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Z 126 - Bird In The Hand

Dissent. It’s a word people don’t like to hear, especially coming from the military. But it’s also a vitally important component of any vibrant democracy. Dissent, especially informed dissent, can pull us back from the brink and help us make better choices. We are one year out from the end of America’s direct involvement in Afghanistan and, after two decades of war, it’s time to start listening to the dissenters. That’s what the new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Paths-Dissent-Soldiers-Americas-Misguided-ebook/dp/B09C4F6V86/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1660936076&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars</a> hopes to do: give voice to that informed dissent. With us today is one of the books’ editors, returning guest Andrew Bacevich. Bacevich is a West Point graduate, a 23 year U.S. Army Veteran, a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University, and … a dissenter. Buy the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Paths-Dissent-Soldiers-Americas-Misguided-ebook/dp/B09C4F6V86/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1660936076&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. Angry Planet has a substack!<a href="https://angryplanet.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Join the Information War</a> to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict. <a href="https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribe</a> You can listen to Angry Planet on<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/war-college/id1023774600?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> iTunes</a>,<a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jason-fields/war-college" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Stitcher</a>,<a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ioueaqtuifyfrxlbf6e6ec6difm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Google Play</a> or follow our<a href="http://rss.acast.com/warcollege" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> RSS directly</a>. Our website is<a href="http://angryplanetpod.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> angryplanetpod.com</a>. You can reach us on our Facebook page:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/angryplanetpodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.facebook.com/angryplanetpodcast/</a>; and on Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/angryplanetpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @angryplanetpod</a>.Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

When Soldiers Tell the Pentagon That It's Wrong

In our first episode, we speak with visiting Welsh authors Desmond Barry and John Williams about digital technology in literature, writing the seamy side and being Welsh.

British Council Nice To Meet You- Episode 1- MWF

Matthew Agarwala, Stefan Lamp and Alessio Terzi talk to Rory Cellan-Jones about the trade-offs between economic growth and environmental protection, the policies and legislations needed to achieve green growth, and the challenges associated with implementing such measures.
This episode unpacks the possibility of green growth. Leading experts discuss the unsustainability of current growth paths, the need for a new economic model and measures of wealth, and the types of policies needed to deliver both economic growth and environmental protection. 
This episode is hosted by Rory Cellan-Jones (former technology correspondent for the BBC), and features guest experts Matthew Agarwala (Bennett Institute), Stefan Lamp (TSE) and Alessio Terzi (Bennett Institute). 
Listen to this episode on your preferred podcast platform
Season 3 Episode 5 transcript
For more information about the podcast and the work of the institutes, visit our websites at https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/ and https://www.iast.fr/
Tweet us with your thoughts at @BennettInst and @IASToulouse
With thanks to:
•	Audio production by Steve Hankey
•	Associate production by Stella Erker
•	Visuals by Tiffany Naylor
Relevant links 
•	Alessio Terzi (2022) ‘Growth for Good: Reshaping Capitalism to Save Humanity from Climate Catastrophe’ (Harvard University Press)
•	Coyle, D., Zenghelis, D., Agarwala, M.,  Wdowin, J., Lu, S. and Felici, M. (2019) ‘Measuring wealth, delivering prosperity: The Wealth Economy Project on Natural and Social Capital, Interim Report to LetterOne’ (Bennett Institute for Public Policy) 
•	Agarwala, M., Cinamon Nair, Y., Cordonier Segger, M.C., Coyle, D., Felici, M., Goodair, B., Leam, R., Lu, S., Manley, A., Wdowin, J., Zenghelis, D. (2020). ‘Building Forward: Investing in a Resilient Recovery. Wealth Economy Report to LetterOne’ (Bennett Institute for Public Policy) 
•	Diane Coyle ‘GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History’, March 2014, Princeton University Press, revised edition 2015
More information about our host and guests:
Rory Cellan-Jones was a technology correspondent for the BBC. His 40 years in journalism have seen him take a particular interest in the impact of the internet and digital technology on society and business. He has also written multiple books, including “Always On” (2021) and his latest “Ruskin Park: Sylvia, Me and the BBC” which was published in 2023. @ruskin147
Matthew Agarwala is an economist interested in measuring and delivering sustainability, wellbeing, and productivity. His research is motivated by the belief that 21st century progress cannot be described by 20th century statistics. Matthew leads the Bennett Institute’s Wealth Economy project, which seeks to transform economic measurement to better reflect sustainability, inequality, and human wellbeing. @MatthewAgarwala
Stefan Lamp is a Research Fellow at the Toulouse School of Economics. His research focuses mainly on the ongoing energy transition from a fossil-fuel economy towards renewable energy sources. Stefan is interested in three broad topics. First, the impact of climate change policies on individuals and firms. Second, the diffusion and adoption of new green technologies, such as solar photovoltaic panels. Third, the impact of the energy transition on electricity markets.

