In this episode, Jim and Richard bravely venture out onto the high diving board of ideas and plunge into the pool of predictions. We also asked listeners and "How Do We Fix It?"guests for their forecasts of the year to come.
Read more#133 Facebook and YouTube Threats: Zeynep Tufekci
Professor Zeynep Tufekci is the author of the critically-acclaimed book, "Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest."
Read more#131 Why Migration is Good: Leonard Doyle
Leonard Doyle, is head of Media and Communications at the UN Migration agency IOM(International Organization for Migration).
Read more#129 Fixes for Manufacturing: Krisztina "Z" Holly
Our guest is MIT-trained engineer and tech entrepreneur Krisztina “Z” Holly, host of the podcast, “The Art of Manufacturing." In addition to her popular podcast, Z is Founder & Chief Instigator of LA Mayor Garcetti’s "Make it in in LA" manufacturing initiative.
Read more#128 Solutions for America's Opioid Epidemic: Sam Quinones
Our guest, Sam Quinones, author of the highly praised book "Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic."
Read more#127 The Threat to Democracy: Reed Galen
Reed Galen was deputy campaign manager for Senator John McCain's Presidential campaign and worked in the George W. Bush White House. Earlier this year, Reed left the Republican Party and is now Chief Strategist at Serve America Movement.
Read more#126 Using Data To Predict the Future: Rebecca Costa
In her new book, “On The Verge,” and on this podcast, Rebecca Costa says we now have the power to predict the future, adapting in advance to changing conditions. She also tells us about the ideas raised on the popular radio show, “The Costa Report” and in her bestselling book, “The Watchman’s Rattle.”
Read more#125 The Harvey Weinstein Sex Scandal: What Next? Anne Thompson
Anne Thompson, Editor-at-Large for the movie-news site, Indiewire, is our guest. Anne is a veteran entertainment journalist who has worked for the Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and Entertainment Weekly. She's the author of the book, "The $11 Billion Year: From Sundance to The Oscars."
Read more#124 Russia's Threat to U.S. Democracy: Amy Knight
Amy Knight, has been called "the West's foremost scholar of the KGB” by The New York Times. In her book "Orders to Kill "Knight traces Putin's journey from the Federal Security Service (FSB) in the late 1990's to his rise to absolute power in the Kremlin.
Read more#123 Affirmative Action for Conservatives? Michael Roth
In this episode, Richard speaks with Wesleyan University President, Michael Roth, who wrote a recent article for the Wall Street Journal: "The Opening of the Liberal Mind: Affirmative action for the study of conservative ideas."
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