News September 30, 2022

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• Why loneliness at work is something we should be talking about

  SPEAKER: Rachel Botsman

  Do you ever feel really lonely at work? When I was working in New York in the early noughties, a book came out that stuck in my head. It was called Bowling Alone by the Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam. The book’s poignant title came from an observation about declining community connections: In the 1950s people used […]

• Delta Rising

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  The Colorado River Delta, Viewed from Above, Is One of the Most Life-Affirming, Awe-inspiring Sights I have Seen. “There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.” — John Muir, A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf (1916) What is a human […]

• The world doesn’t appear the same to every animal — or every human

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  Sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch – you know them as the five traditional senses. They are meant to protect us from danger. They help us find food and potentially even a mate. They create order in the happenings of the world around us, and if we are properly tuned in, they reveal some of […]

• Birx: Using Science and Data, The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Not Over

  SPEAKER: Deborah Birx

  See source for video interview with Dr. Birx. President Joe Biden spoke recently on the television show 60 Minutes at the Detroit Autoshow. When asked if the pandemic is over, Mr. Biden replied, “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with Covid[-19]. We are still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic […]

• ‘Extraordinary’: Gupta amazed by biologist’s ‘ghost’ heart

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  Dr. Doris Taylor is developing a groundbreaking way to engineer personalized hearts using a patient’s own stem cells. CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has more.

• (Podcast) Straight Talk with Hank Paulson Episode 71: Evan Medeiros

  SPEAKER: Henry Paulson, Jr.

  Evan Medeiros (Professor and Penner Chair in Asian Studies (China), Georgetown University) joins Hank on Straight Talk to discuss US-China relations and balancing the world powers’ intensifying competition with economic interdependence. He shares insights on the rapid decoupling between the West and Russia and potential impacts on the US-China relationship, expectations for China’s 20th Party […]

• Democrats’ midterm reality check

  SPEAKER: Josh Kraushaar

  After Democrats’ surge in political momentum over the summer, signs indicate the midterm environment is tilting back in the GOP’s direction. Why it matters: Republicans aren’t likely to ride a historic red wave to power. But they’re well-positioned to comfortably win back the House, and are on surer footing than just weeks ago to net the […]

• (Podcast) Making Sense of Our World

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  Welcome to Season 5 of Chasing Life, where we’ll explore the five traditional senses – sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell — and beyond. To kick off the season, Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to award winning science journalist Ed Yong about his new book “An Immense World, How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around […]

• Leading Your Frontline To Love Your Customers

  SPEAKER: Chip Bell

  By Chip Bell “We’re on break!” the warehouse attendant barked in response to my repeated, “Excuse me?” I was at the pickup counter waiting for a lawn mower part. It was my third encounter with harsh apathy that morning. The first was the woman at the coffee shop who gave me a curt, “What’s good […]

• What is costing Democrats votes in every community: Newt Gingrich

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – Newt Gingrich: Republicans are back on offense.

• Long, slow decline of the US military’s all-volunteer force puts America in danger

  SPEAKER: Mark Esper

  (Fox News) – Obesity, drug use, health problems, crime and academic issues jeopardize US military recruitment

• Newt’s World – Episode 460: Are We a Nation of Victims?

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  Newt talks with Vivek Ramaswamy about his new book, Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence. Hardship is now equated with victimhood.  The pursuit of excellence and exceptionalism are at the heart of American identity, and the disappearance of these ideals in our country leaves a deep moral and […]

• A Shared Moment With a Mother Bear and Her Cub

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  Behind the Frame of ‘Golden Bond’ I call this moment ‘Golden Bond.’ It’s about the connection between a mother and her cub in the golden twilight of a midsummer evening on a beautiful river somewhere in Alaska. Simplicity itself. Simplicity in nature is often the most beautiful simplicity of all. What is simple always interests […]

• Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary says it ‘makes no sense whatsoever’ to avoid Chinese stocks and investors shouldn’t ignore the world’s fastest growing economy

