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FCC Commissioner: The Internet Shouldn't Be a 'Partisan Pinball'

Dec. 12, 2017: FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel will be voting on the future of net neutrality this week. She discusses what's at stake, and how it will impact the lives of all Americans. Plus, the Republican strategy with minority voters; remembering the life and legacy of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee; the future of democracy in Zimbabwe; dissecting the link between healthcare and employment; and why language matters so much when we talk about addiction. 

FCC Commissioner: The Internet Shouldn't Be a 'Partisan Pinball'

Angry Town Hall Meetings, Sex Offender Rights, Seeking Out the KKK

February 21, 2017:

1. Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster Tapped For National Security Adviser (7 min)

2. Iraqi Forces Lead Offensive to Retake Western Mosul (5 min)

3. Reps Feel Public Outrage at Town Hall Meetings (6 min)

4. Black Artist Tries to Bridge Racial Divides With KKK Members (8 min)

5. SCOTUS to Decide: Can a Facebook Post Be Illegal? (7 min)

6. Citizens Take a Stand in Broadband Access Debate (4 min)

7. SCOTUS to Decide: Can a Facebook Post Be Illegal? (7 min)

Angry Town Hall Meetings, Sex Offender Rights, Seeking Out the KKK
Indian startup entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to potential investors at the Startup Warehouse in Bangalore

Prepare to be Bangalore-d: India's rising challenger to Silicon Valley

Heads up, Silicon Valley, Bangalore's not just for outsourcing anymore. It's rising fast as a world-class hub of tech and biotech innovation, pulling successful Indian entrepreneurs back from Silicon Valley, and from around India. It's part of the story of how the other Asian giant, India, with half its population under age 25, is just getting going in seeing what it can do in this century.
Prepare to be Bangalore-d: India's rising challenger to Silicon Valley

Sideshow Podcast: The Internet Is Forever

For his final episode, Sean Rameswaram traces the path of creative work he has personally posted, from blogging to sketch comedy videos to a truly ill rap posse. To close out the show, he gets the posse back together for one last song.

Special thanks to Jay Cowit for this. 

Sideshow Podcast: The Internet Is Forever
A modern skyline of a city of ambition, seen from Beijing's ancient drum tower

China's Online Future

There's much we don't know about what the 21st Century will bring. But we’re not just flying blind. We know that certain things matter more now than they used, and others matter less. One thing that matters a lot is the Internet. It has transformed how we learn and how we connect, and how we come together. In China, there are now more than 600 million Internet users — about twice the population of the entire United States. With the advent of Chinese social media, starting about a decade ago, they began to connect more, speak out more, challenge the government more. The government has responded by clamping down, especially since Xi Jinping came to power almost three years ago. If a big country like China, with big aspirations, places significant limits on how its people can use the Internet, does that also limit its potential to be a 21st century power? Seems a good question to be asking, as Chinese president and Party Chief Xi Jinping arrives for a state visit, and speech at the United Nations.
China's Online Future