![[Podcast] With the Bark Off: A Conversation with Ali Vitali About Women and the Presidency @TheLBJLibrary](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k7f661TZze4/maxresdefault.jpg)
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Journalist Ali Vitali is a familiar face on America’s TV screens, having covered politics first for MSNBC and then for NBC News for nearly a decade. She reported on the 2016 race won by President Trump and then returned to the presidential campaign trail in 2020 to cover several Democratic candidates, including the record-setting four women who competed strongly for the nomination.
Ali talked with us about the obstacles that female contenders have faced in running for the presidency over the years, how those challenges might be overcome, and the prospects for election of the nation’s first female president.
Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/11591485
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Journalist Ali Vitali is a familiar face on America’s TV screens, having covered politics first for MSNBC and then for NBC News for nearly a decade. She reported on the 2016 race won by President Trump and then returned to the presidential campaign trail in 2020 to cover several Democratic candidates, including the record-setting four women who competed strongly for the nomination.
Ali talked with us about the obstacles that female contenders have faced in running for the presidency over the years, how those challenges might be overcome, and the prospects for election of the nation’s first female president.
Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/11591485
![[Podcast] With the Bark Off: A Conversation with Ali Vitali About Women and the Presidency](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k7f661TZze4/mqdefault.jpg "[Podcast] With the Bark Off: A Conversation with Ali Vitali About Women and the Presidency
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Journalist Ali Vitali is a familiar face on America’s TV screens, having covered politics first for MSNBC and then for NBC News for nearly a decade. She reported on the 2016 race won by President Trump and then returned to the presidential campaign trail in 2020 to cover several Democratic candidates, including the record-setting four women who competed strongly for the nomination.
Ali talked with us about the obstacles that female contenders have faced in running for the presidency over the years, how those challenges might be overcome, and the prospects for election of the nation’s first female president.
Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/11591485")
![[Future Forum] Women in Leadership: Confronting Gender Based Violence Together](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k9VJwq1w2W8/mqdefault.jpg "[Future Forum] Women in Leadership: Confronting Gender Based Violence Together
Each year the Future Forum hosts a discussion on “Women in Leadership,” a series which has explored a variety of topics including building diverse and inclusive teams; the competing professional and personal demands women may face; women in government, featuring a conversation with Madeleine Albright; the historic mobilization of women in politics the last election cycle; and the next generation of changemakers.
This year, the Future Forum honored Domestic Violence Awareness month by focusing on the women leading this important work in Austin. On Monday, October 30, members heard about the issues they most often face and to dispel some common misunderstandings around domestic violence and survivorship.
Speakers:
Bronwyn Blake, Vice President of Legal Services, Texas Advocacy Project
Krista Del Gallo, Legislative Director, Texas Council on Family Violence
Zahra Shakur Jamal, Director of Prevention, Outreach, and Community Education, Asian Family Support Services of Austin
Dr. Leila Wood, Director of Evaluation, the Center for Violence Prevention at the School of Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch
Moderator: Leslie Rangel, News Anchor, FOX 7")
![[Podcast] With the Bark Off: A Conversation with Chris Whipple](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mGbhcXg-muY/mqdefault.jpg "[Podcast] With the Bark Off: A Conversation with Chris Whipple
Chris Whipple, author of The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House, spent two years talking with White House insiders, including President Biden himself, to provide a look at how the administration has faced enormous, and, in many cases, unprecedented challenges, some that came in the wake of the chaotic Trump presidency and others that have arisen since.")
![[LBJ Future Forum] The Global Election Year](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nGMv7S0aItE/mqdefault.jpg "[LBJ Future Forum] The Global Election Year
2024 is not only a presidential election year in the United States, but in many countries around the world—over 60 countries representing nearly half the world’s population will have national elections this year. With those elections comes the potential for major global shifts. We will focus on elections in three countries: Mexico, Taiwan, and South Africa.
Panelists:
Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, Founding Director of the Asia Policy Program
Ken Greene, Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin
Laura Seay, Research Associate at the African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Moderator: Ambassador Larry André, Jr., Visiting Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs")
![[LBJ Future Forum] Seeking Truth in an AI World: Surviving Deepfakes, Deception & Discrimination](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nH8dNnuz0Xc/mqdefault.jpg "[LBJ Future Forum] Seeking Truth in an AI World: Surviving Deepfakes, Deception & Discrimination
How can people, companies, schools, and governments navigate what is true and what is false in a world with artificial intelligence able to create deepfakes; fake articles, schoolwork, or even military intelligence; and discriminate in the process?
Speakers include:
Chelsea Collier, Founder of Digi.City, Editor-At-Large for Smart Cities Connect, research assistant for Good Systems
Doreen Lorenzo, Assistant Dean, School of Design and Creative Technologies, The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Luke Wilson, Chief Data Scientist and Partner, Vizias
Moderator: Dr. Craig Watkins, Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor and the Executive Director of the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas at Austin")
