Best CASBS Podcasts (2025)

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Exploring BTEX 2025: Insights and Innovations 58:21

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In this episode, KJ discusses the insights and experiences shared by various presenters at CDW Canada's Business Technology Expo (BTEX) 2025, highlighting the significance of the event in showcasing technological advancements and strategies for businesses. Key themes include the transition to Windows 11, the importance of cybersecurity, the evoluti…

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Bonus Episode: Cybersecurity Challenges Faced by Canadian Organizations 1:09:30

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In this episode of the CDW Canada Tech Talks podcast, host KJ Burke discusses the findings of the 2025 CDW Canada Cybersecurity Study with cybersecurity experts Ivo Wiens and Ben Boi-Doku. They explore the evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, the importance of continuous security testing and the challenges faced by small and medium business…

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Can AI Take Common Sense from a Baby? 37:17

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Generative AI tools built on large language models are increasingly "intelligent" yet lack a baby's common sense – the ability to non-verbally generalize to novel situations without additional training. What can developmental science contribute to AI? Tech journalist and former CASBS fellow John Markoff chats with 2023-24 CASBS fellow David Moore, …

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Make the Atmosphere Great Again 57:26

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Given deeply polarized domestic politics and insufficient international commitment to the Paris Accord, can we reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avert some of the worst effects of climate change before it's too late? It's an elemental question that warrants despair, yes, but plenty of hope too. Political scientist Leigh Raymond, a 2021-22 CASBS f…

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Anthropology at the Borderlands of Experience 57:45

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Two-time CASBS fellow and renowned anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann discusses her past and current work as an anthropologist of the mind, both in religious and psychological contexts, in conversation with 2023-24 CASBS fellow Erica Robles-Anderson. Luhrmann's award-winning work investigates visions, voices, psychosis, the supernatural, and other unusu…

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Deep Dive on Data Centres 1:41:59

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In this episode, Martin Bazinet and Joseph Reele join KJ to discuss why data centres both private and public are growing at such a rapid rate. As we see the surge of demand how do large organizations keep pace with power and cooling demands and how can we translate that into guidance for our private data centres and our edge deployments? At scale h…

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Demystifying the Disinformation Marketplace 46:43

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There never will be enough independent fact checking of online political advertising and their ecosystems. Can we develop methods and tools to demonetize or at least disincentivize the behaviors of disinformation producers as well as the ad firms and content providers in business with them? 2023-24 CASBS fellow Ceren Budak navigates the disinformat…

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How Women Are Reshaping the Tech Landscape 1:10:51

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In this episode, we dive into the transformative impact of women in tech — breaking barriers, driving innovation and reshaping the tech landscape. Our host, KJ Burke, sits down with Sandi Jones, IT Operations Leader, Interac Corp., who has had a long, successful tech industry career spanning multiple organizations. Together, they explore the challe…

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How to Empower Your Organization with AI Tools 1:04:46

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In this episode, host KJ Burke is joined by Kelly LaForest, Consultant, Microsoft Cloud, Professional Services and Brian Matthews, Head of Services Strategy & Development, Digital Workspace, CDW Canada, to discuss AI tools that empower our individual coworkers. As we see more AI capabilities being baked in to applications and as more organizations …

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How to Get the Most out of the Technology You Purchase 57:32

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In this episode, host KJ Burke is joined by Adam Diallo, Senior Manager Customer Success, CDW Canada and Amanda Frank, Senior Manager Customer Success, CDW Canada to discuss how services organizations and technology providers continue to change the way they help customers, ensuring they have success throughout the full lifecycle of technology.To le…

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The Humanity of Connective Labor 51:23

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Are jobs requiring high levels of human interaction worth preserving in the age of automation? Can we design machines to achieve something profound – the mutual recognition that occurs when human beings truly "see" each other? CASBS faculty fellow Mitchell Stevens explores these questions with Allison Pugh, author of the 2024 book The Last Human Jo…

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Why End Users Are Cybersecurity's Weakest Link 58:32

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In this episode, host KJ Burke is joined by guests Daniel Pinsky, CSO & Head of Information Security, CDW Canada and David Shipley, CEO and Cofounder, Beauceron Security Inc. to discuss the need to educate our users on cybersecurity best practices and how we can build a security minded organization. To learn more, visit cdw.ca…

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Bonus Episode: Charting the Course: Hybrid Multicloud Strategies and AI Adoption in Canada 55:12

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In this episode, host KJ Burke and guest Jim Love discuss some of the insights coming out of the 2024 Hybrid Cloud Report.To learn more, visit cdw.caBy Jim Love

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The State of HPC and AI in the Canadian Federal Government 1:40:31

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What are some of the traditional uses cases for HPC and AI that the Federal Government uses currently? · What are some of the identified use cases that have been difficult to implement? · What challenges have stalled those implementations historically? · How has the current state of HPC and AI changed so that some of those use cases can now be real…

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A Different Take on Data Privacy, AI, and AI management 55:11

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Up until recently access to AI was really restricted to fewer people. The need for specialized tools, knowledge and technology created hurdles that many organizations were not able to clear. How have you seen access to AI and the perceived value of AI change across different consumers? One of the ways we have been segmenting generative AI with cust…

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Organized Civic Benevolence and Nationhood 51:37

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Santi Furnari (CASBS fellow, 2023-24) engages renowned political sociologist & 2015-16 fellow Elisabeth Clemens on the role of private civic volunteer organizations in co-constructing national identity and state capacity as well as serving as tools of governance, solidarity, and inclusion for much of American history. In what form does civic benevo…

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Exposing Sources and Impacts of Election Disinformation Campaigns 42:07

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Legendary tech journalist John Markoff (CASBS fellow, 2017-18) chats with 2023-24 CASBS fellow Young Mie Kim on her groundbreaking efforts to identify how shadowy groups use algorithms and targeted disinformation campaigns during presidential election cycles; measure their real-world distorting effects on voter mobilization or suppression; and illu…

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Computing with giants: How supercomputers are different 1:16:35

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What has the role of supercomputers been historically? Has the advent of GPU clusters changed the role of HPC? How is the technology changing to meet new needs of researchers and organizations? As we look at supercomputing across different verticals, what parts of the technology and software stack stay similar and where does that stack depart from …

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How to Augment Your IT Team with Managed Services 45:58

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Why do organizations use staff augmentation and managed services? How do you differentiate and decide between filling roles that are internal, external consulting or managed services? What are some of the considerations that management focuses on when they build a plan to leverage managed services? What makes a good managed services partner? What a…

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The Gold Standard of Economic Historians 1:12:58

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Stefan Link, a 2023-24 CASBS fellow, chats with Barry Eichengreen, a 1996-97 CASBS fellow and world renowned for his expertise at the nexus of international economics and economic history. They discuss some of Eichengreen's most prominent works — including "The European Economy Since 1945," which emerged from his CASBS experience, and "Golden Fette…

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Smart Retail 55:45

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In this episode, we discuss smart retail innovations and how they lead to a better and more cost-effective environment for retail storefrontsTo learn more, visit cdw.caBy CDW Canada

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A Scholar's Commitment to Workers' Economic Justice 50:44

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Labor historian & 2023-24 CASBS fellow Gabriel Winant in conversation with 2018-19 CASBS fellow Ruth Milkman, among the nation's most renowned sociologists of labor. In addition to interrogating divisions within and segmentation across labor markets in recent decades, Milkman also has remained attuned to the complexity of the overall working class …

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Innovating Patient Care 1:09:20

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In this episode, we discuss technology innovations impacting the way patients are cared for, where they are cared for, and how effective that care ultimately is. The current state of healthcare. Where are we at and what is currently in flight as far as technology innovation that we are seeing? How is innovation in technology changing the way patien…

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Bridging Adaptive Algorithms and the Public Good 42:23

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Pulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist John Markoff chats with 2022-23 CASBS fellow Nathan Matias about often-overlooked public interest questions and concerns regarding the deployment of tech platform algorithms and AI models. Specifically, Matias is a player in filling the two-way knowledge gaps between civil society and tech firms with an eye on…

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The Latest Innovations in AI 53:42

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In this episode, we discuss... The hardware ecosystem from device to data centre and platform NPUs and endpoints Cloud platforms for AI Access to tools Future of AI – Multimodal – Multisensory - sora To learn more, visit cdw.caBy CDW Canada

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A Social Science of Caregiving 1:04:20

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Recorded before a live audience, Margaret Levi, Alison Gopnik, & Anne-Marie Slaughter discuss a CASBS project, "The Social Science of Caregiving," which is reimagining the philosophical, psychological, biological, political, & economic foundations of care and caregiving. The goal is a coherent empirical and theoretical account or synthesis of care …

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AI Security and Governance 1:05:38

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In this episode we discuss... Current state of cybersecurity Types of AI are impacting cybersecurity How bad actors are leveraging GenAI to be more productive What is the measurable impact of GenAI to the risk profile of businesses? What keeps you up at night when you think about AI as a cybersecurity risk? To learn more, visit cdw.ca…

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The Rise of FinOps 50:52

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In this episode, we discuss… The current and expected future state of the economy How that state affects business investment planning Discuss the unique aspects and benefits of CAPEX Discuss the unique aspects and benefits of OPEX How public cloud has changed the way businesses plan spend How IT can communicate with the business more effectively to…

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The Shadow of Cybersecurity Expertise 39:30

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Pulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist & 2017-18 CASBS fellow John Markoff chats with 2022-23 CASBS fellow Rebecca Slayton on how the field of computing expertise evolved, eventually giving rise to the niche of professionals who protect systems from cyber-attacks. Slayton's forthcoming book explores the governance & risk implications emerging from …

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Challenging History Erasures to Expand Possible Futures 1:05:50

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Two-time CASBS fellow Fred Turner engages CASBS board of directors chair Abby Smith Rumsey before a live audience to discuss her new book "Memory, Edited: Taking Liberties with History." When the erasure or distortion of collective memory through storytelling hijacks fact, truth, and history itself, what kind of information infrastructures can effe…

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CDW Canada Tech Talks Season 3 Trailer 0:33

