• Books and Insight with Frank Lavin

  • By: Frank Lavin
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Books and Insight with Frank Lavin

By: Frank Lavin
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  • A conversation with authors and other creative people about their recent works and their insight on the world today. How do books and ideas help us grapple with current challenges? Frank Lavin has served as a diplomat, banker, White House aide, National Security Council staffer, and is the author of four books.
    2024
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Episodes
  • Jason Hsu from the Kennedy School of Government

    Jason Hsu from the Kennedy School of Government
    Aug 12 2024

    Frank Lavin talks with Jason Hsu from the Kennedy School of Government, discussing semiconductors and Taiwan-China-U.S. relations. Appropriately, Jason’s book recommendation is Thomas Schelling’s, Arms and Influence, the classic work of deterrence theory and Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.
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    23 mins
  • Alexander Downer, Former Foreign Minister of Australia

    Alexander Downer, Former Foreign Minister of Australia
    Jul 15 2024

    Frank Lavin discusses the Indo-Pacific region with Alexander Downer, former Foreign Minister of Australia. We discuss China, AUKUS, India, Indonesia, Ukraine - and most consequentially, the role of the U.S. The book we discuss is The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt.
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    29 mins
  • Renee DiResta, Internet Disinformation Analyst

    Renee DiResta, Internet Disinformation Analyst
    Jun 21 2024

    Frank Lavin talks with Renee DiResta, Internet disinformation analyst. How does misinformation and disinformation travel so rapidly on the Internet and what steps can be taken to push back? How will this affect U.S. elections or U.S. support for Ukraine? Books discussed include Renee DiResta’s Invisible Rulers, Peter Pomerantsev’s Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible and Annalee Newitz’s Stories are Weapons.
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    21 mins
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