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Vice President Mike Pence
Season 7 Episode 25
Vice President Mike Pence surprised guests at the Bush Center and sat down for a special taping of The Strategerist podcast before a live audience. He discussed his views on political divisiveness, …
Published on 17 hours ago
Rushan Abbas — A Uyghur’s Fight for Freedom
Season 7 Episode 24
Rushan Abbas is a leading Uyghur human rights activist whose exercise of free speech in the United States led to the imprisonment of her older sister in China, now for seven years. In response, she l…
Published on 4 days, 20 hours ago
Monica Paul on Making Dallas a Sports Capital
Season 7 Episode 23
Monica Paul has been a driving force in making sure the world knows Dallas as a premier sports destination. She led the bid strategies and marketing efforts for nearly 600 events in our region. These…
Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Texas de Brazil's Salim Aswari -- Living the American Dream
Season 7 Episode 22
Salim Asrawi is President and co-founder of Texas de Brazil and appears on the cover of President George W. Bush’s Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants. Born in Lebanon, Salim immigrat…
Published on 1 month ago
Shawn VanDiver — Standing Beside Our Afghan Allies
Season 7 Episode 21
Shawn VanDiver, founder and President of the Afghan Evac coalition, which works to build coordination and collaboration between civil society groups and U.S. government agencies in support of Afghan …
Published on 2 months ago
Jessica Yellin — Independent Journalism
Season 7 Episode 20
Jessica Yellin founded News Not Noise to do what the title implies separate the important news from the noise. Her goal is to “give information. Not a panic attack.” With over 193,000 Substack subscr…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione, CEC, USN (Ret.) — Camp David and Beyond: From Military to Civilian Leadership
Season 7 Episode 19
Michael Giorgione joined Strategerist host Andrew Kaufmann and Lieutenant Commander, USNR D’Juan Wilcher, Deputy Director of Veterans and Military Families at the Bush Institute, to discuss his time …
Published on 3 months ago
Blayne Smith — Perseverance, Endurance, and the Special Forces
Season 7 Episode 18
As a young officer in the U.S. special forces, Blayne Smith faced the difficult realities of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. And while not everyone will experience war first-hand, the lessons that Bl…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Bringing Awareness to PEPFAR’s Life-saving Work Featuring Jenny Dyer and Charlie Peacock
Season 7 Episode 17
Jenny Dyer, founder of the 2030 Collaborative and artist and music producer Charlie Peacock were part of a coalition of experts, artists, and policymakers such as Bono, Senator Bill Frist, and many o…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Data Driven — Dr. Susan Urahn, President and CEO of Pew Charitable Trusts
Season 7 Episode 14
Learn about the Bush Center's Forum on Leadership: https://www.bushcenter.org/events-and-exhibits/forum-on-leadership-2025
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago