Holland Taylor
Emmy-winning actor Holland Taylor has led an impeccable career, from TV to Broadway to feature films like "Legally Blonde" and "The Truman Show." She talks to Ted about why she considers her play about Ann Richards to be her life’s greatest work, her famously incendiary scene on “The Practice," h...
Mark McKinnon on 9/11, 'Trump-a-palooza', Paxton v Talarico and Texas Politics, the Midterms, and More
Mark McKinnon is a political advisor, reform advocate, columnist, and television producer. He was the creator and co-host of Showtime's Emmy-nominated hit documentary series "The Circus”. He’s worked for many causes, companies, and candidates, including President George W. Bush, Senator John McCa...
President George W. Bush's Farewell Address Audiobook by President George W. Bush
Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: President George W. Bush's Farewell AddressCategories: Political Science, PoliticsAuthor: President George W. BushNarrator: John GreenmanPublisher: Spoken RealmsRelease date: 04-09-2015Language: EnglishSummary:George Walker Bus...
Supreme Court Landmarks | The Outsize Power of the Supreme Court Today | 8
Throughout our series, we've seen how social movements and partisan politics helped influence the decisions of landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases, and thus shape America itself. But how did the Supreme Court get so powerful when America's founders imagined a more limited role? Today, the idea of c...
Dana Rushing: Radical Service and Unfiltered Grit
Ever wonder how serving others might actually be the secret to solving your own burnout and finding real purpose? In this captivating episode, host Austin Clemens sits down with Dana Rushing—psychotherapist, former hospital CEO, author, and President of the Austin Westlake Rotary Club. Dana share...
Ambassador Ron Kirk Opens Up: Leadership, Mistakes & The Road Ahead
"Travel teaches you something powerful...you realize how much we are all the same." — Ambassador Ron Kirk
What shapes a leader? Is it success, failure, the people who believe in you, or the relationships you build along the way?
In this exclusive conversation, Ambassador Ron Kirk—former Mayor of ...
"The Perils of Pauline" by Renata Adler
In this episode of Private Life, the actress Holland Taylor reads Renata Adler’s essay “The Perils of Pauline,” an expansive assessment of Pauline Kael’s film criticism from the Review’s August 14, 1980, issue. Taylor has been working on films, television, and Broadway since the 1960s. She is a n...
The End of STAAR: What Texas Parents Need to Know | Mary Lynn Pruneda
Texas used to be one of the best states in the country at math. Today, only 44% of our third graders are on grade level in math, and we've had one of the biggest declines on the Nation's Report Card of any state. So what happened?
This week I'm joined again by Mary Lynn Pruneda, Director of Educa...
Supreme Court Landmarks | The Outsize Power of the Supreme Court Today | 8
Throughout our series, we've seen how social movements and partisan politics helped influence the decisions of landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases, and thus shape America itself. But how did the Supreme Court get so powerful when America's founders imagined a more limited role? Today, the idea of c...
Keeping the Wisdom Lines Alive, Guidance from Wise Women on the Other Side: Gloria, Ann, Joanna & Barbara
There are wise women who have walked before us - and their wisdom is still here, even if their body isn't. It lives in the words they wrote, the choices they made, the lives they shaped, and the ways they helped us see what might be possible.
We cannot let these wisdom threads drop between gener...
