G’day Hubsters!
It’s a team effort this week, poor karenatasha is tucked up in bed with the flu, but don’t worry with some well wishes and chicken soup she will be back next week. I am no doctor, but I am pretty sure this weeks guest line up can cure any illness. So, without further ado lets meet this weeks guests.
Monday, 4/23: Don McLeroy
This week is going to start off with an intriguing guest. Don McLeroy is subject of the new film The Revisionaries, a 2012 critical selection of the Tribeca Film Festival, which chronicles his role as chairperson of the Texas School Board of Education. A former dentist turned SBOE member in 1998, he attempted to promote his devout creationist ideology and reshape the content of Texas’ public school textbooks, earning him friends and foes alike on the evolution vs. creationism debate.
In 2007, he was appointed Chair of the SBOE by Governor Rick Perry, and the reappointed by Perry in 2009. However, likely due to his divisive tenure as Chair, he fell short of the Senate votes needed to ratify the appointment.
Although losing re-election to the SBOE, he continues to advocate what he terms his “Young Earth Creationism.” The film certainly is raising his profile even higher, and brings to light the kind of folks passionately advocating against the teaching of evolution in our schools.
“The Revisionaries” [Trailer] and [Review]
Website: donmcleroy.com/
Tuesday, 4/24: Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian Chess Grandmaster and Chess prodigy who holds the number #1 world ranking, becoming the youngest player to do so in 2010 at only 19 years old. Magnus’ introduction to the game was as a five-year old after learning to play from his father. Like most youngsters with a new-found passion, Magnus soon aimed to beat his siblings and family members, but didn’t stop there. At the age of 13 years old Magnus became an International Grandmaster – the youngest at the time. October 2009 saw Magnus become the fifth and youngest chess player in history to achieve and Elo-rating of over 2800. The same year also saw him become The World Blitz Chess Champion.
In an interview with “60 Minutes” it was revealed that Carlsen was approached by J.J Abrams to appear as a future chess player in a scene from “Star Trek 2”, but was unable to get a work permit for the United States on short enough notice.
60 Minutes: “Mozart of Chess”
Twitter: @magnuscarlsen
Website: magnuscarlsen.com
Wednesday, 4/25: Michael Sandel
Michael Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard, teaches a course on justice at the University—a class that, since 2007, has been available on the web and through podcasts. You can watch episodes that focus on torture, taxation of the rich to help the poor, the draft and whether it should be okay to send someone in your place if you have the money to pay (which was in fact done in the Civil War and previous conflicts), and whether you can ever put a value on human life. In his devil’s advocate way, Sandel even makes the case for cannibalism! I’d say that will be red meat to a querying Stephen, who always delights in philosophical and ethical discussions. (And who’s a pretty mean devil’s advocate himself.)
Sandel has written numerous books on the topic, including Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?, published in 2010, and others on public philosophy, ethics and morality, and democracy. Upcoming in April 2012, and available for pre-order, is What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets. He is also a former Rhodes scholar who studied at Oxford, and lectures around the world. His work is particularly popular in Japan.
Book: “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?”
Website: justiceharvard.org
Thursday, 4/26: Jack White
Much like our host, Jack White is one of the most prolific and renowned artists of the century. Born the youngest of ten children, and raised in Southwest Detroit, Jack now resides in Nashville, Tennessee where, in 2009 he started his own record label “Third Man Records”, which quickly developed a reputation as a leader in the vinyl record industry. Known to many as a member of “The White Stripes”, Jack has also produced over 120 records in less than three years, for such varied artists as Jerry Lee Lewis, Wanda Jackson, Black Milk, The Black Belles and Stephen Colbert. In January 2012, Jack announced the release of his upcoming debut album “Blunderbuss” to be accompanied by an extensive world tour.
