Paul Puckett, Director of the Enterprise Cloud Management Office (ECMO) for the U.S. Army joins the show to discuss his vision for the future of cloud for the service branch. We also talk about why this new cloud office was created last year, his career in the private sector, and why the Army views data as the new ammunition for the future fight.
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Man Who Fed the World
Which person can be credited with having saved the most human lives in history? There might not be a direct answer to that question, but one person whose name always comes up is that of Normal Borlaug.
Borlaug has been called “Humanity’s Forgotten Benefactor” and was the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. His efforts have been attributed to having saved the lives of over a billion people.
Yet, few people know who he is.
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - When did humans reach the Americas?
Did human beings first reach the continents we call North and South America by traversing a land bride across what's now known as the Bering Strait? That's been the most prominent theory about early human migration, and it's the one many children learn about in school -- but what if there's more to the story? Join the guys as they dive into the story of early human migration... as well as new evidence that may revolutionize every thing we thought we knew about humanity's journey to the Americas.
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Joe Biden accepts the nomination saying while he's a Democratic candidate, he'll be an American President. The Postmaster General faces Congressional anger. Sentencing day for Lori Loughlin and her husband. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – TBD | What Went Wrong With Contact Tracing Apps
In the early days of the pandemic, countries around the world invested heavily in new technologies that would help track the movement of the virus. Now, six months later, contact tracing apps are all but an afterthought in the fight to contain COVID-19. What happened? The U.K. provides some answers. The country put its faith in technology to contain the virus, and paid the price.
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Gus Hosein, executive director at Privacy International
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Celeste Headlee
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What Next - What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future – What Went Wrong With Contact Tracing Apps
In the early days of the pandemic, countries around the world invested heavily in new technologies that would help track the movement of the virus. Now, six months later, contact tracing apps are all but an afterthought in the fight to contain COVID-19. What happened? The U.K. provides some answers. The country put its faith in technology to contain the virus, and paid the price.
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Gus Hosein, executive director at Privacy International
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Celeste Headlee
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | What Went Wrong With Contact Tracing Apps
In the early days of the pandemic, countries around the world invested heavily in new technologies that would help track the movement of the virus. Now, six months later, contact tracing apps are all but an afterthought in the fight to contain COVID-19. What happened? The U.K. provides some answers. The country put its faith in technology to contain the virus, and paid the price.
Guest:
Gus Hosein, executive director at Privacy International
Host
Celeste Headlee
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The Intelligence from The Economist - In over its head of state: Mali’s coup
The military has again ousted the president, after months of protests and years of ethnic violence. Fresh elections or no, whoever comes out on top faces a tough job. We survey the pandemic-era dining-out landscape, finding that restaurants are about so much more than the food. And the Chinese trawlers that are stripping the rich waters of the Galapagos. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
The Best One Yet - “The Marie Kondo IPO” — ThredUp is going public. Verizon’s bundle of perks. The US Dollar’s fall.
The consignment industry is having a moment, and ThredUP is getting dressed up for its IPO. Verizon knows you quit cable because you hate bundles, so it’s whipped up something it thinks you’ll love: Bundles...for cord-cutters. And the US dollar is the global economy’s Batman, but now that it’s losing value, we’re looking at what that means for you.
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Short Wave - Science Movie Club: ‘Arrival’
The 2016 movie 'Arrival,' an adaptation of Ted Chiang's novella 'Story of Your Life,' captured the imaginations of science fiction fans worldwide. Field linguist Jessica Coon, who consulted on the film, breaks down what the movie gets right — and wrong — about linguistics.
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