Episodes

A review of man’s use of water and how sustainability needs to factor into water management.

Sam Altman, the face of AI, was fired and re-hired by OpenAI. What was behind it and does this debacle mark a turning point in AI development and governance ?

In the face of whitewashing history by the CCP, independent writers, artists and filmmakers in China are using digital technology to publish honest, non biased accounts of Chinese history.

Dan Markey discusses his Foreign Affairs article about the growing strategic relationship between India and the US.

Has a Cold War between China and the US begun ?

The accomplishments of the APEC 2023 Conference.

Presidents Biden and Ci meet on the APEC 2023 sidelines.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Trade Representative, Katherine Tai convene the Foreign Ministers of APEC in San Francisco.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s Press Conference, post her APEC Finance Minister meetings.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen holds bilateral meetings with APEC member Finance Ministers.

We will feature brief daily summaries of conference proceedings.

The SLEI program enables Latino entrepreneurs whose companies have at least $1million annual sales, to scale up using research and a robust ecosystem.

Written constitutions became widely adopted between 1750 and 1918. Professor Colley explains the link between warfare and constitutions.

Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, UK.

What every CEO needs to know to run their businesses in today’s China.

OGR is a 27,000 mike around the world race. 14 ocean going sailboats representing 8 countries. They set sail from Southampton September 10. Neptune covered the 7000 mile first leg to Cape Town in 42 days . Neptune also has a mission to raise awareness of Parkinson’s Disease - a crew member suffers from the disease.

Exoplanet K2-18b. James Webb Space Telescope JWST atmospheric retrieval DMS

Nightmare choice in November 19 runoff election - left wing populist versus libertarian populist. With 138% inflation. The libertarian candidate wants to ditch the Peso for the US dollar.

Daniel Noboa will serve out the remaining 28 months of President Lasso’s term. A new face in Ecuadorian politics, he was a congressman and company executive.

The intelligence chiefs of the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US had a public meeting at Stanford University on Tuesday to warn Silicon Valley and the global tech community, that China has mounted an unprecedented campaign to steal cutting edge technology from the West, before the door of sanctions and regulations slams shut.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

Weight Loss Drugs versus ultra processed food

Australia’s Voice to Parliament Referendum on October 14th 2023 was defeated 60% to 40%. Professor Wallace analyses what went wrong for the Yes campaign.

X/Twitter owes $13 billion to a syndicate of 7 banks who are eager to sell the loan to private investors and get it off their books. Will Musk buy the debt or will distressed debt funds buy it ?

What are the elements of a state ? Territory. Population, government, language ?