Samantha Power began her career as a journalist tracking human rights abuses, which led to a Pulitzer Prize. But transitioning from muckraker to policymaker meant learning new ways of tackling international issues. The former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Obama joins host Krys Boyd to talk about her life in public service, which she writes about in “The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir.”
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