The Communicators

Robert McDowell and Michael Copps, former commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission, discuss tech issues facing the FCC and the incoming Trump administration.

Audi of America President Scott Keogh discusses his company's role in developing self-driving cars and his concerns about unrealistic consumer expectations due to industry hype.

Technology policy experts Jeffrey Eisenach and Craig Aaron discuss tech priorities of the Clinton and Trump campaigns, and what the tech priorities should be for the next Congress and administration.

The Communicators hosts a conversation on the proposed merger of AT&T and Time Warner. Technology policy experts Scott Wallsten and Harold Feld discuss their opposing views on what the merger would mean for telecommunications.

Cybsersecurity analyst James Lewis, with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, assesses alleged Russian hacking of U.S. officials' emails, possible interference in the general election, and how the U.S. might respond.

The Communicators tours the Mobility Transformation Center at the University of Michigan to see how this test site can help car companies develop wireless technology to allow cars to "talk" to each other and traffic signals, and still ensure safety.

The Communicators goes to Pittsburgh to look at "self-driving" cars. We talk with Raj Rajkumar, one of the nation's key self-driving researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, and take a ride in the autonomous car that the university is developing.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator Mark Rosekind discusses new guidelines for self-driving cars issued last week by NHTSA.

James Cicconi, AT&T's chief lobbyist, talks about changes in telecommunications, the FCC and his belief that it has become politicized, and why he has switched his support from the Republican party to Hillary Clinton in this election cycle.

Lorenzo Vidino, director of the George Washington University Program on Extremism and Middle East Research Institute Vice President Alberto Fernandez discuss how extremists use social media to radicalize and recruit followers.

Author Scott Woolley discusses his book [The Network], which examines the history of telegraph, radio, TV, and satellite airwaves.

University of NOrth Carolina-Chapel Hill professor Daniel Kreiss and author of [Prototype Politics], discusses the use of technology by Republicans and Democrats in campaigns since 2004.

Malcolm Gay, author of [The Brain Electric], describes how neuroscience researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) are working to develop ways for wounded soldiers to use thought to operate prosthetic limbs and computers.

Neema Singh Giulani, legislative counsel at the ACLU and Commonwealth's Attorney Mike Doucette discuss privacy aspects of cell phone tracking and reasons law enforcement consider it a valuable tool.

The Communicators visits Alhurra and Radio Sawa, U.S.-funded TV and radio news networks that broadcast to the Middle East, to speak with producers, a social media editor, and the president of the Middle East Broadcasting Network.