Website: jackwhiteiii.com/
Record Label: Third Man Records
Album: “Blunderbuss”
Album Review: New York Times
And now it’s time to check in with our good friends at ‘The Daily Show’
Monday, 4/23: Ben Rattray
Ben Rattray founded Change.org, a website dedicated to making a difference. Basically, Change.org allows people to create and distribute petitions for various political and social causes. The petitions have focuses on a range of topics, from getting justice for Trayvon Martin to eliminating pink slime from school lunches to forcing Bank of America to drop unexpected fees. The site has nearly ten million members (of which I am one), but until now has not made very much money. It has, however, done exactly what it was supposed to do: create change and call attention to unfairness and inequality.
A graduate of both Stanford University and the London School of Economics, Rattray has been a government affairs consultant and has been named as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World (2012).
TIME Magazine: Organizer
Website: change.org
Twitter: @brattray
Tuesday, 4/24: Madeleine Albright
The first female U.S. Secretary of State has penned a new book, ,Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, which she prefaces by saying “I was 59 when I learned from a reporter and from certain letters I had received that my ancestral heritage was Jewish and that more than two dozen of my relatives had died in the Holocaust.” This startling
revelation led Albright to pen the book, in which she describes her and family’s struggle to leave Czechoslovakia during WWII, and also the geopolitics during and after in Europe and beyond during that terribly tragic time.
The mother of three is well-known for history making turn as Secretary of State (1997-2001), particularly her intense diplomatic efforts in North Korea during her tenure. Her father, Joseph Korbel, was also a career diplomat, who, ironically, taught one of her predecessors, Condoleeza Rice.
She had also worked from 1976 to 1978 as chief legislative assistant to Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine and from 1978 to 1981 as a staff member on the National Security Council. Outside of politics and government, she was a research professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
She has a bachelor’s degree in political science and earned advanced degrees from Columbia University’s Department of Public Law and Government.
Albright is the founder of the Albright Group, a Washington, D.C.-based international strategy consulting firm, and teaches international relations at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service
Book: “Prague Winter”
Wednesday, 4/25: Jason Segel
[Coming Soon]
Wednesday, 4/26: Robert Draper
[Coming Soon]
That’s it for this weeks guests. Who are you looking forward to seeing?
Better Know a Guest, April 23 – 26, 2012
G’day Hubsters!
It’s a team effort this week, poor karenatasha is tucked up in bed with the flu, but don’t worry with some well wishes and chicken soup she will be back next week. I am no doctor, but I am pretty sure this weeks guest line up can cure any illness. So, without further ado lets meet this weeks guests.
Monday, 4/23: Don McLeroy
This week is going to start off with an intriguing guest. Don McLeroy is subject of the new film The Revisionaries, a 2012 critical selection of the Tribeca Film Festival, which chronicles his role as chairperson of the Texas School Board of Education. A former dentist turned SBOE member in 1998, he attempted to promote his devout creationist ideology and reshape the content of Texas’ public school textbooks, earning him friends and foes alike on the evolution vs. creationism debate.
In 2007, he was appointed Chair of the SBOE by Governor Rick Perry, and the reappointed by Perry in 2009. However, likely due to his divisive tenure as Chair, he fell short of the Senate votes needed to ratify the appointment.
Although losing re-election to the SBOE, he continues to advocate what he terms his “Young Earth Creationism.” The film certainly is raising his profile even higher, and brings to light the kind of folks passionately advocating against the teaching of evolution in our schools.
“The Revisionaries” [Trailer] and [Review]
Website: donmcleroy.com/
Tuesday, 4/24: Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian Chess Grandmaster and Chess prodigy who holds the number #1 world ranking, becoming the youngest player to do so in 2010 at only 19 years old. Magnus’ introduction to the game was as a five-year old after learning to play from his father. Like most youngsters with a new-found passion, Magnus soon aimed to beat his siblings and family members, but didn’t stop there. At the age of 13 years old Magnus became an International Grandmaster – the youngest at the time. October 2009 saw Magnus become the fifth and youngest chess player in history to achieve and Elo-rating of over 2800. The same year also saw him become The World Blitz Chess Champion.
In an interview with “60 Minutes” it was revealed that Carlsen was approached by J.J Abrams to appear as a future chess player in a scene from “Star Trek 2”, but was unable to get a work permit for the United States on short enough notice.
