Ascend Radio: Recent Episodes
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Ascend Radio lives at the nexus of regulation, licensing, and digital government. We share news, insight, and exclusive commentary from leaders in regulation and technology. Presented on behalf of Ascend Magazine.
In this episode of Ascend Live, host Harry Cayton interviews Sue Smith, who shares insights about the new Regulated Health Professions Act in Nova Scotia and the movement towards multi-occupation regulators.
In this insightful episode of Ascend Live, host Harry Cayton engages in a thought-provoking discussion with Deanna L. Williams, a former Registrar, Ontario College of Pharmacists in professional regulation, accountability, and governance. The conversation delves deep into the intricate landscape of regulation in Canada and beyond, shedding light on the challenges faced by regulatory boards and the evolving expectations of the public.
In this episode of Ascend Radio, host Harry Cayton sits down with Professor Lorraine Daston to explore the intricate world of regulation and rulemaking. The dialogue spans various topics, beginning with risk assessment and mitigation. The speakers debate whether regulation should strive for excellence beyond risk mitigation, with Daston proposing defining excellence by desired outcomes. The discussion extends to compliance measures, institutional friction, and the distinction between thick and thin rules, delving into historical context and real-world implementation challenges faced by regulators.
In this insightful episode of Ascend Live, host Rick Borges welcomes guest Ginny Hanrahan for an in-depth discussion on the complexities and nuances involved in recognizing international qualifications and enabling mobility for professionals across borders. The main topics covered in the episode include the processes and time frames for application reviews, the potential barriers such as language proficiency and documentation challenges—especially for refugees—and the role of mutual recognition agreements in facilitating professional practice in different countries.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Jordan and Paul discuss the Supreme Court's recent review of "Chevron deference," Governor Spencer Cox's efforts to streamline behavioral health worker licensing in Utah, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit one-on-one interview with NASCIO Executive Director Doug Robinson on Jan. 29 at 1 p.m. EST. We’ll be discussing NASCIO’s top 10 priorities for 2024 and taking listener questions.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Jordan and Paul discuss new considerations from NASCIO for states looking to implement AI, buy-now-pay-later licensing in New York, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Jordan and Paul discuss efforts to regulate funeral home workers in Colorado, moves to license legal paraprofessionals to provide services to low-income residents in Texas, and more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul explore the biggest trends in regulatory news over the past year, including licensing reform, interstate compacts, alternative pathways to licensure, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
In this episode of Ascend Radio, Ascend Editor in Chief Paul Leavoy welcomes leaders from Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin’s licensing agencies to discuss the year that was, the year ahead, and interagency collaboration.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss NASCIO’s top 10 priorities for 2024, the potential of AI to create productivity gains for governments worldwide, Mississippi’s review of professional licensing, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss calls from the health care industry for AI regulation, efforts to ease licensing burdens in Florida for applicants with nonviolent convictions, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Jordan discuss efforts to establish a licensing regime for massage therapists in Kansas, moves to cut red tape in public health and education in Michigan, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss recommendations in Georgia for a state-run employment portal modeled after Indeed, moves to ban employers in Ontario from requiring Canadian work experience in job listings, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
In this episode of Ascend Radio, Denis Murphy, Chief Administrative Officer at the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE), sits down with Paul Leavoy to talk about the work of regulatory boards and commissions.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss new "red tape rollback" measures proposed by Georgia's lieutenant governor, research showing potential weaknesses in elementary school teacher licensing exams throughout the U.S., and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Jordan and Paul discuss new licensing rules in New York City that allowed actor Daniel Radcliffe to auction off a signed stage prop, a program in New Brunswick that could help improve pathways to licensure for internationally trained doctors, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
In this episode of Ascend Radio, Jimi Bush, Director of Quality and Engagement at the Washington Medical Commission, discusses her work at the agency and its efforts in using data analytics to drive meaningful regulatory action.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss new WHO guidelines on AI regulation in the health care field, moves in California to regulate crypto businesses, and more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss efforts to address workforce shortages in Wisconsin, calls for funeral home worker regulation in Colorado following the discovery of 115 improperly stored bodies, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss highlights from NASCIO's 2023 Annual Conference, efforts to adopt the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact in Massachusetts, a new emergency response system in Utah County, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Jordan and Paul discuss a new report from NASCIO on how automation and AI can help state governments bolster their IT resilience, legislation in Florida that would enter the state into the Social Work Licensure Compact, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
