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Get caught up on seasons one and two:
Season two:
"Why We Need International Students"
"The Human Cost of Labor Trafficking"
"Bonus Episode: “A Medically Induced Economic Coma”"
Season one:
“China Doesn’t Want Your Trash”
“New Years Special: 2020 Hindsight”
“The One Where We Talk About NATO at a Party”
Female representation in politics leads to numerous benefits, but the vast majority of the world’s most powerful politicians are men. Using the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women’s Power Index tool to track women’s leadership across the globe, this episode examines the problems that arise from a shortage of female leaders.
A small island one hundred miles off the coast of China could be the flashpoint that determines the future of great-power competition. Experts increasingly warn that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be globally catastrophic, regardless of its success or if the United States intervenes. How concerned should Americans be?
Robots and Artificial Intelligence
The rapid emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought lawmakers and industry leaders to the same conclusion: regulation is necessary to ensure the technology changes the world for the better. The similarities could end there, as governments and industry clash on what those laws should do, and different governments take increasingly divergent approaches. What are the stakes of the debate over AI regulation?