  SPEAKER: Kevin O'Leary

  Investors shouldn’t avoid Chinese stocks, Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary said. “To have no allocation in the Chinese market makes no sense whatsoever,” he told CNBC. O’Leary added that he owns Chinese stocks himself, including e-commerce giant Alibaba. Passing up on Chinese stocks “makes no sense whatsoever” as the country remains one of the world’s […]

• Why Infectious Disease Outbreaks Are Becoming So Common

  SPEAKER: Michael Osterholm

  SARS-CoV-2. Monkeypox. Polio. Marburg. These viruses are no longer familiar just to public-health experts, but household names around the world, thanks to their recent incursions into human populations. People have always confronted pathogens of all sorts, but the attacks are becoming more commonplace, and more intense, than they ever have before. “We are going through an era of […]

• Climate action: an “oasis of diplomacy” for US/China, says Energy Secretary Granholm

  SPEAKER: Ian Bremmer

  Despite a recent chill in ties over Taiwan, President Biden is eager to reengage Beijing on things like clean hydrogen, US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

• Canada Goose Joins Forces With Annie Leibovitz for FW22 Campaign

  SPEAKER: Annie Leibovitz

  For its Fall/Winter 2022 campaign, Canada Goose teamed up with renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz to capture its all-female cast and put their stories at the forefront. Set in the highlands of Northern Scotland, FW22 seeks to highlight the brand’s “Live in the open” ethos through a showcase of its new outerwear offering. With an increased focus on womenswear, the campaign spotlights […]

• The Wrong Way to View the Xi-Putin Meeting

  SPEAKER: Evan Feigenbaum

  All eyes will be on the China-Russia strategic partnership, but the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Central Asian members have greater confidence and bargaining power than ever before—and Beijing knows it. This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first trip abroad since the 2020 outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Xi will make a state visit to Kazakhstan and […]

• (Podcast) Straight Talk with Hank Paulson Episode 70: Henry Kissinger

  SPEAKER: Henry Paulson, Jr.

  Henry Kissinger (Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc. and 56th Secretary of State) joins Hank on Straight Talk to discuss how coming to America after fleeing Nazi Germany shaped his worldview, getting his start in politics, and working with the world’s most consequential leaders—something he delves into in his latest book. He shares insights into US-China […]

• Ukraine’s Army Is Winning But Its Economy Is Losing

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  The US has been generous with military and financial aid, the Europeans less so. But both must step up the effort to keep Kyiv fighting. My first visit to Kyiv since the Russian invasion in February coincided with a major Ukrainian military success in the east of the country, where Kupyansk and Izyum were liberated […]

• Preparing for Future Viral Outbreaks in a Global Community

  SPEAKER: Deborah Birx

  Ambassador Deborah Birx, MD, believes not enough is doing to prepare for future pandemics. What are her recommendations? Find out in this final installment of her interview with Infection Control Today. See source for video. After SARS-CoV-2, researchers are concerned about preparing for the next viral outbreak and where the virus will come from. Infectious […]

• Supercharging US Clean Energy & Achieving Net Zero 2050 Globally | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

  SPEAKER: Ian Bremmer

  (GZERO Media) – US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says new legislation will drive a switch to clean energy.

• Ukraine gains; Russia to escalate

  SPEAKER: Ian Bremmer

    Ian Bremmer’s Quick Take: Hi everybody. Ian Bremmer here, backstage of all things, but have a few moments and wanted to give you a Quick Take on what is going on in the world. Want to get to Russia, Ukraine. I mean, of course, over the weekend, massive amount of news after the Queen’s death […]

• Op-Ed: Americans Flocked to Churches After 9/11, Then Something Big Changed

  SPEAKER: Allen West

  Twenty-one years have passed since the modern version of the “date which will live in infamy,” Sept. 11, 2001. Just like its predecessor, Pearl Harbor, it is a day that we must never forget. But what makes 9/11 so very different from Pearl Harbor is that the target was not a military installation of strategic […]

• How to change the way productivity is valued

  SPEAKER: Rachel Botsman

  How productive are you at work? Early on in my career, when I was a consultant in New York City, I made a vow: I would never work in a profession or culture that required detailed timesheets. I thrived on deadlines but tracking my time in 30-minute — even 10-minute — units seemed like an odd […]

• Kevin O’Leary says these are the best assets to own as inflation stays white hot

  SPEAKER: Kevin O'Leary

  (Yahoo) – Investment mogul and Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary still believes in holding stocks in a rising interest rate environment.

