Best Global Arena Research Institute Podcasts (2024)

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Society & Politics: Should Disorder Be the New Normal? - Next 100 series 27:37

12d ago27:37

27:37

In this podcast, we explore whether it's possible to augment stability and safeguard freedom in liberal democracies amidst rapid socio-political changes and growing extremism across the ideological spectrum. We assess the shifting dynamics within developed democracies of the Euro-Atlantic space, where increasing activism at both ends of the politic…

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Trade realities with Michal Koran and Donna Kunzler - Next 100 series 20:37

13d ago20:37

20:37

Trade Realities: European Uncertain Autonomy and Global Geoeconomics - N100 2024 Berlin This discussion explored the implications of Europe's quest for resiliency and selective autonomy on its global trade relationships, regional economic stability, and overall competitiveness in an uncertain global environment. The debate dissected the state of gl…

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The Yin and Yang of the Digital Century with Sebastian Hallensleben and Tony Curzon Price - Next 100 series 23:33

13d ago23:33

23:33

In this episode, we discuss navigating the dualities of the digital economy amidst rising entropy and the unexpected effects of regulations. Staying a tech optimist can feel challenging. The past decade of rapid digitalization has improved interactions between citizens and governments, amplified marginalized voices, and increased social and economi…

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The Big Global Energy Question - Next 100 series 31:19

2M ago31:19

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Big Global Energy Question - N100 2024 Berlin This session provides a holistic overview of crucial trends and strategic realignments in global energy, emphasizing both a scientifically informed understanding and the practical aspect of crafting future policies. This stage debate addresses the critical trends shaping global energy futures, strategie…

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Nuclear Fusion with Mileda Roveda, CTO of Gauss Fusion - Next 100 series 21:59

2M ago21:59

21:59

Fusion energy, at the cutting edge of scientific advancement, offers a promising yet challenging path to sustainable power. Recent breakthroughs in magnetic confinement and laser-driven inertial fusion have moved us closer to net energy gain. However, significant obstacles remain in scaling stable fusion reactions for commercial use, requiring subs…

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Underestimating AI's long-term impact with Google DeepMind's Alexandra Belias 46:27

11M ago46:27

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Underestimating AI's long-term impact - the 21st century's industrial revolution In this episode, we delve into the transformative world of AI, discussing how it's become the Industrial Revolution of the 21st century. Nowcasting: the high-resolution forecasting of rain up to two hours ahead, the generative model that ranked first for its accuracy a…

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The importance of data with Theresa Kushner 42:49

1y ago42:49

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Theresa Kushner's journey in the world of high technology serves as an inspiration to aspiring professionals. From her early days in the field of journalism to her influential roles in renowned companies she is a true data-vangelist. Theresa graduated from the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas. Over the course of her car…

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M8 Alliance with Ambassador Sampaio 33:38

1y ago33:38

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Luís de Almeida Sampaio, the Ambassador from Portugal to the Czech Republic, has held numerous posts around the world and has a deep interest in global health care. In this episode he covers the M8 Alliance. With regards to Ukraine, what has been the war's impact on European healthcare? What changes in the discussions when there is a war like this?…

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Earth's past & future with Director of Max Planck Institute Bjorn Stevens 43:19

1y ago43:19

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Bjorn Stevens is the Director of the Max Plank Institute for Meteorology in Berlin - Bjorn is a top climate scientist, with particular expertise in clouds. New climate model simulations of the world - EVE) Earth Virtualisation Engines Human vs science-centric climate science Earth in 100 years Darwin and the theory of e-0volution It's also clear th…

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AI deep fakes - current & future impact with Henry Ajder 29:24

1y ago29:24

29:24

Henry Ajder, a globally recognised advisor, speaker, and broadcaster working at the frontier of the generative AI and synthetic media revolution. AI-generated deep fakes - their current and future impact, synthetic media How to do news sourcing and verifications and break breaking news as soon as possible? especially when Twitter has become the pla…

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Stakeholder Capitalism with Sibylle Barden 49:06

1y ago49:06

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Sibylle Barden is an author and SDG and ESG strategist. She is an early champion of Stakeholder Capitalism. Her latest political novel „The Honeyguide“ was selected by the Frankfurt Book Fair as “one of 8 revolutionary books recommended for film adaptation”. Your host for this episode is Michal Koran, the Founder of the Global Arena Research Instit…

