Thank you so much for coming and braving the weather, what a great day to have a book about the weather. If you have been following the weather, who does not these days, you will have noticed at least two things, first it is getting weirder and wilder with bigger storms, hotter and more freezing temperatures and greater extremes seemingly all times of the year. Second the forecaster are Getting Better at predicting what is about to hit us, they still do not get it right 100 of the time but their accuracy is definitely improved and so has the timeliness of the report. These days were where not only of one weather model but of multiple ones simulating the fruifuture space of the atmosphe is north of a model, european model, global, and a number of others and their forecasting not just todays weather or tomorrows but whether over the next ten days and beyond. Andrew blum got interested in the stuff, he was not satisfied with explanations that attributed the advances and whether science fo
President of a group called the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Mr. Castro, what is that group and what do you do . Guest i with a single take. We focus on innovation where were interested in innovation and how you can have policy to support that. Host can you give an example of that innovation . Guest ten years ago we were talking about Artificial Intelligence and the benefits. We were thinking about that and thinking about policies we need to have in place to get there and so we try to help policymakers get ahead of the curve on these issues. Host who funded iti f. Guest a bunch of funders and individuals that support our thing think and we work on a lot of different issues so we get support from those interested in everyone from it issues to biotech engineering. Host for our purposes here on the communicators is it fair to say that large Silicon Valley companies are part of your funding operation, google, apple, facebook of the world . Guest absolutely. The compani
Next, journalist andrew blum on his book the weather machine where he first the Technology Used to develop daily weather reports. From politics and prose bookstore in washington dc this runs one hour. Good evening everybody. Im the coowner of politics and prose along with my wife in on behalf of everyone here, welcome. Thank you for coming. Congratulations on here braving the weather to get your weather. What a great day to have a book about the weather, isnt it if you have been following the weather and who doesnt these days you will have noticed, at least two things. First, that it is getting weirder and wilder with bigger storms, hotter and more freezing temperatures, greater extremes then seemingly of all times of the year. Second, forecasters are Getting Better at predicting what is about to hit us. They still dont get it right one 100 of the time, of course, but their accuracy is definitely improved and so has the timeliness of their reports. In fact, these days we are aware not
Women seeking the presidency of the United States and what inspires them to serve the American People. Our guest this morning is new york senator Kirsten Gillibrand. In 2006 she captured the attention of the political establishment winning an upset victory in the race to represent new yorks 20th congressional district. Just three years later she was appointed to the fill the senate seat of one of her mentors, former secretary of state hillary clinton. Now in her second full term, shes working on behalf of women. Paid family leave, reducing Maternal Mortality and spoken out against Sexual Harassment and assault including in congress. Today well hear more about these efforts and senator gillibrands other priorities such as medicare for all, gun control and immigration policy and share with us thoughts about her Campaign Including her strategy for making it onto the democratic stage in houston next month. Please join me in welcoming senator Kirsten Gillibrand and the Washington Posts bob
And wilder with bigger storms, hotter and more freezing temperatures and greater extremes at seemingly all times of the year. And second, that forecasters are Getting Better at predicting whats about to hit us. They still dont get it right 100 of the time, of course, but their act rahs is city has definitely accuracy has definitely improved and so has the timelessness of their reports. In fact, these days were aware not only of one weather model, but of multiple ones simulating the future space of the atmosphere. Theres a north american model, the european model, the global one and a number of others, and theyre forecasting not todays weather or tomorrows, but weather over the next ten days and beyond. Andrew blum got interested in this stuff. He wasnt satisfied with the past explanations that attributed the advances in weather science simply to faster supercomputer ands better satellites. Andrews a journalist with a knack for making complex systems accessible as he did in his previous