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Florencia Velasco Fortner -- Bush Institute Trailblazer Award recipient for The Concilio
Season 5 Episode 22
Florencia Velasco Fortner is the CEO of Dallas-based nonprofit The Concilio, an organization that helps North Texas families striving to create stron…
2 years, 10 months ago
Mary Badham -- Oscar-Nominated Scout Finch
Season 5 Episode 21
In 1962, Mary Badham made her big-screen debut in the classic film To Kill a Mockingbird as the beloved Scout Finch, opposite Gregory Peck as Atticus…
2 years, 11 months ago
Masih Alinejad -- 2023 Time Woman of the Year and Iranian Freedom Fighter
Season 5 Episode 20
Although Masih Alinejad was exiled from Iran in 2009, she continues to fight for the people of her country — and was named one of Time Magazine’s 202…
2 years, 11 months ago
Senator Rob Portman -- Public Service, Compromise, and Haunted Hotels
Season 5 Episode 19
As a legislator, Senator Portman believed in working across the aisle — and believes Americans want just that. He offers advice to young people who …
2 years, 11 months ago
Ken Hersh -- The Fastest Tortoise
Season 5 Episode 18
Ken Hersh, President and CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, has never shied away from raising his hand and taking on new opportunities. F…
3 years ago
Sharon McMahon -- SharonSaysSo and History, Teaching, and the Way of the Governerd
Season 5 Episode 17
Sharon McMahon -- @SharonSaysSo -- is a teacher to her core. From podcasts to Instagram feeds, she's dedicated to bringing more fact-based content in…
3 years ago
Fran Townsend -- Opportunity, Security, and the American Dream
Season 5 Episode 16
Fran Townsend was a pubic servant for decades, from the courtroom, to the Justice Department, and eventually to the Clinton and George W. Bush admini…
3 years ago
From Army Ranger, to CEO, to Public Service -- David McCormick
Season 5 Episode 15
When David McCormick ran for Senator of Pennsylvania last year, he brought with him the lessons he had learned as an Army Ranger, as a private sector…
3 years, 1 month ago
Stephen J. Hadley -- Behind the Scenes of the Bush/Obama Foreign Hand-Off
Season 5 Episode 14
Stephen J. Hadley, assistant to the president for National Security Affairs, joins White House communications director Kevin Sullivan in taking us be…
3 years, 1 month ago
David J. Kramer -- On Russia, Putin, Bush Institute Policy Briefs, and Texas
Season 5 Episode 13
Executive Director of the Bush Institute David J. Kramer is one of the world’s foremost experts on the region. We catch up with him to get his take o…
3 years, 2 months ago