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Send us a textNature Finance – Opportunities, Challenges, and What Comes NextIn this episode, we delve into the fast-evolving world of nature finance — with a focus on schemes emerging in England, and insights relevant to the global shift toward blended finance for nature recovery. As governments increasingly look to private investment to complement public funding, what's working, what's not, and where is this movement headed?We explore the key challenges facing nature finance today, from market design to policy uncertainty, and discuss promising innovations that could shape the future of investment in biodiversity and ecosystems.Hosted by: Raphaella MasciaGuests:Professor Alexander Teytelboym Department of Economics, University of Oxford Alexander Teytelboym is a Professor of Economics whose research focuses on market design—including matching markets, auctions, and network economics. He applies economic theory to pressing policy challenges in areas such as environmental protection, energy systems, and refugee resettlement.Dr Sophus zu Ermgassen Department of Biology, University of Oxford Dr Sophus zu Ermgassen is an ecological economist specialising in biodiversity finance, sustainable infrastructure, and nature-positive policy and investment. His research has been featured in The Guardian, BBC Countryfile, Sky News, The Financial Times, and the ENDS Report. He advises the UK government through roles with Natural England's Biodiversity Net Gain Monitoring and Evaluation group, the UK Treasury's Biodiversity Economics working group, and the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits. He has also contributed to UK Parliamentary reports and briefings on biodiversity and just sustainability transitions.Alqayam (Al) Meghji Senior Policy Advisor, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Al Meghji is a Senior Policy Advisor at Defra, bringing together technical engineering expertise and strategic policy insight across water, energy, and land use. His work addresses the intersection of natural resources and climate resilience under demographic and environmental pressures, with a focus on unlocking private investment to complement public funding in nature recovery.Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of Defra, the UK Government, or the University of Oxford.The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery is interested in promoting a wide variety of views and opinions on nature recovery from researchers and practitioners. The views, opinions and positions expressed within this podcast are those of the speakers alone, they do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, or its researchers.The work of the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery is made possible thanks to the support of the Leverhulme Trust.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Kyle Anzalone is the 'Opinion Editor' at Antiwar.com and "News Editor' of 'The Libertarian Institute'. Find out more about him at: https://www.subscribestar.com/COI & http://www.antiwar.com/ GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Lee Slaughter is a former political candidate, standing in two UK Parliamentary elections and once for the European Parliament. He is a political analyst and commentator focusing on the organisations, structures and the multiplicity of individual agendas that make up the New World Order. From UN Agenda 21, to the Club of Rome, WHO, World Economic Forum and how these agencies work together with banks, media Big-Tech to subvert Governments and economies.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Lee Slaughter is a former political candidate, standing in two UK Parliamentary elections and once for the European Parliament. He is a political analyst and commentator focusing on the organisations, structures and the multiplicity of individual agendas that make up the New World Order. From UN Agenda 21, to the Club of Rome, WHO, World Economic Forum and how these agencies work together with banks, media Big-Tech to subvert Governments and economies.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Lee Slaughter is a former political candidate, standing in two UK Parliamentary elections and once for the European Parliament. He is a political analyst and commentator focusing on the organisations, structures and the multiplicity of individual agendas that make up the New World Order. From UN Agenda 21, to the Club of Rome, WHO, World Economic Forum and how these agencies work together with banks, media Big-Tech to subvert Governments and economies. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Hall Gardner Professor Emeritus, Department of History and Politics.  American University of Paris. 

GUEST OVERVIEW: Lee Slaughter is a former political candidate, standing in two UK Parliamentary elections and once for the European Parliament. He is a political analyst and commentator focusing on the organisations, structures and the multiplicity of individual agendas that make up the New World Order. From UN Agenda 21, to the Club of Rome, WHO, World Economic Forum and how these agencies work together with banks, media Big-Tech to subvert Governments and economies. 

GUEST OVERVIEW: Lee Slaughter is a former political candidate, standing in two UK Parliamentary elections and once for the European Parliament. He is a political analyst and commentator focusing on the organisations, structures and the multiplicity of individual agendas that make up the New World Order. From UN Agenda 21, to the Club of Rome, WHO, World Economic Forum and how these agencies work together with banks, media Big-Tech to subvert Governments and economies.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Greg Swenson is the Chairman of the Republicans Overseas UK.  GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Tim Scott is Treasurer of The Freedom Association and a former Captain in The Queen's Fusiliers. GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Lee Slaughter is a former political candidate, standing in two UK Parliamentary elections and once for the European Parliament. He is a political analyst and commentator focusing on the organisations, structures and the multiplicity of individual agendas that make up the New World Order. From UN Agenda 21, to the Club of Rome, WHO, World Economic Forum and how these agencies work together with banks, media Big-Tech to subvert Governments and economies. GUEST 4 OVERVIEW: Dr Rakib Ehsan is the author of Beyond Grievance: what the Left gets wrong about ethnic minorities (June 2023). Currently a columnist at spiked, he has also written for the Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Sun, the Spectator, the Independent, the Scotsman, the Jewish Chronicle, UnHerd, and CapX. Rakib is also a regular guest on GB News and talkRadio's Independent Republic of Mike Graham, and has also featured on Sky News, ITV's Good Morning Britain, BBC Newsnight and BBC Sunday Morning Live. Establishing himself as a prominent British authority on matters of racial identity and social integration, Rakib has consulted influential UK parliamentarians and policymakers on race relations and community relations.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Lee Slaughter is a former political candidate, standing in two UK Parliamentary elections and once for the European Parliament. He is a political analyst and commentator focusing on the organisations, structures and the multiplicity of individual agendas that make up the New World Order. From UN Agenda 21, to the Club of Rome, WHO, World Economic Forum and how these agencies work together with banks, media Big-Tech to subvert Governments and economies. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Ben Walker​ is a British Royal Navy Veteran, who served in Afghanistan and in the Falklands and who now serves as the Party Chairman of UKIP. Ben has been a parliamentary candidate, Local Councillor and Town Mayor and is a British military expert.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Lee Slaughter is a former political candidate, standing in two UK Parliamentary elections and once for the European Parliament. He is a political analyst and commentator focusing on the organisations, structures and the multiplicity of individual agendas that make up the New World Order. From UN Agenda 21, to the Club of Rome, WHO, World Economic Forum and how these agencies work together with banks, media Big-Tech to subvert Governments and economies. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Tony Gosling is an independent-minded investigative journalist who follows the story to its own conclusion, however uncomfortable. http://www.thisweek.org.uk  

GUEST OVERVIEW: Lee Slaughter is a former political candidate, standing in two UK Parliamentary elections and once for the European Parliament. He is a political analyst and commentator focusing on the organisations, structures and the multiplicity of individual agendas that make up the New World Order. From UN Agenda 21, to the Club of Rome, WHO, World Economic Forum and how these agencies work together with banks, media Big-Tech to subvert Governments and economies.

Keypoint Intelligence's Cartridge Analysts Ruminating about Toner and Supplies (CARTS) team, comprised of Peter Mayhew and Kris Alvarez, raise awareness of new particulate emission limits from the US EPA and the possible impact on the paper industry. They then get into fresh data from CEPI, the Belgium-based Confederation of European Paper Industries, with some startlingly good and bad shipment numbers before considering the outcomes of a UK Parliamentary debate hosted by the Two Sides organization.

In this episode of the Patrick Henningsen Show on TNT Radio which aired on February 21, 2024, Patrick talks with human rights lawyer and UK Parliamentary candidate Mohammed Akunjee, about the incredible situation unfolding in southern Gaza, Palestine, as the Israeli regime is unfettered by the ICJ Genocide ruling, and is doubling down on its ‘final solution' to what it sees as its ‘Palestinian problem'. All this and more. More from Mohammed: X/Twitter  TUNE-IN LIVE to TNT RADIO for the Patrick Henningsen Show every MON-FRI at 11AM-1PM (NEW YORK) | 4PM-6PM (LONDON) | 2AM-4AM (BRISBANE): https://tntradio.live

In June of this year, the UK Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman released a report summarizing their findings of their review of 22 patient safety incidents that were identified as avoidable deaths, with the aim of highlighting failings in systems and, support learning from the analysis. The report identified repeated broad themes of clinical failings leading to these deaths and also several factors that contributed to compounded harm experienced by the families of these patients following the deaths of their loved ones. This podcast is a recording of a webinar, presented by Oonagh Gilvarry, Chief Research Officer at HCI. Oonagh provides a summary of these clinical failings, and the resulting compounded harm, that provide learnings that are applicable across all of the health and social care sectors internationally.

In this episode of the Patrick Henningsen Show on TNT Radio which aired on November 16, 2023, Patrick talks to research assistant Kristian James, about the recent furore following the UK Parliamentary vote on backing a ceasefire and to stop Israel's genocide of the native Palestinian population in Gaza. It seems the UK police state may be using the Palestinian crisis to further restrict citizens' rights of speech and assembly. When will sanity return to Westminster? All this and more. More from Kristian: X/Twitter  TUNE-IN LIVE to TNT RADIO for the Patrick Henningsen Show every MON-FRI at 11AM-1PM (NEW YORK) | 4PM-6PM (LONDON) | 2AM-4AM (BRISBANE): https://tntradio.liv

With the party conference beginning this weekend at the ICC in Newport, discussions about the party's Welsh wing and the relationship between the Senedd group and the UK Parliamentary group are bound to be top of the agenda, an agenda which is pretty full of other big items like the looming UK general election, local elections in England and Northern Ireland, and ongoing turbulence in the UK Government after another high-profile ministerial departure. In Wales recent polling has suggested that the Welsh Conservatives are still struggling to come close to competing with Labour in the Senedd, despite a new tone of campaigning from Andrew RT Davies and popular policy shifts such as aligning themselves with other Welsh parties with regards HS2. Our two guests grapple with some of these issues and much more: Ant Pickles: https://twitter.com/antpickles former Chief of Staff of the Welsh Conservatives & Abigail Mainon: https://twitter.com/AbigailMainon Chair of the Conservative Women's Organisation Wales and a former Senedd Candidate in Alyn and Deeside As always, you can follow us @hiraethpod on the socials for all the latest from the pod, including on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HiraethPod And if you are enjoying the pod, please rate and review us in your podcast app of choice and, if you are able to do so, please consider supporting us on Patreon from £3/month: http://www.patreon.com/hiraethpod

The Putin regime has been widely exploiting the vulnerabilities of global social media platforms, using bots and trolls to promote specific stories and narratives. But they are not alone once developed the same techniques can be used by other powers, international and local to subvert democratic institutions and to warp public perception of the news and politics in their countries. But Russian propaganda does not work how most people think it does. The interventions of the trolls and agitators often fail to directly promote pro-regime narratives in political discussions but do succeed in distracting people from having open discussions that are critical of the state. The mechanics of disinformation operations are often counter-intuitive – and we'll unpack this topic in today's episode. ---------- SPEAKER: Emma L Briant is an internationally recognized expert and scholar of information warfare and propaganda who helps policy makers, governments, business leaders, journalists and the general public understand and respond to the challenge of contemporary online threats. Emma is a fellow of Bard College. She has been called “The woman exposing the propaganda puppet masters” by Index on Censorship in 2022, and “One of the world's leading experts in information wars.” by Der Spiegel in 2023. Her research and solutions on the rapid evolution of surveillance driven propaganda and its implications for democracy were central in exposing the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Her work continues to inform policy including through US Congress, UK Parliament, Canadian Parliament and the European Parliament. ---------- BOOKS: Propaganda and counterterrorism: Strategies for global change (2015) Bad News for Refugees by Greg Philo, Emma Briant, et al. (2013) ---------- LINKS: Emma Briant blog and website: https://emma-briant.co.uk/ Emma Briant on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Briant Emma Briant on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmmaLBriant Emma Briant on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmalbriant/ Emma Briant on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emmalbriant Emma Briant at Open Democracy: https://www.opendemocracy.net/es/author/emma-l-briant/ Emma Briant at Bard College: https://www.bard.edu/faculty/details/?id=4601 Reading list: https://www.patreon.com/posts/78981573 About Cambridge Analytica: https://www.propagandamachine.tech/ UK Parliamentary committee report: https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/96662/html/ ----------

The new UK Prime Minister is Rishi Sunak, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer. Who is Rishi Sunak? How did he become Prime Minister and what is The Chancellor of the Exchequer? How the UK Parliamentary system differs, and is similar, to ours in the US are discussed here.

Professor Chris Rapley CBE is Professor of Climate Science at University College London's Department of Earth Sciences. He served previously as Director of the British Antarctic Survey and of the Science Museum, and is a passionate and plain-speaking advocate for Climate Science. Professor Rapley is a Fellow of UCL and of St Edmund's College, Cambridge, a member of the Academia Europaea, Chair of the European Science Foundation's European Space Sciences Committee, Member of the Advisory Board of the UK government's Clean Growth Fund, Patron of the Surrey Climate Commission, a member of the Science Advisory board of Scientists' Warning, and a member of the UK Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. His previous posts include Directorships of the Science Museum and British Antarctic Survey, Chair of the London Climate Change Partnership, President of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, and founder and Head of UCL's Earth Remote Sensing Group. He was Instrument Scientist on astrophysical and solar sounding rocket payloads, of the Bent Crystal Spectrometer on NASA's Solar Maximum Mission, assisted JPL with the Cassini RADAR instrument, and led numerous ESA studies on the use of radar altimeters to study the Earth. He was Chair of the International Planning Group for the International Polar Year 2007-2008 and Chair of the ESA Director General's High-Level Science Policy Advisory Committee. In 2014 Prof Rapley and the playwright Duncan Macmillan wrote the acclaimed play ‘2071' which Prof Rapley performed at the Royal Court theatre and in Hamburg and Brussels. More recently Prof Rapley was the Science Consultant on BBC1's ‘Climate Change – The Facts' presented by Sir David Attenborough, and the three-part BBC1/PBS series on Greta Thunberg. In 2003 Prof Rapley was appointed CBE by Her Majesty the Queen. In 2008 he was awarded the Edinburgh Science Medal for having made 'a significant contribution to the understanding and wellbeing of humanity'. Prof Rapley holds a PhD. from UCL in X-ray astronomy, an M.Sc from the University of Manchester in Radio Astronomy, and an MA from Jesus College, Oxford in Physics.

Today, I am speaking with Prof. Chris Rapley from University College London. From working on Earth observations missions to study the polar regions with radar altimetry instruments to actually researching there as the director of British Antarctic Survey, Prof Chris Rapley is an accomplished scientist. He was also the Director of the Science Museum in the UK for a few years, and is now currently Professor of Climate Science at University College London.Chris is also the member of the European Space Agency Director General's High Level Advisory Group and the UK Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. His current interests actually lie in the communication of climate science and that's why I wanted to have him on the podcast, given communication is something that we need to improve on in the Earth observation sector.In this episode, we discuss the use of satellite data for climate, whether the decision makers and end users care where the data comes from, how we can bridge the gap in communicating Earth Observation, the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, leveraging climate as a narrative to communicate about the significance of satellites and more.Chris Rapley's BioProf. Chris Rapley's Wikipedia---01:33: Chris' (fascinating) story13:17: Use of satellite data on ground, while Chris was researching in Antarctica15:05: Satellite data for climate - does anyone care where the data comes from? 22:22: The importance of a multidisciplinary approach in Earth observation27:47: The dichotomy of the need to communicate about EO vs EO being in the background30:20: Bridging the gap in communication in EO38:43: Leveraging on climate as a communication narrative for EO42:28: What can we improve on as an industry in terms of communication about EO and climate?46:03: What are some reasons to be optimistic about climate?

Episode 98, comes to you in the midst of the UK Parliamentary leadership battle and Rich talks about Tax returns and postage costs…….. it gets better…. Dave gets to talk about 40k, so it's the lesser of two evils I suppose. Join us over on Facebook to share your hobby love: Facebook.com/floorhammerpodcast Check out our … Episode 98: Contrast and Tax Returns Read More »

We discuss the latest UK Parliamentary debacle as Tory MPs narrowly vote confidence in their disgraced leader Boris Johnson. We also ask whether policing has become a problem and whether we should extend free school meals.

BEERG's Tom Hayes chats with David Hopper and Vince Toman of Lewis Silkin about the controversy arising for P&O ferries decision to make 800 UK based seafarers redundant. The discussion was recorded on March 25th one day after a UK Parliamentary committee hearing where MPs took the P&O management to task over their actions and questioned UK ministers on their response, specifically lacunas in the UK's laws, which the UK government says it will speedily address.

Aging and rowing | Faster Masters Rowing Radio - the podcast for masters rowers. Timestamps 01:00 This Past Week - what we do to advocate for masters rowing. The Faster Masters January program content includes a plan for CRASH-B erg racing. 09:00 Rebecca and Marlene welcome Clare Delmar to the Faster Masters Rowing Radio podcast to talk about aging. Full links and resources for rowing and aging are here https://fastermastersrowing.com/rowing-and-aging-resources/ 12:00 The science of longevity - Why we should be interested in aging and what we already know. Cancer research tells us what happens to cells in the body. Key tenets - shifting healthcare, medicine and personal focus from lifespan to "health span". Living well longer. 14:45 Top risk factors for health conditions - the number 1 is aging for prostate cancer. We should think that aging is not just a fact of life - we can learn about it and about the process of aging. 17:45 Difference between chronological and biological age. Measure this with biomarkers. We can manage our biological age ourselves. 20:00 Which people are doing work in aging who we should follow? There are scientific geneticists, society researchers (employment, housing, transport), medical (treatments and interventions) and personal health (what we can do ourselves). Cell senescence is key - cells are dying and not being replaced. 24:00 Gurus on longevity. What they are talking about - David Sinclair is a professor at Harvard Medical School whose book, Lifespan is evidence-based. https://amzn.to/3ntcj9O Nir Barzilai also has a book Age Later, the new science of longevity. https://amzn.to/3A20YCB Interventions he suggests include supplements and drugs to help reduce aging. 28:00 Covid has taught us about repurposing drugs. Metformin is a diabetes drug Mir is working on. 29:30 Eleanor Sheeky has a great YouTube channel the Sheeky Science show. https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSheekeyScienceShow/about Support this show with a donation https://fastermastersrowing.com/podcast 30:30 Researchers into societal and cultural perspectives and the policies needed Sergei Young https://amzn.to/3fsxF2H Susan Florey Tina Woods has a book on AI driving interventions. She's also on the UK Parliamentary advisory group. https://amzn.to/33Gc2sK Andrew Scott at London Business School has a book https://amzn.to/3qw4uSC Ashton Applewhite - social media around ageism @thischairrocks 36:30 Novos Labs are a supplements company. Their website is informative. 37:15 How you you monitor our own health? Clare takes supplements not because she feels bad. She wants to live well. Daily yoga practice has been massively helpful for strength, balance and mobility. Daily exercise - sculling, run or cycle Diet and nutrition - the impact on physical and mental / emotional health. I eat gut-friendly foods. I have cut out sugars so I'm less dependent and greek yoghurt daily. 44:00 Tips - apply to your everyday. A dietary intervention is the concept of intermittent fasting - body ketosis. Everybody is different. 47:00 Opinions on a vegan diet? It's an individual choice. With aging it's protein levels that are critical to less stress and cell repair. Women need fat in our diet. Clare is a convert to non-meat proteins - pulses / beans and plant based milks. 52:00 Gut health is important. Fermented foods, pickles, kimchi and sauerkraut.

David Turner speaks to Nick about his newsletter Penny Fractions, an overview of the music market as it stands near the end of 2021, the UK Parliamentary inquiry into the major labels and other things affecting the global music streaming ecosystem and creators. Thanks for listening! Tune in next week and don't forget to take a minute to review the podcast. In this incredibly competitive podcasting world, every piece of feedback helps. Follow our social media channels for last-minute announcements and guest reveals @theradicalpod on Instagram and Facebook. Find out more about today's guest, David Turner Find out more about your host, Nick Terzo

Following the Boundary Commission announcement of their proposals for the new UK Parliamentary map of Wales, we speak to Shereen Williams, Secretary of the Boundary Commission for Wales to learn more about the process of drawing up the new map. Afterwards Matt, Ceri & Rich mull the political impact of the proposed changes. You can find the Boundary Commission here: https://twitter.com/BCommWales and Shereen here: https://twitter.com/ShereenWilliams For the latest blogs, pods, and videos from Hiraeth, follow us here: https://twitter.com/HiraethBlog And finally, if you're enjoying the pod, please leave us a review in your podcast app of choice.

Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. British politician Kevin Brennan wrote a guest article for UK newspaper the Independent which offers a few hints on the outcome of the UK Parliamentary Inquiry into artists' streaming income. The British music industry will now be preparing for a big lobbying battle around applying equitable remuneration (ER) to streaming, although this is not a big surprise given the issue's prominence in the hearings of the UK's music streaming economics inquiry. Joe and Stu try to figure out the most likely outcome; wonder if labels should be worried - or if they have an other card to play. Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe

Analyzing Spotify's ex-Chief of Economics submission to the UK Parliamentary inquiry, in regards to implications of streaming for major labels and for artists. I hope Spotify CEO Mr. Daniel Ek and others (DIMA.org) will respond to this podcast so we can have a fruitful dialogue and resolve the streaming injustices plaguing millions of DIY Indie artists. There are many good things about music streaming, but many musicians are feeling LEFT OUT. Sources: Written evidence submitted by Will Page, Spotify's ex-Chief of Economics https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/15367/pdf/ #Spotify #DanielEk #BrokenRecord #FixStreaming #StopTheStreamingSteal #MusicBusinessWorldWide #Drumkoon #MusicBusiness #MusicIndustry #Covid19 #MusicCurator #Algo-torial #MusicPlaylist ##musicstreaminginquiry #BrokenRecordCampaign #Dima #Streaming #StreamingFoward #WillPage #Music #UniversalRecords #SonyMusic #WarnerRecords #DIYMusic #WillPage #Drumkoon #DrumkoonHandpanPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drumkoon-handpan/message

In this episode, we speak to Resham Kotecha, founder of Podium Perfect. Resham is a two time UK Parliamentary candidate, and is the youngest BME party candidate, having fought in the General Election in 2015 and 2017. After various roles in financial services, consulting, public sector and government, she launched Podium Perfect, a public speaking coaching company which has generated over 35,000 sign ups from 100+ countries. Resham is passionate about politics and policy, particularly promoting the number of female MPs in parliament. This led her to work closely with Women2Win, an organisation co-founded by Theresa May, where she is currently Head of Engagement.  Guest Resources - Podium Perfect: https://www.podiumperfect.co.uk Business Over Chai Resources Our mission is to share startup stories that will inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs across the South Asian community. #businessoverchai Co-hosts: Andy Paul & Sunny Nagi - Website: https://www.businessoverchai.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/businessoverchai/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/businessoverchai - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/business-over-chai-podcast - Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizoverchai - Linktree: https://linktr.ee/businessoverchai Give us a review! If you enjoyed this episode please leave a 5 star review wherever you're listening! Don't forget to subscribe and share this podcast with your friends and family! Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are of the guest and/or co-hosts and are not representative views held by employers or other related parties.

In this episode we are joined by Bobby Dean, Liberal Democrats candidate in the Lewisham Deptford constituency in the UK Parliamentary elections. We have an in-depth discussion about how what life as a politician is truly like and how to best tackle youth violence in London. Topics of discussion include: - What it means to be an MP - What an MP can and can't do - How to actually become an MP - Background on youth violence - Causes and manifestations of Youth Violence - How Politicians view the Youth Violence Issue - Racial misconceptions of Youth Violence and the role of non-black people in changing narratives - The importance of role models - Issues with the UK prison system - Solutions - Spotlight on Bobby and advice for aspiring MPs

We're back from an unintended summer break to talk about the DCMS report on loot boxes, as well as the various responses to it, the striking game devs at Nexon, the unionization effort at Kickstarter & bad job postings.Follow Any Blockers? on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, and PocketCasts.Further Reading:Immersive and addictive technologies report by DCMSThe ESA 'strongly disagrees' with UK Parliamentary inquiry's finding on loot boxesNexon's labor union calls on the management to guarantee job securityWorkers Accuse Kickstarter of Union-Busting in Federal ComplaintTwitter thread on Facepunchs' jack-off job ads

On this week’s episode of the PlayersToo Podcast, find out why EA executives are giving up their annual bonuses, hear all about a clash between UK lawmakers and some of gaming’s biggest publishers, and get our take on the future of games retail as UK chain GAME is sold to controversial businessman Mike Ashley. We tell you about the games we’ve been playing – from Cuphead to Braid to Return of the Obra Dinn – and let you know about fresh new releases like Crash Team Racing, Judgement, My Friend Pedro and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. We round off this week’s show with a chat about the future of gaming and how new streaming platforms like Google Stadia and Microsoft xCloud are possibly set to change the gaming landscape forever. Give us your thoughts on the games you’ve been playing and all the topics discussed on the show on social media! If you enjoy this podcast PLEASE give us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts - it would help us out so much! Follow PlayersToo on all the social media: Twitter Facebook Instagram YouTube Find our written content over at PlayersToo.com and let us know what you think of our E3 picks. PlayersToo is back next week - we hope you can join us!

After the subpoena of a Cambridge Analytica director by the Mueller Inquiry, an explosive UK Parliamentary report explains the role of Facebook in harvesting our deepest secrets and targeting us with dark ads and Russian propaganda See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Roy Green Show Podcast - What impact may last week's protests against the British Columbia LNG megaproject have, along with images of heavily armed police removing First Nations protesters?  And how will these events affect Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Horgan? They both have enthusiastically tied their flags to the project. And what should we expect from the upcoming by-election in Burnaby for federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. Could Singh lose and throw the party into leadership chaos? Tuesday's vote in the British parliament could sink the government of Prime Minister Theresa May and possibly lead to a general election and a repeat of the Brexit referendum.  Some of May's own Conservative MPs and the speaker of the British parliament have turned on her. Canada is meanwhile holding informal trade talks with the U.K. which would become formal if Britain exits the EU at the end of March. A B.C. couple is criminally charged after hog-tying a man they accuse of trying to lure their 13-year-old daughter into sex. Former Alberta Prosecutor Scott Newark weighs in on the story, and shares his experience working with the Toronto Sex Crimes division of the Toronto police. And then we turn our attention to Canada's new drunk driving law. Yesterday Toronto criminal lawyer Ari Goldkind defended police having the right to demand a breathalyzer at your home up to two hours after you're alleged to have driven.  If you drove sober, had a drink or two in the two hours after you arrived home and a breathalyzer is required by law, you could find yourself charged with DUI. Guests: Mike Smyth, Political columnist with the Vancouver Province, host on CKNW Global News Radio Professor emeritus Alan Sked, with London School of Economics; founder of UKIP, the political party which gave birth to the Brexit movement Scott Newark, Former Alberta prosecutor, former executive director of the Ontario Office for Victims of crime and former executive director of the Canadian Police Association, now Professor at Simon Fraser University. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you've been paying attention to the news coming from the United Kingdom, you know one of the most urgent issues is Brexit - the UK's exit from the European Union. Today we are joined by our special guest Rintu Basu, who is a persuasion expert living in the UK. We break down in this episode a speech given by Prime Minister Theresa May. Highlights include: Using repetition to reinforce "facts" "If, Then..." loops in language Pre-framing The demographics of Remain versus Leave voters The differences in UK Parliamentary debate and other chambers around the world, and how persuasion is built in to the UK system What "The Backstop" is and how it came to be such a trigger-point issue How Theresa May sets up for the opposition to feel they are included but then puts them in a box Using the values of being "honest" and "personal" to get people to let their guards down If you enjoyed this episode, remember to support us through Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/subliminallycorrect)! Your support really matters. You can also follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/SubliminalPod) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SubliminallyCorrect/), and visit us at our Website (http://www.subliminallycorrect.com)! (Theme Music: "Night Owl" by Broke For Free from Free Music Archive, CC BY 3.0) Special Guest: Rintu Basu.

