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Ad-venturous Mom Sep 09, 2018

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Kristen Cavallo, the first female CEO of the Martin Agency, on leading the 52-year old advertising shop out of its #MeToo crisis. We discussed the work-life juggle of single motherhood; the ad industry's nagging existential doubts; and -- swoosh! -- getting brands to actually stand for (or against) something.

Risk Amnesia Sep 02, 2018

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Family-office investment managers Brian Broadway and W. "Biff" Pusey, Jr. on the difficulty of preaching and adhering to risk-avoidance amid the longest bull market in U.S. history.

Sree.0 Aug 19, 2018

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When Sree Sreenivasan was laid off from NY's Metropolitan's Museum of Art, he famously broadcast his predicament over social media. After a tour as NYC's chief digital officer, the former journalism dean now travels the world to teach best practices for career mobility in the era of LinkedIn. Whether you love or hate your job -- or are somewhere in between -- you need to listen to this episode.

The VA Mercury and America's Local News Crisis Aug 10, 2018

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Berkshire Hathaway, the company run by one of the planet's richest men, ultimately didn't rescue the Richmond Times-Dispatch -- one of Berkshire's many newspaper acquisitions. Two veteran journalists recently left that daily for the Virginia Mercury, a philanthropically backed not-for-profit publication taking a crack at the age-old riddle: How do you sustainably invest in quality local journalism?

Saddam Hussein: My Role In His Downfall Aug 02, 2018

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Adnan Sarwar, a former British Muslim soldier, reflects on enlisting in the army and fighting in Iraq. "I realized," he wrote, "I felt freer in the army than I ever would in my parents'..house with an Asian cash-and-carry at one end and a mosque at the other. My comrades didn't judge me. They just wanted me to live my life."

B(u)y the Book Jul 24, 2018

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Amazon, founded as a puny online bookseller, is now eyeing a $1 trillion market valuation. Border's is gone. Barnes & Noble is teetering. But independent bookstores are having a renaissance. We talk to Fountain Bookstore owner Kelly Justice and David Shuman, who crowdfunded a rescue of the decidedly analog indie Book People.

Rethinking the Democrats Jul 15, 2018

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John Prideaux, U.S. editor of The Economist, on the many doubts and hard questions the Democrats face in the era of Pres. Trump and GOP domination of Capitol Hill. During Barack Obama's two terms in the White House, his party gave up more than 1,000 seats across Congress, state legislatures and governors' mansions. Where to now?

RBG Goes to Hollywood Jul 10, 2018

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How filmmaker Julie Cohen brought octogenarian Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the big screen in "RBG," one of this year's hit documentaries.

The Resilience of Adele McClure Jul 03, 2018

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How a girl who grew up hungry, frequently homeless and generally deprived of a normal childhood became student body president of her college of 32,000 -- and then a top policy adviser to Virginia's lieutenant governor. The story of Adele McClure.

John Avlon Goes to CNN Jun 24, 2018

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The ex-speechwriter for Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former editor-in-chief at the Daily Beast on discourse and journalism in the age of Trump -- on the very week he joins CNN ... and CNN joins AT&T. We're on Twitter @FullDRadio