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Featured Work:
US Energy Security: How We Got Here And Where We Are Headed Featuring Daniel Yergin
Daniel Yergin examines how American energy innovation reshaped global power dynamics while revealing the uncomfortable realities of an energy transition that pits wealthy nations' climate ambitions against developing countries' urgent need for economic growth.
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Getting Global Monetary Policy on Track
Following a surge in global inflation, experts from around the world discuss and debate monetary policy and strategy, examining interest rates, labor markets, and the role of central banks.
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Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology | The Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2025
Biotechnology partners with biology to create products and services, like engineering skin microbes to fight cancer or brewing medicines from yeast. This industry, already 5 percent of US GDP, is poised for significant growth. Synthetic biology, a subset of biotechnology focusing on enhancing living systems, relies on DNA sequencing and synthesis. DNA sequencers are machines that read or decode specific DNA molecules, while synthesizers write user-specifi ed sequences of DNA.
Featured Work:
The Interconnect: Robotics And The Quest For Smarter Machines
Hoover Institution Science Fellow and Stanford University mechanical engineering professor Allison Okamura and Kevin Weil, the Chief Product Officer of OpenAI, discuss innovations such as “soft robots,” how artificial intelligence will lead to more capable machines, and what policymakers can do to accelerate the growth of the US robotics industry.
Featured Work:
The Power Of Performance Pay
Smarter teacher retention and accelerated student achievement in Dallas.
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More Videos & Podcasts
Motorcycles And Meritocracies With Governor Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels discusses his life, his influences, and his passion for hogs (of the Harley-Davidson variety).
Motorcycles And Meritocracies With Governor Mitch Daniels
Empire Of Illusion: Frank Dikötter On Why China Isn’t A Superpower
Frank Dikötter challenges the prevailing narrative about China’s rise. Drawing from his latest book, China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower, Dikötter argues that the Chinese Communist Party has masterfully projected the image of a powerful, modern, and economically dominant nation—but says that image is largely a facade.
Empire Of Illusion: Frank Dikötter On Why China Isn’t A Superpower
Leading With Grit: From The Naval Academy To Newark's Frontlines
From the boxing ring to Hoover, Mike shares his journey and the mission behind Frontline Voices.
Leading With Grit: From The Naval Academy To Newark's Frontlines
Trump’s War On Big Law
Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss President Trump’s Executive Orders that target major law firms (such as WilmerHale and Jenner & Block).
Trump’s War On Big Law
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