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Two hosts talking: The journalism that was and is

June 8, 2024 by

White House Chronicle Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III talk about the people they knew, the print and broadcast outlets they worked for, and journalism today.

A heroic effort to sterilize and vaccinate dogs in Ukraine, and halt the spread of rabies 

June 1, 2024 by

Dan Fine, a retired entrepreneur who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Khrystyna Drahomaretska, an architect-turned-animal shelter manager in Odesa, Ukraine, are leading a heroic effort to sterilize and vaccinate dogs — in care or on the street — and stop the spread of rabies. They spoke with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.

The electricity supply crisis deepens

May 24, 2024 by

When it comes to electricity supply, the United States is in a “hyper-complex risk environment,” according to Jim Robb, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III discuss with him the risks the nation’s utilities and consumers have been facing from the transition from fossil fuels to renewables, the extreme weather events, security, and new in 2023, according to a recent NERC report, the surging growth in demand.

The electricity supply crisis deepens

May 17, 2024 by

When it comes to electricity supply, the United States is in a “hyper-complex risk environment,” according to Jim Robb, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III discuss with him the risks the nation’s utilities and consumers have been facing from the transition from fossil fuels to renewables, the extreme weather events, security, and new in 2023, according to a recent NERC report, the surging growth in demand.

The deep roots of America’s housing crisis

May 10, 2024 by

Andra Ghent is a professor of finance at the University of Utah, where she also directs the Ivory-Boyer Real Estate Center. She discusses the deep roots of America’s housing crisis and offers some solutions to it with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.

The end of U.S.-China engagement

May 3, 2024 by

Writer and scholar Orville Schell began his study of China well before President Nixon’s historic trip to China in 1972, ending 25 years of isolation between the United States and China, and resulting in establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1979. Schell discusses “the end of U.S.-China engagement” with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.

U.S. air traffic control system lags not leads

April 27, 2024 by

The U.S. air traffic control system is the world’s largest but lags far behind other countries, including Canada and New Zealand. Robert Poole, director of transportation policy at the Reason Foundation, discusses fixes for the system with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.

The deep roots of America’s housing crisis

April 19, 2024 by

Andra Ghent is a professor of finance at the University of Utah, where she also directs the Ivory-Boyer Real Estate Center. She discusses the deep roots of America’s housing crisis and offers some solutions to it with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.

Local electricity regulation versus national need

April 13, 2024 by

AI and the electrification of transportation are dramatically increasing the national demand for electricity. But new transmission and generation are hard to come by. Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III discuss this dilemma with Karen Wayland, CEO of the GridWise Alliance, and Chris Guttman-McCabe, chief regulatory and communications officer at Anterix.

The growing risks for journalists

April 6, 2024 by

There are growing risks for journalists worldwide. The range of threats they are confronted with include online and offline harassment, intimidation, arbitrary detention and torture, kidnapping and murder. Arthur Kane, investigations editor at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, discusses those risks and his book on the murder of Jeff German, his friend and colleague at the paper, with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.

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