#154 - Dan Glickman on LAUGHING AT MYSELF
Books on Pod with Trey Elling
English - July 31, 2021 11:54 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBooks Arts health fitness business lifestyle entrepreneur marketing entrepreneurship interview wellness nutrition Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Former Secretary of Agriculture, Kansas congressman, and Chairman/CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America Dan Glickman chats with Trey Elling about LAUGHING AT MYSELF: MY EDUCATION IN CONGRESS, ON THE FARM, AND AT THE MOVIES. Questions include:
What was it like growing up in a family of "cafeteria Jews" in Wichita, KS? (02:57)
Why did he switch from Republican to Democrat early in his political life? (06:38)
What did he learn about agriculture during his first successful congressional run? (08:14)
How is Dan Glickman responsible for the Pizza Hut pizza served in schools in the early-to-mid '90s? (14:12)
As someone who originally supported the legislation that created it, has NAFTA been a net positive or negative for the US? (18:03)
What all is the USDA, which he led as the ag secretary, responsible for? (19:26)
Has the mainstream press on "both" sides become unreliable to report news without spinning it to fit a specific narrative? (28:37)
Do we as a country produce and waste too much food? (31:48)