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The Metaverse with Claudia May Del Pozo 30:33

1+ y ago30:33

30:33

All there is to know about the metaverse with Claudia May del Pozo, Executive Director of the Eon Resilience Lab, under C Minds, a women-led action tank that works at the intersection of digitalization, new technologies, and society with a strong focus on Latin America. We’re going to be chatting about the metaverse. monopoly on metaverse? or utopi…

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The Progress of AI: AI Index Report 2023 with Nestor Maslej, Stanford HAI 39:21

1+ y ago39:21

39:21

Today’s guest is Stanford Institute of Human Centered AI’s Nestor Maslej here to chat about this year’s AI Index Report - this is the second time we’re here together and I’d highly recommend listening to last year’s episode with Nestor on the 2022 Report. What are the trends, opportunities and challenges in AI from this last year? AI is being used …

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Chat GPT, Destination Earth & progress of science with Peter Bauer of ECMWF 49:12

1+ y ago49:12

49:12

We chat today about chat GPT, Destination Earth as well as the changing approach to discovery and the advancement of science and technology. Enjoy, subscribe and share! Destination Earth (DestinE), is an ambitious initiative to create a digital twin – an interactive computer simulation – of our planet to empower climate change adaptation and to pre…

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This world isn’t for Europe: Chinese reforms and global decoupling - the Last Week on Earth 24:37

1+ y ago24:37

24:37

We’re excited to launch a new series of shorter podcast episodes where we give you a deeper look into what is happening right now globally and regionally and GARI’s insights into it. GARI’s digital twin of the globalised world enables us to do complex analyses and have valuable insight into topics we deal with. Today we delve into the changing land…

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(Artificial) Intelligence, law and geopolitics with Joanna Bryson 37:35

2y ago37:35

37:35

Today we’re chatting with intelligence expert Joanna Bryson on: The definition of intelligence, artificial and natural? AI as an efficiency tool Putting AI products into ordinary product law How do we perceive the global bi-polar AI situation? Why Google and Apple don’t patent that much China, Russia, Iran, the EU - who, what, and why? with degrees…

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New perceptions of the European Union, & it's AI regulation and innovation approaches 41:08

2y ago41:08

41:08

Today we are welcoming back Sebastian Hallensleben to talk about the new perception of the EU, the imprecision of the Commissions regulations on AI, the level of technological understanding amongst EU commissioners, the challenges that poses, funding innovation and more. How does interdisciplinary and inter-sector dialogue work in the EU? The Europ…

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2022 AI Index Report by Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI with Nestor Maslej 51:53

2y ago51:53

51:53

2022 AI Index Report by Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI The AI Index is an independent initiative. The annual report tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data relating to artificial intelligence, enabling decision-makers to take meaningful action to advance AI responsibly and ethically with humans in mind. The latest edition includes…

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Autonomous weapon systems: now & tomorrow with Frank Sauer 50:04

2+ y ago50:04

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"There are no autonomous weapons, only autonomy in weapons systems" Frank Sauer is a Senior Research Fellow at Bundeswehr University Munich and the Head of Research at the Metis Institute for Strategy and Foresight. He currently serves as a senior advisor on the International Panel on the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons (iPRAW) and as a subject ma…

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Quantum computing and it's applications in industry with Florian Neukart - Terra Quantum 31:02

2+ y ago31:02

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Today I’m chatting with Florian Neukart from Terra Quantum about all things quantum, what is quantum physics and technology, how can it be applied and what will it look like in the automotive, medical, pharmacy, finance, and energy sectors, and why is combining the first and second quantum revolutions exciting? To see more of the transcript, please…

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Generative AI, the future of Facebook & Quantum Computing with Sebastian Hallensleben 39:15

2+ y ago39:15

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Today’s podcast with Sebastian Hallensleben includes topics on the impact of generative AI with tools like deep fake, the future of platforms like Facebook and the creation of new platforms for constructive discourse, quantum computing, using a piece of the sun for energy on earth, and lastly, how to fund foundational research. Sebastian Hellensleb…

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Russia's strategy of cognitive dissonance & what will Putin & NATO do next? 49:14

2+ y ago49:14

49:14

What is surprising about the Russian aggression toward Ukraine? Is it possible Putin didn’t have contingency plans for partial or total failure? Russian doctrine of power and success Did the Russian intelligence community really get it wrong or did they try to please Putin with their assessment? The problem of cognitive dissonance What will be the …

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#20 What Putin wants - with Shmuel Bar 31:39

2+ y ago31:39

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Welcome to the new year of GARI podcasts! We’re excited by our 2022 guest lineup, starting with the brilliant Shmuel Bar! Dr. Bar is the founder and CEO of IntuView – an Israeli based software company that has developed an integrated semantics-driven platform for fully-automated real-time analysis and “meaning mining” of unstructured textual docume…

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#19 Science and Diplomacy with William Colglazier 38:19

3y ago38:19

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This episode’s guest is the American physicist Dr. William Colglazier. With an impressive resume, Colglazier’s long career has taken him to the Secretary of State, where he provided scientific and technical expertise and advice in support of the development and implementation of U.S. foreign policy as a Science and Technology Adviser. Today, he is …

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#18 The Difference Between R2-D2 and Siri with Alexander Ruiz 36:00

3y ago36:00

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Our 18th episode is joined by Alexander Ruiz, Founder of Phaedrus LLC, an engineering company supporting the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, who discusses the transforming digital arena and the ensuing threats. Ruiz got into the cyber-digital domain in his early years. Inspired by 90s mov…

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#17 A Short History of Russia and Why It's Not Mordor with Mark Galeotti 48:14

3y ago48:14

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Dr Mark Galeotti joins Last Week on Earth for a conversation on Russia. Galeotti, Director of the consultancy firm Mayak Intelligence, Honorary Professor at UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies and Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI, has spent the last 40 years researching Russian history and security issues. In the episode, he gives an intr…

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#16 Global trends and what we can learn from "Independence Day" with Banning Garrett 46:36

3y ago46:36

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Today’s guest Banning Garrett has over four decades of experience as a strategic thinker, writer and speaker on international relations and global trends. As a consultant to both the World Bank and the United Nations, Garrett writes and speaks on long-term global trends and the impact of exponential technologies. After sixty-one trips to China sinc…

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#15 The future of European politics with Joachim Bitterlich 45:56

3+ y ago45:56

45:56

In this episode the European legend Joachim Bitterlich, former advisor to German Chancellor Kohl and member of JEDI (Joint European Disruptive Initiative), joins us for a discussion on contemporary European affairs. Tune in for a conversation on the current, most pressing issues like strategic autonomy, Franco-German relations, the upcoming German …

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#14 Possibilities of AI & Human Rights with Constanza Gomez Mont 29:41

3+ y ago29:41

29:41

Today’s guest, the social entrepreneur Constanza Gomez Mont, co-founder for the initiative AI for climate, joins us to discuss civic technologies in practice and how the process of combining human rights with AI works. Examples of AI technologies in the field of human rights How is AI practically used for the environment? 1.5/2 degree goal and tipp…

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#13 Spock, Sherlock or just good old AI with Holger Hoos 52:17

3+ y ago52:17

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Our guests is Holger Hoos, co-founder of CLAIRE, the Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe, and professor of Machine Learning at Leiden University. I had the pleasure of joining Holger at last week's event Vision for AI 2021 in response to the European Commission’s publishing their “European Approach to Artif…

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#12 Technology to fight & cope with Climate Change with Manuella Cunha Brito 32:29

3+ y ago32:29

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With guest is Manuella Cunha Brito, co-founder of Good Tech Lab and now Climatescape, joining us from France to chat about using technology to fight climate change, how to incentivize businesses and startups to be sustainable as well as challenges in turning research into real impact. Topics: Technology, Climate change, Impact investment, Sustainab…

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#11 Art for Amnesty, U2, Sting & Bill Shipsey for human rights - the power of culture! 47:52

3+ y ago47:52

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This episode’s guest is Bill Shipsey, founder of Art for Amnesty, human rights activist and the bringer of culture to all things. We’ll be talking about his adventurous life of attaching U2, Sting and Joan Baez to Amnesty International, founding and then bestowing the Ambassador of Conscience award on Vaclav Havel, Nelson Mandela, Ai Weiwei, Alicia…

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#10 The story of Artificial Intelligence with Bennie Mols 46:22

