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In this week's “A Reagan Forum” we present three co-authors – Anita McBride, Diana Carlin, and Nancy Kegan Smith – who joined us at the Reagan Library on May 8, 2024, to discuss their new book, Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women. The discussion surrounded their groundbreaking book, showcasing the evolutionary role of the First Lady and its historical importance in the American presidency. They shine a light on the influential women who broke barriers and made a mark on our country and, at times, our world, during their tenures in the White House. Anita McBride's White House service spans two decades and three presidential administrations. She served as director of White House Personnel under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and as director of the U.S. Speaker's Bureau at the United States Information Agency. She then served as assistant to President George W. Bush and chief of staff to First Lady Laura Bush. Diana Carlin co-founded the First Ladies Association for Research and Education. Nancy Kegan Smith is the retired Director of the Presidential Materials Division at the National Archives and Records Administration. She is vice president of the First Ladies Association for Research and Education. During their visit, the three co-authors sat down with the Reagan Foundation and Institute President and CEO Dave Trulio to discuss their book.

In 1962, while he was doing pre-production work on The Greatest Story Ever Told, Stevens was recruited by Edward R. Murrow to serve as director of the Motion Picture and Television Service, a division of the United States Information Agency.[10][11] At age 31, Stevens moved from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., where as director of the service, he produced roughly 300 short documentary films per year.[11][12][7] One of the films Stevens commissioned was Nine from Little Rock, which followed the experiences of nine African-American students attending a previously all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.In 1965, Stevens was a consultant in the process that established the National Endowment for the Arts.[17] In June 1967, at age 35, Stevens resigned from his position at the USIA to join the American Film Institute.In 1973, Stevens established the AFI Life Achievement Award, to honor and recognize decorated figures in the American film industry such as Orson Welles, James Cagney, Bette Davis, and Lillian Gish.[24][7][25] Stevens produced and wrote for the Life Achievement Award's television broadcast from its inception until 1998.In 1978, along with Nick Vanoff, Stevens co-created the Kennedy Center Honors, a ceremony and television production recognizing people who have made significant contributions to American culture through the performing arts.Stevens  has just released an unforgettable  memoir entitled  My Place in the Sun.

John Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, Sidney Poitier, Edward R. Murrow, James Earl Jones, Steven Spielberg, Laurence Fishburne, Robert Wagner, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and George Stevens, Sr., just a few of the people we meet in Bill's interview with George Stevens, Jr. In addition to working with his father, the legendary film director George Stevens. Sr., George Stevens, Jr. was a successful producer and director in Hollywood before being lured to Washington as a member of Edward R. Murrow's team at the United States Information Agency during the Kennedy administration. Stevens founded the American Film institute and created the Kennedy Center Honors. He ran those for 37 years, interacting with the greatest artists and performers of our time and presidents from Carter to Obama. He's captured it all in a new book, a memoir, entitled My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington. You can get your own copy here.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. America's most diverse union, as they like to say, from A to Z. From airline pilots to zookeepers. More information at teamsters.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In s3e42, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl about their exhibition on view at Print Center New York through December, 23, 2023. A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries is the first exhibition to explore the legacy of Lowengrund (1902–1957), a visionary artist-advocate and entrepreneur. In charting the institutional history of the hybrid print workshop-gallery she founded, The Contemporaries, and its later evolution into Pratt Graphic Art Center, A Model Workshop brings into focus the bustling printmaking scene of 1950s New York and reveals Lowengrund's impact on postwar printmaking. A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries is curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. It is on view September 21–December 23, 2023, at Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street.   Maurice Berezov, Margaret Lowengrund at The Contemporaries, c. 1952–55. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum Archives. © Maurice Berezov Photograph Copyright A.E. Artworks, LLC. Image courtesy Woodstock Artists Association and Museum Archives, Woodstock, New York. A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. The Contemporaries Graphic Art Centre, c. 1954. 959 Madison Ave, New York. The Contemporaries Gallery of Sculpture and Graphic Art, 992 Madison Avenue at 77th Street, New York, 1955. Photo by Robert Delson. The Contemporaries Graphic Art Centre, c. 1955–56. 1343–45 3rd Ave, New York. The Pratt Graphic Art Center, c. 1959. 795 Broadway, New York. Stuart Davis (American, 1892–1964). Detail Study for Cliché, 1957. Lithograph. 15 3/4 × 18 3/8 in. (40 × 46.7 cm.). Printed by Arnold Singer at The Contemporaries Graphic Art Centre. Judd Foundation, New York. © Estate of Stuart Davis Arthur Deshaies (American, 1920–2011). Hornet's Nest, 1956. Plexi engraving. Image: 303 x 403 mm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Dean Meeker (American, 1920–2002). Trojan Horse, 1952. Screenprint. Sheet: 20 × 26 in. (50.8 × 66 cm.); image: 18 1/8 × 25 ¾ in. (46 × 65.4 cm.). Whitney Museum oof American Art, New York. Fritz Eichenberg's Talk on His Trip to the Soviet Union with United States Information Agency, Graphic Arts Exhibit, 1963. Pratt Institute Archives, Pratt Institute Library. Pratt Graphic Art Center, November 1962. Pratt Institute Archives, Pratt Institute Library. [Installation shot] A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. Photo: Argenis Apolinario. [Installation shot] A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. Photo: Argenis Apolinario. [Installation shot] A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. Photo: Argenis Apolinario. [Installation shot] A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. Photo: Argenis Apolinario. [Installation shot] A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. Photo: Argenis Apolinario. [Installation shot] A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. Photo: Argenis Apolinario. Peter Lipman-Wulf (1905–1993). Man in the Moon, 1952. Lignum vitae. 24 ½ × 14 × 10 ½ in. Collection of Michael Henkel, East Hampton, NY.   USEFUL LINKS A Model Workshop webpage. https://www.printcenternewyork.org/a-model-workshop Christina's book: The Women of Atelier 17. https://www.atelier17.christinaweyl.com/#content Christina's article: “Missing Archives: Worden Day and Women Modernists.” https://christinaweyl.com/projects/2019-09-aaaj/ Rockefeller Archive Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY. https://rockarch.org/ Christina's IG: @christinaweyl Lauren's IG: @rosenbluuuum  

