This Does Not Compute
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This Does Not Compute
This Does Not Compute features candid interviews with leaders and experts in the fields of cybersecurity, internet governance, space policy, intelligence, and other areas of technology policy.
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79 episodes
Venture Meets Mission with Arun Gupta
In the last episode of the podcast, host Jim Lewis talks to Arun Gupta, a venture capitalist, lecturer, entrepreneur and author of ‘Venture Meets Miss...
Book Talk: “Means of Control” with Byron Tau
Byron Tau joins the podcast to discuss his new book “Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government is Creating a New Surveillance S...
Navigating Spectrum Policy in the 5G Era
In this episode Jim Lewis speaks to former FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly about the future of spectrum allocation, the outcomes of the World Radio...
Unpacking Immersive Technologies: A Comprehensive Policy Approach
In this episode, Joan O’Hara and Miranda Lutz of the XR Association join host Caitlin Chin-Rothmann to discuss how immersive technologies could transf...
The Optimist's Guide to Digital Regulation with Mark MacCarthy
In this episode, Jim Lewis and Caitlin Chin-Rothmann talk to Mark MacCarthy about his new book “Regulating Digital Industries: How Public Oversight Ca...
Promoting a Healthy Digital Ecosystem for News
Caitlin Chin-Rothmann sits down with Dr. Courtney C. Radsch, director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute, to discu...
Quantum Leap: The Current Reality and Future of Quantum Technology
In this episode Jim Lewis talks with Dr. Christian Weedbrook, founder and CEO of Xanadu, a leading Canadian quantum computing company. They discuss th...
Safeguarding the 2024 Global Elections on Social Media
In this episode, Caitlin Chin-Rothmann and Julia Brock join Megan Shahi, director of technology policy at the Center for American Progress, to discuss...
Lessons from History: Technology and Policymaking
In this episode, Caitlin Chin sits with Jason Steinhauer, a public historian and bestselling author of "History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the W...
Inside the Department of Treasury’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis
In this episode, Jim Lewis talks to Shannon Corless, the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) at the Department of Tr...
The Current State of the CLOUD Act
In this episode, host Jim Lewis speaks with Richard Downing, Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. Richard and Jim disc...
The Future of Meta's Threads
In this episode, Caitlin Chin sits down with Anupam Chander, the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Technology at Georgetown University Law Center...
An Insiders’ Look at Recent Experiences Freeing Up Spectrum for 5G
In this episode, guest host Clete Johnson discusses the strategic security imperative for spectrum reallocation with former White House and NTIA leade...
Data Brokers, Geolocation, and the Fourth Amendment
In this episode, Caitlin Chin speaks with Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, about how techn...
How Mis- and Disinformation Affects the Asian American Community
In this episode, Caitlin Chin sits down with Emily Chi and Jenny Liu of Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC, an DC national nonprofit whose missi...
Promoting the Responsible Use of Synthetic Media
In this episode, Caitlin Chin speaks with Di Cooke, a visiting fellow with the International Security Program at CSIS, about the rapid growth of synth...
Helper Robots: Implementation and Policy
In this episode, Jim Lewis speaks with Kate Weber, Google’s Interim Global Lead for Emerging Tech Policy, and Vincent Vanhoucke, Distinguished Scienti...
TikTok: To Ban or Not to Ban?
In this episode, CSIS guest host Caitlin Chin joins Evan Greer, director of Fight for The Future, to discuss recent proposals to ban TikTok. Caitlin a...
The Future of the Semiconductor Ecosystem
In this episode, Jim Lewis speaks with Al Thompson, Vice President of U.S. Government Affairs at Intel. They speak about the implementation of the CHI...
5G and Cybersecurity
In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Chris Boyer, the Vice President of Global Security and Technology Policy at AT&T. They discuss U.S. progress on...
Emerging Technologies: Regulation and Innovation
In this episode, Jim Lewis speaks with John Smee, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm Technologies. They speak about semiconductor regula...
The State of Cybersecurity in Japan
In this episode, Jim Lewis speaks with Mihoko Matsubara, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist at NTT Corporation in Tokyo. They discuss the current state of...
A Space Innovation Deep Dive with Maxar Technologies
In this episode, Jim Lewis and Greg Allen speak with Walter Scott, Chief Technology Officer at Maxar Technologies. The episode discusses innovations i...
Technology’s Impact on the News Industry
CSIS guest host Caitlin Chin sits down with Lisa Macpherson, a senior policy analyst at Public Knowledge, to discuss how the news industry has been af...
Disability Discrimination and Automated Surveillance Technologies
In this episode, guest host Caitlin Chin joins Lydia X. Z. Brown and Ridhi Shetty of the Center for Democracy & Technology to discuss why automated su...
Previewing UK and EU digital regulation with Zach Meyers
In this episode, guest host Caitlin Chin, a Fellow in the Strategic Technologies Program, speaks with Zach Meyers, a Senior Research Fellow at the Cen...
Genomes: The Era of Purposeful Manipulation Begins
In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Carol Kuntz, adjunct fellow at CSIS and adjunct professor at Georgetown and George Washington Universities. They...
A Privacy Perspective on the United States and European Union
In this episode, guest host Caitlin Chin and Fellow in the Strategic Technologies Program, speaks with Kirk Nahra, Partner and Co-Chair of the Cyberse...
Cybersecurity from the White House
In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Jeff Greene, Chief of Cyber Response and Policy on the National Security Council. They talk about the developmen...
The Future of Defense Innovation with Mike Brown
In this episode, Jim Lewis talks to Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Mike Brown. They discuss aligning national security innovation to t...
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Insights from Andrei Soldatov
In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Andrei Soldatov, investigative journalist and Editor of Agentura.Ru, about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They...
A Privacy Deep Dive: Implications for Legislation
In this episode, Jim Lewis talks to Jane Horvath, Chief Privacy Officer at Apple. They discuss privacy legislation, including cross-border data flows...
The Key to Cybersecurity: Working Side By Side
In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Joanna Burkey, Chief Information Security Officer at HP Inc. They discuss public/private collaboration and cyber...
The Evolving Landscape of Tech Governance
In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Shane Tews, non-resident senior fellow at American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and President of Logan Circle Stra...
Every Company is a Software Company
Glenn Solomon, Managing Partner at GGV Capital, and Jim Lewis talk about how every company, from pizza shops to clothing brands, is turning into a sof...
The Future of Startups with PlanGrid Founders
Jim Lewis talks with Tracy Young and Ralph Gootee, co-founders of PlanGrid. PlanGrid is a software tool that digitizes construction plans and was acqu...
Quantum: A Deep Dive
Quantum computing is closer than we think, and we need to have a deeper understanding of this technology. Jim Lewis sits down with Zaira Nazario and R...
RESET: Ron Deibert on How to Reclaim the Internet for Civil Society
In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Ronald Deibert, Director of The Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, at the Unive...
A Conversation with Nokia on the Future of 5G
In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Brian Hendricks, Vice President of Policy and Government Relations at Nokia. They discuss the state of the 5G in...
The Commercial Side of Facial Recognition
In this episode, Jim Lewis talks with Benji Hutchinson, Vice President of Washington D.C. Office and Federal Business and Brent Bombach, Director of G...