2016 Afternoon of Conversation
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Our signature event, the 2016 Afternoon of Conversation hosts an audience of more than 2,000 in the Benedict Music Tent. From criminal justice for the most vulnerable, to space exploration, to the changing Supreme Court, to artificial intelligence, and the state of the Grand Old Party, big thinkers and doers engage in serious ideas about their work and our collective future.
Speakers
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Mitt RomneyUS Senator from Utah -
John DickersonCorrespondent for “60 Minutes” on CBS -
Ross Andersen Senior Editor at The Atlantic -
Nancy GertnerSenior Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School -
Walter IsaacsonHistory professor at Tulane University -
Nina TotenbergLegal Affairs Correspondent, NPR -
Stephen L. CarterWilliam Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Yale University School of La... -
Bryan StevensonFounder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative; Author, Just... -
Satya NadellaCEO, Microsoft Corporation (Festival Underwriter)
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USA
In a time of heightened distrust, how can media outlets reclaim the public’s confidence? We hear from a longtime journalist.
The idea of unity is a compassionate, hopeful aspiration for a country ravaged by a global pandemic, racial injustice, economic downturn and mob violence.
Two weeks before the first woman of color became Vice President, an angry mob that included members of the white supremacist group Proud Boys, stormed the US Capitol. As Ibram...
Biden believes deeply that actions like the January 6th violence at the Capitol are not who we want to be as a country, says Evan Osnos, author of a Biden biography.
As the nation reels from the attack on the Capitol, we look for ideas that will move us forward.
Peggy Clark asks Dan Glickman to reflect on this past year and to share what he expects from our country under President-elect Joe Biden’s leadership.
“We are not in a rush to pull people back into the workplace,” says Rob Falzon
NPR's Tamara Keith and Dan Glickman discuss what a Biden agenda might look like.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s family has called the city home for over 100 years.
