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New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast

Tällberg Foundation

Aiming to provoke people to think — and therefore act — differently about the global issues that are shaping their future, the Tällberg Foundation is sharing some of its conversations in podcast form. The podcast invites you to hear from leaders from different sectors and geographies as they explore issues that are challenging and changing our societies.

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33:04

Give Peace a Chance (this time in the Middle East)

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2021/12/09

The Middle East of today is significantly different than the region that has been such a locus of conflict over the past 50 years. Key actors seem to be refocusing their political and diplomatic efforts. In this context Jordan is playing a major role and their diplomacy has kicked into high gear in this search for a new, positive future. Ambassador Dina Kawar, Jordan's ambassador to the United States, is both an observer and participant in this transformation. Listen as she parses the

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43:16

Save the Seas

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2021/12/02

Do you care about the future of the oceans? Seventy percent of the earth is covered by water. If we want a livable planet, we need livable oceans. Can we save the oceans? If failure is not an option—and it should not be—who needs to do what? Oceanographers Sylvia Earle from the United States and Asha de Vos from Sri Lanka talked about water, the oceans, threats, and solutions. Both are explorers, educators, and activists and both are winners of the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize.

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37:53

Cyber Defenders: Protecting Human Rights Online

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2021/11/24

We live in a digital society. Unfortunately, some of the results include cybercrime, illegal spying, intimidation and identity theft. It’s bad enough when these activities are aimed at you or me; much worse when they target dissidents, crusading journalists, etc. Ronald Deibert and his colleagues at the Citizen Lab are in the business of fighting back, using cutting-edge technologies to protect citizens and civil society from digital predators. Listen as he explains how they do the voodoo they

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36:15

Worth Repeating: Can We Unearth Solutions to the...

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2021/11/18

Rapidly accelerating climate change is uniquely modern — but climate change is not. Can indigenous people who understand nature differently than most of us teach us how to cope with today’s terrifying challenges? Tero Mustonen is a climate scholar who combines indigenous knowledge with academic research. He is also a leader of the SnowChange Cooperative and is currently the head of his town of Selkie in North Karelia, Finland. Listen to his insights on how to promote positive change on a damaged

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37:34

China: On the Road to Perdition?

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2021/11/11

Under President Xi Jinping, China has shown a growing willingness to act outside the accepted geopolitical, economic and even diplomatic global framework and practices. Australian Kevin Rudd has spent a considerable part of his life thinking about, working on, and negotiating with China — as a diplomat, twice as his country's prime minister, and currently as president of the Asia Society. Arguably no other western leader knows China better. Listen as he assesses where China is today, and where it

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39:07

Electrify Everything!

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2021/11/04

The disastrous impacts of climate change are evident. Do we have the technologies in hand to decarbonize economies in ways that are compatible with how people want to live? Can we do this? Saul Griffith, the Australian inventor and engineer, insists that the answer is emphatically yes. We have all the technology we need to transform the United States from laggard to leader in the effort to change the arc of the warming climate. And, if the United States can do it, everyone can.

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31:59

Greta’s Right: Less Talk, More Action

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2021/10/28

What is actually being done about climate change? The gap between rhetoric and action is critical. Santiago Gowland, CEO of the Rainforest Alliance has spent years working with businesses, NGOs and citizens around the world to mitigate some of the biggest impacts of climate change. Listen as he discusses urgent efforts to reverse the degradation of rainforests and to create truly sustainable supply chains that are good for people as well as for the planet.

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36:15

Worth Repeating: Slouching Towards Bethlehem, 21st...

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2021/10/21

As we in the West become more conscious of inequalities that have been part of our societal fabric for a long time, we're becoming less sure of our identities. If art is a window on the soul of a nation, what does ours look like? Who do we think we are in the sense of identity? What's our mood? Of course, these are questions without answers or, at least, unique answers. Shirin Neshat, an acclaimed Iranian visual artist, and Jonathan Burnham at HarperCollins, discuss our evolving zeitgeist.

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30:21

Worth Repeating: Is It Possible to Be Optimistic...

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2021/10/07

Listen as Tomas Anker Christensen, Denmark’s Climate Ambassador, and Daniel Martinez-Valle, Chief Executive Officer of Orbia, a Mexico based global company, discuss the need to develop effective partnerships between government and corporations, to find a better balance between globalism and nationalism, and to innovate solutions that assure the transformation to a low carbon economy creates, rather than destroys, jobs, growth and economic opportunity.

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27:38

Escaping the Taliban

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2021/09/30

The Taliban's surge to power in Afghanistan is one of those events that will have repercussions for years to come. Jamila Afghani succeeded in getting out with her family. Jamila is an educator and an activist. Her work to elevate the rights and improve the education of women and girls is based on her studies of Islamic law, which she believes is typically misinterpreted to give them second-class status. Listen as she talks about escaping the Taliban, and what she expects for her country.

