The Current History Podcast expands on information covered in my blog posts. <br/><br/><a href="https://current-history.com?utm_medium=podcast">current-history.com</a>
Current History Podcast
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The Current History Podcast expands on information covered in my blog posts. <br/><br/><a href="https://current-history.com?utm_medium=podcast">current-history.com</a>
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April 15, 2026
Artificial Intelligence and Global Education | Current History Podcast #8
<p>Get notified when new podcast episode goes live by subscribing at <a target="_blank" href="https://current-history.com">https://current-history.com</a>. Subscribers receive all podcasts and posts through the Current History substack. Your support helps make this content possible.</p><p>Artificial intelligence and digital technology are reshaping higher education worldwide, disrupting how students are assessed, fragmenting attention in the classroom, and exposing inequalities across global education systems. Dr. Lidia Lozano, a language educator and researcher with experience at Princeton, Columbia, and Harvard, draws on experience America, Europe, and internationally to examine how universities are shifting away from take-home written work toward oral exams, in-class presentations, and process-based evaluation that reveals how students actually think. </p><p>We also explore the global dimension: how AI systems trained predominantly on English-language and Western sources risk deepening existing disparities across languages and education systems. The episode closes on what AI cannot replace: the authenticity, empathy, and human presence that are not peripheral to learning, but foundational to it.</p><p><strong>About the Guest</strong></p><p>Dr. Lozano is an expert in language acquisition and cross-cultural understanding. She holds a PhD in Philology from the University of Barcelona. She has teaching experience at Princeton University, Columbia University, and Barnard College, and research experience at the Harvard University and the University of Barcelona. She has co-authored articles, learning materials, and a multimedia course on language acquisition. Dr. Lozano has also worked in project management and administration at the United Nations in New York and volunteered for UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report. Additionally, she has served as cultural expert for the European Commission and has been selected for inclusion on the European Parliament's list of research experts.</p><p>LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lidia-lozano-phd-a6071a378/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lidia-lozano-phd-a6071a378/</a></p><p>Website: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.lidlozano.com">https://www.lidlozano.com</a></p><p><strong>About the Host</strong></p><p>Ken Briggs is a writer, researcher, and consultant with a deep interest in history, policy, global affairs, and emerging technology. A former engineer, Ken has spent a lifetime thinking, writing, and talking about these issues and created Current History to explore how they shape the world we live in. His research interests include the geopolitical impacts of the energy transition and technology, political science and philosophy, and applied history. As a consultant, he also advises companies on navigating policy and geopolitical risk.</p><p>Subscribe to the YouTube channel: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/@current-history">https://www.youtube.com/@current-history</a></p><p>Subscribe to Current History on Substack: <a target="_blank" href="https://current-history.com/subscribe/">https://current-history.com/subscribe/</a> </p><p>Follow Ken on LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenbriggs3/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenbriggs3/</a></p><p>Follow Ken on X: <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/KenWBriggs3">https://x.com/KenWBriggs3</a></p><p><strong>Topics and Timestamps</strong></p><p>00:00 – Introductions</p><p>01:50 - Guest background</p><p>04:52– Topic 1: AI and the testing crisis</p><p>07:54 - Topic 2: From product to process</p><p>11:30 - Topic 3: Teaching in a screen-saturated world</p><p>14:55 - Topic 4: Declining attention spans</p><p>21:16 - Topic 5: Is AI a threat or an opportunity?</p><p>27:53 - Topic 6: International perspective</p><p>30:29 - Topic 7: Education, Culture, and the Future</p><p>36:16 – Outro</p><p><strong>For Further Reading</strong></p><p>1. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.unesco.org/gem-report/en">UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report</a></p><p>2. Statistics on teacher pay can be found here: <a target="_blank" href="https://teachertaskforce.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/2023_TTF-UNESCO_Global-report-on-teachers-Addressing-teacher-shortages_EN.pdf">UNESCO Global Report on Teachers (2023)</a></p><p>2. <a target="_blank" href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7504166/">Nomophobia: Is the Fear of Being without a Smartphone Associated with Problematic Use?</a> — Kaviani et al., International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020</p><p>3. <a target="_blank" href="https://academic.oup.com/icon/article/17/2/714/5523747">Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment (Review)</a> - David Fowkes, International Journal of Constitutional Law</p><p>4. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042809002572">The Importance of Non-Verbal Communication in Classroom Management</a> — Özad & Uygarer, Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2009</p><p>5. Data on language distribution on the internet: <a target="_blank" href="https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_language">W3Techs: Usage Statistics of Content Languages for Websites</a></p><p><strong>About the Podcast</strong></p><p>I created Current History to explore how history shapes current events in geopolitics, technology, and public policy. If you found this conversation useful, consider subscribing below.</p><p>Current History is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p><p>Subscribers receive every podcast and essay directly in their inbox. Its free for now, with <a target="_blank" href="https://current-history.com/subscribe">paid options</a> if you would like to support this work directly. The Founding Member plan guarantees lifetime access without a paywall.</p><p>You can also subscribe on YouTube at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/@current-history">https://www.youtube.com/@current-history</a>.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Current History at <a href="https://current-history.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">current-history.com/subscribe</a>
April 3, 2026
Energy, Democracy, and the Art of Policy | Current History Podcast #7
<p>Get notified when new podcast episode goes live by subscribing at <a target="_blank" href="https://current-history.com/subscribe">https://current-history.com/subscribe</a>. Subscribers receive all podcasts and posts through the Current History Substack. Your support helps make this content possible.</p><p>In this episode, Ken Briggs speaks with public policy scholar and energy policy expert Santiago Creuheras about what it actually takes to move countries on energy both domestically and internationally. They discuss Mexico's energy transition, whether multilateral frameworks are effective, and what the state of Latin American democracy means for serious energy policymaking. They also examine why good policy fails at the implementation stage, why energy efficiency remains chronically underused despite the evidence for it, and what effective international energy governance looks like in a more fragmented world.</p><p><strong>About the Guest</strong></p><p>Santiago Creuheras is a public policy scholar and sustainable development expert with over 25 years of experience across government, international institutions, and academia. He served as Deputy Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Energy of Mexico and chaired the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation, elected by unanimous endorsement of all member countries.</p><p>He co-led the G20 Energy Efficiency and Energy Transitions Finance Working Group and has held senior advisory roles at the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, the International Energy Agency, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. At Harvard, where he holds three master’s degrees, he is a Kennedy School JFK Fellow, a Weatherhead Visiting Scholar, and teaches alongside Professors Matt Andrews and Ricardo Hausmann. His research examines Mexico’s democratization process and the broader trajectory of Latin American democracy and sustainable development.</p><p><strong>About the Host</strong></p><p>Ken Briggs is a writer, researcher, and consultant with a deep interest in history, policy, global affairs, and emerging technology. A former engineer, Ken has spent a lifetime thinking, writing, and talking about these issues and created Current History to explore how they shape the world we live in. His research interests include the geopolitical impacts of the energy transition and technology, political science and philosophy, and applied history. As a consultant, he also advises companies on navigating policy and geopolitical risk.</p><p>Subscribe to the YouTube channel: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/@current-history">https://www.youtube.com/@current-history</a></p><p>Subscribe to Current History on Substack: <a target="_blank" href="https://current-history.com/subscribe/">https://current-history.com/subscribe/</a> </p><p>Follow Ken on LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenbriggs3/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenbriggs3/</a></p><p>Follow Ken on X: <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/KenWBriggs3">https://x.com/KenWBriggs3</a></p><p><strong>Topics and Timestamps</strong></p><p>00:00 – Introduction</p><p>00:41 - Guest introduction: Santiago Creuheras</p><p>02:16 – What drew you to interdisciplinary policy work?</p><p>02:45– Topic 1: Sustainable Public Value: A framework for policy</p><p>06:25 - Topic 2: Mexico’s energy transition</p><p>13:35 - Topic 3: From Mexico to the G20 – multilateralism and energy efficiency as the first fuel</p><p>29:13 - Topic 4: The future of energy governance in a multipolar world</p><p>40:35 - Topic 5: Democracy and sustainable development in Latin America</p><p>50:36 - Topic 6: Implementing policy that actually sticks</p><p>57:06 – Listener takeaways</p><p>58:36 – Outro</p><p><strong>For Further Reading</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.iea.org/events/g20-energy-transition-working-group-doubling-energy-efficiency">G20 Energy Transition Working Group: Doubling Energy Efficiency</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://atlas.hks.harvard.edu/explore/treemap?year=2024">Harvard Growth Lab: Atlas of Economic Complexity</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P149872?lang=en&tab=overview">Energy Efficiency in Public Facilities Project</a> - World Bank Group</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/creating-public-value-core-idea-strategic-management-government">Creating Public Value</a> - Harvard Kennedy School</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/the-view-from-new-york/">The View from New York: The Poblano Subdiaspora</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Current History at <a href="https://current-history.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">current-history.com/subscribe</a>
