Creating the World We Want
Bob Massie and Tom Dodge have teamed up to engage the most creative leaders of our day in conversations on long-term solutions to society's most pressing problems. What kind of world do we want to live in? And how can we create it? These questions should be at the heart of every personal and public discussion – and yet too often they are not. At the very moment when technology is increasing, too many are losing the desire and the agency to imagine a better future. Dystopian visions of the future fill our newspapers, our media, and our minds. We reject that. As the title of our program suggests, we want to take control of the future and shape it for the good. We are not powerless drones, but human beings with imagination and power.
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July 2, 2020 • 60 mins
Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies' Program on Inequality and the Common Good and the Co-Editor of Inequality.org. As the grandson of entrepreneur Oscar Mayer, Chuck made the inspiring youth decision to give away his inheritance in order to authentically live a life devoted to addressing inequalities.
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He is the author of the books, "Is Inequality in Am...
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He is the author of the books, "Is Inequality in Am...
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October 29, 2019 • 20 mins
Governor Michael Dukakis served as the 65th governor of Massachusetts (from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991) and was the Democratic nominee for the President of the United States in the 1988 election.
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He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Greek and Aromanian Greek immigrants, Dukakis attended Swarthmore ...
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He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Greek and Aromanian Greek immigrants, Dukakis attended Swarthmore ...
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October 29, 2019 • 23 mins
Governor Michael Dukakis served as the 65th governor of Massachusetts (from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991) and was the Democratic nominee for the President of the United States in the 1988 election.
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He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Greek and Aromanian Greek immigrants, Dukakis attended Swarthmore ...
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He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Greek and Aromanian Greek immigrants, Dukakis attended Swarthmore ...
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October 29, 2019 • 21 mins
Governor Michael Dukakis served as the 65th governor of Massachusetts (from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991) and was the Democratic nominee for the President of the United States in the 1988 election.
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He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Greek and Aromanian Greek immigrants, Dukakis attended Swarthmore ...
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He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Greek and Aromanian Greek immigrants, Dukakis attended Swarthmore ...
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September 18, 2019 • 24 mins
Councilor Lydia Edwards has spent her entire career as an advocate, activist, and as a voice on behalf of society's most vulnerable. In 2015, she was named Bostonian of the Year by the Boston Globe. She served as the deputy director within the Mayor's Office of Housing Stability where she was responsible for developing and delivering innovative solutions to fight displacement and brought together all stakeholders: landlords, manage...
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September 18, 2019 • 21 mins
Councilor Lydia Edwards has spent her entire career as an advocate, activist, and as a voice on behalf of society's most vulnerable. In 2015, she was named Bostonian of the Year by the Boston Globe. She served as the deputy director within the Mayor's Office of Housing Stability where she was responsible for developing and delivering innovative solutions to fight displacement and brought together all stakeholders: landlords, manage...
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September 18, 2019 • 22 mins
Councilor Lydia Edwards has spent her entire career as an advocate, activist, and as a voice on behalf of society's most vulnerable. In 2015, she was named Bostonian of the Year by the Boston Globe. She served as the deputy director within the Mayor's Office of Housing Stability where she was responsible for developing and delivering innovative solutions to fight displacement and brought together all stakeholders: landlords, manage...
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September 4, 2019 • 21 mins
Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of 19 books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, beginning with the three-million copy "Diet for a Small Planet" in 1971. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., describes Diet for a Small Planet as “one of the most influential political tracts of the times." In 2008, it was selected as one of 75 Books by Women Whose Words Have C...
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September 4, 2019 • 20 mins
Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of 19 books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, beginning with the three-million copy "Diet for a Small Planet" in 1971. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., describes Diet for a Small Planet as “one of the most influential political tracts of the times." In 2008, it was selected as one of 75 Books by Women Whose Words Have C...