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Join us this season as we engage with industry leaders in technical discussions around key innovations that are affecting all our lives in business, and in many cases our daily lives as well. To learn more, visit cdw.caBy CDW Canada

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Toward a Society of Shared Recognition 46:53

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Renowned sociologist Michèle Lamont (CASBS fellow, 2002-03) discusses her new book, Seeing Others, with former CASBS director Woody Powell. The book assembles decades of Lamont’s scholarship, engaging some of contemporary society’s most elemental challenges and advancing key building blocks toward a shared human experience marked by greater inclusi…

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Toward Cross-disciplinary Consensus About Our (Mis)Information Environment 49:07

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Fully understanding and regulating our complex information ecosystems will require creating new cultures and modes of collaborating, new organizational frameworks and, yes, working with generative AI models in service of aggregating actionable scientific knowledge. Angela Aristidou (CASBS fellow, 2022-23) navigates the crucial questions and challen…

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The Memory Science Disruptor 51:05

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Dan Simon, a 2022-23 CASBS fellow and USC law professor, joins in conversation with Elizabeth Loftus, a 1978-79 CASBS fellow and Distinguished Professor at UC Irvine. Loftus is known in the public sphere through her decades-long study of memory – specifically, its malleability and fallibility – as well as her application of findings as an expert wi…

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Jonathan Jansen's Power of Craft 53:08

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While you're listening to this episode, 2016-17 CASBS fellow Jonathan Jansen likely will write another few thousand words. As a scholar of education & leader of education institutions, Jansen is South Africa's most towering figure. To call him prolific is a gross understatement. He writes a steady stream of books & more books. As a public intellect…

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Deploying Behavioral Science on the Front Lines of Social Protest 1:37:00

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What are the most effective collective actions that social protest movements can or should undertake in the context of deep societal conflict and polarization? CASBS fellows Eran Halperin (2022-23) & Robb Willer (2012-13, 2020-21) compare their cross-national research findings and explore Halperin's real-time applied work with the dramatic, ongoing…

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Frederick Cooper's Illumination of History 45:52

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Drawing upon a career of scholarship extending from studies of labor, citizenship, and the state in Africa to explorations of global empire, colonialism, and globalization, three-time CASBS fellow Frederick Cooper – in conversation with 2022-23 fellows Jean Beaman and Martin Williams – gives a master class on how critical and relational thinking se…

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Developing AI Like Raising Kids - Alison Gopnik & Ted Chiang 55:56

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This episode is produced in association with the CASBS project "The Social Science of Caregiving," and draws further inspiration from the CASBS project "Imagining Adaptive Societies." Learn more about both: https://casbs.stanford.edu/programs/projects/social-science-caregiving https://casbs.stanford.edu/programs/projects/imagining-adaptive-societie…

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New Visions for Effective Worker Influence 1:26:34

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This is a podcast version of a live CASBS webcast event. View video of the event here. The event was produced in association with CASBS's program on Creating a New Moral Political Economy. Learn about the program here. CASBS's moral political economy program guest-curated the Winter 2023 issue of Dædalus, a publication of the American Academy of Ar…

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A Different Glenn Loury 1:11:22

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Glenn Loury on Google Scholar Coate & Loury (1993), "Will Affirmative-Action Policies Eliminate Negative Stereotypes?" Loury, The Anatomy of Racial Inequality (The Du Bois Lectures) The Tanner Lectures at Stanford (2007) Lecture 1 | Lecture 2 Loury (2008), Race, Incarceration, and American Values Loury (2019), "Why Does Racial Inequality Persist?" …

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Interdependence & Climate Change - Robert Keohane 1:07:52

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Robert Keohane bios: CASBS | Princeton | Wikipedia Comparative Politics of Climate Change Policy workshops at CASBS Complex interdependence After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy 2016 Balzan Prize | prize speech Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research Johan Skytte Prize Keohane & Ostrom…

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Bob Scott is Trending 53:18

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Emerging Trends in The Social and Behavioral Sciences Bob’s Introduction to the project About the Robert A. Scott Lectureship Fund The classic mud volleyball photo (click then scroll to the bottom of the article) Human Centered episode featuring Richard Wrangham CASBS in the History of Behavioral Economics CASBS Center for Advanced Study in the Beh…

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Toward Better Evidence-Based Policymaking 1:23:32

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Creating A New Political Economy Framework 1:27:10

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Moderator Debra Satz Panelists Elizabeth Anderson University of Michigan Samuel Bowles Santa Fe Institute Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton Princeton Amy Kapczynski Yale Law CASBS @CasbsStanford Creating a New Moral Political Economy program at CASBS Social Science for a World in Crisis Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at …

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Movements & Contentious Politics - Sid Tarrow 49:13

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Better AI Through Social Science 1:08:00

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Don Norman: By Design 38:30

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Understanding Gen Z 1:23:38

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"Gen Z Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age" Roberta Katz Sarah Ogilvie Jane Shaw Linda Woodhead Kat Tenbarge CASBS CASBS project: Understanding the iGeneration Social Science for a World in Crisis @CASBSStanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Bluesky|X|YouTube|Lin…