Matt Crawford speaks with Oscar and Emmy winning director George Stevens Jr. about his book, My Place In the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington. George Stevens Jr. grew up in Hollywood and in a family five generations deep in the entertainment business. George worked with his father, Oscar-winning director George Stevens Sr. on some of his most iconic movies like Shane and Giant before starting his own distinguished career in both Hollywood and Washington. Recruited by Edward R. Murrow to work in the United States Information Agency to highlight the importance of the arts, Stevens then went on as founding director of the American Film Institute. After JFK's assassination he then cofounded, wrote and produced the Kennedy Center honors for 37 years. George shares all of these pivotal moments with us in a way that makes you feel like you are part of his family. A book that will be hard to put down, I guarantee that you will be smiling while you read it and I could not recommend it more. 

We meet so many accomplished and delightful guests on Mysterious Goings On. However, it is rare we get to meet a living legend such as our guest, Oscar and Emmy Winner George Stevens, Jr. His father directed incredible films, including GIANT, PENNY SERENADE, SHANE, A PLACE IN THE SUN, and perhaps most importantly, was there to film the liberation of Dachau. George Stevens, Jr. is the founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the AFI Life Achievement Award, co-creator of the Kennedy Center Honors, and a director in his own right. He has also served as Co-Chairman of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. He has won eight awards from the Writers Guild of America. In 1992, Stevens won the WGA's Paul Selvin Award for his screenplay SEPARATE BUT EQUAL. He also won a Humanitas Prize in 2012 for THURGOOD. In 2012, Stevens was awarded an honorary Oscar for his lifelong contributions to the film industry. He was presented the award by his friend and colleague Sidney Poitier. We're talking with Stevens about his new memoir, My Place in the Sun, which is chock full of anecdotes, little-known facts about celebrities, and the power of quality filmmaking. The book chronicles his family's history in show business, his father's work during World War II, and how it shaped his upbringing. Young Stevens was asked to help his father with two assignments when he graduated from high school: breaking down Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy into two notebooks and reading other books from the studio to look for potential films. His father also gave him the opportunity to tell him the story of Jack Shaffer's Shane, which led to his involvement in the film. Stevens was then recruited by Edward R. Murrow to join the United States Information Agency and later founded the American Film Institute. My Place in the Sun is chockablock of stories with his encounters with names you'd know, including Elizabeth Taylor, Sidney Poitier, Alfred Hitchcock, Maya Angelou, Fred Astaire, Robert and Ethel Kennedy, Yo-Yo Ma, Cary Grant, James Dean, Muhammad Ali, Bruce Springsteen, Barack Obama, and many more. It is available in hardback, paperback, ebook, and audiobook. This is truly a special episode, friends and film fanatics. You do not want to miss it! Website: GeorgeStevensJr.com Click to buy: My Place in the Sun Reviews: “As a deeply patriotic and proactive American, everything he has touched seems to have found a place in our collective history.” --Steven Spielberg “George Stevens' new book is a fascinating journey through his amazing life. He has been at the center of Hollywood for longer than he cares to admit and has the stories to prove it. You will even find out why I've always called him ‘Kingfish.' Movies, family, the arts, and politics – My Place in the Sun is quite a ride.” -- Quincy Jones “Elegant and engaging…this memoir delivers.” --Wall Street Journal “Once you start, you simply cannot stop reading this book. George Stevens, Jr.'s life has been a marvelous journey, as gripping and immersive as his father's films. Throughout his life, George Stevens, Jr. repeatedly encounters greatness, and finds his own greatness along the way.” --J. Alexander Greenwood, Mysterious Goings On podcast Visit Alex Greenwood's website: JAlexanderGreenwood.com. For show notes and more, visit the show website at MGOPod.com. Follow him on Twitter:  @A_Greenwood This Mysterious Goings On Podcast episode was recorded and mixed at Green Shebeen Studios in beautiful Kansas City, Missouri. Copyright 2023, all rights reserved. No reproduction, excerpting, or other use without written permission. We are an Amazon Associates seller, and some of our links may earn us a commission. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/j-alexander-greenwood/message

