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Welcome to the FIC podcast series produced by the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC). The FIC was established to identify proceeds of crime, combat money laundering, and the financing of terrorism.
The podcast consists of interviews with subject-matter experts and other information to help inform and educate South African businesses and individuals about the work of the FIC and its efforts to prevent, detect and disrupt financial crime.
Topics covered do not relieve the listener from the responsibility to exercise their own skill and care in relation to the users’ legal obligations. -
When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he became the first African American to hold the office. The framers of the Constitution always hoped that our leadership would not be limited to Americans of wealth or family connections. Subject to the prejudices of their time—many of them owned slaves—most would not have foreseen an African American president. Obama’s father, Barack Sr., a Kenyan economist, met his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, when both were students in Hawaii, where Barack was born on August 4, 1961. They later divorced, and Barack’s mother married a man from Indonesia, where he spent his early childhood. Before fifth grade, he returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents and attend Punahou School on scholarship.In his memoir Dreams from My Father (1995), Obama describes the complexities of discovering his identity in adolescence. After two years at Occidental College in Los Angeles, he transferred to Columbia University, where he studied political science and international relations. Following graduation in 1983, Obama worked in New York City, then became a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago, coordinating with churches to improve housing conditions and set up job-training programs in a community hit hard by steel mill closures. In 1988, he went to Harvard Law School, where he attracted national attention as the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. Returning to Chicago, he joined a small law firm specializing in civil rights.In 1992, Obama married Michelle Robinson, a lawyer who had also excelled at Harvard Law. Their daughters, Malia and Sasha, were born in 1998 and 2001, respectively. Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996, and then to the U.S. Senate in 2004. At the Democratic National Convention that summer, he delivered a much acclaimed keynote address. Some pundits instantly pronounced him a future president, but most did not expect it to happen for some time. Nevertheless, in 2008 he was elected over Arizona Senator John McCain by 365 to 173 electoral votes.As an incoming president, Obama faced many challenges—an economic collapse, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the continuing menace of terrorism. Inaugurated before an estimated crowd of 1.8 million people, Obama proposed unprecedented federal spending to revive the economy and also hoped to renew America’s stature in the world. During his first term he signed three signature bills: an omnibus bill to stimulate the economy, legislation making health care more accessible and affordable, and legislation reforming the nation’s financial institutions. Obama also pressed for a fair pay act for women, financial reform legislation, and efforts for consumer protection. In 2009, Obama became the fourth president to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.In 2012, he was reelected over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney by 332 to 206 electoral votes. The Middle East remained a key foreign policy challenge. Obama had overseen the killing of Osama bin Laden, but a new self-proclaimed Islamic State arose during a civil war in Syria and began inciting terrorist attacks. Obama sought to manage a hostile Iran with a treaty that hindered its development of nuclear weapons. The Obama administration also adopted a climate change agreement signed by 195 nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming.In the last year of his second term, Obama spoke at two events that clearly moved him—the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, and the dedication of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. “Our union is not yet perfect, but we are getting closer,” he said in Selma. “And that’s why we celebrate,” he told those attending the museum opening in Washington, “mindful that our work is not yet done.”
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Each week, Sam and Tom take a look at an aspect of politics in the UK through the lens of the Conservative party. Tracking the changes in the party, politics and news in the UK since they first got involved nearly a decade ago, they use their own experience to shed light on what is happening in politics and the Conservative party today.
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This podcast is a package of ten one-hour episodes (seven in English and three in French) with eminent experts having multifaceted backgrounds in the private and public healthcare sectors in the U.S., Canada, and France.
It aims at answering the following questions regarding global health, in their respective areas of expertise and based on their vast experience: What is the status? What are the trends? What are the challenges? Would you please give a few examples of projects that were successful or failed,explaining why? What are some solutions, in particular, what could be scaled?
It was created and is moderated by Yann A. Meunier, MD, Global Health Expert based in Silicon Valley, California and former Director of International Corporate Affairs and Business Development for Stanford Hospital and Clinics. -
Enron was truly a Trial of the Century. It had everything; massive egos, bigger than life lawyers and a massive fraud. On this special series from the Compliance Podcast Network, Tom fox is joined by Loren Steffy who was a business journalist while it was all happening. Tune in for his reflections and new insights on the first Trial of the Century for the 21st Century.
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Are you ready to understand your calling, live a courageous faith and understand God's promises for your life? Stephanie Bryant will share how you can have an exciting faith instead of a religious lifestyle, while you follow Jesus to the promised land He has prepared for you. Stephanie will journey with you while she shares Godly insight, wisdom and truths God has taught her regarding how to follow Jesus on your faith adventure.
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Politics isnโt always black and white. Dr. Bill Muck and Dr. Phil Barker, professors of political science and longtime friends, talk through the weekโs news and discuss how political science might help make sense of things. In The Politics Lab, we put politics under the microscope.
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Capital punishment, that is punishment from the state for committing a particular crime.
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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote their Manifesto in December 1847, as a guide to the fundamental principles and practices of Communists. The Manifesto also predicted the ultimate downfall of the capitalist system. A must listen for students of political science & history.
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Are we liberal?
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An open discussion about the limits and repercussions of speech.
