The Problem with Modern Philanthropy (Originally aired May 24, 2017)

The Problem with Modern Philanthropy (Originally aired May 24, 2017)

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 694 , Segment 5

Episode: SCOTUS and Cell Phones, Chefs and Food Waste

  • Dec 1, 2017
  • 24:15 mins

Guest: David Callahan, Founder and Editor of "Inside Philanthropy" and author of “The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age” A few weeks ago, big names like Bill Gates, eBay’s first president, Jeff Skoll, the Rockefeller Foundation and others founded “Co-Impact,” a charitable organization that focuses on pooling generous donations from wealthy donors in order to streamline philanthropy for global needs. This concept is popular now among other billionaires as well, including Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffett.  But author David Callahan warns of a dark side to such unprecedented generosity in American society. \`

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Will SCOTUS Protect Your Cell Phone Privacy?

19m

Guest: H.V. Jagadish, PhD, Bernard A. Galler Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan If your smartphone’s always within reach, if you talk to Alexa and Siri more often than you talk to some of your real-life friends, then you should really care about the outcome of a case being considered by the US Supreme Court right now. It involves a guy named Timothy Carpenter who was convicted of helping rob a couple of Radio Shack and T-Mobile stores several years back. The FBI was able to close its case against Carpenter by getting cell phone call records and location information from his wireless company. The reason the Supreme Court is hearing this case is that the FBI got Carpenter’s data from his cell company without a warrant.

Guest: H.V. Jagadish, PhD, Bernard A. Galler Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan If your smartphone’s always within reach, if you talk to Alexa and Siri more often than you talk to some of your real-life friends, then you should really care about the outcome of a case being considered by the US Supreme Court right now. It involves a guy named Timothy Carpenter who was convicted of helping rob a couple of Radio Shack and T-Mobile stores several years back. The FBI was able to close its case against Carpenter by getting cell phone call records and location information from his wireless company. The reason the Supreme Court is hearing this case is that the FBI got Carpenter’s data from his cell company without a warrant.