https://simplecast.com Conversations with Tom Ashbrook Hi. I've been talking with some interesting people lately about the world and where we're going. You can listen to those conversations here. Be well! Tom 2018 Tom Ashbrook- Conversations en-us Wed, 17 Oct 2018 01:42:00 +0000 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:14:31 +0000 https://www.ashbrookinterviews.com/ Conversations with Tom Ashbrook https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/b69fbda6-c392-47b3-b5eb-7b3a8b288034/51e96755-8942-484a-b7c7-18900d72409e/3000x3000/1528292620-artwork.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://www.ashbrookinterviews.com/ episodic Hi. I've been talking with some interesting people lately about the world and where we're going. You can listen to those conversations here. Be well! Tom Tom Ashbrook no https://feeds.simplecast.com/0AY7CUek NPR, Tom Ashbrook, global news, politics, analysis, On Point, radio, current events Conversations with Tom Ashbrook ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com 589e87aa-7988-4a37-a96d-f095cc65416e Max Boot: Trump's GOP Must Burn Longtime big-voiced conservative columnist Max Boot has had a fiery conversion on the Republican Party that has so long been his home. It’s Donald Trump’s GOP now, he says in his new book “The Corrosion of Conservatism,” and it has to be “burned to the ground” at the polls to save the possibility of a reasonable center-right party in America. And if it’s not? White nationalism and know-nothingism, Max Boot warns, will swamp America.

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]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2018 01:42:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/b84d62eb-7VbZcJCg Longtime big-voiced conservative columnist Max Boot has had a fiery conversion on the Republican Party that has so long been his home. It’s Donald Trump’s GOP now, he says in his new book “The Corrosion of Conservatism,” and it has to be “burned to the ground” at the polls to save the possibility of a reasonable center-right party in America. And if it’s not? White nationalism and know-nothingism, Max Boot warns, will swamp America.

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]]> Max Boot: Trump's GOP Must Burn Tom Ashbrook 00:38:58 Conservative columnist Max Boot has had a fiery conversion on the Republican Party that has so long been his home. It’s Donald Trump’s GOP now, he says in his new book “The Corrosion of Conservatism,” and it has to be “burned to the ground” at the polls to save the possibility of a reasonable center-right party in America. Conservative columnist Max Boot has had a fiery conversion on the Republican Party that has so long been his home. It’s Donald Trump’s GOP now, he says in his new book “The Corrosion of Conservatism,” and it has to be “burned to the ground” at the polls to save the possibility of a reasonable center-right party in America. no full 13 5d6ac3f7-4d4d-42d3-9896-e01532e1da7d Weaponizing Social Media With military strategist and futurist P.W. Singer. Singer co-authored "Ghost Fleet," the Tom Clancy-style novel of future warfare. But he's a scholar too, and a student of all weapons - including social media. It's been weaponized he says in his new book "LikeWar" in a way that can now decide real wars and real politics. We talk about the fierce battle for what's understood as real in the age of social media.

]]> Tue, 2 Oct 2018 04:00:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/a7fdaa90-ZOkTiDoR With military strategist and futurist P.W. Singer. Singer co-authored "Ghost Fleet," the Tom Clancy-style novel of future warfare. But he's a scholar too, and a student of all weapons - including social media. It's been weaponized he says in his new book "LikeWar" in a way that can now decide real wars and real politics. We talk about the fierce battle for what's understood as real in the age of social media.

]]> Weaponizing Social Media Tom Ashbrook 00:38:55 Military strategist and futurist P.W. Singer is a student of all weapons - including social media. It's been weaponized he says in his new book "LikeWar" in a way that can now decide real wars and real politics. We talk about the fierce battle for what's understood as real in the age of social media. Military strategist and futurist P.W. Singer is a student of all weapons - including social media. It's been weaponized he says in his new book "LikeWar" in a way that can now decide real wars and real politics. We talk about the fierce battle for what's understood as real in the age of social media. facebook, military, russia, international relations, social media, spying, war, politics, twitter no full 12 8ef1b268-b44b-4ad3-a20c-863da7cccebe April Ryan, Under Fire With White House correspondent April Ryan, who asked Donald Trump: "Mr. President, are you a racist?" We talk race, death threats, "living while black," a free press, democracy in trouble, Serena Williams, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, April's epic shouting match with Omarosa, and her new book, "Under Fire." In the White House, she says, "I am warred upon."

