White House Chronicle

Since its founding in 1975 by Robert Craig, an extraordinary mountaineer and policymaker, the Keystone Policy Center has been empowering leaders to overcome national and local policy conflicts they previously thought were insurmountable. The nonprofit center mediates and facilitates dialog -- "it's the Keystone way" -- on agriculture, environment, energy, education, and public health...

North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, has just signalled its nuclear ambitions at sea by saying that the country should build two warships every year in the next five years. Mike Chinoy, a former CNN senior Asia correspondent, who has made 17 trips to Pyongyang, shared his insights on Kim and discussed a new book, "Miss Kathi: Saving Lives in North Korea," which he co-authored with Swis...

Dr. Arthur "Tim" Garson, Jr., is an eminent pediatric cardiologist and a prolific writer. He has written 10 books, many on U.S. health care, and the latest in which history's greatest debates are served at the dinner table. He shares his thoughts on the U.S. health care system, health behaviors, and what he thinks is his most fulfilling work. Llewellyn King and Adam Clayton Powell II...

Host Llewellyn King interviews speakers at the Earthshot Foundation's meeting in Washington. The nonprofit, nonpartisan group's programs pursue dialogues and initiatives to promote intelligent system design and trust in U.S. energy and resource policies.

Joe Yun says he is a "hands-on-keyboard" engineer. He is lending a helping hand with AI across different departments at the University of Pittsburgh. He is rah-rah about the technology, but says no one has a clear idea of its future impact. Llewellyn King and Adam Clayton Powell III host.

Natural gas is the backbone of U.S. electricity supply in the AI era. Host Llewellyn King traveled to Rockwall, Texas, located in an exceptionally fast-growing area east of Dallas, to interview David Naylor, president and CEO of Rayburn Electric Cooperative, and other executives, and tour the utility's gas-fired power plant.

Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III shares his memories of entertainment industry legend Quincy Jones. Their friendship, which was constant, began during Adam's boyhood years in Paris and included his working stints at Quincy Jones Entertainment. 

Geoff Garrett, dean of the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, talks with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III about artificial intelligence and a $200 million donation, from venture capitalist Mark Stevens and his wife Mary, to apply artificial intelligence across academic disciplines at USC.

Andrea McCarren, daughter of an Air Force Brigadier General and president of The PenFed Foundation for Military Heroes, talks with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III about "empowering veterans with the tools and resources so their transition to civilian life is successful." This support even extends to providing service dogs to veterans -- six of which Andrea, a vete...

Tom Falcone, president of the Large Public Power Council, speaks with Host Llewellyn King about the essentiality of electricity, and what is causing rising electricity prices.

In times of war and peace, people know what they know because of journalists. Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III talk about the "essentiality" of journalism, drawing on their long experience in print and broadcast media.

Do you want to become not just a better user, but a "power-user"of AI? Nicholas Jennings Hallman, an Associate Professor of Accounting at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, talks with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III about the best practices for interacting with AI.

Benjamin Franklin said many pithy things about debt. What would he say about the total U.S. debt which has exceeded $39 trillion this month? Michael K. Farr, chairman of FarrCrest Capital, has a lot to say about it. He also talks with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III about Social Security and his books.

In this episode, Jack Woodville London, an Austin-based author, talks with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III about his books and teaching creative writing to veterans. London also gives aspiring military writers -- applicable to other writers -- some advice to sustain them on the journey to getting published. 

This is National Women's History Month and Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping the workforce, creating a significant, history-making trend where women face disproportionate risks of job displacement, particularly in clerical and administrative roles. Studies indicate that some 6 million women in the United States, who hold highly automatable positions, may need to find new jobs or lea...

Chase F. Robinson, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, talks with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III about the museum's wonders of Asian art, from Morocco to Japan, and its innovative exhibitions, like the recent "Korean Treasures" which spanned 1,500 years, and drew record numbers of visitors, and the new "Vishnu's Cosmic Oce...

W.B. Yeats often wrote about Ireland as a land of myth and magic. In this episode, author Conor McAnally, talks about Ireland and the mythical and magical Irish way with words with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.

Adam Clayton Powell III shares his memories of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the charismatic civil rights leader, two-time Democratic presidential candidate, and talk show host. 

This week's guest, journalist J. Mark Powell, says that history books tell you what happened during the Civil War, but his new book, "Witness to War," allows readers to experience it firsthand through its witnesses: Union and Confederate, battlefront and homefront, soldiers, civilians (men, women, and a few children). The book is based on Powell's private collection of 500 letter...

Rayid Ghani, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who was the chief scientist of the Obama 2012 campaign, talks with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III about AI literacy, machine learning, and the potential for AI to improve various sectors such as healthcare, education, and employment. He also addresses concerns about job losses due to AI, the role of AI in politics and...

Frank Martz, who used to play with the Baltimore Orioles, is now the manager of Altamonte Springs, Florida. He and his team have led the city to international recognition for innovation, while maintaining one of Florida’s lowest tax rates, low utility costs, and more than 13 years of debt-free operations. A winning city management plan. He speaks with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton P...

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III's life trajectory, from his participation in the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, in May 1963, and jailing, to the presidency of the University of Maryland, Baltimore Country, is extraordinary and inspiring. Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III talk about math, music, faith and family, and the power of "everyday people" with...

Newspaper closures around the country continue unabated -- recently, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced it will shut its doors in May. These venerable papers had a vast bundle of monopoly information, but feisty startups are creating a "new bundle" and are thriving, according to Merrill Brown, founding editor of MSNBC, who is researching them at Syracuse University. He speaks with Hos...

Thomas Campanella, a healthcare economist, says, "Our healthcare system is shaped by what you pay for and how you pay for it." At present, it is in terrible shape. How can this system become healthy? Campanella talks with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.

The new AI and Emerging Technologies Institute at Catholic University of America is offering specific undergraduate and graduate degrees in AI that blend technical education with the Catholic intellectual tradition on ethics and human dignity. It is led by Taylor Black, who also works at Microsoft, facilitating a dialog between big tech and academia. He and William Hederman, a visiting fellow at t...