Pioneering research is showing that brain trauma is pervasive in cases of domestic violence against women. Depression, anxiety, memory loss, disorientation, and sleep problems are all potential symptoms of someone who has experienced a traumatic brain injury. Recognising and treating brain injuries is key to help survivors of domestic violence. In the second episode of the OECD podcast series “Truth Hurts” Eve Valera, Associate Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School shares with Monika Queisser her research on brain trauma and women who have survived domestic abuse and why it is so important to raise awareness with policy makers, women’s shelters, and first-responders.

Guest: Eve Valera

Host: Monika Queisser

Producer: Samia Basille

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In April 2021, the European Union unveiled a proposal for unprecedented regulations on the use of AI technologies — with implications for companies, governments, and citizens alike. The tide seems to be shifting, with private companies facing increasing scrutiny. We will hear how regulation can promote innovation, and how citizens can be brought into the discussion.

This episode is the second in a series on artificial intelligence, brought to you by the OECD’s Global Parliamentary Network and the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA).

Guests: Deirdre Clune, Lina Galvez Munoz, Andrea Renda

Host: Karina Piser

Producer: Samia Basille

To learn more about the EU Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology’s work on AI, go to: www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/en/home/highlights

To learn more about the OECD’s work on AI, go to: oecd.ai

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Promoting economic and social progress throughout the world has been the aim of the OECD since it opened in September 1961. One member country that has embodied this goal since the outset is Ireland. Its strong economic performances, the quality of life and its appeal to global investors are just some illustrations of this.

So, as we build the post-pandemic world, what lessons can we draw from Ireland? For instance, is globalisation a problem or the solution?

In March, to help mark the organisation’s 60th anniversary and also to mark another global celebration, Saint Patrick’s Day, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and Ireland’s Finance Minister Paschal Donohue sat down with Harvard economist Megan Greene to discuss such questions. This OECD Podcast presents the highlights of their online conversation, and includes insights on ongoing talks about digital tax in an integrated world. The event was introduced by Ambassador Dermot Nolan, Ireland’s permanent representative to the OECD.

Host & editor: Rory Clarke

Executive Producer: Robin Allison Davis

Editor: Samia Basille

Artificial Intelligence is everywhere you look, from mapping our route to targeting advertisements. But how can we maintain agency and ensure AI is trustworthy when it is developing so much faster than policy? What role should the European Parliament and national governments play to regulate these technologies, and what value would international cooperation bring?

We’ll answer these questions with Eva Kaili, Greek MEP and Chair of the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology; Anthony Gooch, Director of the OECD’s Public Affairs and Communications Directorate and chair of the Global Parliamentary Network; Jeremias Prassl, AI expert and Deputy Director of the Institute of European and Comparative Law in the University of Oxford; and Kate Crawford, AI scholar and author of the book “The Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence”.

This podcast is first in a series on artificial intelligence, brought to you by the OECD’s Global Parliamentary Network and the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology, also known as STOA.

Guests: Eva Kaili, Anthony Gooch, Jeremias Prassl, Kate Crawford

Host: Robin Allison Davis

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Violence against women is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in the world. More than one in three women worldwide say they experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. The pandemic has made things worse: confinement trapped millions of women around the world at home with their abusers. In the first episode of the OECD podcast series “Truth Hurts” Charlotte Kneer, CEO of Reigate and Barnstead Women’s Aid, tells Monika Queisser how her personal experience with intimate partner violence brought her to running shelters, why it can be so difficult to leave an abusive relationship, and what governments must do to prevent domestic violence against women and offer better support for survivors.

Guest: Charlotte Kneer, Charlotte Kneer, CEO of Reigate and Barnstead Women’s Aid

Host: Monika Queisser

Producer: Samia Basille

To learn more about the OECD’s work on violence against women, please go to www.oecd.org/gender.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has not affected everyone equally, and people of colour have paid a particularly high price, whether in terms of lives lost among vulnerable frontline workers or higher unemployment and economic hardship, or even by being left out of vaccine rollouts. The coronavirus crisis has exposed the need to step up the fight against racism and discrimination, spurred on by global protests and campaigns such as Black Lives Matter, and the OECD is urging policymakers to make sure everyone gets their fair share in the economic recovery phase. Valerie Wilson, Director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy in the United States, spoke with Robin Davis about what must be done to put an end to these racial injustices once and for all.

Guest: Valerie Wilson, Director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy

Host: Robin Allison Davis

Production Team: Samia Basille, Editor; Rory Clarke

To learn more on the OECD's work on inequality, go to: www.oecd.org/WISE To learn more on the OECD's work on the Covid-19 pandemic, go to: www.oecd.org/coronavirus

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International Women's Day on 8 March is particularly important this year, as COVID-19 threatens decades of progress towards gender equality. In this tale of two different cities, and in association with the OECD Champion Mayors initiative, Karina Piser talks to Mayor Lisa Helps of Victoria, British Columbia in Canada, and Diana Rodriguez Franco, the Secretary of Women's Issues in Bogotá, Colombia, about the challenges they face, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and the progress they have made in the fight against discrimination. They explain how women in leadership make a difference.

To learn more about the OECD's Gender initiative, visit: www.oecd.org/gender

To learn more about the OECD's Champion Mayors initiative, visit: http://www.oecd-inclusive.com/champion-mayors

Host: Karina Piser

Guests: Lisa Helps and Diana Rodriguez Franco

Producer: Samia Basille, Rory Clarke

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Globalisation has brought major benefits for businesses, but at the same time it has enabled large multinational firms to book their profits in countries with low or no tax, rather than where they carry out their business activity. Governments lose out because shifting profits in this way can erode the tax base. Moreover, the digital economy adds to the challenge of working out how much international companies owe in tax and to which countries, in part because digital firms may not have a physical presence in the places they do business in. The OECD, which launched the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative in 2013, has been leading international talks to address these issues, and is aiming towards a landmark agreement on new tax rules in 2021. Grace Perez-Navarro, deputy director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, explains the issues.

To learn more about the OECD's initiatives on tax, visit: https://www.oecd.org/tax

To learn more about the OECD's initiatives on tax, visit: https://www.oecd.org/tax

Host: Rory Clarke

Guest: Grace Perez-Navarro

Producer: Samia Basille

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The Covid-19 vaccine is finally here. Finding the vaccine was the first step, but the Covid-19 pandemic poses many challenges about international cooperation and distributing a vaccine, public confidence, digitalisation in health care and many more. How can we produce enough vaccines to make an impact? How can we ensure that the vaccine is accessible for everyone? And once accessible, does the general public have enough trust in the vaccine to take it?

To learn more on the OECD's work on the Covid-19 pandemic, go to: https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus

Host: Robin Allison Davis

Interviewees:

Mark Pearson, OECD Deputy Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs

Seth Berkeley, CEO, GAVI

Joanne Liu, International Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response

Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary General for Global Communications

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Shoshana Zuboff is the author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: A Fight for a Human Future and the New Frontier of Power. Her book's release is very timely considering the impact of COVID-19. Collection and use of private data have expanded, bringing privacy concerns even further to the fore. What does the digital acceleration in this pandemic mean for our future? Shoshana Zuboff spoke with Anthony Gooch, Director of the OECD's Public Affairs and Communications directorate, for a podcast hosted during OECD's 2020 Forum Virtual Events to mark the OECD's 60th anniversary.

Host: Anthony Gooch

Interviewee: Shoshana Zuboff, author of "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: A Fight for a Human Future and the New Frontier of Power"

Producers: Robin Allison Davis, Samia Basille

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