The Inefficiencies of efficiency - Mike Pesca
The host of The Gist, the longest running daily news analysis podcast in history. He has guest-hosted the NPR Programs All Things Considered and Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, and his work has been featured on This American Life, Radiolab, and Planet Money. He has frequently appeared on MSNBC, CNN, and The PBS Newshour, and written for The Washington Post, The Guardian, GQ, Slate, and Baseball Prospectus.
How life in the military is so damn different from the movies... - Elana Duffy
She is an engineer by education, a decorated military veteran by career, and a socially focused technology CEO by trade. After obtaining her bachelors and master’s in engineering, she enlisted for a decade of Army service with combat tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq. When complications following injuries sustained in a roadside bomb resulted in her early retirement, she moved to New York City. There, she created www.pathfinder.vet as an AI-driven platform to assist military, veterans, and their families in connecting to local support services and to assist these providers in improving their impact on the community.
Why Public Apologies Fail — And How They Can Succeed - Lux Alptraum
An author and podcast host who doesn’t shy away from difficult topics. The host of Say You’re Sorry, an Audible Original podcast about public apologies: what makes them work, why they so often fail, and how they can be better.She has been featured in a wide variety of outlets including The New York Times, Cosmopolitan and more.
Thursday - May 26th. 6:00 - 7:30 (Doors 5:30)