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National Public Reinvention Dec 09, 2020

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What is "public radio" in 2020? NPR chief marketing officer Michael Smith on disruption and opportunity in the New Golden Age of Audio.

ECON 2020 Dec 04, 2020

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Financial Times contributing editor Brendan Greeley on economic policy's year-2020 crash course.

The Economist's World in 2021 Nov 23, 2020

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The Economist's deputy editor Tom Standage on the magazine's "World in 2021" issue. We discussed COVID, international relations, Biden's many challenges, Brexit, tech, risk, the Mideast and various new (and not-so-new) normals.

Sara Just, for the Record Nov 13, 2020

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PBS NewsHour executive producer Sara Just on the never-ending 2020 election, the pandemic, Washington's awkward transition ... and reinventing the nightly news into a well-oiled, remote-work machine.

Israel and the New Mideast Oct 28, 2020

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Michael Oren, Israel's former ambassador to the U.S., on the nation's central role in Mideast's shifting balance of power -- from peace accords with small Arab nations to Iran's isolation to the long-stalled Palestinian peace process. And how will Jewish-American voters respond to PM Netanyahu's especially tight relationship with President Trump?

The Beautiful Scars of Brad Meltzer Oct 16, 2020

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Multiple NYT bestselling author (and lapsed attorney) Brad Meltzer on the struggles, setbacks and grit that put him on the course to multimedia stardom. He says his latest book, I Am Anne Frank, might be the most important of his career.

The Ghosts of 1980 Miami Oct 08, 2020

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Nicholas Griffin on his book, The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees and Cocaine in Miami 1980. Much has changed over 40 years in South Florida and across the nation. And yet -- Arthur McDuffie then; George Floyd now; Miami's yawning racial inequality -- little has changed.

When Purell Met COVID-19 Oct 01, 2020

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Imagine starting as CEO of the maker of Purell (synonymous with hand-sanitizer) just as the pandemic broke. Carey Jaros discusses the perils of seemingly infinite demand -- and ramping up capacity from a few hundred million doses a week to a billion a week...to a billion A DAY.

Disaffection 2020 Sep 24, 2020

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NBC News White House correspondent Geoff Bennett on the scene six weeks before Election 2020, from the battle to fill the Supreme Court's vacancy to President Trump tripling down on his base to what the parties will look like coming out of the election -- whenever it's decided.

Energy's New Map Sep 15, 2020

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Pulitzer Prize-winning geostrategist Daniel Yergin on his latest book, The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations. We discussed Tesla, China, Saudi Arabia vs Iran, renewables, fracking, global C02 intensity...and much more.

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