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Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions

Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions

Sydney Finkelstein

November 19, 2009

Sydney Finkelstein, bestselling author and the Steven Roth Professor of Management for the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, joins Sally Jackson, public relations consultant and founder of Jackson & Company, to discuss the ways our minds are lured into making misguided judgments, and

Autism: Looking Beyond Cause and Cure

Susan Wilczynski

October 29, 2009

Susan M. Wilczynski, executive director of the National Autism Center, and Brenda Smith Myles, author and consultant with the Ziggurat Group, join James T.

Poetry in Hard Times

October 15, 2009

Renowned poets David Ferry, Suji Kwock Kim, Jill McDonough, Gail Mazur, Ifeanyi Menkiti, and Lloyd Schwartz join moderator Christopher Lydon to read the best of classic and contemporary Massachusetts authors.

Public Accountability After the Age of Newspapers

October 1, 2009

Paul Starr, professor of communications and public affairs at Princeton University and co-editor of The American Prospect, joins Martin Baron, editor of The Boston Globe, and Dan Kennedy, assistant professor at the Northeastern University School of Journalism and nationally recogni

Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail

September 24, 2009

Paul Polak, writer and founder of International Development Enterprises, and Dr. Jasmine Waddell, senior officer for Research and Learning for the US Regional Office of Oxfam America, discuss entrepreneurial practices that address poverty at its roots.

Cowardice, Conformity, and the ACLU

September 17, 2009

Wendy Kaminer, lawyer, social critic, and former American Civil Liberties Union national board member, joins Peter Kadzis, Executive Editor of The Boston Phoenix and political commentator on FOX25 News, to discuss the virtues of dissent and free speech, and why organizations so often stray

Afghanistan's Untold Story and the Road Ahead

Paul Fitzgerald

Najim Azadzoi, Nick Mills, Paul Fitzgerald, and Elizabeth Gould discuss the roots of the current crisis in Afghanistan and how to move toward a better future.

Spies and Spokesmen: Challenges of Journalism in Russia

Nicholas Daniloff

Nicholas Daniloff, professor of journalism at Northeastern University and a 30-year media veteran, draws upon his own international reporting experiences (including 13 days locked up by the KGB) to explore the challenges and possibilities of writing in the former Soviet Union today.