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US-Israeli Relations and the Peace Process: The Challenges of Elections in Israel and...

Jan 25, 2015 | Plays: 75

“Israel has had critical elections before, but this could be its most important,” writes Thomas L. Friedman in The New York Times. Indeed, March 17, 2015 represents nothing less than a referendum on the direction of the entire Jewish state—which today faces threats from all sides and sharp conflict within. Gain a deep understanding of... More
Science of Virtue: Resolution

Jan 15, 2015 | Plays: 123

92Y’s Science of Virtue is a look at the values that shape our world. Exploring a set of virtues championed by Benjamin Franklin throughout his life, the podcast features interviews with top thinkers on the science behind ideas like temperance and silence and how these timeless themes impact our modern lives. In this episode, Kelly McGonigal, Stanford lecturer... More
Thomas Friedman with Dov Seidman: The HOW of Repairing Our World

Jan 14, 2015 | Views: 316

We present the first in a series of conversations on HOW individuals, nations and business must urgently change how they behave, lead and operate in a world that is more interconnected and interdependent. This talk examines the challenges in the global arena at this pivotal time and the fundamental shifts needed to solve our most... More
ISIS: What Comes Next?

Jan 13, 2015 | Views: 265

In June 2014, the terrorist group known as ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) grabbed news headlines around the globe by capturing large swaths of northern Iraq. ISIS, which still controls significant parts of both Iraq and Syria, has since slaughtered thousands of innocent civilians in both countries. Recent U.S. and allied air... More
America’s Top Security Experts Share “Insider” Tips for Safe Travel

Jan 7, 2015 | Views: 119

Whether it’s a flight to Rio, an A train ride to the Village or a Caribbean cruise, in today’s turbulent world, Americans need help navigating the skies, subways, seas and security checkpoints—and two of America’s top security experts share “insider” travel tips and cautionary tales. John Miller is the NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence &... More
Bret Stephens with Fareed Zakaria: America In Retreat

Dec 16, 2014 | Views: 1,411

Join Bret Stephens with Fareed Zakaria as they discuss U.S. foreign policy and the forces that are shaping the world and Bret Stephens’ new book America In Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder. More
Pass the Mic: Millennial Feminism

Dec 10, 2014 | Views: 686

Amid a popular debate over whether today’s young women embrace or reject the word feminist, bestselling author and trans women’s rights activist Janet Mock, Joy Reid, host of MSNBC’s The Reid Report, and Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show and head of Lady Parts Justice, join Mic senior editor Elizabeth Plank for a look... More
Global Muckraking: 100 Years of Journalism From Around the World

Dec 2, 2014 | Views: 84

Columbia professor and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics Joseph E. Stiglitz talks to Anya Schiffrin, editor of Global Muckraking: 100 Years of Investigative Journalism From Around the World, about a wide range of global issues from economics to journalism to politics. More
The State of World Jewry: Alan Dershowitz and Deborah Lipstadt with Jeff Greenfield

Nov 24, 2014 | Views: 705

What are the challenges and threats facing the Jewish people today? In the US, Europe, Israel, and elsewhere? Will anti-semitism ever be eradicated? Join outspoken law professor Alan Dershowitz and renowned historian Deborah Lipstadt as they discuss and debate many facets of this timely and important issue. More
The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall with Tom Brokaw and Mary Elise...

Nov 11, 2014 | Views: 117

Twenty-five years ago this November, the Berlin Wall—infamous symbol of divided Cold War Europe—seemed to be falling. But the opening of the gates wasn’t planned by the East German ruling regime, nor was it the result of a bargain between Reagan, Bush and Gorbachev. It was an accident. Tom Brokaw was there that night, broadcasting... More
Senator John McCain with Bob Schieffer

Nov 10, 2014 | Views: 80

One of our most respected and outspoken senators, John McCain was the 2008 Republican Party nominee for president. In his new book Thirteen Soldiers, Senator John McCain and Mark Salter present 13 dramatic and personal accounts of real Americans soldiers at war who fought in each of our nation’s major conflicts. More
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer with Thane Rosenbaum

Oct 21, 2014 | Views: 94

A discussion with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, the classic John Ford/Jimmy Stewart/John Wayne Western: What does he think about the justice that was once practiced on the American frontier? What was the reciprocal relationship between legal facts and cultural legends when a “hired gun” didn’t mean an... More

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US-Israeli Relations and the Peace Process: The Challenges of Elections in Israel and...

Science of Virtue: Resolution

Thomas Friedman with Dov Seidman: The HOW of Repairing Our World

ISIS: What Comes Next?

America’s Top Security Experts Share “Insider” Tips for Safe Travel

Bret Stephens with Fareed Zakaria: America In Retreat

Pass the Mic: Millennial Feminism

Global Muckraking: 100 Years of Journalism From Around the World

The State of World Jewry: Alan Dershowitz and Deborah Lipstadt with Jeff Greenfield

The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall with Tom Brokaw and Mary Elise...

Senator John McCain with Bob Schieffer

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