Rerun: 12. Maggie Doyne on Uplifting Children and, In Turn, the World
Maggie Doyne, who co-founded the BlinkNow Foundation nonprofit at age 19, discusses how, over the past 13 years, she has developed a school, children’s home, health clinic, and women’s center in Surkh...
6 Apr 202259min
Michael Murphy on Architecture as a Vessel for Healing and Hope
Michael Murphy believes in architecture that promotes connectivity, collectivity, and health, in the broadest sense of the term. As the founding principal and executive director of MASS Design Group, ...
30 Mar 20221h 14min
David Wallace-Wells on His Growing Optimism for the Planet’s Future
David Wallace-Wells, author of the best-selling book The Uninhabitable Earth and New York magazine’s editor-at-large, wields vivid language that makes people pay attention. But his writing isn’t hyper...
23 Mar 20221h 18min
Wynton Marsalis on Jazz as a Tool for Understanding Life
Trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis, the managing and artistic director of New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC), is a man bursting with endless energy. Throughout his four-decade career, he has...
15 Des 20211h
Siri Hustvedt on the Value in Embracing Ambiguity
When Siri Hustvedt was 12 years old, she began reading 19th-century novels by Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain that were given to her by her Norwegian mother, and soon ...
1 Des 20211h 23min
Daniel Humm on the Plant-Based Future of Fine Dining
Throughout his life, Daniel Humm has constantly pushed himself to the edge. So when Covid-19 arrived, he understood the importance of a quick pivot. Forced to close Eleven Madison Park—his three-Miche...
17 Nov 20211h 19min
Elizabeth Alexander on Moving Forward in the Face of Adversity
The poet, educator, and scholar Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, views her work as an urgent political act. Following in the footsteps of her father, who was a civil ...
3 Nov 20211h 2min
Debbie Millman on the Importance of Playing the Long Game
Artist and designer Debbie Millman has been fascinated by the power of branding for most of her life. And as the host of the Design Matters podcast (which was recently translated into a book, out next...
20 Okt 20211h 20min
