Episodes

Dec. 1, 2015

Laura Overdeck's killer tactic for helping kids love math

Laura Bilodeau Overdeck is founder and president of Bedtime Math Foundation, a nonprofit that seeks to make math a fun part of kids’ everyday lives, as beloved as the bedtime story. Bedtime Math offers a playful math problem daily for free,...

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Nov. 24, 2015

Nicol Turner-Lee : How to inspire across the aisle

Dr.  (@drturnerlee) is Vice President and Chief Research and Policy Officer for the Multicultural Media, Internet and Telecommunications Council. In this senior role, Dr. Turner-Lee designs and implements a research and policy agenda that...

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Nov. 17, 2015

Michael Scurato : Talks about the key policies that ensure everyone can use the internet to succeed

Michael Scurato (@michaelscurato) joined the National Hispanic Media Coalition's (NHMC) Washington, DC policy team in September 2010 when he was hired as a Law Fellow after being accepted into Georgetown Law’s Post-JD Public Service...

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Nov. 10, 2015

Alan Roth : What's next for net neutrality?

Alan J. Roth is USTelecom’s senior executive vice president, where he serves as deputy to President & CEO Walter B. McCormick Jr. in directing the government affairs mission of the association. Roth, a respected government relations...

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Nov. 3, 2015

Courtney Tanenbaum : How to reduce imposter syndrome and stereotype threat

Courtney Tanenbaum (@courttanenbaum) is a senior researcher and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) marketing and research lead at AIR. She is a graduate of the Institute for Education Leadership’s DC Education Policy...

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Oct. 27, 2015

Casey Rae : How to combine policy and creativity for a rewarding career

Casey Rae () is the Chief Executive Officer of the Future of Music Coalition. He is also a musician, recording engineer, educator and author. Casey regularly speaks on issues such as emerging business models, creators' rights, technology policy and...

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Oct. 20, 2015

Jason Llorenz : How to use the internet to create content not just consume it

Jason Llorenz is a professor, researcher and advocate with over a decade of federal and state-level policy development, strategic communication, and legal experience. His research interests focus on: • Digital literacy and universal inclusion on...

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Oct. 13, 2015

Kevin Clark : How to inspire students in STEM

Kevin Clark, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Division of Learning Technologies, and Founding Director of the in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. Kevin Clark is a full professor in the Learning Technologies...

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Oct. 6, 2015

David Goodfriend : How to succeed advocating for issues you truly care about

David Goodfriend is Founder and President of Goodfriend Government Affairs, with current and past clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to start-up ventures, to non-profit advocacy organizations in the telecommunications, media, technology,...

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Sept. 29, 2015

Shana Glickfield : How to go from 100 Twitter followers to owning a powerhouse public affairs firm

Shana Glickfield () is a founding Partner of Beekeeper Group, a DC-based public affairs firm, where she helps a wide array of clients with their communications and advocacy strategies, focusing on websites, social media, and mobile technology for...

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Sept. 22, 2015

Justin Vélez-Hagan : Explains Puerto Rico's debt crisis and what it means for Puerto Rico-based entrepreneurs

Justin Vélez-Hagan ()is an economic policy analyst, as well as a policy researcher at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.  He is also the founder of , has served as an adjunct faculty member in economics, and is the author...

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Sept. 15, 2015

Rob Atkinson : The future of tech policy and what to do about it

Rob Atkinson () is founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). He leads a prolific team of policy analysts and fellows that is successfully shaping the debate and setting the agenda on a host of critical...

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Sept. 15, 2015

Adriana Waterston : Learn about advertising, diversity and cable networks

Adriana Waterston () is Senior Vice President of Insights and Strategy at Horowitz Research. Adriana is a research junkie with a flair for finding the story behind the statistics, teasing the meaning out of the measurement, and revealing the faces...

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Sept. 15, 2015

Kim Scott : How to move from policy to practical solutions to close achievement gaps

Dr. Kimberly A. Scott (@compugirls) serves as COMPUGIRLS' Executive Director. Kimberly earned her Ed.D. from Rutgers University and is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University (ASU).

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Sept. 15, 2015

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