On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we are joined by CGAI-fellow Heidi Tworek to discuss bots, trolls, and other malicious interference aimed at subverting our democratic process.  

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Bios:

- Colin Robertson (host) - A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

- Heidi Tworek - Heidi Tworek is an Assistant Professor of International History at the University of British Columbia, a visiting fellow at the Joint Center for History and Economics at Harvard University, a non-resident fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and a Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Related Links:

- "Communications and the Integrity of Elections" [CGAI Policy Perspective] (https://www.cgai.ca/communications_and_the_integrity_of_elections)

- "Fake News & The Rise of Information Warfare: A Discussion with Dr. Heidi Tworek”

[CGAI Podcast] (https://www.cgai.ca/podcastjune112018)

Recommended Books:

Heidi Tworek – “The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes” by David Robson (https://www.amazon.ca/Intelligence-Trap-Smart-People-Mistakes/dp/0393651428)

Heidi Tworek’s new book, “News from Germany: The Competition to Control World Communications, 1900–1945” is now available! (https://www.amazon.ca/News-Germany-Competition-Communications-1900-1945/dp/067498840X)

Read the review: http://www.history.ubc.ca/content/professor-heidi-tworek%E2%80%99s-book-%E2%80%9Cnews-germany-competition-control-world-communications-1900

Recording Date: October 8, 2019

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Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.