Join the Tech Cat on the show floor at AWE 2018(Augmented World Expo), #1 AR+VR conference and expo with annual dates in the USA, Asia and Europe. AWE is back for its 9th year in the USA & will illustrate why every organization, startup, and investor must get into XR (short for AR, VR, MR) or be left behind. We chat with startups and co's who are already using AR & VR to drive economic growth and change the world. Today's show features interviews with Ori Inba, Co-Founder of AWE as he sets the stage

We are starting this week with a discussion of Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel. In 2002, Haspel became a chief of base for a CIA black site in Thailand, codenamed “Cat’s Eye,” where she oversaw acts of torture against al Qaeda suspects. Three years later, she would oversee the destruction of 92 tapes of evidence related to the torture of Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. Haspel has been described as “quite literally a war criminal” by Jameel Jaffer of the ACLU, and the

Ringing in part three of our month of blockchain is Cristina Dolan, Co-Founder and COO of iXledger. A relatively new venture, iXledger serves as an alternative marketplace for blockchain insurance solutions, with a utility-token-enabled economic layer as an added element. Providing over two decades of experience, Cristina serves her field through a number of other involvements, including: InsideChains, as a founding partner, FIX BlockChain Working Group, Forbes Technology Council, as an Official

Catherine Neville, publisher of Feast Magazine, fills in for Travis this week. Michael and Cat talk about the now-released St. Louis sales pitch for Amazon and get details from Sheila Sweeney, of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership. Also, an update on studies of a north-south Metro-Link expansion. Cat tells us about her upcoming 'Tastemakers' national television show.

Mother Jones Editor in Chief Clara Jeffery talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about how the progressive magazine made its business model work on the web, with more than $15 million in revenue per year. Jeffery says the media put itself in an economic crisis by ignoring the business side of its work and argues that the best way to fund "stuff that's not just cat videos" is to ask readers and viewers for donations. She also reflects on how journalism has changed since Donald Trump won the presidency, why

When we don’t allow ourselves to participant in the electoral process, it diminishes our cultural value in an economic system of governance. When we allow people to disrespect our race, heritage or culture, we reinforce a perception of inferiority. On Super Tuesday, Donald Trump received 25 percent of the black vote indicating either a severe anger with America’s first African American President, or a complete ignorance in why they are promoting a man who blatantly called for President Barack Obama

Elon Musk, the visionary tech entrepreneur behind the Space X rocket company and Tesla electric cars, talks to us about a coming transport revolution. Tim Kelly from the World Bank tells us how he thinks the economic benefits of the tech industry are going disproportionately to the world’s rich. Plus, could a robotic cat replace an actual pet for some people? Our Silicon Valley reporter Dave Lee gives it a try. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with special guest Ingrid Lunden from TechCrunch