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The Interview

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The Interview

BBC World Service
The Law Show

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The Law Show

BBC Radio 4
The Lawfare Podcast

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The Lawfare Podcast

The Lawfare Institute
PEP Forum Uganda

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PEP Forum Uganda

PEP Forum
Pekingology

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Pekingology

Center for Strategic and International Studies
DSR's Words Matter

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DSR's Words Matter

The DSR Network
Rwanda Defence Force #Kwibohora30

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Rwanda Defence Force #Kwibohora30

Rwanda Defence Force

4 days ago

David Robinson, former OpenAI leader: Why I quit over safety

“It's a cultural thing. There's an aspect of this that's a Silicon Valley belief that what's invented in California has a special status. I implored colleagues to bring people in from other industries. And people said to me ‘well they can't imagine how powerful AI is, and they can picture what we're doing’ and there's really a sense that the people in the Bay Area are a special group with some special franchise to understand and deal with this technology.” Rick Edwards speaks to David Robinson, who until recently led safety and transparency at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Robinson resigned because he no longer believed that the industry was doing enough to protect us from the risks posed by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems. He warns that Silicon Valley’s culture of overconfidence is leaving us exposed to systems that are becoming harder to control. He explains what AI companies could learn from industries with decades of experience managing serious risks, and what needs to change to keep the technology safe. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with Veolia CEO Estelle Brachlianoff, billionaire Mohammed Dewji, and TaskRabbit founder Leah Solivan. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Rick Edwards Producer: Osman Iqbal Editor: Farhana Haider Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media. (Image: OpenAI logo. Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)
2 days ago

How employment law changes could affect you

The second major raft of changes in the Employment Rights Act 2025 have come into force across England, Wales and Scotland. Some parts of the law have been active since the spring, including so-called "day one" rights to parental leave and statutory sick pay. New rights include better protections for workers. Employers now need to take “all reasonable steps" to prevent sexual harassment, and are also now liable if a customer or patient harasses an employee, which has been dubbed "the customer isn't always right" law. But what is meant by "all reasonable steps" and how is harassment defined? There's another change too: unions now have new legal rights to request physical and digital access to all workplaces with more than 21 employees. And there's an even greater change on the way; from January, the cap on compensation for unfair dismissal is being lifted, which could lead to more claims and far larger payouts. But what will the changes mean for workers and employers, and could they add to the huge backlog in the employment tribunals system? Presenter: Dr Joelle Grogan Producers: Ravi Naik and Charlotte Rowles Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Contributors: Paul Fontes, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland, London, Rachel Ellis, Partner, Thompsons Trade Union Solicitors, Leeds, Catherine Barnard, Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge, Amanda Ford, who told us about her experience of an employment tribunal.
2 days ago

Mo Ibrahim, philanthropist: Africa must not trade rights for development

“While we see great development in infrastructure, in economic opportunities, and we see development in also the area of education and health. We see major deterioration in security, rule of law, and also deterioration on rights, space for civil society has been shrinking. That is worrying. There cannot be trade-off between economic development or infrastructure and people's rights or even people's safety.” Dingindaba Buyoya speaks to Mo Ibrahim, the billionaire philanthropist and founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which measures how well African governments serve their people. Ibrahim warns that progress in infrastructure and economic opportunity across Africa cannot compensate for declining rights and worsening security. He challenges military leaders who promised to make their countries safer, and questions whether the economic gains they claim to have delivered under their rule can last. He also argues that African leaders are increasingly taking their cues from powerful figures elsewhere in the world, reflecting a wider global shift towards strongman politics. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with human rights lawyer Shami Chakrabarti, Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu, and dancer Carlos Acosta. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Dingindaba Buyoya Producer: Osman Iqbal Editor: Farhana Haider (Image: Mo Ibrahim. Credit: Getty)
07/11/2023

Mustafa Barghouti: What next for the Palestinian people?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Mustafa Barghouti, a Palestinian doctor and co-founder of the Palestinian National Initiative. When this terrible round of violence does eventually end, what then for the Palestinian people?
13 Jul

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Jul 10

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Senior Editors Eric Columbus, Anna Bower, Molly Roberts, and Roger Parloff to discuss the Justice Department settling a second suit with Michael Flynn, developments in the E. Jean Carroll litigation, the D.C. Circuit denying a stay pending appeal of the order to take Trump’s name off the Kennedy Center, and more. You can find information on legal challenges to Trump administration actions here. And check out Lawfare’s new homepage on the litigation, new Bluesky account, and new WITOAD merch. To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11 Jul

Lawfare Archive: What French Politics Means for Europe and the United States

From April 10, 2025: On today's episode, Executive Editor Natalie Orpett spoke with Tara Varma, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the latest in French politics. On March 31, far-right leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement and banned from politics, though polling showed her in the lead for the 2027 presidential elections. In the last few weeks, current French president Emmanuel Macron has been carving out a place for French leadership amidst the upheaval in Europe’s relationship with the United States. Meanwhile, the push to build European defense capacity—and Trump’s new tariffs—are raising a lot of complicated questions. To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
29 Oct

China's Techno-Industrial Strategy

In this episode of Pekingology, Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Gerard DiPippo, Director for Global Macro at Eurasia Group. Henrietta and Gerard unpack the Chinese government's ambitious techno-industrial policy. They discuss the AI race between the United States and China, why it sometimes seems like Beijing can draw on infinite resources to achieve its industrial objectives, whether technology can rescue China's stalling economy, and how Chinese leaders are trying to minimize the country's reliance on the rest of the world. To learn more, you can read the recent RAND report from Gerard DiPippo, Jonathon Sine, and Benjamin Lenain: China’s Techno-Industrial Strategy in the Xi Era, as well as Gerard's latest work with Eurasia Group.