Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter
Why you should listen to her: Plenty of 14-year-old girls write poetry. But few hide under the bar of the famous Bowery Poetry Club in Manhattan’s East Village absorbing the[…]
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Wade Davis: Dreams from endangered cultures
Why you should listen to him: Wade Davis is perhaps the most articulate and influential western advocate for the world’s indigenous cultures. A National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, he has been described[…]
Louie Schwartzberg: Nature. Beauty. Gratitude
Why you should listen to him: Louie Schwartzberg’s notable career spans feature films, television shows, commercials and documentaries. He won two Clio Awards for TV advertising, including best environmental broadcast[…]
Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong
Why you should listen to him: “The nonprofit sector is critical to our dream of changing the world. Yet there is no greater injustice than the double standard that exists[…]
Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people into every city
Why you should listen to him: Kent Larson has been the director of the MIT House_n research consortium in the School of Architecture and Planning since 1998 and is also[…]
Jane McGonigal: Massively multi-player… thumb wrestling?
Why you should listen to her: Jane McGonigal asks: Why doesn’t the real world work more like an online game? In the best-designed games, our human experience is optimized: We[…]
Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn’t a broken person
Why you should listen to her: Janine Shepherd is a walking paraplegic; she is also a pilot and aerobatics instructor, as well as a motivational speaker and author. A champion[…]
Diana Nyad: Never, ever give up
Why you should listen to her: For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the then-longest swim in[…]
Charmian Gooch: Meet global corruption’s hidden players
Why you should listen to her: Charmian Gooch co-founded watchdog NGO Global Witness with colleagues Simon Taylor and Patrick Alley in 1993 in response to growing concerns over covert warfare funded by[…]
Janette Sadik-Khan: New York’s Streets? Not so mean any more
Why you should listen to her: Janette Sadik-Khan was appointed commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation in 2007. For six years, she managed nearly 5,000 employees and[…]
Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend
Why you should listen to her: Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal is a leader in the growing field of “science-help.” Through books, articles, courses and workshops, McGonigal works to help[…]
Susan Cain: The power of introverts
Why you should listen to her: Susan Cain is a former corporate lawyer and negotiations consultant — and a self-described introvert. At least one-third of the people we know are[…]
Rory Stewart: Why democracy matters
Why you should listen to him: Now the member of British Parliament for Penrith and the Border, in rural northwest England, Rory Stewart has led a fascinatingly broad life of public service.[…]
Toni Griffin: A new vision for rebuilding Detroit.
Why you should listen to her: Toni Griffin is the Founding Director of the J. Max Bond Center on Design for the Just City at the City College of New[…]
David Steindl-Rast: Want to be happy? Be grateful.
Why you should listen to him: Many first met Brother David Steindl-Rast through a viral video called “Nature. Beauty. Gratitude,” where Louie Schwartzberg’s footage of time-lapse flowers in bloom is[…]