http://www.c-span.org/XML/podcast/com_feed.xml C-SPAN "The Communicators" is C-SPAN's new weekly series featuring a half-hour interview with the people who shape our digital future. The Communicators airs Saturdays on C-SPAN at 6:30pm ET and Monday on C-SPAN2 at 8am and 8pm ET. "The Communicators" is C-SPAN's new weekly series featuring a half-hour interview with the people who shape our digital future. The Communicators airs Saturdays on C-SPAN at 6:30pm ET and Monday on C-SPAN2 at 8am and 8pm ET. http://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ en-us Copyright 2012, National Cable Satellite Corporation News & Politics Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:00:00 Est Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:00:00 Est online@c-span.org 139277919 http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg http://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com051813.mp3 This week The Communicators airs a visit to a technology fair on Capitol Hill sponsored by CEA, the Consumer Electronics Association. 00:29:31 C-SPAN, The Communicators, telecommunications, Consumer Electronics Association, tech devices, Congress, CES on the Hill http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 18 MAY 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com051113.mp3 The Communicators visits a technology fair on Capitol Hill sponsored by CEA, the Consumer Electronics Association. We talk with several technology companies that showed off their new tech devices to members of Congress and their staffs. 00:27:52 C-SPAN, The Communicators, telecommunications, Consumer Electronics Association, tech devices, Congress, CES on the Hill http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 11 MAY 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com050413.mp3 Blair Levin, head of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Broadband Opportunities Initiative, and Justin Lilley, President of TeleMedia Policy Corporation, look at issues facing the FCC as the commission is experiencing a membership turnover. 00:30:15 C-SPAN, The Communicators, Blair Levin, Federal Communications Commission, FCC, Broadband Opportunities Initiative, Justin Lilley, TeleMedia Policy Corporation http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 04 MAY 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com042713.mp3 Deborah Piscione, Author of "Secrets of Silicon Valley" talks about what makes Silicon Valley tick and why she thinks it is the capitol of innovation. 00:28:53 C-SPAN, The Communicators, Deborah Piscione, "Secrets of Silicon Valley", technology, telecommunications http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 27 APR 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com042013.mp3 Tom Kuhn, Edison Electric Institute President; Peter Dumont, Air Traffic Control Association President and CEO; and Greg Garcia, Adviser to the Financial Services - Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), discuss cyber security issues. 00:30:03 C-SPAN, The Communicators, Tom Kuhn, Edison Electric Institute, Peter Dumont, Air Traffic Control Association, Greg Garcia, Information Sharing and Analysis Center, cyber security http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 20 APR 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com041313.mp3 Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform President, and Laura Murphy, American Civil Liberties Union Washington Legislative Office Director, discuss the progress of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act in Congress. 00:26:58 C-SPAN, The Communicators, Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform President, Laura Murphy, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington Legislative Office Director, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Congress, FCC, regulation, broadband, Internet, access http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 13 APR 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com040613.mp3 Robert Litan and Hal Singer, co-authors of "The Need for Speed," discuss their book promoting less regulation and more competition for broadband development in the U.S. 00:26:20 C-SPAN, The Communicators, Robert Litan, Hal Singer, "The Need for Speed", FCC, regulation, broadband, Internet, access http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 06 APR 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com033013.mp3 This week on the Communicators, Patrick Butler, Association of Public Television Stations President and CEO talks about how public television officials view federal spending cutbacks and the future of public television. 00:28:21 C-SPAN, The Communicators, President and CEO Patrick Butler, Association of Public Television Stations, PBS, sequester, federal funds, future of PBS http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 30 MAR 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com032313.mp3 Robert McDowell, Federal Communications Commission Commissioner (R) discusses telecommunications issues, which include spectrum auctions due in 2014, internet freedom, and the FCC's recent approval of a deal to merge T-Mobile and MetroPCS. 00:28:50 C-SPAN, The Communicators, Robert McDowell, Federal Communications Commission Commissioner, FCC, telecommunications, spectrum auction, Internet freedom, T-Mobile MetroPCS merger http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 23 MAR 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com031613.mp3 This weekend The Communicators airs the last in a series of interviews taped at the CES International 2013, a show sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association in Las Vegas. 00:28:05 C-SPAN, The Communicators, CES International 2013, Consumer Electronics Association, Las Vegas, Makerbot http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 16 MAR 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com030913.mp3 This week on the Communicators, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) discuss President Obama’s Feb. 14 cybersecurity executive order and cybersecurity legislation in Congress. 00:28:27 C-SPAN, The Communicators, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), President Obama, cybersecurity executive order, legislation, Congress http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 09 MAR 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com030313.mp3 The Communicators airs the sixth in a series of interviews taped at the CES International, a show sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association in Las Vegas. We tour the fair with Troy Wolverton, a technology columnist with a leading newspaper in Silicon Valley, the San Jose Mercury News, and also talk about technology developments with him. 00:30:03 C-SPAN, The Communicators, CES International, Consumer Electronics Association, Las Vegas, Troy Wolverton, technology columnist, Silicon Valley, San Jose Mercury News, technology developments http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 02 MAR 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com022313.mp3 This week on the Communicators, Michael Daniel, Special Assistant to the President and White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. He discusses the President’s cybersecurity order issued last week (on Feb. 12), the mushrooming of cyberattacks and hacking overall, as well reports of an increasing number of cyberattacks on the U.S. from China. 