]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 04:00:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/8b2d87c1-CcEAC3hV With White House correspondent April Ryan, who asked Donald Trump: "Mr. President, are you a racist?" We talk race, death threats, "living while black," a free press, democracy in trouble, Serena Williams, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, April's epic shouting match with Omarosa, and her new book, "Under Fire." In the White House, she says, "I am warred upon."

]]> April Ryan, Under Fire Tom Ashbrook 00:19:37 With White House correspondent April Ryan, who asked Donald Trump: "Mr. President, are you a racist?" We talk race, death threats, "living while black," a free press, democracy in trouble, Serena Williams, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, April's epic shouting match with Omarosa, and her new book, "Under Fire." In the White House, she says, "I am warred upon." With White House correspondent April Ryan, who asked Donald Trump: "Mr. President, are you a racist?" We talk race, death threats, "living while black," a free press, democracy in trouble, Serena Williams, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, April's epic shouting match with Omarosa, and her new book, "Under Fire." In the White House, she says, "I am warred upon." free press, racism, donald trump, race, white house, journalism, president, media, nationalism no full 11 35647444-a2ee-41f3-837b-5099f5d7334c Western Capitalism in Trouble With economic historian Adam Tooze of Columbia University. Stocks are up, GDP is strong, unemployment is down... but ten years after the 2008 financial collapse, Adam Tooze sees disenchantment all around. Republicans going protectionist. Democrats going socialist. The collapse, he says, brought us Donald Trump. His new book is "Crashed."

]]> Sat, 15 Sep 2018 15:25:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/f87f0d0b-BcDEejJc With economic historian Adam Tooze of Columbia University. Stocks are up, GDP is strong, unemployment is down... but ten years after the 2008 financial collapse, Adam Tooze sees disenchantment all around. Republicans going protectionist. Democrats going socialist. The collapse, he says, brought us Donald Trump. His new book is "Crashed."

]]> Western Capitalism in Trouble Tom Ashbrook 00:27:53 With economic historian Adam Tooze of Columbia University. Stocks are up, GDP is strong, unemployment is down... but ten years after the 2008 financial collapse, Adam Tooze sees disenchantment all around. Republicans going protectionist. Democrats going socialist. The collapse, he says, brought us Donald Trump.His new book is "Crashed." With economic historian Adam Tooze of Columbia University. Stocks are up, GDP is strong, unemployment is down... but ten years after the 2008 financial collapse, Adam Tooze sees disenchantment all around. Republicans going protectionist. Democrats going socialist. The collapse, he says, brought us Donald Trump.His new book is "Crashed." economy, recession, donald trump, crash, finance, history, economics, capitalism no full 10 4bdb5b7d-72a5-453b-9834-c04811d01aee Nixon would be 'horrified' by Trump John Dean was at the heart of the Watergate uproar that drove Nixon from office. Star witness in the Watergate hearings. He knows the law, impeachment, tapes, the works. Where does he see Donald Trump's scandal heading? We asked. And this: John Dean says Nixon would be "horrified" by Trump. Wow.

]]> Tue, 4 Sep 2018 04:00:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/6c5b2e7e-lBQDuZMj John Dean was at the heart of the Watergate uproar that drove Nixon from office. Star witness in the Watergate hearings. He knows the law, impeachment, tapes, the works. Where does he see Donald Trump's scandal heading? We asked. And this: John Dean says Nixon would be "horrified" by Trump. Wow.

