Policy Prompt

By The Centre for International Governance Innovation

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Policy Prompt is a podcast featuring long-form interviews — going in depth to find nuances in the conversation — with leading global scholars, writers, policy makers, business leaders and technologists working at the intersection of technology, society and public policy. The focus of the podcast will be to advance constructive policy remedies for urgent global problems.

Episode Date
The Middle Powers’ Stag Hunt
May 12, 2026
Necessary Friction (the fragility of today’s givens with Tim Minshall)
Apr 14, 2026
Convenience Costs (the extraction economy with Tim Wu)
Mar 17, 2026
Ordinary People Rule (finding a path to true democracy with James Bacchus)
Feb 18, 2026
Victims, Scammers, and Scammers Who Are Victims (the dark side of the digital economy with Mark Bo and Ivan Franceschini)
Jan 20, 2026
Decoding Brain Data (the possibilities and pitfalls of neurotech with Jared Genser)
Dec 09, 2025
Scientists and AI: Partners in Discovery (understanding AI’s role in scientific research with Rebecca Willett)
Nov 11, 2025
Space Is a Human Domain (discussing governance challenges with Esther Brimmer and Jessica West)
Oct 14, 2025
The Trust Battle: Stablecoins, Crypto and the Future of Money (with Ali Abou Daya and Morva Rohani)
Sep 23, 2025
From Shipping Things to Spreading Ideas (unboxing global trade with Marc Levinson)
May 05, 2025
Perfect Fit Content (from elevator music to your AI DJ with Liz Pelly)
Apr 22, 2025
What Does Innovation Actually Mean? (talking research, the academy and AI with Joel Blit)
Apr 07, 2025
Measuring and Visualizing AI (grounding decisions in data with Nestor Maslej)
Mar 24, 2025
Where Do Art History and Computer Science Meet? (drawing lessons with Amanda Wasielewski)
Mar 10, 2025
How to Predict the Future with Accuracy (throwing darts with Robert de Neufville)
Feb 24, 2025
In Our Computational World, What Do We Know? (seeing the many worlds with Michael Richardson)
Feb 10, 2025
“The Empire of IP”: How Did We Get Here? (talking history of copyright with David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu)
Jan 27, 2025
The Competition Cage Match (Vass Bednar and Denise Hearn weigh in)
Dec 19, 2024
How Refrigeration Changed Our Palates, Our Plates and Our Planet (a taste of history with Nicola Twilley)
Dec 09, 2024
A look at News, Memes, and Wireless Tech from More than 100 Years Ago (Heidi Tworek calls from Germany)
Nov 25, 2024
How Every Computer Is a Chinese Computer (twirling the cord with Thomas Mullaney)
Nov 11, 2024
Siri, Tell Us About Human Rights and Robot Wrongs (a conversation with Susie Alegre)
Oct 28, 2024
History Claps Back on Techno-Optimism, with Daron Acemoglu
Oct 11, 2024
A Crash Course on the “Corpocene”: The Influencer Factory, with Grant Bollmer and Katherine Guinness
Sep 30, 2024
CTRL+ALT+Revolt: The Tech Coup, with Marietje Schaake
Sep 16, 2024
Welcome to Policy Prompt: A CIGI Podcast
Sep 05, 2024