Episodes – Page 44

2015 in U.S.-Vietnam Relations: White House Chronicle

November 19, 2014 by

January 28, 2015: Lllewellyn and Linda sit down with Colin Jackson, Assistant Professor at Naval War College, to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the U.S. and Vietnam in the upcoming year.

Michael Dukakis on White House Chronicle

November 4, 2014 by

November 24th, 2014. In a special episode of White House Chronicle, Llewellyn talks with former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis.

Women Face Massive Layoffs as AI Use Spreads in the U.S.

Llewellyn King

March is Women’s History Month and a time to take a look at how women are progressing, or otherwise. Alas, the news for women in the United States isn’t good, and the future is foreboding as they are about to lose 6 million jobs to artificial intelligence. Work traditionally done by women — secretaries, receptionists, […]

Entrepreneur Weir Says Kilowatts Need Liquidity To Be Banked, Traded Like Money

Llewellyn King

Chase Weir isn’t easy to unpack. But it is an endeavor that is worth it. Weir gives the impression of being a quiet, perhaps contained man. But when he talks, ideas flow, and particularly about the electricity supply ecosystem. I spent the best part of two days at the University Club in Washington talking […]

Iran War May Speed Nuclear Proliferation Elsewhere

Llewellyn King

The story goes that a weakling gets sand kicked in his face on the beach. He then joins a gym, pumps iron and returns to the beach, where all he has to do is flex his new muscles, and he is left alone. That, it would seem, is one lesson of nuclear weapons. Small countries […]

Loving Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day — for Its Contradictions

Llewellyn King

I won’t let St. Patrick’s Day pass without wearing something green and reaching for a glass of something that has been produced through fermentation or distillation. It is the least I can do for all the ways the Irish have enriched the world, but especially the English language, and me. When it comes to writing, […]