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Cullum Clark -- Innovation, Opportunity, and Economic Growth
Season 6 Episode 19
Cullum Clark serves as Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative and is an Adjunct Professor of Economics at SMU. He leads the Bu…
1 year, 7 months ago
Penelope Muse Abernathy -- The State of Local News
Season 6 Episode 18
Penelope Muse Abernathy is a visiting professor at Northwestern University and a former senior executive at The New York Times and Wall Street Journa…
1 year, 8 months ago
Pashtana Durrani -- Educating Afghan Girls Despite Taliban Rule
Season 6 Episode 17
Pashtana Durrani is an Afghan feminist, activist, and educator. She founded Afghanistan’s first-ever digital school network, LEARN Afghanistan, and i…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ambassador Mark Green -- The Wilson Center, U.S. Foreign Aid, & Healthy Disagreement
Season 6 Episode 16
Ambassador Mark Green serves as President, Director, and CEO of the Wilson Center — a nonpartisan organization that provides research, analysis, and …
1 year, 9 months ago
Brenda Ewing Snitzer -- Bush Institute Trailblazer Citation Recipient for The Stewpot
Season 6 Episode 15
The Stewpot is a ministry that serves those in poverty or experiencing homelessness in Dallas. The organization was founded nearly 50 years ago and p…
1 year, 9 months ago
Hannah Sklar -- Bush Institute Citation Recipient for Creamos
Season 6 Episode 14
Creamos is a non-profit organization working to support the community surrounding Guatemala City’s garbage dump in achieving economic self-determinat…
1 year, 10 months ago
Thom Shanker -- The Role Journalists Play in the U.S. Military
Season 6 Episode 13
Active duty military service members make up less than one percent of the U.S. adult population. For the other 99% of us, the actions and complexitie…
1 year, 10 months ago
Arthur Brooks -- The Science of Happiness
Season 6 Episode 12
We all seek happiness, but few of us know the science behind it. Author, Harvard professor, and philosopher of happiness Arthur Brooks is changing th…
1 year, 10 months ago
Alice Albright -- 20 Years of the Millennium Challenge Corporation
Season 6 Episode 11
2024 marks 20 years since the Millennium Challenge Corporation was signed into law by President George W. Bush. Since its inception, MCC has partnere…
1 year, 10 months ago
Heather Morris -- Author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Season 6 Episode 10
When Heather Morris sat down with Holocaust survivor Lale Sokolov, she didn’t know what to expect. As she listened to his story, she knew that the wo…
1 year, 11 months ago