Markets & Society conference on Vincent Ostrom's understanding of democracy and self-governance. Reflecting on Ostrom's life, scholarship, and enduring influence, Herzberg explores four central themes in his work: the emergence of social order through shared beliefs and norms, the capacity of individuals to govern themselves, the importance of polycentric systems of governance, and the fragility of democratic institutions. Drawing on Ostrom's collaborations with his wife, Elinor Ostrom, and his engagement with the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville, Herzberg argues that democracy is not a mechanism imposed from above but an ongoing practice of cooperation, deliberation, and mutual responsibility. She concludes by emphasizing Ostrom's vision of democracy as a living experiment in self-government that must be renewed and sustained by each generation. Dr. Roberta Herzberg is a Distinguished Senior Fellow and a Senior Research Fellow with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute.**This episode was recorded on October 17, 2025**If you like the show, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and tell others about the show! We're available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you get your podcasts.Check out our other podcast from the Hayek Program! Virtual Sentiments is a podcast in which political theorist Kristen Collins interviews scholars and practitioners grappling with pressing problems in political economy with an eye to the past. Subscribe today!Follow the Hayek Program on Twitter: @HayekProgramFollow the Mercatus Center on Twitter: @mercatusCC Music: Twisterium

From December 9, 2024: Kevin Xu, founder of Interconnected Capital and author of the Interconnected newsletter, joins Kevin Frazier, Senior Research Fellow in the Constitutional Studies Program at the University of Texas at Austin and a Tarbell Fellow at Lawfare, to analyze China's AI ambitions, its current AI capacities, and the likely effect of updated export controls on the nation's AI efforts. The two pay particular attention to the different AI development strategies being deployed by the U.S. and China and how those differences reflect the AI priorities of the respective nations. To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Brexit negotiations and the Cuban Missile Crisis to elections, auctions and everyday decision-making, game theory can offer powerful insights into how we navigate a world shaped by competing interests, cooperation and strategic choices. In this episode, Professor Michael Wooldridge joins Carl Miller to explore the surprising life lessons hidden within one of mathematics' most influential fields. Drawing on ideas from his new book Life Lessons from Game Theory: The Art of Thinking Strategically in a Complex World, Wooldridge explains how game theory can help us better understand conflict, human behaviour and truth.  Professor Michael Wooldridge the Ashall Professor of the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellow at Hertford College. Carl Miller is an author, speaker and researcher at Demos, a think tank based in London, where he co-founded the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media in 2012. --- If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices