Episodes

Presidents Biden and Ci meet on the APEC 2023 sidelines.

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 ?

Covid 19 cases are on the uptick as a new booster shot is being rolled out. Masking continues to be an effective practice to lessen infection risk.

Hitchcock successfully navigated the censors in the UK and US to be the greatest filmmaker of mystery and suspense films of the 20th Century.

Exim Bank is playing a growing role in financing the export drive of US small business. In California alone, they have 650 exporter clients who ship overseas, product worth $14 billion. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

Governor Newsom appoints Laphonza Butler as a Senator to fill out the last 15 months of the late Senator Dianne Feinstein’s term.

The CCP and Chinese Military have a unique relationship among developed nations. James Char explains.

Dianne Feinstein passed away on Thursday leaving a long legacy of service to San Francisco and California.

Skin color is a function of evolution. Its racial overtones is a relatively modern construct.

China’s one man rule policy is a concentration of power that’s at the root of poor policy making.