Night Owls

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Episode 47 (With Deb Roy and Kathy Cramer) Dec 11, 2024

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Cortico, in collaboration with the MIT Center for Constructive Communication (CCC), has built a platform that connects rather than divides communities, and in so doing, helps create a healthier society. We talked to its CEO and co-founder, Deb Roy, and one of its Directors, Prof. Kathy Cramer, about how it works and how it's working.

Episode 46 (with Jane Metcalfe Part 2) Dec 04, 2024

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Part Two of our interview with Jane Metclafe, a woman who saw the future clearly. Twice.

Episode 45 (with Jane Metcalfe Part 1) Dec 03, 2024

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Part One of our interview with Jane Metclafe, a woman who saw the future clearly. Twice.

Episode 44 (Barbara Walter) Nov 19, 2024

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An interview with University of California San Diego Professor Barbara Walter, whose book -- "How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them" -- examines the risk factors that presage civil wars. Those factors are "anocracy," factionalism, loss of power and loss of hope, all hyper-linked by social media. The U.S. has been on her watch list for civil war for some time. She's keeping it there.

Night Owls Episode 43 Nov 02, 2024

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A last look at the 2024 presidential campaign. A disagreement about Jeff Bezos. A watershed moment in Germany. And more!

Episode 42 (with RIta Singh) Oct 19, 2024

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Rita Singh is one of the leading voice forensics scientists in the world. In this podcast, she discusses her work at length; what our voices tell us about our physical stature, our ethnicity, our age, our health, our honesty, our intentions and our mental states. It's riveting.

Night Owls Episode 41 (with General David H. Petraeus Ret.) Oct 13, 2024

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General David Petraeus (Ret.) talks about the paperback edition of his book, Conflict, written with Andrew Roberts—and brings us up to date on the state of war in Ukraine, Gaza, Lebanon and potential wars in Iran and Taiwan.

Night Owls Episode 40 Oct 03, 2024

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Three topics -- the VP debate, the Middle East and Hurricane Helene -- in 30 minutes. Joe's experience covering the Middle East is on full display.

Episode 39 (Interview with Daron Shaw Part 2) Sep 29, 2024

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Part 2: John talked with Daron Shaw, one of the nation’s best pollsters who most people have never heard of. They talked about polling, politics and the presidential election.

Episode 38 (Interview with Daron Shaw Part 1 of 2) Sep 28, 2024

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John talked with Daron Shaw, one of the nation’s best pollsters who most people have never heard of. They talked about polling, politics and the presidential election.

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