S1E5 - John McWhorter PhD - Linguist and NYT Columnist
John Hamilton McWhorter V is an associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University with a specialty in creole languages, sociolects, and Black English. McWhorter is also a major pundit on social issues, and currently a columnist for the New York Times. Our conversation is as much about the use of the language we use to exchange ideas, as about the ideas themselves.
S1E4 - Amber Mac - World-Renown Technology Leader - Living in our Digital Age
World-renowned innovator and commentator on everything tech, Amber shares her reflections across the board on living in our digital age drawing on her perspectives as a technology spokesperson, a media specialist, a concerned citizen, a woman, and a mother. Chock-full of practical recommendations, Amber’s insights span the spectrum of issues related to our living and thriving in this digital age.
S1E3 - Dr. Richard Haass - Council on Foreign Relations - Restabilizing The World
Dr. Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, will share his sober assessments on the clear and present threats in the world today, the greatest of which are domestic. He will draw from his most recent work, The World: A Brief Introduction, current events, and his upcoming book on American democracy, to illuminate the factors we must address as a nation and a globe on the road ahead in order to preserve our collective civil society.
S1E2 - Larry Diamond, Ph.D - Hoover/Stanford - Saving Democracy
As one the world's leading spokespersons for democracy, Larry Diamond, Ph.D of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, the Journal of Democracy and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), reflects on the threats to global democracy and his proposals for reinstating and reinforcing the health of our own democracy in the United States.
S1E1 - Dr. Robert Wachter - UCSF - Today’s COVID-19
As one of the foremost authorities on COVID-19, Dr. Robert Wachter, Chair of Internal Medicine at UCSF, shares with us his latest insights on the pandemic and how we can continue to best protect ourselves from the risks that remain.
