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Each day brings a new headline on artificial intelligence. Which stories should capture our attention and which are just clickbait? Karan Girotra, a professor at Cornell Tech and the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, joins host Chris Wofford to answer that question and help us navigate the opportunities and challenges of AI.

When the Federal Trade Commission’s recent ruling takes effect in September, noncompete agreements will be over. Or will they? Cornell Law School professor Stewart J. Schwab and host Chris Wofford discuss the history of noncompetes and why the FTC might not have the final say.

The U.S. and Central America are deeply entwined — the result not just of American foreign policy but also of its domestic policy. Marielena Hincapié, Distinguished Immigration Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Cornell Law School, and Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer at The New Yorker, discuss immigration and the moral imperatives of storytelling.

Will auto industry unionization in Tennessee and Alabama galvanize a new labor movement in the South? Andrew Wolf, a professor of global labor and work at Cornell’s ILR School, joins host Chris Wofford to explore the opportunities and challenges ahead for both manufacturing companies and labor organizers.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) discussions are dividing the nation. Guest host David Sherwyn, a professor of law at the Cornell Nolan School, examines the legal and employer policy implications with Holly Lawson, SVP of human resources for Noble House, and Paul Wagner, an attorney and adjunct assistant professor from the Nolan School.

Celebrating the publication of her new book “Alien Earths,” Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor in astronomy and director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, joins host Chris Wofford to spotlight groundbreaking research into exoplanets and the search for life in the cosmos.