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Steve Kornacki: MSNBC Host

January 16, 2014 admin Culture, Politics, Public Policy, Uncategorized

New Jersey Bridgegate is not slowing down. Questions around how and why several George Washington Bridge access lanes were shut last September – questions around

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author: “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism”

December 11, 2013 admin All Conversations, Culture, Public Policy, Uncategorized

A massive and growing gap between rich and poor. A middle class squeeze. Technological shifts driving changes in how people live their lives everyday. Big

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Retro Report’s Karen Sughrue: “Crime and Punishment: Three Strikes and You’re Out”

December 10, 2013 admin All Conversations, Culture, Uncategorized

It used to be simply a baseball a baseball term – Three strikes and your out. But in the early 90s, the phrase took on

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Retro Report’s Bonnie Bertram: “Liebeck v. McDonald’s: The Big Burn”

October 21, 2013 admin All Conversations, Business & Economics, Culture, Public Policy, Uncategorized

It was the poster child for a legal system gone haywire. In 1994, an Albuquerque, NM jury gave $2.9 million dollars to a local grandmother

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Corey Mead: “War Play: Video Games and the Future of Armed Conflict”

October 18, 2013 admin All Conversations, Culture, Public Policy, Technology, Uncategorized

From drones to Tomahawk missiles to Navy SEALs, it’s no exaggeration to say that the U.S. military has a range of incredibly effective weapons at

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Retro Report’s Olsen & Michels: “Richard Jewell: The Wrong Man”

October 8, 2013 admin All Conversations, Culture, Uncategorized

We hear it nearly every time news breaks. The Boston Bombing. Newtown, CT. Even the recent Navy Yard Shootings. Speculation on who did it. Speculation

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Simon Kuper, Financial Times

May 7, 2013 admin All Conversations, Culture, Uncategorized

I’m happy to report that for the first time in months, the biggest monarchy news of the week had nothing to do with Princess Kate’s

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Paul Theroux, Author “The Last Train to Zona Verde”

May 7, 2013 admin All Conversations, Culture, Uncategorized

It’s hardly an exaggeration to say that Paul Theroux is one of the great American writers, with a special – though not exclusive – affinity

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Cameron Stracher, Author of “Kings of the Road”

May 7, 2013 admin All Conversations, Culture, Sports, Uncategorized

The fact that the Boston bombing occurred at a marathon – a celebration of one of America’s most popular participation sports – is not lost

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Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, co-Author “Big Data” & Oxford University Professor

May 7, 2013 admin All Conversations, Culture, Technology, Uncategorized

Of all the changes technology brings to our lives, none may be more significant to what it means to interact in a human society than

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David Rose, MIT Media Lab

May 7, 2013 admin All Conversations, Culture, Science, Technology, Uncategorized

Today more than ever, great, new, innovative ideas come from anywhere. But if you had to name a capital for this place called anywhere, it

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Jonathan Hock, 8-time Emmy Award winning producer, director, writer & editor

May 7, 2013 admin All Conversations, Culture, Sports, Uncategorized

ESPN’s 30 for 30: What began as 30 documentaries to celebrate the network’s 30th birthday has become a signature for some of the best storytelling

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