  Alexandra Channer: Automation, Displacement and Slavery in Southeast Asia (Ep. 166) Alexandra Channer joined Joe Miller to discuss how automation is leading to labor abuses and slavery in Southeast Asia. Bio Dr. Alexandra Channer (@channer_alex) is a human rights advisor for business, helping to identify and mitigate impacts resulting from their commercial activities and relationships. She has a technical background in risk analysis and due diligence for labour standards, civil and political rights and community impacts. In her previous role, Alex was principal analyst and head of human rights strategy at Verisk Maplecroft. In this role, Alex supported multinationals with global supply chains in the technology, extractives, food and beverage, and apparel sectors. Areas of focus included modern slavery, human rights defenders and automation. Alex’s approach is enriched by her doctorate in politics - involving eight years of fieldwork on grievance-based mobilisation in Kosovo - as well as experience working in political communications. Alex learnt Albanian in Kosovo and translates plays and books in her spare time. Key services: Modern slavery training workshops and e-learning programmes Gap assessments of human rights management systems Stakeholder consultation    Disclosure statement support Risk and impact assessments Issue briefing, horizon scanning Resources Slavery and labour abuses in SE Asia supply chains set to spiral over the next two decades as automation consumes job market by Alexandra Channer (Verisk Maplecroft, 2018) Confidential documents obtained by UK’s Parliament suggest Facebook sold data Two-hundred fifty pages of confidential documents obtained by a UK Parliamentary committee from a company embroiled in litigation with Facebook in the U.S. seem to reveal that Facebook sold data to certain buyers as it sought to grow. Zuckerberg denies that allegations. But the trove of emails between Facebook and a company called Six4Three contain several communications with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that seem to discredit his assertion that Facebook never sold users’ data. In other Facebook news, The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook’s board of directors backs Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s handling of the anti-Semitic campaign against George Soros. And Facebook plans to a buyback of $9 billion more of its shares to boost investor confidence after a stock slump of more than 40% since July. Verizon’s Oath to pay a $5 million settlement in child data protection lawsuit Verizon’s Oath has agreed to pay $5 million to the New York State attorney general to settle charges that its AOL unit violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, also known as COPPA. It’s the largest settlement paid by a company in COPPA history. New York’s Attorney General had accused AOL of displaying ads on children’s sites even though AOL’s policies prohibited it.  Sapna Maheshwari has more in The New York Times. FCC watchdog clears Pai of collusion with the White House The FCC’s own, internal Inspector General has completed an investigation of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. It found that Pai didn’t violate ethics rules when he failed to disclose conversations he’d had with former White House counsel Don McGahn regarding the Sinclair merger because the FCC’s rules didn’t prohibit the conversation even though the FCC is not a cabinet-level agency and is supposed to be independent of the White House. Margaret Harding McGill has the story in Politico. Google contract employees push for better working conditions Google’s contract employees are pushing for better working conditions. In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Googler’s are calling for inclusion in corporate-wide communications as well as equal pay and better treatment. The contract workers, known internally as TVCs, are also referred to as Google’s “shadow workforce”. And they were excluded from Google’s new policies regarding sexual harassment which the company began implementing following the walkout of thousands of employees world-wide protesting the company’s handling of Andy Rubin’s departure, after he’d been accused of sexual misconduct—an accusation Mr. Rubin has denied. The contract employees say that Google’s $30 billion in profit this year alone is more than enough for the company to compensate them fairly. Google accelerates closure of Google+ Google has found a new bug exposing user data to some 52 million users. The company had already planned to shut down Google+ by the end of next year, but it has accelerated the closure to August. Google CEO Sundar Pichai is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on today, Tuesday, December 11th and the new data breach is sure to be an issue.  

In today's podcast, we hear about how KRACK attacks get past secure wi-fi protocols. Probes and distributed denial-of-service incidents in Poland and Sweden have the look of state operations. East Asian threat actors moving on from cyber espionage to supply chain attacks. Iran blamed for June's hack of UK Parliamentary email. QR codes may pose security issues. Do FSB social media trolls really train against US targets by watching House of Cards? Johannes Ullrich from SANS Technology Institute and the ISC Stormcast podcast on scammers taking advantage of disaster. And can the CryptoRuble really complete with VopperCoin? Investors want to know. Thanks for listening to the CyberWire. One of the ways you can support what we do is by visiting our sponsors. We read Recorded Future’s free intel daily, and we think you'll find it valuable, too. If you’d like to learn more about how small nuances in how artificial intelligence and machine learning are used can make a big difference, check out E8’s white paper. Interested in the latest research in cyber security? Our new Research Saturday podcast highlights research being done in industry, universities, and governments. Hear from people who are discovering threats, uncovering vulnerabilities, and devising the security measures to keep cyberspace as safe as it can be. Check it out.