Alessio Terzi is an Assistant Professor in Public Policy at the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Growth for Good (Harvard University Press, 2022). He is also an Economist at DG ECFIN of the European Commission, and an Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po and at HEC Paris. Prior to this, he was Affiliate Fellow at Bruegel, the leading European economics think-tank, and Fulbright Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School. @terzibus

Can economic growth and sustainability coexist?

Most languages do have the sound /s/ in them, so that is not difficult to pronounce. The difficult one is the English th which sounds /θ/. Do not get upset if you cannot say it. Your brain will need training in order to learn this sound.

Podcast # 113 Difference between /θ/ and /s/

YALI Network discussion between Macon Phillips and Catherine Constantinides in preparation for #EarthDay2016

YALI Network discussion between Macon Phillips and Catherine Constantinides

Read the transcript and more about Raindolf on yali.state.gov:  https://goo.gl/n1eKJG

In 2012, a 22-year-old Ghanaian computer science student named Raindolf Owusu introduced African internet users to the Anansi Browser. It is considered Africa’s first web browser and was designed to help users with unreliable internet connections stay connected as well as use games and a web camera that can operate offline.

For his creation, he has been dubbed “the Mark Zuckerberg of Accra” by Forbes Africa magazine. But as he tells the State Department’s Macon Phillips in a YALI Voices podcast, as successful and as celebrated as the browser has been been, he lives in a country where many people can’t use it because they aren’t connected to the internet. 

“Building a big web browser … will give you accolades and everything else, but that’s something my mother cannot use or my grandmother in the village cannot use,” he said.

As founder and CEO of the software company Oasis WebSoft, Owusu wants to create products that would be more relevant to his community. For example, in Ghana, like other African countries, mobile phones are relatively cheap and nearly everyone has one.

Where is he taking his talent now and what are his future plans as a young leader? Listen to the full podcast to find out.



YALI Voices: Raindolf Owusu

The Pentagon lost track of equipment worth more than a billion dollars, according to a now declassified Department of Defense audit obtained by Amnesty International last month.  The F-35 program has already cost $100 billion to develop, and may not even be ready for combat according to an ex-director. The Justice Department has charged at least 20 U.S. Navy flag officers in the “Fat Leonard” scandal – one of the biggest corruption scandals in American military history.
 
What’s going on? America operates the best and most well funded fighting force on the planet. It’s also the most expensive, and that much cash can breed corruption, waste, fraud and abuse.
 
But this is more than just a financial problem. This week on War College, former Marine Corps captain Dan Grazier walks us through how bloated budgets and blank checks hurt military readiness.

By Matthew Gault
Produced by Bethel Habte

How the Pentagon’s wasteful budget hurts the military

Although she was born with a disability, Rigbe Gebrehawariat realized that changing her attitude has opened doors to opportunity. Learn more: yali.state.gov/yali-voices-rigbe-gebrehawariat-empowering-people-with-disabilities

YALI Voices Podcast: Rigbe Gebrehawariat on Empowering People with Disabilities

Episode 2 of our IELTS VIP Podcast will look at how to stay calm and focused in the IELTS Speaking test to ensure that you get the best possible score and that all your preparation has not gone to waste.

Link to the part 2 strategy - https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/2015/03/03/ielts-speaking-task-2-strategy/

IELTS Speaking Resources- https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/ielts-speaking/

IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topics- https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/2015/05/18/ielts-speaking-topics-part-1/

Speaking Sample Questions- https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/2022/03/09/ielts-speaking-sample-questions-2/

1000 Speaking Questions- https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/2023/02/19/ielts-speaking-questions/

IELTS Speaking Topics- https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/2023/02/15/ielts-speaking-topics-the-ultimate-guide/

Episode 2: How to remain calm and focused in the IELTS Speaking Test.

In episode 23 of the IELTS VIP Podcast I will look at some really good research I looked at.

It looks at the question of whether academic success can be determined by habit or whether this is something you are born with.

Can you learn some habits and strategies that will help you outperform others in the IELTS test? This podcast will give you an answer to this question.

The research is drawn from a few different research articles which you can find here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285864991_Giftedness_Predicting_the_speed_of_expertise_acquisition_by_intellectual_ability_and_metacognitive_skillfulness_of_novices

https://www.jstor.org/stable/258875?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797616659930

Don't forget to subscribe and share the podcast with your friends!

Episode 23: Is it Possible to Learn Strategies to Pass the IELTS Test?

Broadcaster and journalist Dame Jenni Murray talks to Nihal about her new book ‘Fat Cow, Fat Chance’ - what it’s like to be labelled fat when society dictates skinny as the norm. 

Jenni chooses objects that have inspired her, telling Nihal how liberated she felt by her favourite leather skirt, when she first realised she was a feminist, and why we need to look at the science behind obesity. #PenguinPodcast 

‘Fat Cow, Fat Chance’ is available to buy as an audiobook now - https://apple.co/3h446D9

The Penguin Podcast: Jenni Murray with Nihal Arthanayake

"An emotional landslide of a novel that kept me gripped from first page to last." 
Clare Lydon, best-selling author of Before You Say I Do

’A compelling story of second chances and being true to yourself.’
—Harper Bliss, bestselling author of Seasons of Love

You always come back to your first love… 

 Nora hasn’t looked back. Not since she left home, and her broken heart, far behind her. But now tragedy calls her back, where she must finally come face to face with ex-boyfriend Charlie, and best friend Sophie. Only now will she be able to confront her past—and reconcile her future.

Sophie seems to have everything. Married to Charlie, with a wonderful daughter and a successful career. Yet underneath that perfection lies an explosive secret. A secret that ripped through their town and destroyed her friendship with Nora. So when Sophie finds out that Nora has returned, she hopes Nora’s stay is short. The life she has built depends on it.

But first love doesn’t fade easily. Memories come to light, passion ignites and old feelings resurface. As the forces that once tore them apart begin to re-emerge, both Nora and Sophie must accept that true love is something worth fighting for.

Readers love The Secret of You and Me
5 Stars ‘…a great read about reconnecting with your first love and trying to figure out of if you can move past the things that tore you apart. Really defined characters who each have their own unique characters that make them very easy to connect with…’ Netgalley reviewer

‘This isn't my usual genre in books but I have to say I really enjoyed it. I have an open mind and this book shows you just how lovely friendships and love of any type can form… it had a lovely story line with the right amount of content.  It wasn't over the top either by any means. Well done and thank you to Netgalley for letting me review this lovely book. Netgalley reviewer

‘I am not a Mills & Boon regular, so I was really pleased to see an LGBTQ title being released. The Secret of You and Me has a great pace and I actively carved out time to sit and read it every day. I appreciated how the author challenged preconceptions about biphobia and how that plays out in conservative, rural America.’ Netgalley Reviewer

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