Innovating the Future Archive

Tyra Mariani talks next generation of careers, leaders and leadership

Innovating the Future host and New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter talks to her colleague, Tyra Mariani, president and COO of New America. The two discuss the new generation of leaders and leadership, and what young professionals can learn about how to lead teams and manage their careers.

Aug. 2, 2019

Demos president Sabeel Rahman on American lawmaking and politics

Rahman is an expert on how the underlying economic structures, as guided by American lawmaking, have influenced American politics.

July 26, 2019

U.S. Ambassador Dennis Ross discusses Middle East diplomacy

Innovating the Future host and New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter talks to Ambassador Dennis Ross, who has held a number of top-level diplomatic roles in the U.S. government across several different administrations and who is currently a counselor and the William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute. The topic: his idea for how to resolve the problems in the Middle East.

July 19, 2019

Suki Kim, Sue Mi Terry discuss North Korea

Innovating the Future host and New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter talks to Suki Kim, a contributing editor at the New Republic and the author of Without You There is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite, and Sue Mi Terry, a senior fellow and Korea chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The three discuss the future of North Korea.

July 12, 2019

Author Jeff Goodell discusses new book on climate change

Innovating the Future host and New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter talks to Jeff Goodell, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of "The Water Will Come." They discuss climate change and what cities and all of us can do to prepare for it.

July 5, 2019

Jeffrey Toobin talks history, politics of Supreme Court

Innovating the Future host and New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter talks to CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin about the Supreme Court. This lively conversation between two old friends sheds light on the history of the court and its role in politics, which has had some surprising turns that help provide critical context for current events.

June 28, 2019

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Peter Singer talks solving social media and warfare conundrum

Peter Singer, a Senior Fellow at New America and Professor of Practice at ASU's Center for the Future of War, talks about the changing nature of warfare that now includes social media.

June 21, 2019

Mary Alice McCarthy discusses post-secondary education

Anne-Marie Slaughter talks to Mary Alice McCarthy, the director of New America's Center for Education and Skills about the future of apprenticeships. As McCarthy points out, there's a strong need in the country to integrate post-secondary education and the skills needs in the marketplace, a problem that is typically best solved locally.

June 14, 2019

Sethuraman Panchanathan talks about AI and other technological innovations

Innovating the Future host and New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter talks to Sethuraman Panchanathan, ASU’s chief research and innovation officer. The conversation offers a fascinating window into the future by focusing on how his research seeks to bring AI and technological innovation to people with physical disabilities.

June 7, 2019

New York Times Columnist David Brooks talks local solutions to national problems

David Brooks brings a set of stories to the show about how the real solutions to national problems are as likely to be solved in the local context, in ways that connect citizens to their government and provide smarter, more durable change.

May 31, 2019

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