Losing Trust & Faith in Institutions - Why It’s Happening and the Unexpected Consequences: Yuval Levin
Yuval Levin, Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and founding editor of National Affairs, talks about the collapse of trust in our institutions – public, private, civic and political – and its surprising consequences. He explains why it has happened and how we can rebuild lost trust.
Harvard Business School’s Bill Sahlman: What I’ve Learned from Reading 10,000 Business Plans and Investing in Hundreds of Startups
Of the 10,000 business plans Bill Sahlman has read, only 3 companies met their plan. Find out what it takes to succeed. Entrepreneurs have to be really good at running tests and execution trumps idea. Jeff Bezos is the most effective experimentalist in history. Bill Gates did not invent word processing, the spreadsheet, or presentation graphics; rather he took ideas and out executed everyone else.
Former Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd: What China’s Leader Xi Jinping Really Wants
Former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd, who has known China’s leader Xi Jinping for decades, reveals how Xi Jinping sees China and the world, and what he really wants. Find out why America needs its allies more than ever before and what the U.S. and its allies can do.
Tom Friedman: On the World Getting Flatter and More Fragile, and Elephants Flying
Tom Friedman, author, New York Times columnist, and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, talks about the world getting flatter and more fragile; abolishing recessions and interrupting the natural laws of capitalism; why the U.S. needs a healthy Republican Party; and how the world AC (After Corona) will be very different from the world BC (Before Corona).
Former Foreign Minister of Mexico, Jorge Castañeda: America Through Foreign Eyes
Jorge Castañeda, former foreign minister of Mexico, provides a unique perspective on America and the world, including American interventions abroad, American exceptionalism and how it has changed over time, and how Latino immigrants are changing the US. Learn how transforming inventions into consumable goods continues to be an almost uniquely American talent and capability.
Former Under Secretary of State, Nicholas Burns: On American Foreign Policy Under President Biden and What It Can Accomplish
Find out what President Biden can accomplish internationally and what an activist US policy looks like from Ambassador Nicholas Burns, former Under Secretary of State, Ambassador to NATO and Special Assistant to the President.
Princeton Professor, Robert George: On Why Supreme Court Justices Are Unlike Umpires and Are Political
Find out how Democratic and Republican judges’ decisions differ and how judges’ decisions can be predicted based on whether they are Democrats or Republicans.
President Obama’s Chief Pollster, Joel Benenson: On What He’s Watching Most Closely Now and What the Path Forward is For Republicans and Democrats
Find out the 3 keys to success for campaigns; who has the best polls (Fox News); what the biggest shifts in the electorate are; what he's watching most closely now; and the path forward for both parties.
President of Pew Research Center, Michael Dimock: On the Attitudes and Trends Shaping America Today
Find out how what America is looking for in a leader has changed. In addition, not only are there doubts about the mechanics and logistics of the U.S. election, but also the American public is going into it with deeper doubts about the qualifications of the voters in the first place. Learn how Americans’ attitudes are shaping the country.
Yale Professor, Amy Chua: On How Group Identity and a Failure to Realize Its Importance Has Caused the Rise of Partisanship and the Failure of U.S. Foreign Policy
Find out how group identity has caused bitter partisanship in the U.S. and the failure of U.S. policies in Vietnam and other countries, from an original thinker who has received support from across the political spectrum. Learn how children as young as 4 years old identify with groups and consistently display systematic, unconscious bias toward other groups. Learn how America can move forward.
Former Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul: What Vladimir Putin Is Really Like and What He Wants Now
Get an inside account from former Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, who’s known Putin for nearly 30 years, on what Vladimir Putin is really like, what he wants now, what's going on in Russia and U.S. relations, and when regime change will happen in Russia.
Harvard Professor, Alex Keyssar: On What Could Go Wrong With Voting in the 2020 U.S. Election and When Congress Picks the President
Find out why Americans don’t elect a president by popular vote, how the U.S. ended up with the convoluted system of voting it has today, and why it’s been so hard to change it.
Former Ambassador to Israel and Egypt, Dan Kurtzer: An Inside Perspective on Israel and the Middle East
The surprising reasons why the recently signed Bahrain and UAE agreements are great for Israel, and if we’ll see a peace agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Former Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff: On National Security Issues Today
Michael Chertoff, a former Secretary of Homeland Security, federal prosector, judge and Assistant U.S. Attorney General, provides a unique perspective on national security issues today, including using federal troops in cities, criminal justice, immigration, terrorism and health threats.