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Tell Me More

Brief conversations with the thinkers, artists, makers and shapers of our world. Their insights on dozens of different topics are enlightening, provocative, and always surprising. Listen and learn som... Read more

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Animal Behaviorist Temple Grandin on Autism and Understanding Animals

Animal Behaviorist Temple Grandin on Autism and Understanding Animals

Time magazine named Temple Grandin one of the world’s 100 most influential people for her work to improve the quality of... Read more

24 Jan 2019

17mins

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Karl Rove and Election Strategies

Karl Rove and Election Strategies

How much credit should political advisor Karl Rove get for Donald Trump’s White House win? In 2016, Rove — the man who h... Read more

4 Dec 2019

21mins

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Life is Good President Lisa Tanzer Shares Essential Advice

Life is Good President Lisa Tanzer Shares Essential Advice

Life is Good president and Tufts graduate Lisa Tanzer emphasizes the importance of knowing what you stand for when it co... Read more

9 Jan 2019

15mins

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Bringing Puffins Back to Maine

Bringing Puffins Back to Maine

About 100 years ago, there were less than five puffins left in all of Maine. But now, thanks to the conservationists, th... Read more

26 Jun 2019

27mins

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New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof on How We Treat Immigrants

New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof on How We Treat Immigrants

Nicholas Kristof is a journalist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and longtime columnist for the New York Times. He has ... Read more

29 May 2019

27mins

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Who Votes, Who Doesn’t Vote, and Why? Professor Bernard Fraga on Why Minority Voting Turnout Matters

Who Votes, Who Doesn’t Vote, and Why? Professor Bernard Fraga on Why Minority Voting Turnout Matters

As America gets closer to the 2020 presidential election, everyone wants to know, “Who will run?” But there’s another im... Read more

20 Mar 2019

25mins

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Beto O'Rourke on Cybersecurity, the Humanitarian Crisis at the U.S. Border and More

Beto O'Rourke on Cybersecurity, the Humanitarian Crisis at the U.S. Border and More

From 2013 to 2019, Beto O’Rourke represented the 16th Congressionaldistrict of Texas in the U.S. House of Representative... Read more

16 Oct 2019

19mins

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Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld on Immigration and Impeachment

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld on Immigration and Impeachment

Now a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, the former Massachusetts governor visited Tufts recently as... Read more

13 Nov 2019

25mins

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Dr. John Rich on Fixing Institutional Racism in Health Care

Dr. John Rich on Fixing Institutional Racism in Health Care

Professor and author Dr. John Rich talks about applying a systems approach to tackling the consequences of trauma in the... Read more

26 Dec 2018

14mins

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Can Artificial Intelligence Make Us Smarter?

Can Artificial Intelligence Make Us Smarter?

Artificial intelligence has the potential to enrich our lives. But it can also drive people apart and cause tremendous h... Read more

12 Jun 2019

21mins

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Engineers Without Borders Leader Catherine Leslie on Engineering Positive Change

Engineers Without Borders Leader Catherine Leslie on Engineering Positive Change

Engineers Without Borders leader Catherine Leslie tells a Tufts podcast about the thousands of students and professional... Read more

21 Aug 2019

24mins

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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Juan Manuel Santos on How he Fought the Odds to Create Peace

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Juan Manuel Santos on How he Fought the Odds to Create Peace

Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos tells a Tufts podcast how he fought the odds to create peace in his native C... Read more

7 Aug 2019

23mins

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Dr. Ellen Ochoa on Her Career in Space, and How Mentoring Is Important in the STEM Disciplines

Dr. Ellen Ochoa on Her Career in Space, and How Mentoring Is Important in the STEM Disciplines

Space wasn’t always on Dr. Ellen Ochoa’s radar. So how did this high school flute player make her way to outer space? In... Read more

1 May 2019

21mins

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Filmmaker Amy Adrion on the Challenges That Female Directors Still Face

Filmmaker Amy Adrion on the Challenges That Female Directors Still Face

Blockbusters like Patty Jenkins’ "Wonder Woman" show the power that female filmmakers can have in Hollywood today. But w... Read more

12 Dec 2018

27mins

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor: 'If You Deal With People Out of Respect, You Can Disagree Agreeably'

Justice Sonia Sotomayor: 'If You Deal With People Out of Respect, You Can Disagree Agreeably'

Tufts students have a wide-ranging conversation with Justice Sotomayor as she addresses a crowd of almost 3,000 at the u... Read more

30 Oct 2019

25mins

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Congressman Will Hurd on Crossing the Political Divide

Congressman Will Hurd on Crossing the Political Divide

Tufts undergraduate George Behrakis interviews Will Hurd, a Republican Texas Congressman leaving the House of Representa... Read more

2 Oct 2019

26mins

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Former U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul on Russian Election Interference and Vladimir Putin’s End Game

Former U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul on Russian Election Interference and Vladimir Putin’s End Game

Michael McFaul, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014 under the Obama administration, shares in ... Read more

17 Apr 2019

29mins

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Filmmaker David Sutherland's New Film Shows the Human Cost of U.S. Immigration Policy

Filmmaker David Sutherland's New Film Shows the Human Cost of U.S. Immigration Policy

Documentary filmmaker and 1967 Tufts graduate David Sutherland is known for creating intimate portraits of people living... Read more

3 Apr 2019

22mins

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How Deke Sharon Became the ‘Father of Contemporary A Cappella'

How Deke Sharon Became the ‘Father of Contemporary A Cappella'

Deke Sharon, often called “the father of contemporary a cappella,” has made it his life’s work to bring vocals-only musi... Read more

15 May 2019

30mins

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In Exhibit, Artist Lynda Cutrell Challenges What We Think We Know About Mental Illness

In Exhibit, Artist Lynda Cutrell Challenges What We Think We Know About Mental Illness

Artist Lynda Cutrell wants to change how people look at mental illness. In an exhibit on display at Tufts, she uses phot... Read more

20 Feb 2019

22mins

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