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September 4, 2019 • 22 mins
Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of 19 books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, beginning with the three-million copy "Diet for a Small Planet" in 1971. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., describes Diet for a Small Planet as “one of the most influential political tracts of the times." In 2008, it was selected as one of 75 Books by Women Whose Words Have C...
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July 11, 2019 • 23 mins
Rev. Vernon K. Walker is a social justice advocate who's faith in Jesus has inspired his social justice work. Rev. Walker came to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ while a student in high school at the age of 18 and since then has been engaged in the works of racial justice, economic justice, social justice and climate justice. Rev. Walker ministry includes navigating the intersection of faith, politics and social justice. A gra...
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July 11, 2019 • 23 mins
Rev. Vernon K. Walker is a social justice advocate who's faith in Jesus has inspired his social justice work. Rev. Walker came to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ while a student in high school at the age of 18 and since then has been engaged in the works of racial justice, economic justice, social justice and climate justice. Rev. Walker ministry includes navigating the intersection of faith, politics and social justice. A gra...
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July 11, 2019 • 21 mins
Rev. Vernon K. Walker is a social justice advocate who's faith in Jesus has inspired his social justice work. Rev. Walker came to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ while a student in high school at the age of 18 and since then has been engaged in the works of racial justice, economic justice, social justice and climate justice. Rev. Walker ministry includes navigating the intersection of faith, politics and social justice. A gra...
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Setti Warren served as Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, and is a former Democratic candidate for United States Senate in 2012. He is the first popularly elected African-American mayor in Massachusetts and also worked as deputy state director for Senator John Kerry’s Massachusetts office (2004-2008), national trip director for Kerry for President (2003-2004), and held numerous positions in the Clinton White House (1997-2000). From 20...
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May 23, 2019 • 23 mins
Setti Warren served as Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, and is a former Democratic candidate for United States Senate in 2012. He is the first popularly elected African-American mayor in Massachusetts and also worked as deputy state director for Senator John Kerry’s Massachusetts office (2004-2008), national trip director for Kerry for President (2003-2004), and held numerous positions in the Clinton White House (1997-2000). From 20...
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May 23, 2019 • 22 mins
Setti Warren served as Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, and is a former Democratic candidate for United States Senate in 2012. He is the first popularly elected African-American mayor in Massachusetts and also worked as deputy state director for Senator John Kerry’s Massachusetts office (2004-2008), national trip director for Kerry for President (2003-2004), and held numerous positions in the Clinton White House (1997-2000). From 20...
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May 3, 2019 • 18 mins
Jennifer Erickson is the founder and Director of the Arts & Culture department at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, where she plays a key role in planning for 101 cities and towns in the Greater Boston area. As Arts & Culture Director, she leads a team of cultural planning, creative placemaking, and public art experts that is engaging in research, planning, and policy work to facilitate a more vibrant, livable, and inclusive ...
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May 3, 2019 • 16 mins
Jennifer Erickson is the founder and Director of the Arts & Culture department at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, where she plays a key role in planning for 101 cities and towns in the Greater Boston area. As Arts & Culture Director, she leads a team of cultural planning, creative placemaking, and public art experts that is engaging in research, planning, and policy work to facilitate a more vibrant, livable, and inclusive ...
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May 3, 2019 • 20 mins
Jennifer Erickson is the founder and Director of the Arts & Culture department at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, where she plays a key role in planning for 101 cities and towns in the Greater Boston area. As Arts & Culture Director, she leads a team of cultural planning, creative placemaking, and public art experts that is engaging in research, planning, and policy work to facilitate a more vibrant, livable, and inclusive ...
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April 11, 2019 • 19 mins
David Delmar is the founder of Resilient Coders, a non-profit helping young students learn skills to be successful in the work force. As a Latino man, David is bravely challenging the self-satisfied assumptions of some in the tech industry who believe that they are advocates for both diversity and meritocracy, when too often they are simply hiring people they recognize as familiar.
David is a professional designer and interface dev...
David is a professional designer and interface dev...
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