Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of mind
Why you should listen to her: An expert on animal behavior, Temple Grandin has designed humane handling systems for half the cattle-processing facilities in the US, and consults with the[…]
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Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20
Why you should listen to her: Lately it feels as if 25 is just a bit too young to get serious. In her psychology practice, and her book The Defining Decade, clinical[…]
Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders
Why you should listen to her: Long before Sheryl Sandberg left Google to join Facebook as its Chief Operating Officer in 2008, she was a fan. Today she manages Facebook’s[…]
Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion
Why you should listen to her: Rita F. Pierson, a professional educator since 1972, taught elementary school, junior high and special education. She was a counselor, a testing coordinator and[…]
Dan Gilbert: The surprising science of happiness
Why you should listen to him: Dan Gilbert believes that, in our ardent, lifelong pursuit of happiness, most of us have the wrong map. In the same way that optical[…]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story
Why you should listen to her: In Nigeria, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun has helped inspire new, cross-generational communication about the Biafran war. In this and in her[…]
David Christian: The history of our world in 18 minutes
Why you should listen to him: David Christian is by training a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union, but since the 1980s he has become interested in world history[…]
Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability
Why you should listen to her: Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability,[…]
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[…]
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[…]