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Dr. John King, president and CEO of The Education Trust, served as the 10th U.S. Secretary of Education, under President Obama. Here's why he says education saved his life -- and why addressing "unfinished learning" is at the heard to the education, opportunity, and equity gaps.

John King: How to Tackle ‘Unfinished Learning’

February 18, 2021 admin Culture, Public Policy

Dr. John King served as the 10th U.S. Secretary of Education, under President Obama. Here’s why he says education saved his life — and why addressing “unfinished learning” is at the heard to the education, opportunity, and equity gaps.

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Sheila Ohlsson Walker, Ph.D.

Sheila Ohlsson Walker, Ph.D.: How to Strive in Stressful Times

June 12, 2020 admin Culture, Science

As protests, police brutality and the ongoing threat of COVID-19 upend notions of safety and unleash deep-seated fury and grief, stress and worry abound. I spoke with Dr. Sheila Ohlsson Walker about the steps we can take to be well and even thrive.

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Is our best hope to stop global warming and save the planet the exact formula that created the mess in the first place? Andrew McAfee argues for capitalism & technology in “More From Less”

Andrew McAfee: Why Capitalism & Technology Will Save the Planet

October 11, 2019 admin Business & Economics, Culture, Public Policy, Science

Is our best hope to stop global warming and save the planet the exact formula that created the mess in the first place? Andrew McAfee argues for capitalism & technology in “More From Less”

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Poniewozik explains how Trump merged with televsion to become president -- and what happened to us: How, as TV & media changed over the last decades, so did we.

James Poniewozik: How the Trump Show Happened

September 27, 2019 admin Culture, Politics

Poniewozik explains how “a volcanic, camera-hogging antihero merged with America’s most powerful medium to become our 45th president.” He also explains what happened to us – how, as TV & media changed over the last decades, so did we. And you might not like what we’ve become.

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Rebecca Traister

Rebecca Traister: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger

October 2, 2018 admin Culture, Public Policy

Rebecca Traister, author of a must-read new book Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger joined me for a discussion on how the role

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importance of leadership

Doris Kearns Goodwin: Leadership in Turbulent Times

September 18, 2018 admin Culture, Public Policy

Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Leadership in Turbulent Times, joined me to discuss presidential leadership in the age of Donald Trump. Subscribe via iTunes or

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Steven Brill: Tailspin — America’s Fifty-Year Fall

June 24, 2018 admin Business & Economics, Culture, Public Policy

Steven Brill, author of Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall — and Those Fighting to Reverse It, joined me to discuss what’s wrong with

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Jennifer Palmieri: Dear Madam President

April 9, 2018 admin Culture, Politics

Jennifer Palmieri, former Hillary Clinton communications director and author of Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World, joined

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Chris Whittle: Reforming Education, Globally

April 2, 2018 admin Culture, Public Policy

It’s impossible to have followed Education for the last 40 years and not know Chris Whittle. He’s a serial education entrepreneur – a “reformer,” as he

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Conversation with Susie Orman Schnall on Work/Life Balance: The Balance Project

June 1, 2015 admin Culture, Public Policy, Uncategorized

Working Capital Conversation: Leading thinkers, practitioners and experts discuss the ideas that drive global business. The challenge of work/life balance continues confound. Employees insist they want

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Working Capital Conversations: The CEO Reputation Premium with Leslie Gaines-Ross, Weber Shandwick

April 21, 2015 admin Business & Economics, Culture, Uncategorized

Working Capital Conversations: Leading thinkers, practitioners and experts discuss the ideas that drive global business. How should a CEO behave? Bold? Maybe. Decisive? Probably. But how

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Retro Report’s Barbara Dury: “McMartin Preschool: Anatomy of a Panic”

March 16, 2014 admin All Conversations, Culture, Uncategorized

Few stories were more disturbing. Systematic child molestation in our nation’s preschools. It started, of course, with the McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, CA in

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