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Corey Robin: Hope in Hard Times
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - January 22, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAs the 2024 Presidential election approaches, many liberals fear that American democracy won’t survive another four years of Trump. But political scientist Corey Robin reminds us that American democracy has been flawed since its constitutional founding – it is the structure of American governmen...
Nicholas Christakis: What Makes Humans Good
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - July 27, 2023 22:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNicholas A. Christakis is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. He works in the fields of network science, biosocial science, and behavior genetics. He directs the Human Nature Lab and is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science. Dr. Christakis...
Rebecca Diamond: How to Renovate Housing Policy in a Way that Really Works
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - January 31, 2023 18:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHawai‘i’s residents have struggled with housing availability and affordability for decades. Median home prices have climbed beyond middle-class reach, local households pay an unsustainable portion of their income to housing, and the state has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the count...
Maria Ressa: What Are You Willing to Sacrifice for the Truth?
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - January 24, 2023 18:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJournalist Maria Ressa is co-founder of Rappler.com and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Born in the Philippines, Maria grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Princeton University. She got her start in journalism during the People Power Revolution of 1986 and reported for CNN from 1987 to 2005...
Kevin Roose: Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - December 08, 2022 18:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFocused on intersections of technology, business, and culture, Kevin Roose writes about online extremism, social media disinformation, artificial intelligence and algorithms, and emerging technologies. Before joining The Times, he was a columnist for New York magazine and co-host of the Real Fut...
Tina Stege: Climate Action for Pacific Survival
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - June 16, 2022 19:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTina Eonemto Stege is the Climate Envoy for the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Born in Saipan, raised on Kwajalein and Majuro, and educated in Honolulu, she brings a Pacific focus to her community-based work on a range of issues, from the impacts of nuclear testing to sustai...
Climate Action for Pacific Survival: A Conversation with Tina Stege
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - June 16, 2022 19:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTina Eonemto Stege is the Climate Envoy for the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Born in Saipan, raised on Kwajalein and Majuro, and educated in Honolulu, she brings a Pacific focus to her community-based work on a range of issues, from the impacts of nuclear testing to sustai...
Vivek Murthy: Together in Crisis
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - January 25, 2022 18:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsVivek Murthy is Surgeon General of the United States. In service to three presidents, he has launched national initiatives to address the opioid crisis, to respond to Covid-19, and to alleviate chronic stress and isolation. A specialist in internal medicine, he received MD and MBA degrees from Y...
Kate Raworth
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - January 18, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Better Tomorrow Speaker Series is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
Kate Raworth & Kamanamaikalani Beamer: Doughnut Economics
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - January 18, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOxford economist and best-selling author Kate Raworth, in conversation with UH professor Kamanamaikalani Beamer, discuss how the cult of endless growth in traditional economics has led us astray, undermining human welfare and outstripping planetary limits. In its place, they propose a circular f...
Chesa Boudin: Rethinking Prosecution
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - January 11, 2022 18:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFor half a century, tough-minded prosecutors have led the way imposing stiff and lasting penalties on lawbreakers. Now a new generation of progressive prosecutors is trying to use the awesome powers of their offices to dismantle mass incarceration. In this conversation, San Francisco’s District ...
Michael E. Mann: New Climate War
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - November 20, 2021 22:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsMichael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State and director of the Earth System Science Center. A specialist in combining theoretical models and observational data to understand the Earth’s climate system, Mann has published more than 200 scholarly publications a...
Reece Jones: White Borders
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - November 02, 2021 00:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsReece Jones is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Geopolitics and is a Guggenheim Fellow whose work has been featured in The New York Times, the Guardian, Time Magazine, and the Econom...
Alicia Garza: The Purpose of Power
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - October 30, 2021 22:15 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHow do you keep organizing for justice even when racism wears you down? Tune into Alicia Garza, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter, in conversation with UH Centennial Professor Charles Lawrence. They discuss the future of the Black freedom movement and Alicia’s new book, The Purpose of Power: How W...
Edward Glaeser: Recovery to Resilience
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - October 18, 2021 18:47 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA dynamic and wide-ranging conversation with Harvard economist Edward Glaeser on navigating the covid recession and laying the groundwork for growth and resilience. Additional topics include the future of cities, the economic benefits of public health, and the relationship between public invest...
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