In this episode of Ascend Radio, David Benton, CEO of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), reflects on his impending retirement, his eight years of work with the organization, its value to the field of nursing in the U.S. and abroad, and much more.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss proposals in Nebraska to enter the state into three new licensing compacts, a report from NASCIO reflecting on accomplishments and challenges in the world of digital government, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss efforts to relax teacher licensing exam rules in Kansas, calls from major sports leagues to move ahead with expanding Quebec's betting system, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Jordan discuss a review commission's recommendations to address Virginia's teacher shortage, suggestions from U.K. architecture leaders to do away with educational requirements, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss a public hearing on large-scale deregulation measures in Iowa, calls to relax education requirements for CPAs, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
On this episode of Ascend Radio, Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) Secretary Dan Hereth sits down with Paul Leavoy to discuss his agency's digital transformation journey, strategies regulators can take when trying to deploy new technologies, and much more.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Jordan and Paul discuss two new laws that could help to tackle workforce shortages in Missouri, a federal investigation into pilots who may have falsified medical records, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss Pennsylvania's impending partial implementation of the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), a new data sharing arrangement between Wisconsin and Michigan that could speed up license approvals in both states, and more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss new regulations regarding the use and provision of generative AI services in China, efforts from the U.S. federal government to harmonize cybersecurity regulations at the federal, state, and local levels, and more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss new legislation passed in Wisconsin amidst criticism over a statewide licensing backlog, Utah's new licensure pathways for immigrants credentialed outside the U.S., and more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss pushback from nursing leaders over the elimination of continuing education requirements in Montana, Missouri's recent enactment of three new interstate licensing compacts, and more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
On this episode of Ascend Radio, Manchester Business School professor Kieran Walshe sits down with Paul Leavoy to discuss the crucial role of research in effective regulation.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Jordan discuss a move from Big Tech companies to pursue self-regulation as more advanced AI models continue to develop, efforts from Indiana lawmakers to assess state policies at regulatory agencies, and more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss Washington's enactment of the Nurse Licensure Compact and its new reporting requirements for hospitals, North Carolina's move to simplify the licensing process for military personnel seeking to become educators, and more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss efforts from the NL government to allow out-of-province licensed psychiatric nurses to work in the province, new regulations for digital asset services in Texas and Louisiana, and more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss the end of a six-month freeze on new regulations in Nevada, legislation that would enter Missouri into two new interstate compacts, and more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
On this episode of Ascend Radio, University of Toronto researcher Zubin Austin joins Paul Leavoy to discuss how regulators can better support and engage health care workers through regulatory approaches that center kindness, empathy, understanding, and connection.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss Nevada's creation of the U.S.'s first-ever earned wage access (EWA) state licensing regime, new cybersecurity education opportunities for police officers in Texas, and more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss the expansion of sports gambling opportunities in North Carolina, calls for regulation in the world of deep sea tourism following the OceanGate disaster, and much more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss a proposal from artificial intelligence executives for a global AI watchdog body, a controversial new bill in Pennsylvania that would create a statewide licensing regime for plumbers, and much more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
Paul Leavoy's conversation with Cary Coglianese concludes with a discussion of regulation’s role in addressing climate change and managing new technologies like AI, how regulators can better communicate their successes in a media environment that focuses on negative headlines, and more.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss the early stages of a possible large-scale crackdown on the U.S.'s crypto industry, a new law in Colorado intended to protect licensees from penalization over marijuana-related activity, and much more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
