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Electric utility resilience in a time of extreme weather events

August 28, 2021 by

There is an urgent need for electric power resilience in a time of extreme weather events. Llewellyn King talks with Paula-Gold Williams, president and CEO of CPS Energy, Clinton Vince, chair of the U.S. energy practice at Dentons, and journalist Rod Kuckro.

The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and what’s next

August 21, 2021 by

Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Linda Gasparello talk with Ariel Cohen, senior fellow at the Eurasia Center of The Atlantic Council, about the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and what’s next.

Coastal landfills meet rising seas: The coming crisis

August 7, 2021 by

Rising seas near coastal landfills in the United States and around the world are an impending and ignored environmental crisis, as Nation contributor David Lindorff discussed with “White House Chronicle” Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Linda Gasparello.

The drought in the West; the Biden climate change agenda in the run-up to the fall COP26 conference

July 31, 2021 by

Bob Deans, director of strategic engagement for the Natural Resources Defense Council, talks with hosts Llewellyn King and Linda Gasparello about the drought in the West and the Biden agenda in the run-up to the November climate summit in Scotland.

A Crescent City chronicle of restoring an 1826 Creole plantation house and reviving pre-1930 jazz

July 24, 2021 by

Frederick Starr, an expert on Central Asia and the co-founder of the Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble, talks with hosts Llewellyn King and Linda Gasparello about his restoration of a 1826 Creole-style plantation house in New Orleans, and reviving pre-1930s jazz.

Afghanistan and Central Asia

July 10, 2021 by

Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central-Asia Caucasus Institute of the American Foreign Policy Council, discusses the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the increased regional cooperation among Central Asian states with hosts Llewellyn King and Linda Gasparello.

American newspaper printing, from hot type to computers

July 3, 2021 by

Llewellyn King travels to Haverhill, Mass., where he and Frank Romano, president of the Museum of Printing, talk about American newspaper printing, from hot type and its culture to the arrival of computers.

Automation and electric grid resilience in a time of megadrought in the West

June 26, 2021 by

Llewellyn King talks about the megadought in the West and how autonomous technology can aid electric grid resilience with guests Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute and Jeffrey DeCoux, chairman of the Autonomy Institute.

Biden administration’s infrastructure buildout

June 12, 2021 by

Two tech savants join Llewellyn King to discuss the main drivers of the Biden administration’s infrastructure buildout.

Nuclear energy’s save-the-world moment

June 5, 2021 by

Llewellyn King discusses nuclear energy’s save-the-world moment with Brian Keane, President of SmartPower; Lindsey Walter, Deputy Director of the Climate and Energy Program at Third Way; and John Kotek, Vice President of Policy and Public Affairs at the Nuclear Energy Institute.

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How the Special Relationship Became the Odd Couple

How the Special Relationship Became the Odd Couple

Llewellyn King

Through two world wars, it has been the special relationship: the linkage between the United States and Britain. It is a linkage forged in a common language, a common culture, a common history and a common aspiration to peace and prosperity. The relationship, always strong, was burnished by President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret […]

The Shady, Sometimes Wacky World of State Secrets and Security Clearances

The Shady, Sometimes Wacky World of State Secrets and Security Clearances

Llewellyn King

Beware: Classified documents don’t always hide state secrets, and security clearances are used as tools of manipulation and vengeance. Before Xerox, if you wanted to keep a copy of something, you had to type it with a carbon sheet backing every page. In 1969, I was commissioned by a long-gone consultancy, the Arctic Company, to […]

The Case for Prescribed Burning: Fighting Fire With Fire

The Case for Prescribed Burning: Fighting Fire With Fire

Llewellyn King

Wildfire takes no prisoners, has no mercy, knows no boundaries, respects no nation and is a clear and present danger this and every summer as summers grow drier and hotter. The American West is burning; across Canada there are wildfires; and swaths of France, Spain, Portugal and Greece are ablaze. In 2022, faraway Siberia was […]

Will AI Stimulate Shadow Government?

Will AI Stimulate Shadow Government?

Llewellyn King

“This Time It’s Different” is the title of a book by Omar Hatamleh on the impact of artificial intelligence on everything. Hatamleh, who is NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s chief artificial intelligence officer, means that we shouldn’t look to previous technological revolutions to understand the scope and the totality of the AI revolution. It is, […]

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