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The Future of Vaccines
Our speaker is my good friend Ofer Levy who is a Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Precision Vaccines at Boston Children’s Hospital. We will discuss the current co…
Published on 9 hours ago
Persuading Younger Women to Have More Children
Today’s topic is Persuading Younger Women to have More Children. Our speaker is Wolfgang Lutz who is a professor of demographics at the University of Vienna. I want to learn about the rapid decline i…
Published on 1 week ago
Polarized America During the Revolution
Our speaker is H.W. Brands who is a Professor of History at University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of the book Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution. There h…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Happiness is a Naked Gun
Our speaker is Darren Schwartz who is the What Happens Next Culture Critic. We will review the recently released Naked Gun movie starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. In addition, Darren and I sa…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Reducing Crime in NYC
Our speaker is Peter Moskos who is a Professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is the author of a new book entitled Back from the Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York City’s Extraordin…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Loving Avocados
Our speaker is Monique Parsons who will discuss her new book Green Gold: The Avocado’s Remarkable Journey from Humble Superfood to Toast of a Nation. Monique and her husband David Wecker have been ve…
Published on 1 month ago
Innovative Abundance – Making Government Work
Our speaker today is Derek Kaufman who started a new think tank called Innovative Abundance which is working on policy prescriptions to make government more efficient. Derek and I both worked in fixe…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Does Your College Major Matter?
Our speaker is Corey Moss-Pech who is a Professor of Sociology at Florida State and the author of a new book entitled Major Trade-Offs: The Surprising Truths about College Majors and Entry Level Jobs…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Future of Movie Theaters
Our speaker is Greg Marcus who is President of the Marcus Corporation which owns hotels, restaurants and movie theaters. Greg spoke previously on this podcast in June 2020 when he discussed how COVID…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Remembering the 80th Anniversary of Japan’s Surrender
Our speaker is Richard Overy who is the leading WW2 air force historian. Richard is the author of a new book entitled Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima, and the Surrender of Japan. I want to discuss wit…
Published on 2 months ago