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Kiron Skinner

Kiron Skinner is one of the country’s most renowned experts in the area of international relations, U.S. foreign policy, and political strategy. Skinner is the W. Glenn Campbell Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and is an associate professor of international relations and political science at Carnegie Mellon, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in each of her research areas. Skinner is the coauthor, along with political scientists Serhiy Kudelia, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, and Condoleezza Rice, of The Strategy of Campaigning: Lessons from Ronald Regan and Boris Yeltsin, which is now used in political science courses at leading research universities. 

In this interview, Kiron Skinner shares her insight on the state of the Republican Party, the Obama Administration’s foreign policy, the role of the First Lady, and more.

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Maya Angelou

MAYA ANGELOU is a Pulitzer prize-nominated poet, a memoirist, performer, teacher, and director.  Raised in Stamps, Arkansas, she then moved to San Francisco.  She now lives in North Carolina and New York.  In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, beginning with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou has also written a cookbook, Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, and five poetry collections including I Shall Not Be Moved and Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing? She wrote and recited President Clinton’s inaugural poem.

Topics covered in this interview include her new book, Letter to My Daughter, as well as issues of national spirit, tolerance, and even what it’s like to travel in Prince’s tour bus.

(photo credit Brian Lanker)

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Spencer Sherman

Spencer Sherman is one of the top wealth managers in the country and the author of The Cure For Money Madness, a guide to overcoming distorted childhood perceptions around money that poison relationships, get in the way of intimacy, and interfere with both money making and enjoying the money we have.

Spencer holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brandeis University (Phi Beta Kappa) and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. For four years running, Worth magazine has named him one of the best 250 wealth advisors in the United States.

Spencer is also the co-creator and co-leader of the workshop, The Cure For Money Madness: Finding Financial Freedom.  In an anthology on relationships with contributors including Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Scott Peck, and Thich Nhat Hanh, he wrote the chapter “Money: the Surprising Aphrodisiac.”

In this timely interview, Spencer investigates the irrational behavior we all exhibit around money. He provides tips on understanding and controlling emotional responses in order to make wise financial decisions. Spencer also discusses the non-financial benefits of curing money madness, such as increased intimacy with your spouse.

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Michael Largo

Michael Largo is an expert on the anomalous ways of American dying. He is the author of The Portable Obituary (a Bram Stoker Award Finalist), Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die (winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction), and most recently, Genius and Heroin: The Illustrated History of Creativity, Obsession, and Reckless Abandon Through the Ages. He was the former editor of New York Poetry and the researcher/archivist for the film company Allied Artists. The son of an NYPD narcotics detective, Largo was the owner and founder of the landmark NYC East Village, St Marks Bar & Grill during the early 80s, where he served an eclectic clientele, including Allen Ginsberg, Joni Mitchell, Larry Rivers, and Keith Richards, to name a few, allowing an insider’s look and unusual vantage to observe both genius and heroin--in all its deviations--and its impact on contemporary culture.

In this interview, Michael Largo tells stories of getting hit up for “horse” by Keith Richards, Ricky Nelson’s poor choice to spend money on drugs rather than repairing his plane, the connection between heroin and Kurt Cobain’s creativity, and even a famed novelist who managed to OD on coffee!

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Seth Godin

SETH GODIN is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, and agent of change. He writes the most popular business blog in the world. Godin’s books have been bestsellers around the world and continue to shape the way people think about marketing, change, and work. His most recent titles include Tribes, The Dip, and Meatball Sundae. Permission Marketing was an Amazon.com Top 100 bestseller for a year, a Fortune Best Business Book, and it spent four months on the Business Week bestseller list. It also appeared on the New York Times business book bestseller list. 

In this interview Seth explains how new media has changed the marketing landscape, why leadership IS marketing, why some marketers ARE evil, and when is the right time to start a revolution in your organization or lead one of your own.

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Eila Mell

EILA MELL is the author of two books about everyone who auditioned to play almost every role major in TV and film.  She has appeared on Page Six and Inside Edition, sharing stories from her casting research, her own colorful soap opera audition history, and the Oscars. 

In this fun interview, she discusses:
- Why Doogie Howser and Anthony Rapp are basically the same guy
- How Miranda was almost Carrie
- Selma Blair’s missed opportunity to birth a child named Suri

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