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In late August, I sat with Amb. Vicki Huddleston, Amb. Mark Asquino, and Amb. Pat Hawkins to understand current events at the State Department under newly appointed Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. Is there a plan for the apparent global retreat of the US? What;'s happening inside the department? How can we explain the administration's approach to …
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We have some real heavyweights on this podcast discussing where we are collectively heading in energy – as a globe, a country, a state, and a city. This podcast is the live recording of a panel discussion among Gov. Bill Richardson, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, and PNM’s Chairman, President, and CEO Pat Vincent-Collawn. How can government and the private se…
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Just before his dinner speech at Las Campanas Clubhouse, I was able to sit with the extraordinary Dr. Hecker, former director of the Los Alamos National Labs, and a pre-eminent expert on North Korea and its nuclear ambitions. How should President Trump approach the upcoming talks with Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un? What will be the effect of a new Sec…
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In this episode, I sit with Professor Janet Steele, author of the new book Mediating Islam, Cosmopolitan Journalisms in Muslim Southeast Asia. We touch on all kinds of topics - including the very different yet fascinating approaches to journalism in Indonesia - just before Prof. Steele took to the CIR stage for a special luncheon. She is an absolut…
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In this episode, I sit with the brilliant Renaissance Man Braden Allenby, a professor from Arizona State University. His December talk on "The Weaponized Narrative" left CIR members speechless - I saw smoke coming out of several ears in his scorching and dark intellectual take on Russian meddling in US electoral processes, fake news, and our social…
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As the latest installment in our Broken Border series, I sat with Terry Goddard, the former Attorney General from Arizona. In this episode, we talk about the extreme challenges in a state's enforcement of the border, including the over-emphasis on stopping human migration and little-to-no emphasis on financial flows. Listen in as Terry talks about,…
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In this episode, I sit with former DEA undercover agent Mike Vigil. We talk about his efforts in infiltrating Mexican cartels, his interactions with some of the most infamous narcotraficantes, whether a border wall might affect the flow of narcotics, and his thoughts on the future of the war against drugs, especially at the US-Mexico border.…
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