]]> Nixon would be 'horrified' by Trump Tom Ashbrook 00:36:37 With John Dean, White House Counsel for President Richard Nixon. John Dean was at the heart of the Watergate uproar that drove Nixon from office. Star witness in the Watergate hearings. He knows the law, impeachment, tapes, the works. Where does he see Donald Trump's scandal heading? We asked. And this: John Dean says Nixon "would be horrified" by Trump. Wow. With John Dean, White House Counsel for President Richard Nixon. John Dean was at the heart of the Watergate uproar that drove Nixon from office. Star witness in the Watergate hearings. He knows the law, impeachment, tapes, the works. Where does he see Donald Trump's scandal heading? We asked. And this: John Dean says Nixon "would be horrified" by Trump. Wow. mueller, watergate, fbi, investigation, russia, john dean, justice department, trump, collusion no full 9 7559fa21-dea2-45d6-973a-30561b9cf121 Beyond Crazy Rich Asians With Eileen Cheng-yin Chow, director of the Cheng Shewo Institute of Chinese Journalism at Shih Hsin University in Taipei, Taiwan and co-director of Story Lab at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Eileen Chow knows rich Asians. Her grandad was a mainland China newspaper mogul. We look at the grand narratives between the United States and China. And recite some very beautiful late summer poetry.

]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2018 07:00:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/chow-Mrno8ESC With Eileen Cheng-yin Chow, director of the Cheng Shewo Institute of Chinese Journalism at Shih Hsin University in Taipei, Taiwan and co-director of Story Lab at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Eileen Chow knows rich Asians. Her grandad was a mainland China newspaper mogul. We look at the grand narratives between the United States and China. And recite some very beautiful late summer poetry.

]]> Beyond Crazy Rich Asians Tom Ashbrook 00:48:03 Eileen Chow knows rich Asians. Her grandad was a mainland China newspaper mogul. We look at the grand narratives between the United States and China. And recite some very beautiful late summer poetry. Eileen Chow knows rich Asians. Her grandad was a mainland China newspaper mogul. We look at the grand narratives between the United States and China. And recite some very beautiful late summer poetry. crazy rich asians, united states, america, china, poetry, power, narrative no full 8 2b6267db-7f24-4228-9467-11f7a0e0591a When the river's gone, what lies beneath... The news cycle is gripped by politics. Nature is gripped by climate change, and us. It's a longer cycle, but no less dramatic. Hydrologist Rosario Sanchez Flores studies where border populations of the US and Mexico will turn when the Rio Grande river runs dry. It's happening. And then it's all about aquifers that don't know borders - or walls.

]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2018 03:04:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/flores-2sxMB_NJ The news cycle is gripped by politics. Nature is gripped by climate change, and us. It's a longer cycle, but no less dramatic. Hydrologist Rosario Sanchez Flores studies where border populations of the US and Mexico will turn when the Rio Grande river runs dry. It's happening. And then it's all about aquifers that don't know borders - or walls.

]]> When the river's gone, what lies beneath... Tom Ashbrook 00:29:01 The news cycle is gripped by politics. Nature is gripped by climate change, and us. It's a longer cycle, but no less dramatic. Hydrologist Rosario Sanchez Flores studies where border populations of the US and Mexico will turn when the Rio Grande river runs dry. It's happening. And then it's all about aquifers that don't know borders - or walls. The news cycle is gripped by politics. Nature is gripped by climate change, and us. It's a longer cycle, but no less dramatic. Hydrologist Rosario Sanchez Flores studies where border populations of the US and Mexico will turn when the Rio Grande river runs dry. It's happening. And then it's all about aquifers that don't know borders - or walls. science, international relations, rosario flores sanchez, border politics, aquifer, texas, border wall, trump, mexico, hydrology no full 7 03ae3b0a-7c1e-481e-a5aa-f65cebd986b1 US Military: Here's the risk... Open the microphone to former four-star US Navy Admiral and NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis and you learn a lot in a hurry. About US military readiness facing Iran and North Korea. About military attitudes toward "the parade." About standing for democracy while the president lauds authoritarians, and the risks of a tweet-storm presidency. And yes, we talked Space Force.

