From the World Government Summit in Dubai

This is a special episode of the podcast, recorded live from the World Government Summit in Dubai.

This is a conference dedicated to ideas and technologies to make government work more effectively.  It's sort of a cross between TED talks and Davos. You have people like Neil deGrasse Tyson discussing government's role in science research, fancy presentations of drone technologies, and virtual reality stations. But you also have UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson discussing the Sustainable Development Goals and international superstars like Mary Robinson and Mohammad Yunus keeping it real by maintaining a focus on harnessing these technologies and ideas in service of humanity at large.

It's been an interesting few days, and I have two interviews from the summit for you, which reflect the dual tracks of this conference.

First up is Princess Sarah Zeid, who is a long time UN employee and humanitarian worker. (Her spouse is the Jordanian diplomat and royal and current UN High Commission…