Episodes – Page 2

Digital innovation and medicine in the Covid-19 pandemic

December 12, 2020 by

Llewellyn King and guests discuss digital innovation and medicine in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Guests: Linda Marban, CEO, Capricor Therapeutics; and Andres Carvallo, CEO, CMG Consulting and Professor of Innovation, Texas State University

Remembering Richard E. “Dick” Morley, giant in U.S. manufacturing

December 5, 2020 by

Llewellyn King and guests talk about Richard E. “Dick” Morley, the “Father of Automation” and the floppy disc.

Guests: George Markowsky, Professor of Computer Science, Missouri S&T; Patricia E. Moody, Co-author, “The Technology Machine”; Ken Ball, Retired Engineer

What the 2020 election means for energy and infrastructure

November 20, 2020 by

Llewellyn King and three energy consultants discuss the Biden administration’s potential impact on energy and infrastructure.

Guests: Jan Vrins,Partner, Global Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure, Guidehouse; Karen Wilson,
Partner, Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure, Guidehouse; Lisa Frantzis, Partner, Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure, Guidehouse

Low-level radiation: A treatment that could be used for Covid-19, arthritis and Alzheimer’s

November 14, 2020 by

Llewellyn King and experts discuss the promise of low-level radiation as a treatment for Covid-19, arthritis and Alzheimer’s.

Guests: Dr. James S. Welch, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine; James Conca, Senior Scientist, UFA Ventures, Inc.; Jerry Cuttler, President, Cuttler & Associates Inc.

The Black Bourgeoisie: Lessons for the 21st century

October 30, 2020 by

John Sibley Butler, entrepreneur and University of Texas at Austin professor, discusses his inheritance as a member of the “Black Bourgeoisie.”

Literature’s influence on politics

October 16, 2020 by

Llewellyn King discusses the impact of literature on politics and culture with Philip Gould and Timothy Bewes, both Brown University professors of English.

America’s need for a new social contract.

October 10, 2020 by

Llewellyn King and guests SiriusXM Radio host Joe Madison “The Black Eagle,” and Creators Syndicate and CNN columnist Froma Harrop discuss the need for a new social contract.

How microgrids are changing electricity supply

October 3, 2020 by

Guests: Michelle Fay, Partner, Energy, Sustainability and Infrastructure, Guidehouse; and Peter Asmus, Research Director, Guidehouse Insights
Topic: How microgrids are changing electricity supply

A life in talk radio; Beirut’s port explosion, and the political crisis in Lebanon

September 25, 2020 by

Llewellyn King talks to Jim Bohannon, about talk radio hosting, and to Edward Gabriel, former U.S. ambassador to Morocco, about the Beirut explosion and the political crisis in Lebanon.

Innovation — How it happens and what inhibits it

September 18, 2020 by

Llewellyn King discusses how innovation happens in companies and what inhibits it with mobile telecommunications pioneer Morgan O’Brien and Jack Markell, former Delaware governor.

How Will We Dress Post-COVID Now That Comfort Is In?

There is a lot of chat about the future of work: Will we do it at home, or will we revert to commuting to the old traditional workplace? But there is an additional, different question: What will we wear? Go to the mirror and look at yourself. Except for the odd Zoom meeting you might […]

Texas Today, Who and Where Tomorrow? Action Needed

The horror of the Texas electricity catastrophe should chill the whole country. Nothing strikes at the survivability of a modern society more than the failure of its power supply, maybe nothing at all. When the power supply fails, the failure of human life is not far behind. Yet, at a time when we should expect […]

Edison’s Birthday Is a Busy Time for His Follow-on Inventors

The electric utility industry looks a bit like a man on a ladder with one foot seeking the rung below, unsure of where it is. But find it he must. The industry is beset with technological change as well as social and political pressures. It isn’t in crisis, but it is in dramatic transition. It […]

Social Media and the Mob Factor

Social media has an unimagined, unequaled, uncontrollable, and unpredictable ability to mobilize groups of people for antisocial action; to take a sliver of society and turn it into a mob. Last month this new force in society was on display, from mobilizing anti-vaxxers in Los Angeles to the U.S. Capitol riot, resulting in five deaths, […]