]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2018 02:37:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/stavridis-4wmf6NaX Open the microphone to former four-star US Navy Admiral and NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis and you learn a lot in a hurry. About US military readiness facing Iran and North Korea. About military attitudes toward "the parade." About standing for democracy while the president lauds authoritarians, and the risks of a tweet-storm presidency. And yes, we talked Space Force.

]]> US Military: Here's the risk... Tom Ashbrook 00:27:31 Former four-star US Navy Admiral and NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis has a lot to teach. About US military readiness facing Iran and North Korea. About military attitudes toward "the parade." About standing for democracy while the president lauds authoritarians, and the risks of a tweet-storm presidency. And yes, we talked Space Force. Former four-star US Navy Admiral and NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis has a lot to teach. About US military readiness facing Iran and North Korea. About military attitudes toward "the parade." About standing for democracy while the president lauds authoritarians, and the risks of a tweet-storm presidency. And yes, we talked Space Force. isis, trump putin, authoritarianism, russia, nuclear deal, stavridis, global security, cold war, nato, admiral, time magazine, north korea no full 6 7810eb91-66b8-4d00-94d7-35183a194b97 Trump, race, and the slave auction block... Race and racism are fiery topics yet again in the USA, with a president who seems more than ready to fan the flames. Artist Steven Locke has his own take on our return to raw racism, and how facing history may yet lead us to a better way. He wants to build a slave auction block memorial in the nation's "Cradle of Liberty" - historic Boston, where slave trade fortunes help build the city where the American revolution was born.

]]> Wed, 8 Aug 2018 03:02:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/locke-SwnDlsH0 Race and racism are fiery topics yet again in the USA, with a president who seems more than ready to fan the flames. Artist Steven Locke has his own take on our return to raw racism, and how facing history may yet lead us to a better way. He wants to build a slave auction block memorial in the nation's "Cradle of Liberty" - historic Boston, where slave trade fortunes help build the city where the American revolution was born.

]]> Trump, race, and the slave auction block... Tom Ashbrook 00:34:29 Race and racism are fiery topics yet again in the USA, with a president who seems more than ready to fan the flames. Artist Steven Locke has his own take on our return to raw racism, and how facing history may yet lead us to a better way. He wants to build a slave auction block memorial in the nation's "Cradle of Liberty" - historic Boston, where slave trade fortunes help build the city where the American revolution was born. Race and racism are fiery topics yet again in the USA, with a president who seems more than ready to fan the flames. Artist Steven Locke has his own take on our return to raw racism, and how facing history may yet lead us to a better way. He wants to build a slave auction block memorial in the nation's "Cradle of Liberty" - historic Boston, where slave trade fortunes help build the city where the American revolution was born. racism, steve locke, slavery, art, history, sculpture, boston, segregation, faneuil hall no full 5 1256cfdb-de56-4a26-abd2-d3878910e78b Trump and the liberal world order With Kori Schake, Deputy Director-General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and author of Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony.

]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:11:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/schake-YZWeMR_Z With Kori Schake, Deputy Director-General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and author of Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony.

]]> Trump and the liberal world order Tom Ashbrook 00:32:55 With Kori Schake, Deputy Director-General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and author of Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony. With Kori Schake, Deputy Director-General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and author of Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony. foreign policy, hegemony, russia, world order, kori schake, foreign relations, putin, trump, international affairs no full 4 13f46b8b-1de1-47c0-b10e-a52efd30fef3 Social media, privacy, and the blockchain With Salman Habib, entrepreneur, drop-out, and co-founder of the social network HelloFriend. Mark Zuckerberg and Salman Habib both dropped out of Harvard to start social networks. Zuck's network is hitting trouble. Habib's is just revving up. People are calling HelloFriend the Facebook killer. Habib demurs, but he's ready to take social networks to their next chapter - the fusion of social network and blockchain.

]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2018 20:42:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/habib-oEIdHECT With Salman Habib, entrepreneur, drop-out, and co-founder of the social network HelloFriend. Mark Zuckerberg and Salman Habib both dropped out of Harvard to start social networks. Zuck's network is hitting trouble. Habib's is just revving up. People are calling HelloFriend the Facebook killer. Habib demurs, but he's ready to take social networks to their next chapter - the fusion of social network and blockchain.