• Study finds hospitalization from omicron 10.5 times higher among unvaccinated

  SPEAKER: Michael Osterholm

  (WCCO) – Dr. Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist with the University of Minnesota’s CIDRAP center, has also stressed the importance while speaking with News Talk 830 WCCO’s Chad Hartman last week.

• A US Military Vet Reckons with America’s Failures in Afghanistan | Elliot Ackerman | GZERO World

  SPEAKER: Ian Bremmer

  (GZERO Media) – The US could have done a better job getting out of Afghanistan, Elliot Ackerman says.

• Underwater Feeding Frenzy – Poetry in Motion

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  Behind the Frame of ‘Orca Ballet” “Dance less in motion and more in spirit; awaken the dreamer within.” — Shah Asad Rizvi We were working in northern, Norway, 71° degrees north, in Andenes fjord, in Lofoten, with beautiful, towering granite mountain tops coming out of the sea, covered in ice and snow. It was January, […]

• Annie Leibovitz Remembers Photographing Queen Elizabeth II

  SPEAKER: Annie Leibovitz

  Annie Leibovitz was invited to photograph Queen Elizabeth II twice, in 2007 and in 2016. She was the first American photographer to be asked by the royal family to do so, and considered it an honor. As Leibovitz wrote in her 2008 book At Work, “It was ok for me to be reverent. The British are conflicted about […]

• Seema Verma Joins Carrum Health Corporate Advisory Board

  SPEAKER: Seema Verma

  Former CMS Administrator Joins Carrum Health to Help National Employers Reign in Rising Healthcare Costs SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Carrum Health, the first digital health company connecting employers and employees to Centers of Excellence (COEs) through a technology-powered value-based care platform, today announced the appointment of Seema Verma to its Corporate Advisory Board. As a national health […]

• Henry Kissinger: Leadership in a World of Change

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  Dr. Henry Kissinger’s “Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy” is a book that every citizen can learn from and that every leader should study again and again. by Newt Gingrich Every once in a while, a book comes along that has so much knowledge and wisdom that every American should read it and every potential leader should […]

• Russia may cut off Europe’s gas; sanctions will hold

  SPEAKER: Ian Bremmer

  Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60. Will Russia cutting gas sanctions to Europe lead to the EU lifting sanctions? I don’t see it. I’ve got to tell you, I do think that Russia will cut all of the gas to Europe by winter. It’s where their leverage […]

• Kevin O’Leary on his best ‘Shark Tank’ investments ever: ‘75% of my returns have come from companies run by women’

  SPEAKER: Kevin O'Leary

  Over 13 years of making deals on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Kevin O’Leary says he’s noticed a common thread among the companies that have brought him the best investment returns. They’re mostly owned or run by women. “This is real data: 75% of my returns have come from companies run by women,” O’Leary tells CNBC Make It. The trend […]

• Gaslighting Makes for Bad Public Policy | Opinion

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  Some stories are told best in black and white, like the brilliant 1944 film Gaslight starring Ingrid Bergman, whose husband tries to convince her that she is mentally ill so he can steal from her more easily. It’s a plotline that Americans need to be familiar with, because gaslighting is the preeminent strategy of the Biden […]

• (Podcast) Straight Talk with Hank Paulson Episode 69: Neel Kashkari

  SPEAKER: Henry Paulson, Jr.

