Grey Matter with Michael Krasny

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Society & Culture

News Commentary

Award winning broadcaster, author, and professor Michael Krasny shares in-depth interviews with leading newsmakers, scholars, authors and intellectuals.

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John McWhorter PhD - Linguist and NYT Columnist

John Hamilton McWhorter V is an associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University with a specialty in creole languages, sociolects, and Black English. McWhorter is also a major pundit on social issues, and currently a columnist for the New York Times. Our conversation is as much about the use of the language we use to exchange ideas, as about the ideas themselves. McWhorter is the author of more than twenty books including Woke Racism, The Power of Babel: A Natural...

Aug 23, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Amber Mac - World-Renown Technology Leader - Living in our Digital Age

World-renowned innovator and commentator on everything tech, Amber shares her reflections across the board on living in our digital age drawing on her perspectives as a technology spokesperson, a media specialist, a concerned citizen, a woman, and a mother. Chock-full of practical recommendations, Amber's insights span the spectrum of issues related to our living and thriving in this digital age.

Aug 11, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Dr. Richard Haass - Council on Foreign Relations - Restabilizing The World

Dr. Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, will share his sober assessments on the clear and present threats in the world today, the greatest of which are domestic. He will draw from his most recent work, The World: A Brief Introduction, current events, and his upcoming book on American democracy, to illuminate the factors we must address as a nation and a globe on the road ahead in order to preserve our collective civil society.

Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Larry Diamond, Ph.D - Hoover/Stanford - Saving Democracy

As one of the world's leading spokespersons for democracy, Larry Diamond of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, the Journal of Democracy and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), reflects on the threats to global democracy and his proposals for reinstating and reinforcing the health of our own democracy in the United States.

Jul 13, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Dr. Robert Wachter - UCSF - Today's COVID-19

In 2020-22, Dr. Robert Wachter's tweets on Covid-19 were viewed over 400 million times by 250,000 followers and served as a trusted source of information on the clinical, public health, and policy issues surrounding the pandemic. We will hear his latest assessments on COVID-19 and much more.

Jul 02, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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