This RPCV Leaders in Action episode of the Jobs with Jodi podcast features a conversation with returned volunteer Steve Driehaus about his unique career spanning years as a public servant--representing Ohio at both at the state level and then in Congress--and serving as a Country Director for Peace Corps in Morocco and Eswatini (Swaziland).  Don't miss this inspirational conversation. FEATURED GUEST: Steve Driehaus is Resident Senior Director in Iraq for the NationalDemocratic Institute (NDI). In this position, he manages a staff of sixteenIraqi and third country nationals who design and implement programmingto strengthen Iraq's democracy. The focus of NDI's work in Iraq centers onstrengthening political parties, professionalizing the offices and staff ofMembers of Parliament, empowering women and youth to engage in thepolitical process, and monitoring to ensure fair and impartial elections.Prior to joining NDI, Steve was President and Managing Partner at GoodGovernment Group, LLC. G3 is a consulting firm that focuses on the intersection of public policy, community engagement and economic development. Steve also served as the Executive Director of Cincinnati Compass, a regional initiative advocating on behalf of immigrants that celebrates the cultural and economic contributions being made by first generation Americans living in Greater Cincinnati. Previously Steve served as Country Director for the United States Peace Corps in Morocco where he led 150 Volunteers focused on the development of Morocco's youth population. His efforts included partnerships with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Youth and Sports as well as expansion into Morocco's smaller, rural communities. Prior to Morocco, Steve served four and a half years as the Country Director for Peace Corps Swaziland where he led two projects concentrating on Community Health and Youth Development in an effort to combat Swaziland's HIV/AIDS pandemic. Steve is a former U.S. Representative for Ohio's 1st Congressional District, serving from 2009 until 2011. In Congress, he was a member of the Financial Services Committee and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Prior to his election to Congress, he served eight years in the Ohio House of Representatives, and was elected Minority Whip from 2005-2008. Driehaus studied Political Science and Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs at Miami University earning a B.A. in 1988. After graduation, he joined the United States Peace Corps in Senegal serving as an Environmental Education Volunteer where he worked with village groups and local schools to promote sustainable environmental practices. He holds a Master's Degree in Public Affairs (M.P.A.) from Indiana University where he studied Public Finance and Comparative International Affairs. After his graduate studies, Driehaus worked as Associate Director of the Center for International Education and Development Assistance at Indiana University. While serving in this role, he coordinated the South African Internship Program, sponsored by the United States Information Agency, which became the largest professional exchange program between the United States and post-Apartheid South Africa.PODCAST HOST: Jodi Hammer is an RPCV (Ecuador, 1994–97), Job Coach, and host of the Global Reentry's Jobs with Jodi Podcast. In her role as Global Reentry Career Support Specialist with NPCA, she develops and delivers individual and group programming to foster Global Reentry's mission of providing career and transitional support to RPCVs worldwide.

References Jeffrey Bale, The Darkest Sides of Politics: Postwar Fascism, Covert Operations, and Terrorism. London: Routledge 2018. Gianni Barbacetto, Il grande vecchio. Milano: Rizzoli, 2010. Umberto Berlenghini, "Amos Spiazzi, non era Papadòpulos," Spazio70, found at: https://spazio70.com/anni-70/msi-ordine-nuovo-e-avanguardia-nazionale/amos-spiazzi-non-era-papadopulos/?cn-reloaded=1 Anna Cento Bull, Italian neofascism: The strategy of tension and the politics of nonreconciliation. New York: Berghahn Books, 2008. Brendan Leonard Connors, "The US Foreign Service in Italy and the Byington Family Consular Dynasty in Naples (1897-1973)." Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 2018. Sara D'Agati. "The United States Information Agency and Italy during the Johnson Presidency 1963-1969." PhD diss., University of Cambridge, 2017. Mirco Dondi, L'eco del boato: Storia della strategia della tensione, 1965-1974, Roma: Editore Laterza, 2014. Gianni Flamini, Il partito del golpe: Le strategie della tensione e del terrore dal primo centrosinistra organico al sequestro Moro, 1964-1968, Vol. 1. Ferrara: Italo Bovelenta, 1981. Gianni Flamini, Il partito del golpe: Le strategie della tensione e del terrore dal primo centrosinistra organico al sequestro Moro, 1968-1970, Vol. 2. Ferrara: Italo Bovelenta, 1982. Gianni Flamini, Il partito del golpe: Le strategie della tensione e del terrore dal primo centrosinistra organico al sequestro Moro, 1971-1973, Vol. 3. Ferrara: Italo Bovelenta, 1983. Aldo Giannuli, Bombe a inchiostro. Milan: Rizzoli, 2008. Frédéric Laurent, L'orchestre noir: Enquête sur les réseaux néo-fascistes. Paris: Nouveau Monde, 2016. Stefania Limita, Doppio Livello: Come si organizza la destabilizzazione in Italia. Milan: Chiarelettere, 2014. Graham Martin, 210. Backchannel Message From the Ambassador to Italy (Martin) to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), April 5, 1971, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Vol XLI, Western Europe; NATO, 1969–1972. Found at https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v41/d210 Guido Salvini, "Procedimento penale nei confronti di AZZI Nico ed altri," Ufficio Istruzione sez. 20, N.2643/84A R.G.P.M. N.721/88F R.G.G.I. Tribunale Civile e Penale di Milano, 1995. Found at: https://diazilla.com/doc/860999/la-sentenza-1 Senato Della Repubblica, Commissione Parlamentare d'inchiesta sul terrorismo in Italia e sulle cause della mancata individuazione dei responsabili delle stragi, "Audizione Dottor Salvini," 35th Seduta, Rome: November 15, 1995. Senato Della Repubblica, Commissione Parlamentare d'inchiesta sul terrorismo in Italia e sulle cause della mancata individuazione dei responsabili delle stragi, Decisioni adottate dalla Commissione nella seduta del 22 marzo 2001 in merito alla pubblicazione degli atti e dei documenti prodotti e acquisiti, Doc. 23, n. 64, Vol. 1, Tomo 2, Rome: 2001. Senti Le Rani Che Canto. https://sites.google.com/site/sentileranechecantano/cronologia Angelo Vetrone, La Strategia della Paura: Eversione e strabismo nell'Italia del Novecento. Milan: Mondadori, 2019. Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. New York: Doubleday, 2006.

