Lectures tagged "Career"


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Travis and Trinity Townsend: When The Cops Come Knockin’
Travis Townsend Jr.
March 15, 2010
00:57:39
Travis and Trinity Townsend are brothers, attorneys, and authors of When The Cops Come Knockin': An Illustrative Guide to Criminal Law.
Charles Ogletree on Barack Obama
Charles J. Ogletree Jr.
February 24, 2010
01:14:00
In a one-on-one interview with preeminent journalist Carole Simpson, Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree discusses his former student, President Barack Obama--his presidential campaign, his first year in office, and the effects his election has had on local and state elections nationwide.
How to Stay a Passionate and Creative Educator
Nancy Rappaport
January 30, 2010
00:29:16
Nancy Rappaport, Harvard psychiatrist and author of the memoir In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide, discusses ways that self-reflection can help educators to remain passionate and creative over time when working in schools.
Raj Patel: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
Raj Patel: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
Raj Patel
January 11, 2010
00:55:45
Activist Raj Patel discusses his new book, The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, with radio's On Point producer, John Wihbey.
Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough: All Things at Once
Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough: All Things at Once
Mika Brzezinski
January 8, 2010
00:57:30
Mika Brzezinski, journalist and co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, talks about her new book All Things at Once, with fellow journalist and former congressman Joe Scarborough.
Atul Gawande: The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande: The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande
January 7, 2010
00:53:24
Surgeon and public health policy advocate Atul Gawande discusses his new book The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face.
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel Pink
January 6, 2010
00:50:03
Business and technology writer Daniel Pink explores what makes us most productive, and discusses his new book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.
Debating Same-Sex Marriage / The Good Life
Michael Sandel
November 29, 2009
00:55:10
Lecture Twenty-Two: "Debating Same-Sex Marriage" If principles of justice depend on the moral or intrinsic worth of the ends that rights serve, how does society deal with the fact that people hold different ideas and conceptions of what is good?