Category: podcast
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434 Bill Schutt: How does the heart work on different species (including humans)
in podcastAbout Bill Schutt Bill Schutt is a vertebrate zoologist, author, and Emeritus Professor of Biology at Long Island University. Bill’s new book, “Pump: A Natural History of the Heart” has already garnered great reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, The Wall Street Journal, Booklist, Library Journal, and elsewhere. Readers can purchase Pump wherever books are sold. Schutt’s…
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433 Richard A. Williams: Inside the FDA, its inner workings its failed strategies
in podcastAbout Richard A. Williams From 1980 to 2007, he served as the Director for Social Science with the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the Food and Drug Administration. From 2007 to 2016 he was the Vice President for Policy Research at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He recently served on…
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432 Vanessa Riley: Island Queen, from slave to a wealthy landowner
in podcastAbout Vanessa Riley Vanessa Riley writes Regency Romances and Historical Fiction of dazzling multi-culture communities with powerful persons of color. Vanessa writes for historical romance readers who admire and acquire books that showcase women who find joy in sweeping kisses and strong sisterhoods. Even in the darkness, she promises to give you laughs and to…
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431 Gordon S. Wood: The Constitution and other foundational legal and political documents
in podcastAbout Gordon S. Wood Gordon Stewart Wood is an American historian and professor at Brown University. He is a recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Radicalism of the American Revolution. His book The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 won a 1970 Bancroft Prize. Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American…
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430 Kim Scott: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying
in podcastAbout Kim Scott Kim Scott is the author of Just Work: Get *t Done Fast and Fair as well as Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. Trier Bryant and Kim co-founded the company Just Work to help organizations and individuals create more equitable workplaces. Jason Rosoff and Kim co-founded the company…
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429 Thor Hanson: how plants and animals are responding to global warming
in podcastAbout Thor Hanson Thor Hanson is a conservation biologist, Guggenheim fellow, and the award-winning author of Buzz, The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers. He has been called “an insightful observer of evolution” by the Wall Street Journal, and his books “fascinating, inspiring, and entertaining” by the New York Times Book Review. Now, in HURRICANE LIZARDS…