References Jeffrey Bale, The Darkest Sides of Politics: Postwar Fascism, Covert Operations, and Terrorism. London: Routledge 2018. Gianni Barbacetto, Il grande vecchio. Milano: Rizzoli, 2010. Mabel Berezin, "The festival state: Celebration and commemoration in fascist Italy." Journal of modern European history 4.1 (2006): 60-74. Alessandro Brogi, "Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce and the evolution of psychological warfare in Italy." Cold War History 12.2 (2012): 269-294. Anna Cento Bull, Italian neofascism: The strategy of tension and the politics of nonreconciliation. New York: Berghahn Books, 2008. Sara D'Agati. "The United States Information Agency and Italy during the Johnson Presidency 1963-1969." PhD diss., University of Cambridge, 2017. Mario Del Pero, "The United States and 'psychological warfare' in Italy, 1948-1955." The Journal of American History 87.4 (2001): 1304-1334. Mirco Dondi, L'eco del boato: Storia della strategia della tensione, 1965-1974, Roma: Editore Laterza, 2014. Gianni Flamini, Il libro che i servizi segreti italiani non ti farebbero mai leggere: Spie, dossier e spari nel buio” Excerpt From Il libro che i servizi segreti italiani non ti farebbero mai leggere: Spie, dossier e spari nel buio. Roma: Newton Saggista, 2010. Gianni Flamini, Il partito del golpe: Le strategie della tensione e del terrore dal primo centrosinistra organico al sequestro Moro, 1964-1968, Vol. 1. Ferrara: Italo Bovelenta, 1981. Gianni Flamini, Il partito del golpe: Le strategie della tensione e del terrore dal primo centrosinistra organico al sequestro Moro, 1968-1970, Vol. 2. Ferrara: Italo Bovelenta, 1982. Gianni Flamini, Il partito del golpe: Le strategie della tensione e del terrore dal primo centrosinistra organico al sequestro Moro, 1971-1973, Vol. 3. Ferrara: Italo Bovelenta, 1983. Aldo Giannuli, Bombe a inchiostro. Milan: Rizzoli, 2008. Frédéric Laurent, L'orchestre noir: Enquête sur les réseaux néo-fascistes. Paris: Nouveau Monde, 2016. Stefania Limita, Doppio Livello: Come si organizza la destabilizzazione in Italia. Milano: Chiarelettere, 2014. Benito Mussolini, Opera Omnia di Benito Mussolini, Vol. 16, Eds. Eduardo e Duilio Susmel, Firenze: La Fenice, 1955. Benito Mussolini, Opera Omnia di Benito Mussolini, Vol. 22, Eds. Eduardo e Duilio Susmel, Firenze: La Fenice, 1957. Benito Mussolini, Opera Omnia di Benito Mussolini, Vol. 29, Eds. Eduardo e Duilio Susmel, Firenze: La Fenice, 1959. Benito Mussolini, Opera Omnia di Benito Mussolini, Vol. 32, Eds. Eduardo e Duilio Susmel, Firenze: La Fenice, 1960. Senato Della Repubblica, Commissione Parlamentare d'inchiesta sul terrorismo in Italia e sulle cause della mancata individuazione dei responsabili delle stragi, "Audizione Dottor Salvini," 35th Seduta, Rome: November 15, 1995. Senato Della Repubblica, Commissione Parlamentare d'inchiesta sul terrorismo in Italia e sulle cause della mancata individuazione dei responsabili delle stragi, Decisioni adottate dalla Commissione nella seduta del 22 marzo 2001 in merito alla pubblicazione degli atti e dei documenti prodotti e acquisiti, Doc. 23, n. 64, Vol. 1, Tomo 2, Rome: 2001. Senti Le Rani Che Canto. https://sites.google.com/site/sentileranechecantano/cronologia Angelo Vetrone, La Strategia della Paura: Eversione e strabismo nell'Italia del Novecento. Milan: Mondadori, 2019. Bruno Zarzaca, "Opinione senza voce," Open Source INTelligence dell'Opinione Pubblica. January 28, 2011,

Dean LaRue presents his lecture, "How Does the EU Actually Work and How Is It Changing in the Face of Russian Aggression in Ukraine?" on Aug. 17, 2022. This lecture was part of the 2022 EU Policy Forum for Educators. More information about the workshop, as well as the visual Presentation Slides accompanying this lecture can be found here: jsis.washington.edu/euwesteurope/ed…cator-workshop/ A complete transcript of the podcast is also available at the above link. Dean LaRue is a Senior Lecturer for the Center for West European Studies and European Union Center in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. Mr. LaRue holds a Master of Arts in Policy Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Global Trade, Transportation and Logistics from the University of Washington. He is a member of the founding team for the West Coast Model European Union, the primary instructor for the UW's European Union Policy and Simulation course since 2005, and a former Outreach Coordinator for CWES/EUC. Mr. LaRue is a former US Foreign Service Officer for the United States Information Agency and International Product Manager for Amazon.com. The EU Policy Forum is supported by The UW Jackson School of International Studies' Erasmus+ funded Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, the Center for West European Studies, the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, and the World Affairs Council. This lecture was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

Dean LaRue presents his lecture, "How Does the EU Actually Work and How Is It Changing in the Face of Russian Aggression in Ukraine?" on Aug. 17, 2022. This lecture was part of the 2022 EU Policy Forum for Educators. More information about the workshop, as well as the visual Presentation Slides accompanying this lecture can be found here: https://jsis.washington.edu/euwesteurope/educator-resources/annual-teachers-workshop/2022-eu-policy-forum-educator-workshop/ A complete transcript of the podcast is also available at the above link. Dean LaRue is a Senior Lecturer for the Center for West European Studies and European Union Center in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. Mr. LaRue holds a Master of Arts in Policy Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Global Trade, Transportation and Logistics from the University of Washington. He is a member of the founding team for the West Coast Model European Union, the primary instructor for the UW's European Union Policy and Simulation course since 2005, and a former Outreach Coordinator for CWES/EUC. Mr. LaRue is a former US Foreign Service Officer for the United States Information Agency and International Product Manager for Amazon.com. The EU Policy Forum is supported by The UW Jackson School of International Studies' Erasmus+ funded Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, the Center for West European Studies, the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, and the World Affairs Council. This lecture was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

With its massive economy and military budget, America is the world's most powerful country. How did the U.S. come to have so much power to affect nations and people around the globe? How did the country achieve this status over the past 250 years? Michael Mandelbaum helps us understand how the U.S. got here through the evolution of its foreign policy. In his latest book, The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy, he divides U.S. history into four distinct periods, each defined by a consistent increase in American power and each with major events and important personalities at play. He portrays the ascent of the U.S., first as a “weak power,” from 1765 to 1865, followed by a “great power” between 1865 and 1945, next as a “superpower” from 1945 to 1990, and finally as the world's sole “hyperpower” from 1990 to 2015. Mandelbaum also identifies three features of American foreign policy that are found in every era: first, the goal of spreading political ideas; second, the use of economic instruments to achieve foreign policy goals; and third, a process for creating and implementing policy that's shaped by input from the public. American foreign policy, as he puts it, has been unusually ideological, unusually economic, and unusually democratic. He argues that these practices continue today. In what has been called a “…deeply insightful — and disturbing — analysis of both history and current affairs” (Kirkus Reviews), Mandelbaum sparks readers to think about America's path to power and what future eras might hold. Michael Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor Emeritus of American Foreign Policy at The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Before joining Johns Hopkins in 1990, Professor Mandelbaum taught at Harvard University, Columbia University, and at the United States Naval Academy. He also has taught business executives at the Wharton Advanced Management Program in the Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Mandelbaum is the author of sixteen previous books, including Mission Failure (2016), The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth (2019), and, with Thomas L. Friedman, That Used to Be Us (2011). Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the “Top 100 Global Thinkers” of 2010. He wrote a regular foreign affairs analysis column for Newsday from 1985-2005, and his Op-Ed pieces on foreign affairs have also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and many more. He has appeared on The CBS Evening News, The News Hour, Face the Nation, Larry King Live and The Charlie Rose Show, among many other programs. A popular speaker for the United States Information Agency for more than two decades, Mandelbaum has explained American foreign policy to diverse groups throughout Europe, East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, India and the Middle East. Jacqueline Miller has led the World Affairs Council of Seattle since May 2014. She also serves on the Mayor's International Affairs Advisory Board; is a member of the Civic Council for UW's Master of Arts in Applied International Studies (MAAIS) program; and serves on the Washington State Advisory Committee for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. She is chair of the board of Global Ties U.S and is a member of the Board of Advisors of the George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations. She is also a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She got her start in think tanks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where she was deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia program. She has also taught at The George Washington University, where she undertook graduate work after earning undergraduate and graduate degrees from Cornell University. She has been a commentator for various news sources including The New York Times, the BBC, CBC, and Voice of America.   The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy: Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower (Hardcover) Third Place Books  

On today's episode, we go slightly beyond the presidency as we talk to George Steven's Jr. about his new memoir, My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington.The son of famed film director George Stevens, George Stevens Jr. grew up in the highest reaches of Hollywood, on the sets of classic films like Giant, Shane, The Diary of Anne Frank, and A Place in the Sun. But yearning for his own place in the sun, he ventured to Washington to work with legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow at the United States Information Agency, producing films for John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, before going on to work for other presidents in other capacities.The founding director of the American Film Institute and the creator of the Kennedy Center Honors, Stevens describes his remarkable life and unimaginable brushes with history.