60 Minutes: “Mozart of Chess”
Twitter: @magnuscarlsen
Website: magnuscarlsen.com
Wednesday, 4/25: Michael Sandel
Michael Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard, teaches a course on justice at the University—a class that, since 2007, has been available on the web and through podcasts. You can watch episodes that focus on torture, taxation of the rich to help the poor, the draft and whether it should be okay to send someone in your place if you have the money to pay (which was in fact done in the Civil War and previous conflicts), and whether you can ever put a value on human life. In his devil’s advocate way, Sandel even makes the case for cannibalism! I’d say that will be red meat to a querying Stephen, who always delights in philosophical and ethical discussions. (And who’s a pretty mean devil’s advocate himself.)
Sandel has written numerous books on the topic, including Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?, published in 2010, and others on public philosophy, ethics and morality, and democracy. Upcoming in April 2012, and available for pre-order, is What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets. He is also a former Rhodes scholar who studied at Oxford, and lectures around the world. His work is particularly popular in Japan.
Book: “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?”
Website: justiceharvard.org
Thursday, 4/26: Jack White
Much like our host, Jack White is one of the most prolific and renowned artists of the century. Born the youngest of ten children, and raised in Southwest Detroit, Jack now resides in Nashville, Tennessee where, in 2009 he started his own record label “Third Man Records”, which quickly developed a reputation as a leader in the vinyl record industry. Known to many as a member of “The White Stripes”, Jack has also produced over 120 records in less than three years, for such varied artists as Jerry Lee Lewis, Wanda Jackson, Black Milk, The Black Belles and Stephen Colbert. In January 2012, Jack announced the release of his upcoming debut album “Blunderbuss” to be accompanied by an extensive world tour.
Website: jackwhiteiii.com/
Record Label: Third Man Records
Album: “Blunderbuss”
Album Review: New York Times
And now it’s time to check in with our good friends at ‘The Daily Show’
Monday, 4/23: Ben Rattray
Ben Rattray founded Change.org, a website dedicated to making a difference. Basically, Change.org allows people to create and distribute petitions for various political and social causes. The petitions have focuses on a range of topics, from getting justice for Trayvon Martin to eliminating pink slime from school lunches to forcing Bank of America to drop unexpected fees. The site has nearly ten million members (of which I am one), but until now has not made very much money. It has, however, done exactly what it was supposed to do: create change and call attention to unfairness and inequality.
A graduate of both Stanford University and the London School of Economics, Rattray has been a government affairs consultant and has been named as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World (2012).
TIME Magazine: Organizer
Website: change.org
Twitter: @brattray
Tuesday, 4/24: Madeleine Albright
The first female U.S. Secretary of State has penned a new book, ,Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, which she prefaces by saying “I was 59 when I learned from a reporter and from certain letters I had received that my ancestral heritage was Jewish and that more than two dozen of my relatives had died in the Holocaust.” This startling
revelation led Albright to pen the book, in which she describes her and family’s struggle to leave Czechoslovakia during WWII, and also the geopolitics during and after in Europe and beyond during that terribly tragic time.
The mother of three is well-known for history making turn as Secretary of State (1997-2001), particularly her intense diplomatic efforts in North Korea during her tenure. Her father, Joseph Korbel, was also a career diplomat, who, ironically, taught one of her predecessors, Condoleeza Rice.
She had also worked from 1976 to 1978 as chief legislative assistant to Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine and from 1978 to 1981 as a staff member on the National Security Council. Outside of politics and government, she was a research professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
She has a bachelor’s degree in political science and earned advanced degrees from Columbia University’s Department of Public Law and Government.
Albright is the founder of the Albright Group, a Washington, D.C.-based international strategy consulting firm, and teaches international relations at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service
Book: “Prague Winter”
Wednesday, 4/25: Jason Segel
[Coming Soon]
Wednesday, 4/26: Robert Draper
[Coming Soon]
That’s it for this weeks guests. Who are you looking forward to seeing?