Columbia Business

In this episode, host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Bruce Usher on how we have the technological ability to solve the problem of climate change, but that the political will is lacking in the United States and internationally. Usher says that business, then, is going to have to take the lead.

AI is an innovation unlike any other in the history of humankind for its potential to remake society — for good or bad. In this episode, host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Sandra Matz about how AI might affect the distribution of power and leadership in politics, business, and academia.

Dr. Fei-Fei Li is the Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford and the Denning Co-Director of Stanford’s Human Centered AI-Institute. Dr. Li has been called the godmother of artificial intelligence and has emerged as one of the country’s leading scientists — and humanists.

Host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Dan Wang and postdoctoral research scholar Sandra Portocarrero about the wide-ranging effects of migration internationally, in the United States, and in NYC.

Host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Geoffrey Heal, an economist and conservationist whose teaching and research on climate change have left an indelible mark on the School. 

Suzanne Nossel is the CEO of PEN America and one of the country’s most prominent experts and voices on free speech, free expression, and human rights. 

Host Professor Ray Horton talks politics American-style with Professor Glenn Hubbard, the School’s most knowledgeable observer of American politics.