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Nov. 2, 2018

How Russian Twitter Trolls Influence Society and Elections with Patri…

Welcome back to TPI’s Podcast Two Think Minimum. It's Monday, October 29th, 2018. We're excited to talk with Patrick Warren, who has a Ph.D. in economics from MIT and is now an Associate Professor of Economics at Clemson University. Patrick has become a leading authority on the impact of Internet t…

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Oct. 1, 2018

Victoria Graham on Antitrust and Corporate Crime Journalism

Today we're excited to talk with Victoria Graham. She is an antitrust and corporate crime reporter for Bloomberg Law in Washington, covering news and trends with the Justice Department, Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission. Victoria’s antitrust coverage also extends …

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July 27, 2018

Laura Martin on Netflix, Content Creation, and Creative Talent

We sat down with Wall Street analyst, and TPI board member, Laura Martin, to talk about the changing media landscape. As it turned out, we had only about 15 minutes, which we used talking about Netflix. Still, given that Netflix had announced its earnings only the day previously, the conversation w…

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July 19, 2018

Ina Fried, Axios, and Tech Journalism Today

Today we're excited to talk with Ina Fried of Axios, a tech journalist who covers telecom policy. Ina writes the daily newsletter for Axios that many of our listeners may read each morning. According to her Twitter account, she is Chief Technology Correspondent for Axios and former Senior Editor at…

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June 18, 2018

The FCC and the New Telecom and Media Landscape: A Conversation with …

Hi and welcome back to TPI’s podcast, Two Think Minimum. It's Thursday, June 7th, 2018, and I'm TPI Research Fellow, Sarah Oh. Today we're excited to talk with two of the most knowledgeable journalists covering telecom policy, Jonathan Make and David Kaut, from Communications Daily. Jonathan is the…

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April 18, 2018

Tech News in Washington, D.C. with Rob Pegoraro

Today we have with us Rob Pegoraro, who is a tech journalist of long standing in the DC area and has been covering technology and the intersection of technology and politics, for close to about 20 years now, if not longer. We're happy to have him with us, given that he's one of Washingtonian’s Tech…

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March 30, 2018

The Political Spectrum: The Hazletts and the Haz Nots? with Thomas Ha…

Today we continue our conversation with special guest, Professor Thomas Hazlett. Professor Hazlett is the H.H. Macauley Endowed Professor of Economics at Clemson University. He will talk about his book, The Political Spectrum: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from Herbert Hoover to…

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March 8, 2018

Do Algorithms Rule the World? Data Privacy and the GDPR with Maja Brk…

Hello, and welcome to another episode of TPI’s podcast Two Think Minimum. I’m Chris McGurn TPI’s Director of Communications. This week, we're fortunate to be talking with Maja Brkan, who is an Assistant Professor in European Law on the faculty of law at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Maj…

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March 2, 2018

Using AI to Predict Changes in Labor Markets with Emilio Colombo

Hello, and welcome to another episode of TPI’s podcast, Two Think Minimum. I’m Chris McGurn, TPI’s Director of Communications. Today, we're speaking with Emilio Colombo who is Professor of Economics at the Catholic University in Milan who will talk about Applying Machine Learning Tools on Web Vacan…

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Feb. 16, 2018

Incentive Auctions and Spectrum Thoughts

On this podcast, we have focused on topics ranging from the definition of broadband to infrastructure broadly and what it means for telecommunications, the Universal Service Fund and rural broadband access. Today, we will continue to tackle the meta-issues in tech policy and tech politics with a co…

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Feb. 12, 2018

Universal Service and Rural Broadband

Hello, and welcome back to TPI's new podcast. I'm Chris McGurn, TPI's Director of Communications. Each week on this podcast, we facilitate a conversation between TPI fellows and eventually special guests on some of the most pressing and important issues in tech policy and tech politics. This week's…

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Feb. 3, 2018

Infrastructure Week?

Welcome back to TPI’s podcast Two Think Minimum. I’m Chris McGurn, TPI’s Director of Communications. This week’s episode features a very important conversation on infrastructure. Each week on this podcast we facilitate a conversation between TPI fellows and special guests on some of the most pressi…

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Jan. 26, 2018

What is Broadband?

Welcome to the maiden voyage of TPI’s new podcast – Two Think Minimum. Each week on this podcast, we’ll facilitate a conversation between TPI fellows and special guests on some of the most pressing and important issues in tech policy and tech politics. This week’s episode features a very important …

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