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The Targeter: My Life in the CIA Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House
In 1999, Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. In her new book The Targeter: My Life in the CIA...
The Shadow War - Inside Russia and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America
Poisoned dissidents. Election interference. Armed invasions. International treaties thrown into chaos. Secret military buildups. Hackers and viruses....
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
From the award-winning author of The Unwinding—the vividly told saga of the ambition, idealism, and hubris of one of the most legendary and...
What Sci-Fi Futures Can (and Can't) Teach Us About AI Policy
Our anxieties about what we can do with AI versus what we should do are reaching a fever pitch. While companies scramble to define what "AI ethics"...
The Power of Deliciousness
The Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems welcomes world-renowned chef and author, Dan Barber, for a discussion about the commodification of...
Gaming the Future - Re-activating creativity and play in professional spaces
Remarkable failures of foresight make headlines all the time. The now-bankrupt Blockbuster could have purchased Netflix in 2000; policymakers missed...
How Will Climate Change Transform American Democracy?
If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. In...
21st Century Proxy Warfare
From Libya to Syria and Ukraine to Yemen, proxy warfare is back with a vengeance. Yet today’s tightly networked world of mercenaries, militias,...
Your At-Home DNA Test Could Crack a Cold Case
The hit podcast Bear Brook detailed how genetic genealogy—the use of DNA testing in conjunction with family-tree mapping—helped identify the...
Get Ready for the Next Generation of Organic
Gary Hirshberg, co-founder of the world’s leading organic yogurt maker, Stonyfield Farms, shares his thoughts on the progress of the organic industry...
Project Confluence
It’s no secret that poor and disenfranchised people—including in the US—suffer disproportionately from environmental problems. At the global scale,...
How We Win - How Cutting-Edge Entrepreneurs, Political Visionaries, Enlightened Business Leaders, and Social Media Mavens Can Defeat the Extremist Threat
In her groundbreaking new book How We Win: How Cutting-Edge Entrepreneurs, Political Visionaries, Enlightened Business Leaders, and Social Media...