Episodes – Page 21

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.

Financial industry is banking on values

September 12, 2020 by

Financial industry joins green movement.

Guests: Chris Snyder, Director, Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure, Guidehouse; and Ivan Frishberg, Director of Impact Policy, Amalgamated Bank

Notebook: Friends Who Share Friends Are the Nicest People

I treasure the friends who share their friends. One of those friends, Virginia “Ginny” Hamill, has died. I met Ginny at The Washington Post in 1969, and we became forever-friends. Ginny had an admirable ascent from a teleprinter operator to an editor in The Washington Post/Los Angeles Times News Service. She was promoted again to […]

Game-Changing Wind Turbines Harvest Underused Resource Close To The Ground

Jimmy Dean, the country musician, actor and entrepreneur, famously said: “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” A new wind turbine from a California startup, Wind Harvest, takes Dean’s maxim to heart and applies it to wind power generation. It goes after untapped, […]

Farewell to the U.S. as the World’s Top Science Nation

When I asked John Savage, the retired co-founder of the Department of Computer Science at Brown University, what the essential ingredient in research is, he responded with one word: “Passion.” It is passion that keeps scientists going, dead end after dead end, until there is a breakthrough. It is passion that keeps them at the […]

Europe Knows Russia and Is Deeply Afraid

Europe is naked and afraid. That was the message at a recent meeting of the U.K. Section of the Association of European Journalists (AEJ), at which I was an invited speaker. It preceded a stark warning just over a week later from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, also speaking in London, who said the danger […]