Patterson Perspectives

Dr. Farley speaks with Erin Petrey, the cocktail editor of Bourbonbanter.com, about how the trade war and the pandemic have affected the distilled spirits industry in the United States and Europe. Distilled spirits have become wrapped up in broader economic questions, to the effect that consumers may soon see rapidly increasing prices.  This could have a significant economic impact in areas where...

Dr. Farley interviews Dana Lea, and alumna of the program who has worked in refugee policy for several years.  Farley and Lea discuss the impact of the pandemic, the changes wrought during the Trump presidency, and the current state of refugee and asylum claims at the US-Mexico border. The episode concludes with a look into a possible future for US refugee policy.

On the latest episode of Patterson Perspectives, Dr. Farley interview Matthew Wallace, Fall 2012 graduate of the Patterson School, about the situation in Myanmar.  Mr. Wallace has worked in Myanmar for several years, giving him a unique perspective on the developing situation.

In this episode of Patterson Perspectives, Ambassador Cavanaugh, Dr. Hall, and Dr. Farley consider how nuclear weapons have affected global history since World War II.  They discuss the history of the nuclear enterprise, the impact of nuclear weapons on strategic planning, and the partially-accomplished hopes of arms control.

Dr. Farley speaks with 2012 Patterson graduate Lieutenant Colonel Andew Betson, US Army, about the challenges of leading a Reserve Office Training Corps program during COVID-19.  Stationed in St. Louis, MO, LTC Betson helped craft the response of St. Louis-area ROTC programs to the onset of the pandemic last spring, developing new, innovative tools for training and evaluation.  Foremost among thes...

Chris Isaacs, a dual degree student at the Patterson School and the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law, interviews Dr. Robert Farley about the latter's new book, Patents for Power.  Isaacs and Farley discuss the relevance of intellectual property protection to the defense industrial base, and debate the potential for reforms to Department of Defense contracting practice.

A Patterson student interviews a University of Kentucky graduate student about terrorism, lone wolves, and the impact of the pandemic and the election on radicalization within the United States. Connor and Elizabeth discuss the reasons for relatively few mass shootings during the pandemic, and explain why we might expect a more dangerous situation in the near future.

On this episode of Patterson Perspectives, Robert Farley sits down with Kentucky state Senator Max Wise to discuss the difficulties of legislating, campaigning, and teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is the fifth in our five part series on how Patterson alumni have helped shaped the response to the coronavirus pandemic.  In this episode we speak with the leader of a think tank in Afghanistan, a specialist in business communications in Germany, a cybersecurity consultant, and a facilitator of missionary school operations around the world.

Join us for the fourth episode in our five part series on how Patterson alumni have helped shape the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  On this episode, we speak with a cybersecurity consultant, a financial specialist, and a community organizer.

In the third episode of our five part series on how Patterson alumni have helped shape the response to COVID-19, we spoke with a journalist covering the pandemic from Sioux Falls, a commercial distributor in the United Kingdom, and an education study abroad manager in Texas.

For the second in our five part series on how Patterson alumni have responded to the pandemic, we spoke with alums who have helped shape Kentucky's emergency response to the virus, how Kentucky's business community has changed, and how US and global regulatory agencies have continued their work.

Welcome to the new Patterson Perspectives, the podcast of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky.  This is the first in a five part series about how Patterson alumni have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.  We speak to alumni who have worked on coronavirus response in Lexington city government, in a local farmer's market, and for a magazine spec...