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Envoy Podcast

Nathan Shaw

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The Envoy Podcast is a short 15-20 minute podcast to help you keep up with fast-moving global politics. Find us at www.envoyfpa.org or email us at envoyuwa@gmail.com In each podcast Nathan Shaw will bring you a quick roundup of the previous week to catch you up in the world of international relations. In addition, we will have special segments such as interviews with academics and analysts or deeper dives on special topics to give you the inside story.
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Beautiful Babies in Richmond and Scary Babies in Northern England Running for office with your friend's family? Where might 23&Me sell you DNA? Strange cellmates - Sean Combs & Sam Bankman Fried 42 states don't matter. Great Concept, Bad Execution If you could go back to the beginning of your life and capture one complete dataset related to your li…
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Location: AC: Lake Geneva, Milwaukee, Williamsburg SW: Barefoot with snakes by the gun store Involuntary Sponsor of the Week: Girls Auto Clinic The Zeitgeist: U.Va. suspends admissions tours led by the University Guides Service RFK Jr: Dead bears in Central Park, heads off dead whales…you team is normal Lidl clouds across Europe. The risk of being …
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This week's running order... I’m voting for Keith… Location: AC: Lake Geneva SW: Sick Bay Involuntary Sponsor of the Week: Armand Duplantis - world record pole vaulter. No, not that one. Competes for the Swedes Messi of Pole Vaulting - Duplantis is the world outdoor and indoor record holder (6.25 metres or 20 feet 6 inches, and 6.22 metres or 20 fe…
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Live from the back of a rental car on I-85, after being CrowdStruck in the airport. Covering some of the events of the week, but mainly skipping over the things everyone else is talking about to create space to talk about things that shook our ficus a little.Ace Callwood & Scott Wayne による
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This week, in the week of Independence Day in the US, and Elections in the UK: Tractors pulling out of DEI while doing DEI https://twitter.com/TractorSupply/status/1806417863885902217/photo/1 The history of boycotts Self-censoring ERR Bound, handcuffed and forced to listen to a radio show. Don’t go to Oslo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vhD59ac7…
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I asked Ace yesterday "why do we do this?". "1. Fun. 2. Fun. 3. Trying out new material for our talks. Which is why sometimes it's rubbish...." This week, we cover: Pigeons in airports and frogs in backpacks; Snakes on paddle boards and Ace's pumpkin patch; Donating blood rather than tweeting opinions; Bolshie ≠ Bullshitty; Mail Jumpers (not Male J…
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This week, we talk about loneliness and social isolation, and what we can do about it. And then, the usual combination of rants about everything from nationalizing Uber, hot dogs and chestnuts, Ace's weird relationship with turkeys, drowning influencers while birthing stars, delegating vs abdicating, fake waterfalls and access to nature. And it tur…
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Ace and Scott a little punchy this week as they wade through... software inflation and white men inflation on AI boards; Spotify content with cheap content; EV trucks may kill you, but it will be clean power - from Texas; Mexican women rise to the top, while Modi is moderated in India; Statecraft and stagecraft at D-Day commemorations; Paratrooper …
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This week we're introduce new sections: Perri's Scope, and Wayne's Wrong. And we talk... Bumbling Apologies Sober Hours in Dublin? Not Kicking the Kicker Enough Things Can Only Get Wetter (British Elections) Promiscuous Mice Turbulent Coverage, and emergency landings (not in Wrexham, Jamaica would be better). Formenting Azerbaijanis The Women with …
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Live(ish) from the montañas of Montana, another misadventure with your hosts Flotsam and Jetsam. This week, a full hour (sorry, maybe?) of the usual... On the docket: Adorable Little Airport Ladies Parqhorses Pickle Rick Bomb Balloons Aid & TikTok Industrialized digital exploitation Google on going faster Rules and regs of brawling in the North Den…
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This week we delve into Doom Loops in cities... celebrate German janitorial staff smuggling art onto walls of bourgeois (Ace-style) galleries... talk Asian alliances and paying more attention to nuclear armed powers with fragile governments... we're cocaining our way through the Caribbean toward Yorkshire Burritos as we talk about how to address im…
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Adultery may soon be legal in NY... pig kidneys into humans and books with human skin covers... what "deconfliction" means in a war zone ... lethal Cessnas and beards and hipster mustaches in the military, including ultra-orthodox ones... Ace and Perri being stared at in London, but loved by cabbies... nobody cares about gay marriage (and that's a …
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This week, "live" from a brutalist castle with the rocket scientists... Scott apologizes to Ryan Gosling.... how interagency collaboration probably saved lives on a bridge in Baltimore... doubling down on the art of just hanging out with no agenda... success in running computers with only our minds (is this more transformative than AI?)... security…
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This week... Suitcase curling, cheese, Trtls, middle seats, marijuana rats and marijuana, invisible nukes, the art of doing nothing, and other things. PS Scott was wrong about the Oscars. He’ll say sorry next week. But he’s still angry about Ken.Ace Callwood & Scott Wayne による
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This week we wander around the subjects of: Little Ace. Doubling the black population of Montana. "Prompt Engineering as a new career option. Roe vs Wade driving the French constitution. AI for protection of children. What is World Class (through motorcycle maintenance). German leaky lines. Non-obligatory running. What's too political? A little gra…
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Lingerie coffee shops. Scott looks ridiculous in a trucker hat, but has joined the parole board. AT&T goes dead, then makes things worse. Does 40% count? Re-Elect Ace For Mayor. Clicky iPhones. Toxic empathy. When a bench is a couch. Self-Immolation at protest. Issues with Sinek and wooly shoes. Ace does Girl Dinners.…
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This is a Sarah McLachlan appreciation episode, among other things. Said "Other Things": Locally roasted, small-batch Nespresso Billion $ (Power) Women In an era when we're supposed to care about everything, what gets relegated to the Island of I Don't Give a Shit? Our Short-Lived "Retail" Segment: Buc ee's, Amazon Cars, Dollar General Broccoli, & …
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As the title suggests, we shouldn't have a radio show. But we do, and this week it packs the punch you've come to expect with the shenanigans you choose to endure. All topics are fair game and we cover quite the range... Scott asks for proof he's not American. Ace makes a case for Sex Ed. Are Black folks allowed in country music? Drones, tanks, and…
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Scott returns from the desert to have his beer confiscated. Ace learns that cities in Texas aren’t interchangeable. We tackle whether Taylor Swift is worst thing to happen to the NFL. (Hint: Not even by a long shot. Btw, congrats on your first Super Bowl appearance, Taylor. Thanks for listening.) Other specific thoughts on random topics: Universal …
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For our first non-invisible episode in a while, we talk about Ace not having emergency surgery, whether left-handedness is chosen, gloating about DeSantis, dead Brits and seemingly alive AI fashion models, Ace losing batteries, and making highway signs not-funny. All with a (very) cold open.Ace Callwood & Scott Wayne による
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In our last* transmission from the studio at Canvas, Scott and Ace: wonder if they have to be as mad as everyone expects us to be about Open AI admit they maybe made a bad call on a thing talk about campfires as a function of innovation give ERR listeners permission to NOT be rested after the holidays If you're stateside and need fodder for your Th…
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No, we haven't been kidnapped. We're back. For the last ever episode to be recorded at Canvas studios (don't fear, we have new studios under construction). This week we're arguing about... Casino (Battle) Royale. The low knowledge bar for having a strong opinion. Let's switch Veterans Day with Memorial Day. Pre-meal or pretentious? Tools for tools:…
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Fictional Restaurants in Manhattan Getting Away with Airport Curling LinkedIn Getting Weird Anglo Angle-Phobia Making the Case we Know Nothing About the Supreme Court Banksy is BoJo? The Hazards of Parking Talking into Your Jacket for Upgrades Involuntary Sponsor of the Week: AwayAce Callwood & Scott Wayne による
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Ace and Scott are back in Richmond, in the studios they're about to move out of discussing... Wishing for Ace to fall down aircraft stairs. Being wrong on team offsites. Garden-fetes for states Florida being the home of new high speed train-spotters. Fabricating racism. Is Hasan Minhaj right or wrong? The planet is going to be fine, humans though..…
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This week, we're holed-up in Singapore with the sounds of the Grand Prix in the background as we argue and discuss: Whether Austin-the-Giant is a customer or a passenger. Bicyclists on taxiways. Scott trying to justify language imperialism. Ace teaching how to apologize correctly. Alternate perspectives: America on the Wrong Side Right to free spee…
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For the launch week, coming live from a VIP couch in a Springhill Suite in South Carolina... The importance of being rubbish to avoid selling out. Being a large black man in a truck. Spending billions to prove a friend wrong. The wealthy folk northerly of Richmond, smoking Fudge Rounds. The Mary Poppins of Envoy Are you a "Yesander"? Slashers: back…
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We Need to Talk: When a joke becomes real. Ace invents Goodwill, and why little sympathy on student debt. Throwing TVs from balconies to avoid taxes. Free Oppenheimer. S3XY Vehicles and Sneaky Mexicans. Scott and President Biden settle their dispute. Ace’s twin brother visits the studio.Ace Callwood & Scott Wayne による
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Scott is on holiday so we're on holiday from Scott. Everybody wins. Alan is pinch hitting in the studio this week and we're talking... King Louie the Cat Pets over parenthood and the economics of relationships How the Marlboro Man is a bad example and nobody talks about Tonto The art of being alone without feeling lonely Mates from home, social med…
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In the Richmond studio before hopping an adhesively high plane to New York, we're talking... He who sets the colour tone settings... Your most worthy skill for friends. Clarifying arrest records. Phone-free pubs. Child denial Signal to Noise Ratio: We Make Kids Tired No Whining - It's not an effective negotiation tactic. Abseiling (rappelling) from…
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Jolien leaping over hurdles for her Belgian team. Dead fish and camper vans versus yachts and helicopters. The Keeping up with Jones effect Can you do meaningful work and generate wealth simultaneously? Is the response to protest and riot dependent on depth of homogenous identity (France vs USA). Independence Day for the 6% and the “New Years Eve o…
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While we're confirming rumours that Ace has been fired, Dr. Alan Dow joins Scott to debate... Ozempic changing ideas of what bodies should be and reducing exercise. Shifting focus from "shape" to health. Can we make incrementalism hot (probably not)? Former presidents as worm warriors and cracky uncles. Running teams at 85%: Breaking through the co…
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From London and Washington DC, this week we're asking... Can hotels bring us a human touch? How do we value the lives that we try to save? Will AI democratize or mediocritize our life experiences. And we cover: Ace's love of Dutch hotels and their language. It’s not your fault if your dad is rubbish. Juneteenth: Freedom from the Free. (Economic) do…
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This week, we change format a little and self-indulgently ask each other questions for the episode. It soon turns into a bit of a therapy session. Why are we always the a**holes? If you had to choose to die right now or live forever, which would you choose? Is there a god and where do they live? Which cryptid is most likely to actually exist? Did i…
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From a rooftop in LA this week, discussing... When should we resist normalisation? Ratings are meaningless - we give five stars to be left alone. Apple Vision Pro - how to overcome looking ridiculous. What if 2nd amendment rights only applied to women? A school shooting doesn’t count if graduation is off-campus. If AI can precisely predict the life…
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A total of 50 Euros worth of generative AI model building, 90 minutes of time, a few Instagram connections and we have digital “wallet litter” to suggest that we’re a married couple living in Key West, we had cameo parts in Peaky Blinders, and that Scott just got back from the G7 Summit in Hiroshima. Every image on the page, every geotag, every sta…
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On this week's ERR... The killer trailer. The Penguin Rule. Chasing specificity (and stop with feedback sandwiches). Scott the racist. Cash as the next innovation. Subways and machetes - when is offense actually defense? Selfie fences... only the "right" type of tourists please. Digital cretin factories. Swinging too far... let authors be authors. …
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This week, ERR is “live” (delayed) from Tampa, where we waddle through… Generating “primary sources” and faked real moon landings. The hotel you can’t stay in and AirBnB having to live in economic reality. YouTube links and LinkedIn (don’t do it) and surviving Ace on a first date. Etiquette: devices on planes and trains and Americans at food buffet…
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This week, “Live” from San Antonio de Valero Mission of The Alamo. Bow-legged cowboys. When losses become celebrations (Alamo, Pearl Harbor, Dunkirk). Switching protagonists on historical stories. Illegal American immigration into Mexico. Embracing AI hallucinations to break groupthink. What if CERN hadn't given away the web for free 30 years ago? …
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This week... we recognise how lame our episode closes are, and... Intended exploding starships and lessons for corporate innovation. Airlines living in a parallel reality. Locomotion cultures. Hiring for potential vs current capabilities. Servant-Leadership is borderline abusive (we just lost all our HR clients with that line...). Drop the gift car…
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Ace claims to have invented the Lonely Planet Guide.* What you should be listening to instead of this. Murder of nuance and the manslaughter of context. Transgender nonsense and is any issue binary? Thrashing Lawrence of Arabia. Ace advocates to start smoking.* The career case for Ozempic. Ace discovers the difference between American and British S…
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On this week.... Failure and self-flagellation (hit the red button). The (prisoner's) dilemma of pausing AI research. Unverified NY Times on Twitter. Time Starvation as a Factor of Innovation. Bottom dwellers of the elite. Driving over iPads in trucks. America: Almost the Most Powerful Country in the World Bust Virgin Orbit. The Nuclear Family Was …
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In this week's rants and ramblings... Bald hair care. With an (unrequested) product plug for Mountaineer Brand “Advantage Introductions” (wrestling with the whole “self-made” thing) Ford x Sydney Sweeney (x Ace Callwood?…) The nonsense economics of electric scooters. The viability of making social media illegal for teens (Utah’s giving it a try). B…
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In this week's non-podcast... F'ing Fungible Tokens (why everyone loves vinyl). Variable movie theatre seat pricing - and why people hate it Why Starlink matters in Ukraine, and soldiers on front cover of Elle Magazine. Ikea and it's second-hand furniture store. Single Event Upsets (it's a space thing, or a dating thing). How to capitalize (capital…
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Breweries with Co-working pods. Is there such a thing as the tech "community". WFH solving the wrong problem? Workstyles: integrators or segmentors? “Quiet” quitting just a new word for old-school not working. Workshy employees giving corporate secrets to ChatGPT Difficult/necessary + danger/discomfort What papers do you keep? Oh God, we're talking…
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