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Where are the innovations that can make mining more sustainable?
Radio Davos - April 29, 2024 05:00 - 32 minutesMining is an industry that many of us probably rarely think about, but one that provides the raw materials for so many of the things we use, not least the modern technologies such as smart phones and electric vehicles that require certain minerals that are not always in abundant supply. The In...
Advanced Energy Solutions: scaling up the tech that can help us get to net zero
Radio Davos - April 25, 2024 05:44 - 45 minutesWhat are the new technologies that can help us reach net zero? And how do we bring them to scale fast enough? World Economic Forum Managing Director Jeremy Jurgens joins us to talk about the Advanced Energy Solutions community, and we hear from three of its members, from widely different secto...
ReGeneration Rising S2E5: Indirect Work with Carol Sanford
RSA Conversations - April 23, 2024 10:11 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode, Daniel and Philipa talk with award-winning author and regenerative leadership expert, Carol Sanford. In this episode, Daniel and Philipa are in conversation with award-winning author and regenerative leadership expert, Carol Sanford. Carol draws on her experience working with bu...
Why it's time for the 'middle powers' to step up on geopolitics
Radio Davos - April 18, 2024 05:52 - 36 minutesIn a polarised world, with the most powerful nations and the UN unable to prevent or end many wars, could the so-called 'middle powers' step up? This week's two guests, both members of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Geopolitics, think so, and say those countries might even...
ReGeneration Rising S2E4: Architects of Abundance with Lyla June Johnston
RSA Conversations - April 10, 2024 11:15 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode, Daniel and Philipa talk with Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organiser, Dr Lyla June Johnston. Lyla June shares lessons from her Diné, Tsétsêhéstâhese and European heritage and highlights the importance of engaging with, recognising and respecting Indigenous wisdom t...
It's cheaper to save the world than destroy it: author Akshat Rathi on Climate Capitalism
Radio Davos - April 09, 2024 08:27 - 26 minutes“Climate Capitalism is an antidote to the dominant narrative that because we’ve ignored the climate crisis for so long, it will soon be too late. While it’s true that we’ve not done enough yet, we’re nowhere close to being too late.” So says Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg’s senior climate reporter an...
AI vs Art: Will AI rip the soul out of music, movies and art, or help express our humanity?
Radio Davos - April 04, 2024 05:45 - 40 minutesFor half a century, Nile Rodgers has been making hit records that have touched people's hearts around the world. The creative force behind disco pioneers Chic, and some of the best known songs of David Bowie, Madonna and Beyoncé, tells us the definition of an artist: someone whose work "speaks t...
In the age of the 'manosphere', what's the future for feminism? With Jude Kelly of the WOW Festival
Radio Davos - March 28, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutesTheatre director Jude Kelly founded the Women of the World (WOW) Festival almost two decades ago to spur conversations about women, men and feminism. WOW is now a global phenomenon, but does the rise of online misogyny pose a threat to progress on gender equality. Jude Kelly, who spoke to Ra...
ReGeneration Rising S2E3: Combining with Nora Bateson
RSA Conversations - March 27, 2024 23:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMany of us are guilty of imagining that we can neatly measure and therefore manage the world around us. But an essential aspect of life is its continued motion. How might we learn from the patterns and nature of this motion in order to think ‘like an ecology’? Nora Bateson is an award-winning f...
Geopolitics, the equitable transition, and AI: things to look out for in energy in 2024
Radio Davos - March 21, 2024 11:17 - 27 minutesA year ago in Davos, energy - particularly the disruption to supply and prices caused by the war in Ukraine - was a top issue at the Forum's Annual Meeting and on Radio Davos we invited two experts in to set out the top lines of the energy discussion. Roberto Bocca, who heads up energy at the ...
Ian Bremmer, Rachel Botsman and Azeem Azhar: 3 experts on the state of the world in 2024
Radio Davos - March 14, 2024 07:34 - 26 minutesWhat's in store for 2024? Ian Bremmer's political risk consultancy predicts an 'annus horribilis' but Exponential View's Azeem Azhar says we are in an 'incredible decade'. So is the state of the world 'glass half empty, or half full'? And in an uncertain world, Oxford University's Rachel B...
Ian Bremmer, Rachel Botsman and Azaam Azhar: 3 experts on the state of the world in 2024
Radio Davos - March 14, 2024 07:34 - 26 minutesWhat's in store for 2024? Ian Bremmer's political risk consultancy predicts an 'annus horribilis' but Exponential View's Azeem Azhar says we are in an 'incredible decade'. So is the state of the world 'glass half empty, or half full'? And in an uncertain world, Oxford University's Rachel B...
ReGeneration Rising S2E2: Becoming Earth Pilgrims with Satish Kumar
RSA Conversations - March 08, 2024 16:20 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWhen faced with global social and environmental challenges, we can assume that we should be entirely focused on solving the problems ‘out there’. But without paying attention to our inner world and inter-being - the ways in which we relate to one another - can we really reimagine our world and e...
The number of refugees could double in the next decade, the head of UNHCR says why
Radio Davos - March 07, 2024 07:13 - 20 minutesThe UNHCR, cares for 114 million refugees and displaced people worldwide. Filippo Grandi, the head of the United Nations refugee agency, says that number could double in a decade if the world cannot find ways to stop war. Mentioned in this episode: Refugee Employment Alliance: https://www.w...
AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech?
Radio Davos - February 29, 2024 07:08 - 43 minutesIf 2023 was the year we all got familiar with generative AI, is 2024 the year when governments will act on the governance of this powerful technology? At Davos 2024 we spoke to these experts, from the industry and civil society: Alexandra Reeve Givens, CEO, Center for Democracy & Technology ...
