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• The Librarian Challenging Book Bans: A Conversation with Amanda Jones

  "Send a text sharing your thoughts about the episode."Today’s guest is Ms. Amanda Jones, a librarian in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, anti-censorship advocate, and past president of the Louisiana Association of School Librarians. Despite being cruelly defamed, shunned by members of her own community, and subjected to death threats, Ms. Jones has steadfastly been a voice of reason against book bans in Louisiana and the U.S. In 2023, she was awarded the American Association of School Librarians' Intellectual Freedom Award and the American Library Association's Paul Howard Award for Courage. She is also the author of That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.

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• Organizational Culture is the Rosetta Stone of Institutional Success: A Conversation with Dr. Thomas Manken

  "Send a text sharing your thoughts about the episode."Today’s guest is Dr. Thomas G. Mahnken, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Senior Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, and a scholar and practitioner of strategy and defense policy with extensive experience across academia, the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Navy Reserve. Dr. Mahnken reflects on his personal journey, intellectual influences, and decades of experience at the intersection of academia, defense strategy, and public service. Growing up in Del Mar, California in the shadow of World War II, Mahnken developed an early fascination with history and military affairs, shaped by parents who had both served during the war. Dr. Mahnken describes his career path as a hallway of “doors” that periodically open—opportunities to be accepted or declined, not forced. What unifies his diverse roles is a commitment to public service, research that matters, and decisions grounded in values rather than rigid ideological frameworks. 

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• Empathy is the Coin of the Realm: A Conversation with Benjamin Spencer

  "Send a text sharing your thoughts about the episode."From wrenches to Washington, we trace a general's journey through service, strategy, and change. Today's guest is retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Benjamin Spencer who shares lessons in leadership from the flight line to the Pentagon. We hear about the processes, practices, and people essential to aerospace equipment sustainment and operations in the U.S. Air Force. Retired Brigadier General Spencer leads us through his experiences as a young officer learning from Senior Airmen to being the primary liaison of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force with the U.S. House of Representatives.

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• Bananas, Sex, and Exploding Genitals: A Conversation with Dr. Marlene Zuk

  "Send a text sharing your thoughts about the episode."What is behavior and how does it evolve? What can animal behavior teach us about how we behave? In this episode, we hear from Dr. Marlene Zuk, who is an evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Zuk shares her insights regarding how both genetics and environment influence behavior as well as society's tendency to project human characteristics onto animals. Dr. Zuk is a prolific author of numerous publications as well as the books  Paleofantasy, Sex on Six Legs, and Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test.

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• Short Staffed, Underpaid, and Saving Lives: A Conversation with Dr. Meg Marino

  "Send a text sharing your thoughts about the episode."Despite limited resources, the men and women of New Orleans Emergency Medical Services (NOEMS) consistently provide quality emergency medical care through unparalleled professionalism and passion. In this episode we are fortunate to engage with Dr. Meg Marino, the Director of NOEMS since 2021. Dr. Marino has been interested in and dedicated to the development of pre-hospital emergency medical care since her residency. She shares her thoughts regarding the successes, challenges, operations, administration, and, most importantly, personnel of NOEMS.

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