Writer and scholar Orville Schell began his study of China well before President Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972, ending 25 years of isolation between the United States and China, and resulting in establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1979. Schell discusses "the end of U.S.-China engagement" with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.
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White House Chronicle – U.S. Air Traffic Control lags not leads – Apr 26 2024
The U.S. air traffic control system is the world's largest but lags far behind other countries, including Canada and New Zealand. Robert Poole, director of transportation policy at the Reason Foundation, discusses fixes for the system with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.
White House Chronicle – The deep roots of America’s housing crisis – Apr 19 2024
Andra Ghent is a professor of finance at the University of Utah, where she also directs the Ivory-Boyer Real Estate Center. She discusses the deep roots of America's housing crisis and offers some solutions to it with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.
White House Chronicle – Local electricity regulation versus national need – Apr 12 2024
AI and the electrification of transportation are dramatically increasing the national demand for electricity. But new transmission and generation are hard to come by. Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III discuss this dilemma with Karen Wayland, CEO of the GridWise Alliance, and Chris Guttman-McCabe, chief regulatory and communications officer at Anterix.
White House Chronicle – The Growing Risks for Journalists – Apr 5 2024
There are growing risks for journalists worldwide. The range of threats they are confronted with include online and offline harassment, intimidation, arbitrary detention and torture, kidnapping and murder. Arthur Kane, investigations editor at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, discusses those risks and his book on the murder of Jeff German, his friend and colleague at the paper, with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.
White House Chronicle – America’s Housing Shortage – Mar 29 2024
America is reportedly short around 3.2 million homes -- and that shortage is growing. USC Professor Dowell Myers talks about the shortage, particularly from a demographic angle, with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.
White House Chronicle – Is America running out of power? – Mar 15 2024
More electric power to the people. That is what Americans want. But can the grid support the increased demand, especially from data centers? And how about the impact from more frequent severe weather events? Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III talk to Mark Menezes, President and CEO of the United States Energy Association.
White House Chronicle – A writer navigates life with a mystery disease
Prolific Canadian writer Nora Gold is afflicted with a mysterious disease, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), about which she has written a novella, "In Sickness and in Health." Gold discusses how she is able to navigate her life and work through bouts of sickness with Host Llewellyn King.
White House Chronicle – Hydrogen Demand Initiative – Mar 8 2024
Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III talk with former U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Clinton Vince of Dentons, the global law firm, about the Hydrogen Demand Initiative, a new consortium funded by the Department of Energy, which is set to propel this potential of hydrogen as a clean energy source into a tangible reality.
White House Chronicle – How is Ukraine Doing – Mar 5 2024
Suriya Jayanti, who served for two years as U.S. diplomat in the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine is currently a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, talks with Host Llewellyn King and Adam Clayton Powell III about Ukraine's drive to thrive as a nation.
White House Chronicle – AI will upend everything – Feb 22 2024
The AI era is here and now, and the technology is changing faster than we can absorb how it is changing our lives, as Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III learn from this week's guest, David Derigiotis, an AI expert and TED talker.
White House Chronicle – Electricity challenges – Feb 19 2024
White House Chronicle – Grades 1-12 classrooms online – Feb 12 2024
World Class Scholars seeks to link up students and teachers in grades 1-12 online, real-time and globally -- and with some surprising results. Its founder, Phil Noble, speaks with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.
White House Chronicle – China — The reporters stories – Feb 8 2024
It is harder now for journalists to cover China than it has been at any time since the normalization of its relations with the United States in 1972. But coverage of China is essential and a rewarding beat. Mike Chinoy, author of "Assignment China" and a former CNN correspondent and David Lynch, Global Economics Correspondent at The Washington Post discuss their time in China with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.
White House Chronicle – US-Cuba relations – Feb 1 2024
There was a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations under the Obama administration. What has become of it? And what is the future for that complicated relationship? Host Llewellyn King and Producer/Co-host Linda Gasparello visited the island recently and talked with Ryan Berg, director of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Nora Gámez Torres, a reporter for el Nuevo Herald and the Miami Herald
White House Chronicle – Weaponized Hobby Drones – Jan 19 2024
The United States is defenseless against a terror attack from weaponized "hobby" drones. Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III discuss this threat with Maj. Gen. James Poss, USAF (Ret.) and Richard Whittle, journalist and author, "Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution."
White House Chronicle – Celebrity Editor Part I – Jan 8 2024
Martin "Marty" Baron, the former executive editor of The Washington Post, talks about his time at the helm of three major newspapers and his book "Collision: Trump, Bezos and The Washington Post." Part I of II.
White House Chronicle – Intelligence gathering – Jan 5 2024
Is there a disconnect between politicians and intelligence collectors? Was the Israel-Hamas war, as were 9/11 and the Falklands War "a failure to warn and to imagine"? Michael Allen, managing director of Beacon Global Strategies, and Anthony Wells, author and a former intelligence agent, discuss the gathering and analysis of intelligence with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.
White House Chronicle – Security in the Cyber Age – Dec 14 2023
Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III discuss a new "primer" on cybersecurity policy and technology with its authors, Derek Reveron , chair of the National Security Affairs Department at the U.S. Naval War College and John Savage, professor emeritus of computer science at Brown University.
White House Chronicle – Churchills Operation Aerial – Dec 14 2023
Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III talk to David Worsfold, author of a riveting book on the largely untold story of Churchill's effort to evacuate Allied military forces and civilians from ports in western France after Dunkirk, codenamed Operation Aerial.
White House Chronicle – College American Artisans – Dec 7 2023
The GI Bill greatly reduced the ranks of artisans in America. But there is a critical need for them. Hosts Llewellyn King and Adam Clayton Powell III talk to the provost and a graduate of the American College of the Building Arts, which provides a liberal arts education as well as a trade.
White House Chronicle – Peter Zeihan – Nov 16 2023
Host Llewellyn King and Peter Zeihan, a geopolitical strategist, talk about AI's impact on employment, trends in migration to the United States, Mexico as "the new China," and other au courant issues.
White House Chronicle – Veteran Suicide – Nov 15 2023
In this special Veterans Day episode, Guest Host Adam Clayton Powell III speaks Frank Larkin, chairman of Warrior Call, and Dr. Brian Edlow, a Harvard University professor and associate director of the Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery at the Massachusetts General Hospital about the emerging science connecting veteran suicide with blast waves that they experience during training and operations.
White House Chronicle – Challenging Russian disinformation – Nov 1 2023
Russia's relentless disinformation campaigns are disrupting Western democracies. Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III discuss their real aim, and how to counter Russian lies with Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council.