ReGeneration Rising S2E1: Biomimicry with Janine Benyus & Dayna Baumeister
RSA Conversations - February 21, 2024 09:34 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsReGeneration Rising is a specially-commissioned RSA Oceania podcast exploring how regenerative approaches can help us collectively re-design our communities, cities, and economies, and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this first episode of the second series, co-hosts Philipa Duth...
TradeTech: the trillion dollar promise that could unlock smoother global trade
Radio Davos - February 20, 2024 10:15 - 22 minutesTechnology is revolutionizing global commerce and investment, and digitalizing the trade ecosystem holds the potential to increase trade by nearly $9 trillion by 2026 within the G7 alone. On the eve of the World Trade Organisation's 13th Ministerial Conference, MC13 (26-29 February, 2024) in A...
What's next for generative AI? Three pioneers on their Eureka moments
Radio Davos - February 15, 2024 07:37 - 26 minutes"This is going to be the most transformational moment, not just in technology, but in culture and politics of all of our lifetimes." Three AI pioneers, all of them in Time's Top-100 most influential people in AI, share their views on the past, present and future of this transformational techn...
How do vital businesses continue to operate in a war zone? The view from Yemen
Radio Davos - February 08, 2024 07:38 - 30 minutesIn an episode recorded before the escalation of conflict in the Middle East, we hear from two private-sector companies involved in the distribution of food, about how they manage to operate in a war zone like Yemen, which has been in a state of civil war since 2015. Guests: Mohamed Nabil Hay...
When influencers meet the influential: YouTubers go to Davos
Radio Davos - February 01, 2024 08:45 - 22 minutesWhat do social media content creators make of Davos? We speak to three YouTubers - with a collective audience in the millions - who were given full access to the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2024 to ask who they met and what stories they would be telling. Featuring: Jacob Beautemps...
Annual Meeting 2024: What just happened in Davos?
Radio Davos - January 25, 2024 13:59 - 52 minutesThe World Economic Forum just held its Annual Meeting - but what impact will it have on the world beyond Davos? The people who lead the Forum's work throughout the year tackling the world's most important issues pick the highlights of the week that show how Davos 2024 will make a positive impa...
Meeting in the metaverse: Actor Rainn Wilson joins us on the virtual polar ice
Radio Davos - January 15, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutesWhat's Dwight from The Office doing in the metaverse? Actor Rainn Wilson joins us, in avatar form, to check out a virtual world created by the World Economic Forum that aims to raise awareness of the impact of climate change on the Arctic and the rest of the world. We also hear from Gail White...
Rebuilding Lives in Ukraine - Karolina Lindholm Billing - UNHCR Representative in Ukraine
Awake At Night - January 12, 2024 05:11 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsKarolina Lindholm Billing was posted to Ukraine less than a year before the full-scale Russian invasion. As the UNHCR Representative in the country, she draws hope from witnessing the power of community volunteer networks in supporting displaced people in their hour of need. “Volunteers from a...
Global Risks Report: the big issues facing leaders at Davos 2024
Radio Davos - January 10, 2024 08:38 - 36 minutesAs leading figures from government, business, academia and civil society head to Davos for the Annual Meeting 2024, what are the big global challenges they will be discussing? The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report sets out the biggest issues over the short and medium terms, based on a...
Help and Hope for the Hungry - Cindy H. McCain - WFP Executive Director
Awake At Night - January 05, 2024 04:49 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsCindy McCain has many pressing reasons to lie awake at night. As Head of the World Food Programme, it is her job to make sure the millions of vulnerable people around the world who are relying on United Nations food assistance – from Gaza to Sudan to Afghanistan – don’t starve. “Our job is t...
Pursuing Justice in ISIL’s Wake - Christian Ritscher - UN Special Adviser
Awake At Night - December 28, 2023 20:13 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsChristian Ritscher’s work brings him into contact with some of humanity’s worst outrages. As head of the United Nations investigative team to promote accountability for the crimes committed by ISIL in Iraq, he seeks justice for victims of the notoriously violent terror group. “Justice gives re...
Unleashing Hidden Talent - Gordon Brown - UN Special Envoy for Global Education
Awake At Night - December 21, 2023 23:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsA committed public servant, Gordon Brown has a strong sense of social responsibility. Now United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is working towards a powerful vision: giving every child the chance to go to school. “There is talent, th...
A year in podcasts: the best of Radio Davos in 2023
Radio Davos - December 21, 2023 09:38 - 32 minutesRadio Davos is a podcast that is as wide-ranging and thought-provoking as the work of the World Economic Forum itself. Rather than being restricted to any one topic, each week it focuses on a particular issue of global importance, such as macro-economics, the environment, technology, health, soc...
Israel's War Strategy with Joel Skousen | SEAN MORGAN REPORT Ep. 19
The Sean Morgan Report - December 16, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★ - 551 ratingsIn this episode of SMR, Sean Morgan interviews Joel Skousen of World Affairs Brief about his take on the war in the Middle East. Is Israel trying to bait Iran into World War 3? Will Russia and China join? Find out in this exclusive interview. JoelSkousen.com Check out more of Sean Morgan's wor...
Haunted by Tales of Torture - Alice Jill Edwards - UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
Awake At Night - December 15, 2023 12:12 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsDr. Alice Jill Edwards spends many of her days listening to the testimonies of torture victims. Now the UN’s Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, she works towards a world in which torture is finally a thing of the past. “I do reme...
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