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An astronaut’s guide to life

December 15, 2023 Culture, Mental Health, Think

Astronaut Mike Massimino joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how to build effective teams and pursue your biggest dreams.

Lessons on leadership from a commander of the Navy SEALs

April 17, 2023 Culture

William H. McRaven served as commander of all U.S. special operations forces and later as chancellor of the University of Texas System. He and guest host John McCaa discuss the tenants of great leadership.

Art can open our minds to new solutions

March 28, 2022 Culture, Education

Amy E. Herman explains her method for training leaders to look to works of art to mend what’s broken in their organizations.

Leadership Lessons From Women of Color

April 13, 2020 Culture, Race/Identity

Cecilia Muñoz joins us to talk about how to gain confidence, leadership and the respect of the room when you’re in the minority.

How To Be Brave

April 10, 2020 Current Events, Health

Catherine A. Sanderson, Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences at Amherst College, joins us to talk about the psychology of groupthink and how to become a leader.

Can Millennials Save the World?

March 2, 2020 Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Charlotte Alter, national correspondent for Time magazine, joins us to talk about the emerging national leadership of this oft-maligned generation.

How Unqualified Men Get Hired Over Qualified Women

April 2, 2019 Current Events, Economics

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor at University College, London, joins us to discuss how qualities that land people leadership roles – overconfidence, narcissism – are often the same qualities that stand in the way of leadership.

How Unqualified Men Get Hired Over Qualified Women

March 25, 2019 Current Events, Economics

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor of business psychology at University College, London, joins us to discuss the psychological miscalculations at play with bad hiring decisions.

The Power Of A Humble Leader

August 6, 2018 Culture

Dallas CEO Larry James joins us to talk about why effective leaders focus their efforts on the people they manage and serve.

The Real Russia

June 8, 2016 Global Issues

This hour, we’ll talk with Anne Garrels about Russia’s silent majority and the role it plays in keeping its leadership in power. She writes about the topic in “Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia.”