Category: podcast
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453 Joshua Prager: The story of the family behind the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade
in podcastAbout Joshua Prager For more than twenty years, Joshua Prager, a former senior writer for The Wall Street Journal, has written about historical secrets, revealing all from the hidden scheme that led to baseball’s most famous moment (Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard Round the World”) to the only-ever anonymous recipient of a Pulitzer Prize (a photographer he tracked down in…
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452 Susan Laubach uses fairy tales to teach personal finance
in podcastAbout Susan Laubach Susan Laubach, PhD has had a distinguished career as an author, playwright, actress and educator. She has written nine books. She later rose through the ranks to become the first female vice president at the oldest investment bank in the U.S., Alex, Brown & Sons -but not before her fifteen-year stint teaching…
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450 Jose Antonio Bowen: How to renew our educational commitment to producing flexible and independent thinkers
in podcastAbout Jose Antonio Bowen José Antonio Bowen has been leading innovation and change for over 35 years at Stanford, Georgetown, and the University of Southampton (UK), then as a dean at Miami University and SMU and as president of a USN&WR most innovative college until 2019. He now runs Bowen Innovation Group L.L.C., and does innovation,…
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449 Sarah Everts: Sweating one of our most vital and least understood biological functions
in podcastAbout Sarah Everts Sarah Everts holds a master’s degree in chemistry, and has written for Scientific American, Smithsonian, New Scientist, and the Economist. She teaches journalism at Carleton University. Where to find Sarah Everts WebsiteTwitter The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration Sweating may be one of our weirdest biological functions, but it’s…
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448 Casey Gueren: How to separate medical facts from fiction
in podcastAbout Casey Gueren Casey Gueren is an award-winning health journalist, an experienced editor, and a strategic content manager for some of the largest media brands. Where to find Casey Gueren WebsiteTwitter It’s Probably Nothing: The Stress-Less Guide to Dealing with Health Anxiety, Wellness Fads, and Overhyped Headlines From stress-induced symptom searching and “miracle cures” to…
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447 Parag Khanna: We’re entering a new age of mass migrations, are we ready for it?
in podcastAbout Parag Khanna Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. Parag’s newest book is MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us (2021), which was preceded by The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in…