What Happens Next in 6 Minutes

Our speaker is Daron Acemoglu who won the Nobel Prize in Economics. Daron is a Professor at MIT and is also the co-author of Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity. I want to learn about how AI will improve productivity as well as its effect on inequality. We will compare AI’s impact with the industrial revolution to understand better how the choices that we make will alter work and our society. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe

Join John Sides, Chair of the Political Science Department at Vanderbilt and author of 'The Bitter End,' as he delves into the captivating dynamics of the 2024 election. Sides reveals why Trump outperformed expectations and how dissatisfaction with incumbents drives voter behavior. He predicts tight competition for the midterms, with Democrats having a slight edge in the House but struggles in the Senate. Plus, he discusses the subtle impact of campaign messaging and how social media shapes young voters' opinions.

Our speaker is John Bolton who is Trump’s former national security advisor. This podcast was taped at a conference that I hosted in DC. So, you are going to hear questions from my friends as well as me. I want to learn about whether the events in Gaza will lead to peace. In addition, I want to hear about what will happen next in Ukraine. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe

Our speaker is Robert Malley who is a Senior Fellow at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs and previously has worked in the Clinton, Obama, and Biden Administrations.  He is also the co-author of a new book entitled Tomorrow is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe

Our speaker is Yaakov Katz who is the former editor in chief for the Jerusalem Post and the author of the new book entitled While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East. I want to hear how the Israelis screwed up, and what Hamas was thinking making a surprise attack. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe

Our speaker will be my buddy Steve Kuhn an entrepreneur who started sportspredict.com that allows the public to predict sporting events for fun to give them a predictor ranking. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe

Our speaker is Jon Shields who is a Professor of Political Science at Claremont McKenna. Jon recently finished a study of nearly 30,000 college syllabi where he found that there is political bias in reading materials assigned. I want to hear from Jon about what students are reading in class and whether there is real debate in the classrooms. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe

Our speaker is Patrick Allitt who is a Professor of History at Emory. Patrick also works with The Great Courses where he will be releasing a series of lectures on rivers. I hope to learn from Patrick the history of dams and why they were critical for the growth and financial success of the Western United States. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe

Our speaker is my good friend Ofer Levy who is a Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Precision Vaccines at Boston Children’s Hospital. We will discuss the current controversy over vaccines that has escalated since COVID. I am also including excerpts from a previous podcast with Paul Mango who ran Operation Warp Speed for Trump in his first administration that successfully got a working vaccine for COVID in record time. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe

Today’s topic is Persuading Younger Women to have More Children. Our speaker is Wolfgang Lutz who is a professor of demographics at the University of Vienna. I want to learn about the rapid decline in fertility and what it means for the world. Wolfgang, let’s start with why should we study demographics? Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe