Fresh Dialogues
Alison van Diggelen in conversation with leaders in business, technology and the arts - with a green focus. Martin Sheen, Guy Kawasaki, Charlie Rose, Maureen Dowd, Michael Krasny
- Update frequency
- every 26 days
- Average duration
- 8 minutes
- Episodes
- 93
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2022
BBC Pick of the Week: Interview with Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
This week, I was delighted to discover that my interview with Solar Impulse pilot and clean technology enthusiast, Bertrand Piccard was featured on BBC…
Mon 16 May 2016
BBC Report: How Will Innovators Like Elon Musk Change Your Life?
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
Technology has the potential to bring us a mind-blowing world of innovation, from self-driving cars to re-engineered food, and even colonies on Mars. E…
Wed 06 May 2015
BBC Dialogues: Elon Musk Unveils Tesla Energy. Why Is It Big News?
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
Last night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed he’s getting more like Steve Jobs by the minute. Just as Jobs helped revolutionize the personal computer, music …
Fri 01 May 2015
BBC Report: Elon Musk, Cynthia Breazeal Explain Why Robots Are Coming to your Home
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
Why are robots getting close and personal? Here’s my BBC World Business Report about The Brave New World of autonomous cars and social robots. It aired…
Thu 16 Apr 2015
BBC Dialogues: California’s Drought and Your Lawn
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
As news broke about Gov. Jerry Brown’s mandatory water restrictions in California, I joined Roger Hearing on the BBC’s Business Matters program to disc…
Thu 02 Apr 2015
BBC Report: The Vast Potential of Nobel Prize Blue LEDs
This week, UC Santa Barbara’s Professor Nakamura (and two colleagues in Japan) received the Nobel Prize for Physics. Their big breakthrough? The Holy Grail of material science for many years: Blue LE…
Fri 12 Dec 2014
BBC Report: Tech Women Flock to Silicon Valley “Mecca”
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
Silicon Valley is well known as the global hub of innovative technology. Can four weeks immersed in its unique ecosystem help inspire a new generation …
Tue 25 Nov 2014
BBC Report: China Comes to Silicon Valley
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
Here come China’s tech giants. Last week, Alibaba and China’s Twitter-like Weibo announced massive IPO plans. Today, in Silicon Valley, China is front …
Tue 18 Mar 2014
Green Jobs Advice from Google, SolarCity, San Jose City, VC at Commonwealth Club
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
This month, I moderated a panel of green jobs experts for the Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley. Experts included: Parag Chokshi, Clean Energy Public Af…
Wed 29 Aug 2012
John Robbins: Science of Climate Change Incontrovertible
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
In February, I interviewed author and environmentalist, John Robbins at the Commonwealth Club, in Silicon Valley. Robbins is most famous for his books …
Wed 02 Mar 2011
Batteries 101 – A Venture Capitalist View
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
In this week’s Fresh Dialogues, Mark Platshon, an expert in battery technology with venture capitalists, Vantage Point , provides some Battery Basics.
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Wed 01 Sep 2010
Carl Guardino on AB 32/ Prop 23: We’re not going to sit idly by
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
You’ve no doubt heard about the November ballot measure (Proposition 23) which aims to to scupper California’s landmark climate change legislation, AB …
Wed 25 Aug 2010
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Entrepreneurship
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
June 24 marked the 13th annual SDForum Visionary Awards, a celebration of the innovators and chutzpah that make Silicon Valley unique. Although the fo…
Sun 18 Jul 2010
Guy Kawasaki: On Evangelism
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
Guy Kawasaki, the renowned Apple evangelist shares his top tips on how to become a great evangelist and how to leverage your success. This segment is p…
Tue 13 Jul 2010
Richard Lowenthal: Tesla, Range Anxiety & the Role of Charging Stations
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
On the eve of Tesla’s IPO, Richard Lowenthal of Coulomb Technologies discusses the vital role of charging stations in creating a thriving ecosystem fo…
Mon 28 Jun 2010
Tom Friedman: The Clean Tech Race
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
This week, a report by the Pew Charitable Trust was released, underlining how much the United States is trailing in the clean tech race. Phyllis Cuttin…
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Wed 23 Jun 2010
Novacem: Carbon negative cement
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
This week, we explore the progress of Novacem, the London based “green cement” manufacturer. On April 22nd, 2010, the company received an appropriate E…
Thu 10 Jun 2010
Vinod Khosla: Cleantech Wisdom
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
Vinod Khosla recently announced a new member of his Khosla Ventures team: none other than former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who has been a voc…
Thu 03 Jun 2010
Maureen Dowd: Talks Green
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
This week, we take a look at the Fresh Dialogues archives. Last April, I met with the enchanting Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Maureen Dowd. We had …
Wed 19 May 2010
Jeffrey Toobin: Elena Kagan and Environment
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
Today, President Obama announced his nominee for Supreme Court to replace Justice Stevens. No surprise to Fresh Dialogues readers: it’s Elena Kagan. So…
Mon 10 May 2010
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