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People I (Mostly) AdmireNinety-Eight Years of Economic Wisdom (Replay)The late Robert Solow was a giant among economists. When he was 98 years old he told Steve about cracking German codes in World War II, why it’s so hard to reduce inequality, and how his field lost its way. SOURCES:Robert Solow, professor emeritus of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. RESOURCES:"Secrecy, Cigars, and a Venetian Wedding: How the P.G.A. Tour Made a Deal with Saudi Arabia," by Alan Blinder, Lauren Hirsch, Kevin Draper, and Kate Kelly (The New York Times, 2023)."Global Assessment of Environmental-Economic Accounting and Supporting Statistics: 2020," by Un...
2025-12-1349 min
TalkRL: The Reinforcement Learning PodcastOutstanding Paper Award Winners - 2/2 @ RLC 2025We caught up with the RLC Outstanding Paper award winners for your listening pleasure. Recorded on location at Reinforcement Learning Conference 2025, at University of Alberta, in Edmonton Alberta Canada in August 2025.Featured References Empirical Reinforcement Learning ResearchMitigating Suboptimality of Deterministic Policy Gradients in Complex Q-functionsAyush Jain, Norio Kosaka, Xinhu Li, Kyung-Min Kim, Erdem Biyik, Joseph J LimApplications of Reinforcement LearningWOFOSTGym: A Crop Simulator for Learning Annual and Perennial Crop Management StrategiesWilliam Solow, Sandhya Saisubramanian, Alan FernEmerging Topics in Reinforcement...
2025-08-1814 min
Voices of ImpactPolitical Strategy, President Obama, King of the Jews: Alan SolowAlan Solow is the founder of Grover Strategies, where he leverages decades of experience to help clients navigate public-facing challenges with personalized advice. He served as a National Co-Chair for the Obama-Biden 2012 campaign and as an advisor to President Obama on Middle East issues. Ranked as the world’s 11th-most influential Jew by the Jerusalem Post, Solow has held leadership positions in several major Jewish organizations, including serving as Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois and cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he wa...
2024-09-0459 min
Archive GuysJust Say KilldozerDirector Noah Mucci joins the guys for a very special all-star episode! We start off talking to Noah about his new Sci-Fi indie feature LUNAMANCER (2021) currently on the festival circuit before quizzing him on his quest to see every James Bond Movie for the very first time - in backward chronological order! After that, we delve into Kino Lorber's special-feature packed blu-ray of the Sci-Fi TV movie KILLDOZER (1974) starring Clint Walker (Cheyenne), produced by Herbert F. Solow (Star Trek) and based on a 1944 novella by SF Hall of Fame writer Theodore Sturgeon (Star Trek). How do you top that? How...
2022-04-2049 min
Breaking Protocol with Bob SatawakeThe Israel Gaza Crises…A Two State Solution? featuring Alan SolowOn this episode Alan Solow a former advisor on Middle East policy to President Obama and the Obama Administration joins me for a dynamic conversation on the current state of affairs in Israel. Mr. Solow is a public affairs consultant, political advisor and notable leader in the U.S. Jewish community. He is the former Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations having met with the leaders of multiple countries around the world. In addition, he served as Chairman of JCC Association of North America, the Chairman of Chicago's Jewish Community Relations Council, President of...
2021-05-2143 min
Does It Suck, Now?Robin Hood Prince of ThievesThis week the guys talk watched 1991's Robin Hood Prince of Thieves with Kevin Costner's mullet and the buttery raspiness of Brian Adams croon. Not to mention amazing performances from Morgan Freeman and Alan Rickman. They dive deep and may surprise you with where this film lies in the rankings. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a 1991 American action-adventure film based on the English folk tale of Robin Hood that originated in the 12th century. It was directed by Kevin Reynolds and stars Kevin Costner as Robin Hood, Morgan Freeman as Azeem, Christian Slater as Will Scarlett, Mary Elizabeth...
2020-05-231h 27