  Neel Kashkari joins Hank on Straight Talk to discuss how studying engineering was fundamental to his career trajectory, public service and working at the Treasury, education, and crisis management. He shares insights into current economic concerns, including inflation and secular stagflation, and how lessons learned from managing other crises can be applied to addressing climate […]

• Schools shouldn’t fly BLM flags

  SPEAKER: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Its divisive programme is the enemy of black prosperity After more than two years of disruption, American schoolchildren are finally returning to something approaching normal education — in-person, and without masks or social distancing or other “non-pharmaceutical interventions”. But many of these children are returning transformed. Last week, data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress showed […]

• America is facing an unprecedented worker shortage. Here are 3 things we can do to fix it

  SPEAKER: Elaine Chao

  Bipartisan JOBS Act, Medicaid work requirements and fewer licensing rules would help ease worker shortage America is in the midst of the worst worker shortage in recent memory. Many have heard the stories of employers offering bonuses and higher salaries in a desperate effort to fill openings.  Many have experienced delays at restaurants or stores that […]

• Who Keeps You Safe From Cyberattacks? | Jen Easterly Full Interview | GZERO World

  SPEAKER: Ian Bremmer

  (GZERO Media) – CISA’s Jen Easterly is optimistic about the state of America’s cyber defenses.

• ‘Why shouldn’t it be as bad as the 1970s?’ Historian Niall Ferguson warns the world is sleepwalking into an era of political and economic upheaval akin to the 1970s — only worse.

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (Morning Star) – “The ingredients of the 1970s are already in place,” Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, told CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick.

• FINDING FREYA

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  If you follow me on social media, you will not be surprised to find out that walruses are one of my favorite animals on this great Earth. They have Intelligence beyond comparison in pinnipeds and are survivors of an unimaginably icy world. They are highly social and display a gentle, serene temperament to go with […]

• Life Expectancy Is Falling. Here’s How to Change That.

  SPEAKER: Dave Chokshi

  By WWSG Exclusive Thought Leader: Dave A. Chokshi Dr. Chokshi is a Bellevue Hospital physician and visiting fellow at the New York Health Foundation. He previously served as the health commissioner of New York City. Life expectancy in the United States continued to decline in 2021, according to data released by the federal government. Is there a […]

• Don’t lose sight of monkeypox containment

  SPEAKER: Caitlin Rivers

  Although case counts might be dropping, the public-health community must focus on containing the epidemic completely. Some glimmers of hope are emerging in the global fight against the monkeypox epidemic. Weekly case counts are trending down: 6,000 were reported from 15 to 21 August, an improvement over the 7,500 reported from 8 to 14 August. […]

• Data Governance, Asian Alternatives: How India and Korea Are Creating New Models and Policies

  SPEAKER: Evan Feigenbaum

  Many observers posit that a stark contest between democracy and autocracy will shape the governance of technology and data. But two Asian democracies, India and Korea, are carving out distinctive paths on data policy, not just following Western or Chinese models. Deepening concerns about digital authoritarianism have led many observers to posit that a stark […]

• Why a ‘big’​ purpose isn’t always better

  SPEAKER: Rachel Botsman

  Do you ever wonder why you do the work you do? For me, this question seems to rise a few days into a holiday — when the rest and retreat of being away helps the mental chatter of daily commitments ebb away. I start asking what matters most to me, including the work I’m doing. […]

• Nearly Three Years of COVID-19: What Was Learned?

  SPEAKER: Deborah Birx

  (CMM) – According to Dr. Deborah Birx, M.D., asking questions is paramount in continuing to deal properly with the virus.

• The Rising Cost of Republicans’ Investment in Trump

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  Republican leaders and donors are suddenly making worried noises about their political chances. Five months ago, their party looked likely to take both the U.S. House and the Senate in 2022. Republicans appeared ready to consolidate their leads over Democrats in the numbers of governorships and state legislatures held. Best of all, they seemed to have quietly sidelined […]

• Pakistan underwater: Blame climate change

  SPEAKER: Ian Bremmer

  Ian Bremmer’s Quick Take: Hi everybody, Ian Bremmer here, and we’re closing down the summer, so this will be your last Quick Take before I head back to New York City. And I thought I would talk a little bit about these disastrous, calamitous floods that are happening in Pakistan right now. Pakistan can’t catch a […]

• Ian Explains: Hackers, Innovation, Malice & Cybercrime | GZERO World

  SPEAKER: Ian Bremmer

  (GRZEO Media) – The annual cost of global cybercrime has nearly tripled since 2005.

• Newt Gingrich: FBI raid part of plan to indict Trump before politically hostile DC jury

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – The Wray-led FBI has ‘no interest’ in precedent or the law, former speaker says