3+ y ago46:22

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Our guests is Bennie Mols, renowned science & technology journalist with a background in physics & philosophy on his fascination with AI & robotics and his dream that one day the co-author of a paper will be an AI. The history of artificial intelligence, from it being just science to being applicable What is fascinating about AI? What can AI NOT do…

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#9 Tech-positive vs Tech-negative: Jobs, Society & Politics with Tony Curzon Price 37:09

3+ y ago37:09

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This episode’s guests is Tony Curzon Price, strategic advisor at the UK’s Cabinet Office, and an advisory board member of ours, with a polemic of tech-positive and tech-negative perspectives discussing the future of work, can we highlight more tangible explanations for geopolitical as well as social activity other than values and identity, Using te…

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#8 Trade, Industry & Technology in Africa with Bogolo Kenewendo 34:13

3+ y ago34:13

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Bogolo Kenewendo is the founding president of Kenewendo Advisory, former Minister for Trade, Investment and Industry of Botswana. Bogolo led the Brexit trade negotiations on behalf of southern African nations and was a member of the UN high-level panel on digital cooperation. We discuss the African Continent Free Trade Area that was signed the 1st …

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#7 Cybersecurity & Transatlantic Cooperation with MEP Marina Kaljurand 41:51

3+ y ago41:51

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Discussion with MEP Marina Kaljurand, former Estonian Foreign Minister with interests in cybersecurity, transatlantic cooperation and digitalisation on all levels. What you’ll hear: Estonia as an e-nation: “nobody has so far proved that online voting services are less secure than offline.” Estonia is the only country in the world that gives its cit…

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#6 Chrono-narcissism, philosophy & diplomacy in a high-tech world with Jovan Kurbalija 44:32

3+ y ago44:32

44:32

What you’ll hear in this episode with Prof. Jovan Kurbalija, Founding President of Diplo Foundation, ambassador of the internet, pioneer in cyber diplomacy and Head of the Geneva Internet Platform, secretariat member of the UN high-level panel on digital cooperation: As a person promoting technology for the past three decades, my question is what a…

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#5 UN panel on digital cooperation with Cathy Mulligan 44:49

3+ y ago44:49

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With guest Cathy Mulligan on how cryptocurrency enters the debate about digital cooperation at a UN panel? Sustainability in 2030 when 30% of the world's energy will be taken up by cloud computing, thought experiments like “do you actually need a central bank?”, what does universal connectivity mean? If you’re being forced to use particular technol…

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#4 Volkswagen AI Director Patrick van der Smagt on new technologies and tackling SDGs 33:29

3+ y ago33:29

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What makes the Volkswagen Machine Learning Research Lab different from other research institutions? Creating technologies that really work - not just creating methodologies that show it could work and publishing. Robotics literature has solutions but it always has some problems - solving them so that it can be applied is what is sustainable. “Our g…

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#3 “Vaccine nationalism” with Hans Pung, president of RAND (Corporation) Europe - why is it beneficial for high-income countries to supply lower-income countries with the vaccine? 38:27

3+ y ago38:27

38:27

Should vaccine producing countries supply lower-income countries with the vaccine? Why? How much will COVID19 cost the world if we provide an equitable distribution of the vaccine across countries and how much if just the ones that can afford them vaccinate? Freshly published fascinating report on the impact of COVID19 “vaccine nationalism” on the …

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#2 Facebook & US elections, EU vs Amazon antitrust violations, Beijing’s unprecedented antitrust rules for it’s Big Tech & EU’s new budget & innovation 21:41

4y ago21:41

21:41

Facebook & US elections update EU (& US!) vs Amazon on antitrust violations & anti-competitive behaviour Beijing drafts unprecedented antitrust rules for it’s Big Tech in a first attempt to curb the power of monopolies EU’s new budget & what does it mean for SMEs & generally research, technology, innovation, AI & more? A European shared data cloud?…

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#1 Facebook Ad Boycott & the National Research Cloud 13:34

4y ago13:34

13:34

The National Research Cloud aims to bring together government, industry & research academia to create a cloud that enables better access to advanced AI technology to universities, research institutions & industry researchers. What would that mean for SMEs & research institutes to afford high-end AI tech? Is the USA losing it's AI edge over China? W…

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