The son of a celebrated Hollywood director emerges from his father's shadow to claim his own place as a visionary force in American culture. George Stevens, Jr. tells an intimate and moving tale of his relationship with his Oscar-winning father and his own distinguished career in Hollywood and Washington. Fascinating people, priceless stories and a behind-the-scenes view of some of America's major cultural and political events grace this riveting memoir.George Stevens, Jr. grew up in Hollywood and worked on film classics with his father and writes vividly of his experience on the sets of A Place in the Sun (1951), Shane (1953), Giant (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). He explores how the magnitude of his father's talent and achievements left him questioning his own creative path. The younger Stevens began to forge his unique career when legendary broadcaster Edward R. Murrow recruited him to elevate the Motion Picture Service at the United States Information Agency in John F. Kennedy's Washington. Stevens' trailblazing efforts initiated what has been called the "golden era" of USIA filmmaking and a call to respect motion pictures as art. His appointment as founding director of the American Film Institute in 1967 placed him at the forefront of culture and politics, safeguarding thousands of endangered films and training a new generation of filmmakers. Stevens' commitment to America's cultural heritage led to envisioning the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors and propelled a creative life of award-winning films and television programs that heightened attention to social justice, artistic achievement, and the American experience.Stevens provides a rare look at a pioneering American family spanning five generations in entertainment: from the San Francisco stage in the 19th century to silent screen comedies, Academy Award-winning films, Emmy Award-winning television programs and a Broadway play in the 21st century. He reveals the private side of the dazzling array of American presidents, first ladies, media moguls, and luminaries who cross his path, including Elizabeth Taylor, Sidney Poitier, the Kennedys, Yo-Yo Ma, Cary Grant, James Dean, Bruce Springsteen, Barack and Michelle Obama, and many more.In My Place in the Sun, George Stevens, Jr. shares his lifelong passion for advancing the art of American film, enlightening audiences, and shining a spotlight on notable figures who inspire us. He provides an insightful look at Hollywood's Golden Age and an insider's account of Washington spanning six decades, bringing to life a sparkling era of American history and culture.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One California afternoon William Damon received a call from his daughter. A sleepless night had led her to do a little internet sleuthing, and the result was Damon discovering that the father he had thought died in World War II had in fact not only lived, but had a career in the United States Information Agency, before dying in Thailand in 1992 after a long illness. One of the results of that discovery, and the years spent not only learning about his father but reviewing his own life, is Damon's new book A Round of Golf with My Father: The New Psychology of Exploring Your Past to Make Peace with Your Present. As one friend of Damon's has written, it is “a gripping detective story, a deeply touching personal memoir, a critique of developmental psychology, a compendium of life-giving maxims, and a celebration of disciplined life review.” William Damon is Professor of Education at Stanford University, and Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence.   For Further Investigation Frederick Buechner, Telling Secrets Joseph Amato, Jacob's Well: A Case for Rethinking Family History Episode 50: Family History is Knowing Yourself--a conversation with Joseph A. Amato

Hearts broke all over the world, flags were lowered to half mast and the news was printed on every newspaper in America.  John F. Kennedy had been shot.  Even today, the idea of conspiracy seems prevalent when the even is brought up.  But it isn't without good reason... Readers Digest.  Cuba, Castro and John F. Kennedy.  Richard Nixon.  November 1964.  https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75-00149R000500440001-1.pdf The United States Information Agency.  Research and Reference Service.  The Assassination of John F. Kennedy in East European Propoganda.  December 12th, 1963.  https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R002900180002-2.pdf Behold of Hell Horrors Letter from The Attorney General to the Department of Justice regarding Clay Shaw.  September 22, 1967.  Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75B00380R000800140020-0.pdf Live Science.  Did Weather Play a Role in JFK’s Assassination?  Samantha-Rae Tuthill.  2013.  https://www.livescience.com/amp/41447-jfk-assassination-50th-anniversary.html John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.  JFK in History.  https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president Witness Tells how Oswald Got Book Depository Job.  Sunday Star.  February 23rd, 1969.  http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/S%20Disk/Shaw%20Clay%20Trial%20Defense/Item%2019.pdf JFK’s Murder was not a Conspiracy.  Paul Brandus.  The Week.  10/14/2013.  https://theweek.com/articles/458953/jfks-murder-not-conspiracy US National Library of Medicine.  National Institutes of Health.  Psychiatric Aspects of Psychomotor Epilepsy.  A. E. Bennett.  December, 1962.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1575714/ AARP.  Politics and Society.  50 Facts About the JFK Assassination.  Betsy Towner.  AARP Bulleton.  https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-10-2013/50-facts-about-jfk-assassination.html National Archives.  JFK Assassination Records.  Chapter 4:  The Assassin.  https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/chapter-4.html Britannica.  Assassination of John F. Kennedy.  United States History.  Jeff Wallenfeldt.  https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-John-F-Kennedy LIFE.  JFK’s Funeral:  Photos From a Day of Shock and Grief.  Ben Cosgrove.  https://www.life.com/history/jfks-funeral-photos-from-a-day-of-shock-and-grief/ Iowa State University.  The Media and the Kennedy Assassination:  the social construct of reality.  Ross Frank Ralston.  A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.  1999.  https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=13477&context=rtd History.  Jack Ruby Kills Lee Harvey Oswald.  November 20, 2020.  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jack-ruby-kills-lee-harvey-oswald The South Florida Sun Sentinel.  The Oswald Connection.  Murray Weiss and William Hoffman.  November 21st, 1993.  https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-11-21-9311020601-story.html HubPages.  The Mystery of Lee Harvey Oswald’s Double.  Nathan M.  July 2nd 1018.  https://discover.hubpages.com/politics/The-Mystery-of-Lee-Harvey-Oswalds-Double An Introduction to the JFK Assassination.  Is Robert Vinson’s ‘Oswald Double’ Story Credible?  Jeremy Bojczuk.  Boxgrove Publishing.  October 2014.  http://22november1963.org.uk/a-brief-guide-to-the-jfk-assassination The New Republic.  A Month Before JFK’s Assassination, Dallas Right Wingers Attack Adlai Stevenson  Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis.  November 18th, 2013.  https://newrepublic.com/article/115601/jfk-dallas-right-wingers-attack-adlai-stevenson Wanted for Treason.  Dallas Flyer.  https://www.google.com/search?q=black+bill+president+kennedy+dallas+flyer&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiVtJTzv9TuAhUPU80KHfpDD_sQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=black+bill+president+kennedy+dallas+flyer&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1DG_AFY550CYOCfAmgAcAB4AIABc4gBgwSSAQM1LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=aiUeYJXXAY-mtQb6h73YDw&bih=791&biw=630#imgrc=mg2z6PkrsQhgxM Testimony of Amos Lee Euins.  McAdams.  http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/euins.htm National Archives. JFK Assassination Records.  Chapter 5:  Detention and Death of Oswald.  https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/chapter-5.html JFK Assassination System.  J. Edgar Hoover Statement regarding threats against the life of Lee Harvey Oswald.  https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/docid-32263509.pdf Leonardo Newtonic.  10 Major Accoplishments of John F. Kennedy.  Anirudh.  April 11, 2016.  https://learnodo-newtonic.com/jfk-accomplishments Bulgarian Umbrella.  1978, USSR (KGB). The International Spy Museum.  Washington D.C. https://www.spymuseum.org/exhibition-experiences/about-the-collection/collection-highlights/bulgarian-umbrella-replica/ Town and Country Magazine.  Who Was the Real Life Umbrella Man at the Kennedy Assassination?  Caroline Hallemann.  August 2nd, 2020.  https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a33485165/umbrella-man-jfk-assassination-academy-true-story/ Some Researchers Insist Oswald Could Not Have Done it Alone.  Lee Winfrey.  Knight Newspapers.  Nevember 18th, 1973.  https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-01208R000100250087-1.pdf JFK Assassination:  Why suspicions still linger about ‘Umbrella Man’.  Patrik Jonsson.  November 22, 2013.  https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2013/1122/JFK-assassination-Why-suspicions-still-linger-about-Umbrella-Man Human Events.  Kennedy Assassination and Soviet KGB Connection Explored in Book.  Mledeen.  December 28th, 2007.  https://humanevents.com/2007/12/28/kennedy-assassination-and-soviet-kgb-connection-explored-in-book/ Newsweek.  World.  Did Russia Kill a US President?  New CIA Documents Reveal Spy’s Theory About JFK’s Death.  Tom O’Connor.  7/27/2017.  https://www.newsweek.com/cia-releases-secret-interviews-russian-spy-imprisoned-jfk-assassination-642486 National Archive.  New York Times.  National Politics.  Johnson is Nominated for Vice President; Kennedy Picks Him to Placate the South.  W.H. Lawrence.  https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/600715convention-dem-ra.html JFK Facts.  Why Was Oswald’s Name Taken off the FBI’s Watch List?  Jeff Morely.  Assassination.  March 28th, 2018.  https://jfkfacts.org/why-was-oswalds-name-taken-off-the-fbis-watch-list/ JFK Assassination System.  1/5/99.  CIA Archives.  Cable Message regarding Sylvia Duran.  https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=8599 JFK Files:  CIA Started to Disavow Knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald Within Hours of Killing.  Ray Locker.  USA Today.  November 6th, 2017.  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/06/jfk-files-cia-started-disavow-knowledge-lee-harvey-oswald-within-hours-killihttps-presto-gannettdigi/835030001/ ABC News.  Politics.  Jaqueline Kennedy Reveals that JFK Feared an LBJ Presidency.  Rick Klein.  September 8th, 2011.  https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Jacqueline_Kennedy/jacqueline-kennedy-reveals-jfk-feared-lbj-presidency/story?id=14477930 The Legacy of the Sixties:  Military Industrial Complex Killed Kennedy to Prevent Him from Ending the Cold War.  Oil Empire US.  https://www.duq.edu/assets/Documents/forensics/Annual%20Symposium/2018/jfk.pdf JFK in History.  Cuban Missile Crisis.  JFK Library.  https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/cuban-missile-crisis?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwq6V0M_w7gIVh7zACh0iZgosEAAYASAAEgK8ZfD_BwE Sun Signs.  Allen Dulles.  Diplomat.  https://www.sunsigns.org/famousbirthdays/d/profile/allen-dulles/ Spartacus Educational. Barr McClellan.  American History.  https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmcclellan.htm Spartacus Educational.  American History.  The Assassination of JFK.  Nancy Carole Tyler.  https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKtylerN.htm The Washington Post.  George Lardner Jr. Gaps in Kennedy Autopsy Files Detailed.  August 2nd, 1998.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/08/02/gaps-in-kennedy-autopsy-files-detailed/f374ef5c-7be3-48ad-a661-394a170a6e67/

