Episodes

Listen to the episode here — or subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify, and other podcast apps. Patrice Maginnis has experienced life as someone who can see, and as someone who can’t. She was born with retinitis pigmentosa and gradually went blind, losing all usable sight at age 60. Patrice has learned to adapt and to thrive. And she helps others … [Read more...] about Patrice Maginnis: How Tech—High & Low—Is Changing the World of the Blind & Visually Impaired

Listen to the episode below — or subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify, and other podcast apps. Our episode this time is a live recording of a terrific panel discussion featuring some very smart people from across the ideological spectrum who have national experience in politics and media. We called it "Saving Democracy: The Way Forward." It … [Read more...] about Saving Democracy: The Way Forward

Listen to the episode below — or subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify, and other podcast apps. Lots of college students have part-time jobs. When Bud Colligan was at Georgetown University, his part-time job was founding Vital Vittles, which grew into one of the largest student-owned businesses in the country. It was a sign of things to come. … [Read more...] about Bud Colligan: Social Enterpreneur

Listen to the episode below — or subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify, and other podcast apps. Can we look at the top priorities for the new Congress without talking about likability, who curses more, or a dancing video? Yes we can. On Dastardly Cleverness: Politics Edition it's not about the horse race, or the latest outrage, but how to make … [Read more...] about Be Right or Do Right? Zach Friend & Paul Shone on the New Congress

Listen to the episode below — or subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Stitcher, Google Play, TuneIn, and other podcast apps. Lenny Mendonca, a former senior partner with McKinsey & Company and a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, is the co-founder of New America, a self-described “think and action tank." Through New America, he advocates for … [Read more...] about Lenny Mendonca: Progressive Federalism May Be the Answer to America’s Problems