]]> Social media, privacy, and the blockchain Tom Ashbrook 00:27:03 With Salman Habib, entrepreneur, drop-out, and co-founder of the social network HelloFriend. Mark Zuckerberg and Salman Habib both dropped out of Harvard to start social networks. Zuck's network is hitting trouble. Habib's is just revving up. People are calling HelloFriend the Facebook killer. Habib demurs, but he's ready to take social networks to their next chapter - the fusion of social network and blockchain. With Salman Habib, entrepreneur, drop-out, and co-founder of the social network HelloFriend. Mark Zuckerberg and Salman Habib both dropped out of Harvard to start social networks. Zuck's network is hitting trouble. Habib's is just revving up. People are calling HelloFriend the Facebook killer. Habib demurs, but he's ready to take social networks to their next chapter - the fusion of social network and blockchain. facebook, startup, bitcoin, social networks, harvard, community, cryptocurrency, future no full 3 bd63f04a-b2ba-4aea-aba6-5ed9e365bfdc Globalization and empire With Maya Jasanoff, author of The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World.  The great novelist Joseph Conrad took the world up the Congo River in his classic "Heart of Darkness." Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff finds the dawn of the age of globalization upriver with Conrad. He would well recognize, she says, the great disruptor of our time.

]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:05:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/jasanoff-XwaozkOF With Maya Jasanoff, author of The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World.  The great novelist Joseph Conrad took the world up the Congo River in his classic "Heart of Darkness." Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff finds the dawn of the age of globalization upriver with Conrad. He would well recognize, she says, the great disruptor of our time.

]]> Globalization and empire Tom Ashbrook 00:52:39 With Maya Jasanoff, author of The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World.  The great novelist Joseph Conrad took the world up the Congo River in his classic "Heart of Darkness." Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff finds the dawn of the age of globalization upriver with Conrad. He would well recognize, she says, the great disruptor of our time. With Maya Jasanoff, author of The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World.  The great novelist Joseph Conrad took the world up the Congo River in his classic "Heart of Darkness." Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff finds the dawn of the age of globalization upriver with Conrad. He would well recognize, she says, the great disruptor of our time. joseph conrad, globalization, empire, literature, immigration, history, human rights, civilization no full 2 b3d372b9-7e7b-4f55-8275-cf3bdc40982c Changes in world power With Sir John Sawers, former head of MI6, Britain's global spy service. Judi Dench played the role for James Bond. John Sawers sees China eye-to-eye with the US. And soon, the bigger player. "It's not as if we have the superior model that will forever keep us in the lead... America has to share its role in the world with China." And this: "Q is a real live person."

]]> Wed, 6 Jun 2018 16:43:00 +0000 ashbrookinterviews@gmail.com (Tom Ashbrook) https://tomashbrook.simplecast.com/episodes/sawers-f499LKmG With Sir John Sawers, former head of MI6, Britain's global spy service. Judi Dench played the role for James Bond. John Sawers sees China eye-to-eye with the US. And soon, the bigger player. "It's not as if we have the superior model that will forever keep us in the lead... America has to share its role in the world with China." And this: "Q is a real live person."

]]> Changes in world power Tom Ashbrook 00:35:23 With Sir John Sawers, former head of MI6, Britain's global spy service. Judi Dench played the role for James Bond. John Sawers sees China eye-to-eye with the US. And soon, the bigger player. "It's not as if we have the superior model that will forever keep us in the lead... America has to share its role in the world with China." And this: "Q is a real live person." With Sir John Sawers, former head of MI6, Britain's global spy service. Judi Dench played the role for James Bond. John Sawers sees China eye-to-eye with the US. And soon, the bigger player. "It's not as if we have the superior model that will forever keep us in the lead... America has to share its role in the world with China." And this: "Q is a real live person." john sawers, us-china, xi jinping, donald trump, china, globalization, mi6, us, intelligence, uk, elites, two powers, spies, western, global balance of power, judi dench, james bond no full 1