Five Great Ideas
Given the current state of human and planetary affairs, how can we create a sustainable future?
Join educator, architect, and creativity expert Jerry Allan as he helps us imagine a better world and focus our visions to create it.
Five Great Ideas
Given the current state of human and planetary affairs, how can we create a sustainable future?
Join educator, architect, and creativity expert Jerry Allan as he helps us imagine a better world and focus our visions to create it.
Daniel Pink and Darlyne Bailey - June 3, 2008 - Darlyne Bailey, Dean of the University of Minnesota's College of Education and Human Development discusses the influential book A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future with author Daniel Pink.
Catherine Watson was the first travel editor at the Minneapolis Star Tribune and its chief travel writer and photographer for 26 years. Four years ago, she retired from “the best job in the world” so she could write a book. Within three days, she was stuck. It wasn’t writer’s block, it was writer’s dismay. And it came as a surprise to her, the first of many. Life, it turns out, really IS a journey. Listen to, and laugh with, Catherine Watson as she shares some of the bumps, detours, sharp turns and, ultimately, joyful discoveries along her path.
Almost everyone in midlife ponders the question, "What's next?" And for good reason. Experts are now saying that as long as we stay vital and engaged, midlife can last well into our 70s. Listen to internationally renowned life coach, author, and executive educator Richard Leider as he shows us how to renew our gifts, passions, and values in the second half of life.
Kerry Kennedy and Barbara Frey - May 13, 2008 - Barbara Frey, Director of the Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts' Institute for Global Studies discusses human rights issues with Kerry Kennedy, author and founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights.
Professor Prentiss Cox - April 3, 2008 - University of Minnesota law professor and former assistant attorney general Prentiss Cox, who played a central role in crafting Minnesota's anti-predatory lending law and foreclosure deferment bill, discussed the complex issues surrounding the foreclosure crisis in Minnesota.
Dr. Yongwei Zhang - March 6, 2008 - Dr. Yongwei Zhang, Director of the University of Minnesota's China Center, discusses the transformation of mainland China from an isolationist nation to a global leader poised to become the largest economic power in the world.
Daniel Ellsberg and Larry Jacobs - February 26, 2008 - Larry Jacobs, the University of Minnesota’s Mondale Chair for Political Studies and Director of the Center of the Study of Politics and Governance at the Humphrey Institute, discusses American Democracy with Daniel Ellsberg, political activist and author.
Professor Louis Mendoza - February 7, 2008 - Last year, Louis Mendoza, Chair of the University of Minnesota's Department of Chicano Studies, spent six months circumnavigating the country by bicycle observing firsthand the "Latinoization" of the U.S. In this Headliners he retraces his journey and discusses the impact of the emergence of Latinos as the nation's largest ethnic minority, and the impact of Latino immigration on national identity and culture.
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Professor Deborah Swackhamer - January 10, 2008 - At a recent conference on Lake Superior, researchers agreed that global warming could wreak havoc on the Great Lakes. Deborah Swackhamer, director of the U of M’s Institute on the Environment and professor in the School of Public Health, presents an important—and eye-opening—discussion of the regional impact of global warming.
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Professor Varadarajan V. Chari - December 6, 2007 - On October 15, U of M Regents Professor Emeritus Leonid Hurwicz won the Nobel Prize in economics for pioneering work in a branch of game theory known as mechanism design. Varadarajan V. Chari, economic adviser for the Federal Reserve Bank, U of M economics professor, and colleague of Dr. Hurwicz, discusses the significance of Hurwicz's groundbreaking theory and the current volatile state of the economy.
Professor Larry Rudnick - November 1, 2007- Last August, Larry Rudnick announced the discovery of a gaping hole in space, far larger than any previously found. Professor Rudnick, University of Minnesota Distinguished Teaching Professor, founding board member of the Minnesota Planetarium Society, and nationally recognized expert on large-scale structures in the universe, shares the story of his fascinating discovery and discusses its cosmic implications.
Professor John S. Adams - October 4, 2007 - The collapse of the I-35W Bridge in August focused national media attention on Minnesota and renewed a decades-old debate over how we finance the interstate highway system in this country. University of Minnesota professor, geography department chair, co-director of the new University Metropolitan Consortium, and internationally known expert on cities and urban transportation systems, John Adams, discusses the broader implications of this Minnesota tragedy and explores possible solutions for the future.
Richard Leider and Richard Bolles - June 5, 2007 - Richard Leider, Senior Fellow at the Center for Spirituality and Healing and author of seven books including The Power of Purpose, is joined by Richard Bolles, author of the best- selling career planning book in history, What Color is Your Parachute, for a lively discussion of pursuing a purposeful life.
Continue reading "What Happened to Your Parachute? - The New Face of the Working World" »