March 25, 2026
Canada and the Power Play in the Arctic | Current History Podcast #6
<p>Get notified when new podcast episode goes live by subscribing at <a target="_blank" href="https://current-history.com/subscribe">https://current-history.com/subscribe</a>. Subscribers receive all podcasts and posts through the Current History Substack. Your support helps make this content possible.</p><p>In this episode, Ken Briggs speaks with policy researcher Marcus Wong about the transformation of the Arctic from a frozen afterthought into a contested strategic arena. They discuss the retreat of sea ice, Russia's military buildup, China's polar ambitions, the legal ambiguities surrounding the Northwest Passage under UNCLOS, the gaps in Canada's Arctic defense posture, and what a serious Canadian strategy would actually require.</p><p><strong>About the Guest</strong></p><p>Marcus Wong is a public relations professional, former public official, and policy analyst whose graduate research at Havard focused on Canadian Arctic sovereignty and security. Marcus also holds degrees from Queens’ University in Canada and the University of Birmingham in the UK. He spent two decades in communications and government relations.</p><p>Marcus served as an elected member of West Vancouver City Council, has been appointed to the West Vancouver Police Board and the Board of Trustees at Queen's University, and worked for the Canadian Olympic Committee and the Embassy of Canada in Washington. He is a board member of the NATO Association of Canada and the author of the six-part Power Play in the Arctic series we are discussing today.</p><p><strong>About the Host</strong></p><p>Ken Briggs is a writer, researcher, and consultant with a deep interest in history, policy, global affairs, and emerging technology. A former engineer, Ken has spent a lifetime thinking, writing, and talking about these issues and created Current History to explore how they shape the world we live in. His research interests include the geopolitical impacts of the energy transition and technology, political science and philosophy, and applied history. As a consultant, he also advises companies on navigating policy and geopolitical risk.</p><p>Subscribe to the YouTube channel: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/@current-history">https://www.youtube.com/@current-history</a></p><p>Subscribe to Current History on Substack: <a target="_blank" href="https://current-history.com/subscribe/">https://current-history.com/subscribe/</a> </p><p>Follow Ken on LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenbriggs3/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenbriggs3/</a></p><p>Follow Ken on X: <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/KenWBriggs3">https://x.com/KenWBriggs3</a></p><p><strong>Topics and Time Stamps</strong></p><p>00:00 – Introduction</p><p>00:41 - Guest introduction: Marcus Wong</p><p>01:52 - Opening question: Why the Arctic, why now?</p><p>05:10 - Topic 1: The new Arctic -- climate, sea ice, and resources</p><p>09:11 - Topic 2: The great power competition</p><p>18:19 - Topic 3: Canada's vulnerabilities and legal challenges</p><p>26:34 - Topic 4: A credible path forward.</p><p>35:06 - Topic 5: Expert scenarios and the decade ahead40:33 - Listener takeaways</p><p>43:27 - Outro </p><p><strong>For Further Reading</strong></p><p>Power Play in the Arctic — NATO Association of Canada</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://natoassociation.ca/power-play-in-the-arctic-part-1-from-isolation-to-insecurity/">Part 1: From Isolation to Insecurity</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://natoassociation.ca/power-play-in-the-arctic-part-2-dissecting-the-arctics-power-struggles-by-state/">Part 2: Dissecting the Arctic’s Power Struggles by State</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://natoassociation.ca/power-play-in-the-arctic-part-3-a-policy-prescription-for-canadas-arctic-defence/">Part 3: A Policy Prescription for Canada’s Arctic Defence</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://natoassociation.ca/power-play-in-the-arctic-part-4-a-new-partnership-model-for-sovereignty-in-the-high-north/">Part 4: A New Partnership Model for Sovereignty in the High North</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://natoassociation.ca/power-play-in-the-arctic-part-5-blueprint-for-canadian-arctic-leadership/">Part 5: Blueprint for Canadian Arctic Leadership</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://natoassociation.ca/power-play-in-the-arctic-part-6-cold-fronts-hot-choices-dr-george-soroka-looks-ahead/">Part 6: Cold Fronts, Hot Choices — Dr. George Soroka Looks Ahead</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Current History at <a href="https://current-history.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">current-history.com/subscribe</a>
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