There’s a hot debate concerning how the internet should be regulated and major online companies like Google and Facebook are pushing the FCC to ensure net neutrality through lobbying organizations like the Internet Association. Michael Beckerman, president of the Internet Association, explains why these companies consider net neutrality so critical. Beckerman was at the Kennedy School to participate in an Internet Symposium put on by the Institute of Politics.

The Online Industry's Fight for Net Neutrality | PolicyCast

Connecting with people from around the world is much easier now than it has ever been before. With the internet, phones, and fast travel, we can build relationships and networks in new ways - breaking through the barriers of national boundaries. This development of relationships and their influence despite national borders is known as transnationalism, a social phenomenon that we will be focusing on throughout a four part series. Join the conversation as we kick off the series with Lauren Copeland, a graduate student from the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies, Pathmanesan Sanmugeswaran, a graduate student in Anthropology, and Agata Grzelczak, a graduate student in Hispanic Studies, as they interview Nina Glick-Schiller, one of the pioneers of transnational studies. Glick-Schiller’s research has spanned across her career, influencing scholars both in the humanities and social studies. 

For more information about the lecture series that inspired this podcast series, please head to: Transnational Lives Lecture Series at https://hs.as.uky.edu/social-theory-series-focuses-transnational-lives

This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard. 

Transnational Lives with Nina Glick-Schiller

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