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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 …
3 years, 1 month 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 4 months ago
Hadassah Lieberman -- Her Family's Holocaust Remembrance
Season 5 Episode 12
While the children of the survivors of the Holocaust might not have experienced it in the same was as their parents, they’re uniquely able to see a w…
3 years, 4 months ago
Ukraine is Alive -- Ruslana
Season 5 Episode 11
Ukrainian musical artist Ruslana came to prominence in 2004 as an active voice supporting democracy during the Orange Revolution.
Today, she is once a…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Afghan Dreamers Robotics Team -- Roya Mahboob and Somaya Faruqi
Season 5 Episode 10
In the years after the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, women made tremendous gains in the country. In particular, they were able to be educated a…
3 years, 6 months ago