On this episode of Ascend Radio, Cary Coglianese, current director of the Penn Program on Regulation, sits down with Ascend Editor-in-Chief Paul Leavoy to discuss regulating in the era of misinformation, the efficacy of public engagement and performance metrics, and much more.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss the passage of the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact in Florida, new efforts in Michigan to license hunting and fishing guides, a bipartisan bill that would legalize marijuana in Ohio, and much more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss Ontario's removal of Canadian work experience requirements for foreign-trained engineers, the push for online gaming regulation in Quebec, new legislation that would tighten licensing restrictions for assistant physicians in Missouri, and more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss professional licensing reform in Georgia, calls for AI regulation in the U.S., a recent influx of nursing applicants in Nova Scotia, and much more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Sarah and Paul discuss a new report outlining recommendations to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce in the public sector, an ongoing effort from GOP lawmakers to establish reciprocal licensing standards in Wisconsin, and much more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.This week, Paul discusses telehealth licensure in New Jersey during COVID-19, a recent flood of international nursing applicants in Alberta, a new survey from the Center for Digital Government (CDG) on digital transformation, and much more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
On this episode of Ascend Radio, Thomas Custers, Dan Faulkner, and Lynsay Nair sit down with Ascend Editor-in-Chief Paul Leavoy to discuss Ontario's College Performance Measurement Framework (CPMF) and how it helps government officials qualitatively and quantitatively track the efficacy of regulatory agencies over time.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte's sweeping deregulation initiative, new moves toward licensing midwifery in Nevada, professional mobility efforts in Florida and Kansas, and much more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss regulation of psychedelics in Colorado, the fight against human trafficking in the massage industry, new pathways to teacher licensure in West Virginia, and much more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss the opening of Utah's Policy Innovation Lab, new bills from the Washington legislature that may address nursing shortages in the state, and much more.To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
On this episode of Ascend Radio, Rick Borges, Director of Strategy at the U.K.'s Financial Services Culture Boards (FSCB), joins Paul Leavoy to discuss whether regulation could have stopped the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, company culture in the financial sector, the three lines of defense against risk in banking, and much more.
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss bipartisan opposition to a sweeping deregulation bill in New Hampshire, international calls for increased investigation into OpenAI's ChatGPT software, concerns over license application processing times in Pennsylvania, and much more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact and its adoption in Utah, new pathways for nurse licensure in Nova Scotia, the perhaps surprising prevalence of occupational licensing in Arkansas, and much more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss the push for standards to practice medicine in space, New Hampshire's sweeping deregulation bill, Iowa's new teacher licensure pathways, and much more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss how regulators are clamping down on fake nursing diplomas, Pennsylvania's moves to address teacher shortages, Nova Scotia's efforts to attract U.S. doctors, and more.
To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit
On this episode of Ascend Radio, lawyer and cryptocurrency expert Sean Gillis, who leads a Florida-based legal and consulting firm focused on GovTech and regulation, joins Paul Leavoy to talk about why the current approach of regulation by enforcement is failing both the crypto industry and consumers, and what a better framework might look like.
On this episode of Ascend Radio, lawyer and cryptocurrency expert Sean Gillis, who leads a Florida-based legal and consulting firm focused on GovTech and regulation, joins Paul Leavoy to talk about why the current approach of regulation by enforcement is failing both the crypto industry and consumers, and what a better framework might look like.
On this episode of the Ascend Radio podcast, Margaret Busse and Jeff Shumway join host Paul Leavoy to discuss Utah’s systematic approach to occupational licensing reform, the work of the state’s newly created Office of Professional Licensure Review, and much more.
In this episode of Ascend Radio, David Benton, CEO of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), talks tech in health care regulation, next-gen NCLEX exams, regulating support workers, and much more.
In this episode of Ascend Radio, we talk to Bailey Crotty, Deputy Director of the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission (OREC), about her agency’s digital transformation and the unique challenges real estate regulators face in their day-to-day work.
In the latest episode of Ascend Radio, we talk to Martin Fletcher, CEO of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra), about large-scale regulatory reform, professional mobility, data use in the public sector, and much more.
In our latest Ascend Radio podcast, we talk to Marie Bismark, a doctor, lawyer, and researcher who focuses on the intersection between patient safety, medical regulation, and professional well-being of health practitioners, to find out more about how regulators can better ensure patients are in safe hands.
We’ve seen machine learning revolutionize sectors such as law, health care, and education, but regulation has been comparatively slow to follow. So how can regulators embrace AI to improve their regulatory decision making? And what should the future of AI in regulation look like? Anna van der Gaag, a visiting professor of ethics and regulation […]
Few regulatory leaders have left their mark on regulation like Harry Cayton. He’s sought after the world round for his analysis, insight, and recommendations on regulatory practices. In this Ascend Radio podcast, Cayton discusses topics ranging fairness, equality, diversity, the regulatory challenges of the pandemic, and moral duty in the context of regulation.