With the release of her new book, Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For, we revisit our fantastic discussion with Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor Susan Rice. Rice reflects on watching America’s power on the global stage be washed away by an American president, her time in the service of the US government, and the some of the other experiences that inform her new book.

Listen to the some of the best clips from Future State Season 2. This Bonus episode includes conversations with former members of cabinet, technologists, leading scientists, and other experts at the forefront of technology, politics, and national security. Dick Clarke talks to these experts about Artificial Intelligence, quantum computing, defense and diplomacy, cyber security, climate change, human genome engineering, and much more. If you enjoy these clips and would like to hear the full conversation, all of Season 1 and 2 episodes are available online at www.futurestatepodcast.com and wherever you stream your podcasts.

In the final episode of the season, we bring you a special live edition of Future State Podcast. Hear host Richard Clarke discuss his latest book "The Fifth Domain: Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats"

https://fifthdomainbook.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Domain-Defending-Companies-Ourselves/dp/052556196X

Twitter: @richardclarke

Governor Terry McAuliffe confronted racism in a formerly confederate state, and turned Virginia from red to purple to blue. He was governor when white supremecists and neo-nazis descended on Charlottesville, VA and watched first hand as rioters and protesters clashed in the streets. McAuliffe joins to talk about his new book, Beyond Charlottesville, Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism, that recounts the events that day and how America should move forward against racism. He also discusses his time as Governor, including his economic and legislative success in Virginia and restoring the rights of former felons under strong partisan opposition. Gov. McAuliffe also shares his thoughts in the run up to the 2020 elections, including his view of the Democratic candidates and how the field will likely change over the coming months. All this and more on this week’s Future State. 

https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Charlottesville-Taking-Against-Nationalism/dp/1250245885

https://www.terrymcauliffe.com/

Twitter: @TerryMcAuliffe

Eva Galperin is leading the charge to save our civil liberties in cyberspace. On Part 2 of the Future of Privacy and Surveillance, Eva and Dick talk about privacy and security for vulnerable populations around the world, including here in the United States. Eva seeks to take down an industry makes malicious software for monitoring the devices (and lives) of ordinary people. Stalkerware, or spouseware, are programs that can be covertly loaded onto phones and computers of unwitting victims by their abusive spouses, helicopter parents, or nosy employers. She is successfully lobbying the antivirus industry and lawmakers to crackdown on the industry, and recognize its oppressive nature. Eva and Dick also talk about the efforts of governments around the world that use similar tactics to monitor and oppress their own citizens. They discuss how increasingly sophisticated technologies like facial recognition and A.I. are currently unreliable, increasing the likelihood of government abuse of civil liberties.

www.eff.org 

https://www.eff.org/about/staff/eva-galperin

Twitter: @evacide

Ashton Carter joins to talk about his tremendous career, decades of public service, and new book Inside the Five-Sided Box: Lessons from a Lifetime of Leadership in the Pentagon.

Jon Callas is a computer security expert, software engineer, user experience designer, and technologist. This week, Callas and Clarke talk about the early days of encryption, where Callas was a major contributor to the field as a co-founder of Pretty Good Privacy software. They discuss government forays into surveillance, like using the clipper chip to secure voice and data messages, as well as the FBI’s attempt to pressure Apple to create software access to iPhones following the San Bernardino terrorist attack. They also discuss the rise in surveillance through facial recognition technology, including Taylor Swift’s security team tracking down stalkers through mass facial recognition at concerts. Overall, they get into the details about the growing capabilities of surveillance state and need for better policies for maintaining privacy under gaze of government surveillance. And the need for more rules and regulations to keep from losing privacy through “a death of a Thousand Cuts.” 

Twitter: @joncallas

https://www.aclu.org/report/dawn-robot-surveillance

Website: FutureStatePodcast.com

Twitter: @richardclarke

Instagram: @futurestate

Alperovitch and Knake join host Richard Clarke to discuss current tensions in cyberspace, how companies and the government are (or should be) gaining an edge in defense, and talk about Clarke and Knake's new book, The Fifth Domain.

Dmitri Alperovitch

Co-Founder and CTO of CrowdStrike Inc

Twitter: @DAlperovitch

Rob Knake

Author of the Fifth Domain

Twitter: @robknake

Website: FutureStatePodcast.com

Instagram: @FutureState 

Twitter: @RichardClarke

The promises of Quantum technology could bring revolutionary changes to computing and processing data. And you may not realize it, but quantum computers are already here. Companies like IBM, Google, and Rigetti have created machines that are running algorithms that our laptops would take centuries to process. These algorithms are being merged with other tech like Artificial Intelligence to optimize, for instance, scientific research or modeling the universe. But Quantum also has the potential to completely break long trusted parts of our digital lives. Such as making commercial encryption completely useless for protecting our data and secrets. For those of you that have been looking to get a little more technical in our discussions, this episode won’t disappoint you. Konstantinos does a fantastic job walking us through the Quantum Realm. All this and more on this week’s episode on The Future of Quantum Computing.

Websites and Social Media: Twitter - @KonstantHacker

https://www.protiviti.com/US-en