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Alison van Diggelen in conversation with leaders in business, technology and the arts
I can only imagine you share my disgust and horror at what’s going on in Ukraine. It’s heart breaking. This week on Fresh Dialog...
Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Julian Guthrie about her action packed career as a journalist, best selling author and fou...
It was hard to focus on anything else these last two weeks as the Climate Conference took place in my home city of Glasgow. Although the...
This is a timely story about addiction, suffering, and how one tenacious woman found her purpose in life. Everyone I’ve talk...
Hyperbole is overused these days, but when the Financial Times calls someone a superstar, I’m apt to repeat the title, especially if t...
If someone had told you on January 19th that a skinny young woman from L.A. would upstage the inauguration of our new President Joe Biden, d...
I hope you and yours are staying well despite the violent insurrection in Washington DC on January 6th. This week, I want to bring you some...
I hope you and yours are staying well and relatively cheerful through this holiday season. Our family experienced a seismic shock last week...
How are you? I hope you’re managing to keep your head above water these last tumultuous hours and days. This week on Fresh Dialogues, I have...
With less than three weeks until the election, it’s a nerve wracking time here in the United States. Some call it a battle for the soul of t...
I’m excited to share my latest BBC report with you and introduce a remarkable woman who changed the way I see the world. When I he...
Why is Trump accusing China of hacking biotech companies, and threatening to ban TikTok? Smart policy or Red Scare tactics  to dis...
Last week, as demonstrations and outrage continued across America, I received an invitation that made me very nervous: I was invited to join...
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues “Everyone deserves dignity at the end of life,” Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, bereaveme...
___ By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues “Mother Nature is a very powerful educator” and her power has never bee...
___ If you’re stuck at home and thinking: what can I do to help my community? I hope today’s podcast will inspire you. Last week,...
___ This week, Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager, stole the show at the United Nations General Assembly. Thanks to her, climate change is...
Have you ever wondered how venture capitalists in Silicon Valley decide what startups to fund and what ones to skip? I had the opportunity t...
Perhaps you weren’t shocked by the college applications scandal that recently broke in the United States? I must confess, I was deeply upset...
Over 100 Americans die every day from opioid overdose, that’s about 40,000 a year. What can be done to reverse the recent spike in fat...
What makes Madonna the ultimate female bad-ass role model? On the eve of Madonna’s 60th birthday, I was invited to join the BBC’...
With the tragic news of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade’s recent deaths by suicide, the spotlight is on suicide this month. The latest...
This week’s report addresses gun violence in the United States. Many of us have been inspired by the fearless survivors of the Florida High...
Amal Clooney, Emma Gonzales, Rick Steves. These are just a few of the influential people who’re standing up to gun violence since the...
This year, California became the 6th state in the U.S. to make it legal to sell marijuana for recreational use. The BBC World Service asked...
As the flood of #MeToo stories continue to inundate our media with horrific stories of sexual assault and harassment, Alison van Diggelen wa...
Why did Virgin’s Richard Branson decide to invest in Hyperloop One, the futuristic transport system that seeks to shrink journey times...
Are you being heard? Alison van Diggelen reports for the BBC World Service on a project that offers free listening to people in the street....
In San Francisco, the tech community continues to face an angry backlash for pushing out locals, artists and the elderly. Meanwhile, 50 mile...
As dramatic images of the Texas floods pour in, it’s timely to ask: would a tech mindset help cities be more responsive and efficient...
How will future cities deal with our growing transport challenges, and the security and privacy of our data? MIT professor Carlo Ratti explo...
What can Uber and Fox News do to change their hostile work environment for women? And how can organizations create a productive atmosphere w...
Imagine if you could help end homelessness with the click of a button. There’s an app for that! In Silicon Valley, despite the vast affluenc...
Deep learning; geek nostalgia; Google’s Pixel phone; and why seeking ‘uncomfortably exciting’ opportunities can bring succ...
Last night, Donald Trump delivered his first address to Congress. For the first time, Trump actually appeared both presidential and optimist...
Elon Musk continues to make ambitious plans for Tesla Motors, some even call them “ludicrous.” Not content to make a niche produ...
It’s beginning to feel a lot like 1984. Today, some politicians routinely use the term “fake news” to discredit any news t...
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Since Tesla CEO Elon Musk joined the Trump business advisory team in December he’s bee...
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues In the beginning…there was no word from Silicon Valley tech leaders on Donald Trump...
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I recently attended Silicon Valley’s Tech Awards, and despite the inspiring innovators...
Photo: Skyward CEO Jonathan Evans is convinced we’ll see “Jetsons” human-moving drones in 5 to 10 years By Alison van Digg...
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues In 1996, space enthusiast, Peter Diamandis announced the $10 Million XPrize for the first pr...
(Photo: Thanks to Breakthrough Silicon Valley, Nahom Zeratsion (left) got a scholarship for Bellarmine College Preparatory and will be atten...
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues What’s it like to be a black female CEO in Silicon Valley? How should you handle a pow...
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Will the fatal Tesla crash slow or even derail the development of self-driving cars? That wa...
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Instagram recently announced it had reached a big milestone: half a billion users. The BBC a...
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues As the seismic impact of Britains’s vote to leave the European Union rocks the politic...
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues This week, I was delighted to discover that my interview with Solar Impulse pilot and clean...
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Technology has the potential to bring us a mind-blowing world of innovation, from self-drivi...
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Last night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed he’s getting more like Steve Jobs by the minute...