Overview
This series featured speakers from very different backgrounds, countries, and professions. What they have in common are strongly held moral convictions and a passionate commitment to their work, which makes for memorable conversations.
JUN 17, 2015 • Podcast
A Conversation with Ashoka Founder Bill Drayton on Social Entrepreneurship
For millennia, the world was organized around efficiency and repetition, says Bill Drayton, but now this system is being replaced by a world organized around ...
JUN 10, 2015 • Podcast
A Conversation with Ethan Zuckerman on the Ethics of the Internet
"We have the capacity to get stories from every part of the globe. The question is, what do we want to pay attention to? The ...
MAY 29, 2015 • Podcast
Ethics in U.S. Foreign Policy: Spymaster Jack Devine on the CIA
"The thing that attracted me to the Agency was a sense of mission," says 32-year CIA veteran Jack Devine. In this discussion he talks candidly ...
APR 29, 2015 • Podcast
Defending our Borders vs. Defending our Liberties: ACLU's Anthony D. Romero
From the NSA and the kill list, to the failure to close Guantanamo and prosecute those who committed torture, Obama's national security policies are not ...
FEB 9, 2015 • Podcast
A Conversation with Leon Botstein, President of Bard College and Champion of Liberal Arts Education
In this wide-ranging and entertaining conversation, Leon Botstein discusses Bard's innovative programs to serve the underserved, which include Bard high schools, prison education programs, and ...
JAN 15, 2015 • Podcast
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2015
"The world in 2015 looks a lot more dangerous, a lot more vulnerable," says global political risk specialist Ian Bremmer in his annual forecast. He notes ...
JAN 7, 2015 • Podcast
Unaccountable: Janine Wedel on how Elite Power Brokers have Corrupted the U.S. System
Anthropologist Janine Wedel exposes America's "new corruption"--the unprecedented ways that many politicians, retired generals, academics, bankers, and physicians exploit their prestige and insider knowledge.
DEC 22, 2014 • Podcast
Money and American Politics: A Conversation with Lawrence Lessig
On a crusade against the corrupting influence of money in politics, Lawrence Lessig founded a "super PAC" which raised $10 million to support candidates committed to ...
NOV 14, 2014 • Podcast
A Conversation with David Keyes on Advancing Human Rights
In the Soviet era, it was difficult to alert the world of what was happening to dissidents, says David Keyes. Today, however, there's an overload ...
NOV 11, 2014 • Podcast
A Conversation with Will Kymlicka on the Challenges of Multiculturalism
From Canada to Europe, how do different societies deal with immigrant groups? How have their policies evolved and where are they headed? What rights should ...