00:28:41 C-SPAN, The Communicators, telecommunications, Michael Daniel, Special Assistant to the President, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, cyberattacks, hacking, China http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 23 FEB 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com021613.mp3 The Communicators airs the fifth in a series of interviews taped at CES International, a show sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association in Las Vegas. Phil McKinney, the new President and CEO of CableLabs, discusses how he would like to guide Cable Labs. The CableLabs serve as the cable industry’s R&D division. Charla Rath, Vice President for wireless policy development at Verizon, discusses the crunch in spectrum over the next several years as more people use a widening array of mobile devices outside their homes. 00:30:43 C-SPAN, The Communicators, telecommunications, Consumer Electronics Association, Phil McKinney, President, CEO, CableLabs, R&D division, Charla Rath, Vice President, Verizon, mobile devices, spectrum http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 16 FEB 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com020913.mp3 The Communicators airs the fourth segment in a series of interviews taped at CES International, a show sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association in Las Vegas. This week we speak with David Steel, Executive Vice President for Strategy, Samsung Electronics North America, who discusses the expanding American consumer market for technology, the future of television and the latest developments in the technology market. 00:25:20 C-SPAN, The Communicators, telecommunications, Consumer Electronics Association, David Steel, Executive Vice President for Strategy, Samsung Electronics North America, television, technology market http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 09 FEB 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com020213.mp3 This weekend, The Communicators airs the third segment in a series of interviews taped at CES International, a show sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association in Las Vegas. The Communicators spoke with technology industry leaders, policymakers, and with innovators showing technology products set to be unveiled this year. 00:29:42 C-SPAN, The Communicators, telecommunications, Consumer Electronics Association, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Tom Davis, Deloitte Consulting, Joseph Taylor, Panasonic Corporation of North America http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 02 FEB 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com012613.mp3 This weekend The Communicators airs the second in a series of interviews taped at CES International, a show sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association from two weeks ago in Las Vegas. The interviews highlight some of the newest developments in TV, communications and consumer technology, as well as policy issues flowing from them. 00:34:22 C-SPAN, The Communicators, telecommunications, Consumer Electronics Association, Ron Andrews, Medical Sciences, President of Life Technologies, Andrews Thompson, President & CEO, Proteus Digital Health http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 26 JAN 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com011913.mp3 This week, interviews with the Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association; Ajit Pai, an FCC Commissioner; and a look at one of most popular booths at the show, MakerBot, a 3-D printing company that has printed (or replicated) prosthetic fingers for someone in Africa, among other things. 00:28:38 C-SPAN, The Communicators, telecommunications, Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association, Ajit Pai, FCC Commissioner, MakerBot, 3-D printing company, tech issues, 2013 http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 19 JAN 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com011213.mp3 This week on the Communicators, former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt and his former chief of staff, Blair Levin, talk about their new book, "The Politics of Abundance: How Technology Can Fix the Budget, Revive the American Dream, and Establish Obama's Legacy." 00:30:05 C-SPAN, The Communicators, telecommunications, former FCC Chairman, Reed Hundt, Blair Levin, "The Politics of Abundance: How Technology Can Fix the Budget, Revive the American Dream, and Establish Obama's Legacy", cybersecurity, networks, broadband, tech issues, 2013 http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 12 JAN 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com010513.mp3 This week on The Communicators, Eliza Krigman, Politico Technology Reporter; Gautham Nagesh, Congressional Quarterly Editor; and Brendan Sasso, Technology Reporter for The Hill discuss major technology and telecommunications issues expected to be debated in 2013. 00:27:25 C-SPAN, The Communicators, telecommunications, Eliza Krigman, Politico Technology, Gautham Nagesh, Congressional Quarterly, Brendan Sasso, Technology Reporter, The Hill, cybersecurity, networks, broadband, tech issues, 2013 http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 05 JAN 2013 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com122912.mp3 This week on The Communicators, New York Times Investigative Reporter, James Glanz, on the data centers that keep and process Google inquiries, Amazon purchases and bank inquiries, and many of our internet transactions – what these data centers are, where they are, the problems they create and questions raised about how to manage them. 00:27:22 C-SPAN, The Communicators, telecommunications, James Glanz, NY Times Investigative Reporter, data centers, Google, Amazon, banks, cybersecurity, networks, broadband http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 29 DEC 2012 18:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/com122212.mp3 This week on The Communicators, Andrew Blum, Author of "Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet." The ‘Wired’ magazine writer describes what the Internet is. He visits the places that make the Internet what it is – the networks, data warehouses, the undersea cables and describes how they all fit into a system that connects us through the Internet. 00:28:09 C-SPAN, The Communicators, telecommunications, Andrew Blum, Author, "Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet", Wired magazine, cyber space, ARPA, networks, broadband http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SAT, 22 DEC 2012 18:30:00 EST