The mid terms are coming up and the top-tier issues are there – budget deficits, immigration, me too – but the second tier issue of technology policy is a surprising area of bipartisanship – for the most part. To help us unpack where the political… Read More »Tech Policy & Midterm Elections with Dr. Roslyn Layton
One could forgive Change Research for titling its victory-lap email ‘Nailed It!’ Change Research was the only polling firm to correctly predict the winner of the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Florida, Andrew Gillum. Mike Greenfield, CEO and co-founder of Change Research, joins us this week… Read More »Taking Political Polling to Next-Level Accuracy with Mike Greenfield
The political weather outside is frightful. Navigating the storms, politically speaking, can be tough for startups — as if they don’t have enough moving parts to contend with, right? Enter: Bradley Tusk. Mr Tusk is a political strategist with a pedigree. He helped Michael Bloomberg… Read More »Combining Politics, Venture Capital to Help Startups Survive with Bradley Tusk
The Department of Veterans Affairs gets a spotlight during every election cycle as part of many politicians’ platforms, but what is actually going on behind the scenes? We talk to Dave McLenachen, Director of VA’s Appeals Management Office, about actual modernization and reforms that impact… Read More »Fixing the Backlog at Veterans Affairs with Dave McLenachen
We’ve heard from other tech analysts that AI will not be making life and death decisions, but the driverless car that killed a pedestrian is proof that isn’t true. We a behind the scenes look at legislation relating to AI, warfare, and the Pentagon from… Read More »Killing Machines with Paul Scharre
Tech Policy, from the think tank to the floor of Congress. Ro Khanna is the US Representative for California’s District 17 – Silicon Valley. We discuss Net Neutrality, young voters, and bringing the government into the 21st century. Links:
Net Neutrality is a hot button that is supposed to work to bring younger voters to the polls. But it’s not the only issue people making tech policy have to face. We talk to Dr. Roslyn Layton, a tech policy expert from the American Enterprise… Read More »I’m Bringing Tech-Policy Back! Yeah! with Dr. Roslyn Layton
Did you feel the effect of that tax cut earlier this year? With wages staying where they’ve been for several years, and inflation continuing, we talk to a 1 %er, Chuck Collins, about how he’s devoted his life to correcting the wealth gap. His new… Read More »Is Inequality in America Irreversible? with Chuck Collins
To Summit, or not to Summit – that’s not really the question. Whether or not Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un meet or not, the results will likely be the same. We break it down with Melissa Hanham, Senior research associate at the James Martin… Read More »North Korea and Nuclear Disarmament with Melissa Hanham
Chris Kutarna, one of the authors of “Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance,” has a message: we’ve done this before. He discusses how major societal shifts happen because of revolutions, and how we’re experiencing it again right now, much… Read More »Renaissance of America with Chris Kutarna
