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They Once Made America Great...But What Did Factories Really Represent? : A conversation with Joshua Freeman
Episode 198
We often hear that we live in a post industrial world. Yet all of those consumer goods we and the rest of the world love so much, are made in factor…
8 years, 1 month ago
#MeToo in China
Episode 197
We hear over and over again that the future belongs to China. Looking at what the Chinese are accomplishing in both infrastructure and technology, it…
8 years, 1 month ago
Maybe You Are Doing Everything Wrong At Work
Episode 196
A couple of weeks ago, The N.Y. Times ran a story about “global nomads.” People whose work allows them to plug-in anywhere in the world. This may not…
8 years, 2 months ago
Political Tribes: A Conversation with Amy Chua
Episode 195
In the debate about immigration we are reminded of the original notion of America as a melting pot. As a nation that could absorb different cultures,…
8 years, 2 months ago
Who Was Edward Lansdale, and Why It Matters: A Conversation with Max Boot
Episode 194
There was a saying during the Vietnam era, the attribution of which is a bit fuzzy, that said “if you grab them by the balls, their hearts and minds …
8 years, 2 months ago
Who Owns Your Thoughts?
Episode 192
Years ago, the great Dorothy Parker said that the movie business was the only business where the assets went home at night….Well that may have had a …
8 years, 2 months ago
TRUTH DECAY: The Diminishing Role of Facts in Public Life
Episode 191
Amidst the cacophony of 24/7 news and information that pours in at us every day, we seem to have lost sight of what constitutes truth, facts and actu…
8 years, 2 months ago
Because Capitalism Works: A Conversation with William Rempel
Episode 190
Think about what we value today. What we give rewards for as a society? Now imagine, if you can, a business tycoon who is modest and filled with gene…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Internet Needs To Grow Up: A Conversation with Andrew Keen
Episode 189
At the time of the invention of writing, Socrates worried that it would destroy memory, and undermine the oral tradition. The invention of the print…
8 years, 2 months ago
Deutsche Bank: Where The Dots Of Russiagate Connect
Episode 188
If you’re following or trying to follow the Trump-Russia story, no doubt your head is filled with dozens of threads: the Trump Tower meetings; the do…
8 years, 2 months ago