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36:15

Can We Unearth Solutions to the Climate Challenge?

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2021/09/23

Rapidly accelerating climate change is uniquely modern — but climate change is not. Can indigenous people who understand nature differently than most of us teach us how to cope with today’s terrifying challenges? Tero Mustonen is a climate scholar who combines indigenous knowledge with academic research. He is also a leader of the SnowChange Cooperative and is currently the head of his town of Selkie in North Karelia, Finland. Listen to his insights on how to promote positive change on a damaged

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37:34

Latin American Democracy: Dead or Alive?

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2021/09/16

Over the years Latin America has seen more than its share of coups, dictators, autocrats, and stolen elections. Why hasn't liberal democracy developed deeper roots in Latin America? Why do many Latins seemingly embrace “strong man” rather than democratic solutions to their social, economic, and political problems? Brian Winter, editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly and a journalist who has covered the region for twenty years, has some answers—but also lots of worries.

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36:29

New World Order: Middle East Chapter

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2021/09/09

The Taliban victory in Afghanistan and the abrupt U.S. withdrawal are the most dramatic evidence of a profound realignment in the politics of the Middle East. How are these developments seen in Iran? What kind of Middle East do the leaders, including president Ebrahim Raisi, want and what are they prepared to do to get it? Listen as Ambassador Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Middle East Security and Nuclear Policy Specialist at Princeton University, describes his view of what happens when the U.S

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30:35

Can Brazil’s Democracy Survive Bolsonaro?

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2021/09/02

Can Bolsonaro bully his way into reelection? Will the country’s democratic institutions be so damaged by him that Brazil’s future stability could be at risk? Most importantly, what do the Brazilian people want? Sergio Amaral has a long career as a top Brazilian diplomat, presidential policy advisor, and consultant to some of São Paulo’s global companies and has an insider's perspective on how his country actually works. Listen as he discusses the future of Brazilian democracy.

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31:12

Cyber (In)Security in a Connected World

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2021/08/26

Cyber insecurity is a reality of life in the digital age. We all worry about being hacked, about losing personal or corporate secrets. But what happens when nations do it? Is that war? Who makes the rules of cyber warfare? Are there already cyber powers? Marcus Willet has spent decades thinking about such questions at the UK Government Communications Headquarters, and at London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies. Listen as he discusses the risks and challenges facing us in the digital

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34:16

Can We Innovate Our Way to Better Times?

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2021/08/19

2021 may go down in history as the year of the Great Awakening. Can we really innovate our way out of the mess? Are we smart enough to translate discoveries into tangible benefits for people? And, can we do so faster than pathogens mutate, accumulated emissions change weather or draughts destroy land? Livio Valenti sits at the intersection of cutting-edge science and the demand for innovative solutions in healthcare, biotech, and material sciences. Listen as he discusses why he thinks we can do

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35:18

Who Cares About Migrants?

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2021/08/12

The world is a mess: climate change in real time, the pandemic, widespread social and political unrest, high pitch geopolitical tensions. In the midst of this firestorm, people are suffering. Climate migrants need to escape fires, hurricanes and floods. Families flee wars and oppression. Where do they go and who will take them? Lawyers Becca Heller and Kristine Rembach are in the business of finding answers, one refugee or migrant at a time.

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34:33

A German Millennial Looks at a New — Or, at Least,...

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2021/08/04

The 20th century ended when the Berlin Wall fell and the collapse of the Soviet Union. If you've come of age since then, the struggles of The Cold War are the stuff of history books. German millennials who are starting to come to power in society look at the world differently than their predecessors. How will this change the country? What does it mean for Europe and Germany's role in the world? Ulrike Franke, senior policy fellow at ECFR, is a German millennial who has thought about these

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35:38

Are Your Thoughts Safe?

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2021/07/28

Neuroscientists today know more about how the brain works than ever before; unlocking the brain's potential could transform our world. But it could also be abused, with nightmarish consequences. Dr. Rafael Yuste works at the forefront of neuroscience, based at Columbia University. His pioneering work has led him to become a champion for protecting individual neuro-identity and neurorights. In that initiative, he is joined by Jared Genser, a leading international human rights lawyer

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34:29

Worth Repeating: The Chinese Puzzle

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2021/07/22

What does China—or, China’s leadership and the Chinese Communist Party— want from the rest of the world? Jonathan Ward, an American who is rapidly becoming one of that country's leading China experts, thinks they want victory. Dr. Ward, who has lived and worked in China and has a deep affinity for the Chinese people, recently published a new provocative book, China's Vision of Victory. Listen as he shares his perspective on the issue that could literally change the course of history.

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