Hearts broke all over the world, flags were lowered to half mast and the news was printed on every newspaper in America.  John F. Kennedy had been shot.  Even today, the idea of conspiracy seems prevalent when the even is brought up.  But it isn't without good reason... Readers Digest.  Cuba, Castro and John F. Kennedy.  Richard Nixon.  November 1964.  https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75-00149R000500440001-1.pdf The United States Information Agency.  Research and Reference Service.  The Assassination of John F. Kennedy in East European Propoganda.  December 12th, 1963.  https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R002900180002-2.pdf Letter from The Attorney General to the Department of Justice regarding Clay Shaw.  September 22, 1967.  Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75B00380R000800140020-0.pdf Live Science.  Did Weather Play a Role in JFK’s Assassination?  Samantha-Rae Tuthill.  2013.  https://www.livescience.com/amp/41447-jfk-assassination-50th-anniversary.html John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.  JFK in History.  https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president Witness Tells how Oswald Got Book Depository Job.  Sunday Star.  February 23rd, 1969.  http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/S%20Disk/Shaw%20Clay%20Trial%20Defense/Item%2019.pdf JFK’s Murder was not a Conspiracy.  Paul Brandus.  The Week.  10/14/2013.  https://theweek.com/articles/458953/jfks-murder-not-conspiracy US National Library of Medicine.  National Institutes of Health.  Psychiatric Aspects of Psychomotor Epilepsy.  A. E. Bennett.  December, 1962.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1575714/ AARP.  Politics and Society.  50 Facts About the JFK Assassination.  Betsy Towner.  AARP Bulleton.  https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-10-2013/50-facts-about-jfk-assassination.html National Archives.  JFK Assassination Records.  Chapter 4:  The Assassin.  https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/chapter-4.html Britannica.  Assassination of John F. Kennedy.  United States History.  Jeff Wallenfeldt.  https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-John-F-Kennedy LIFE.  JFK’s Funeral:  Photos From a Day of Shock and Grief.  Ben Cosgrove.  https://www.life.com/history/jfks-funeral-photos-from-a-day-of-shock-and-grief/ Iowa State University.  The Media and the Kennedy Assassination:  the social construct of reality.  Ross Frank Ralston.  A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.  1999.  https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=13477&context=rtd History.  Jack Ruby Kills Lee Harvey Oswald.  November 20, 2020.  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jack-ruby-kills-lee-harvey-oswald The South Florida Sun Sentinel.  The Oswald Connection.  Murray Weiss and William Hoffman.  November 21st, 1993.  https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-11-21-9311020601-story.html HubPages.  The Mystery of Lee Harvey Oswald’s Double.  Nathan M.  July 2nd 1018.  https://discover.hubpages.com/politics/The-Mystery-of-Lee-Harvey-Oswalds-Double An Introduction to the JFK Assassination.  Is Robert Vinson’s ‘Oswald Double’ Story Credible?  Jeremy Bojczuk.  Boxgrove Publishing.  October 2014.  http://22november1963.org.uk/a-brief-guide-to-the-jfk-assassination The New Republic.  A Month Before JFK’s Assassination, Dallas Right Wingers Attack Adlai Stevenson  Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis.  November 18th, 2013.  https://newrepublic.com/article/115601/jfk-dallas-right-wingers-attack-adlai-stevenson Wanted for Treason.  Dallas Flyer.  https://www.google.com/search?q=black+bill+president+kennedy+dallas+flyer&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiVtJTzv9TuAhUPU80KHfpDD_sQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=black+bill+president+kennedy+dallas+flyer&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1DG_AFY550CYOCfAmgAcAB4AIABc4gBgwSSAQM1LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=aiUeYJXXAY-mtQb6h73YDw&bih=791&biw=630#imgrc=mg2z6PkrsQhgxM Testimony of Amos Lee Euins.  McAdams.  http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/euins.htm National Archives. JFK Assassination Records.  Chapter 5:  Detention and Death of Oswald.  https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/chapter-5.html JFK Assassination System.  J. Edgar Hoover Statement regarding threats against the life of Lee Harvey Oswald.  https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/docid-32263509.pdf Leonardo Newtonic.  10 Major Accoplishments of John F. Kennedy.  Anirudh.  April 11, 2016.  https://learnodo-newtonic.com/jfk-accomplishments

Sam Van Aken is my guest on this episode of Inside Ideas. Sam is a contemporary artist who works beyond traditional modes of art making, crossing artistic genres and disciplines to develop new perspectives on such themes as agriculture, botany, climatology, memory, and the ever-increasing impact of technology. Sam works in the natural and public realm are seen as metaphors that serve as the basis of narrative, sites of place making, collective learning, and in some cases have become the basis of scientific research. Born in Reading Pennsylvania, Sam received his undergraduate education in Art and Communication Theory. Immediately following his studies he lived in Poland and worked with dissident artists under the former communist regime through the auspices of the Andy Warhol Foundation and the United States Information Agency. Sam received his MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and since this time his work has been exhibited and placed nationally and internationally. He has received numerous honors including a Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, Association of International Curator's of Art Award and a Creative Capital Grant. Most recently, his work has been presented as part of Nature-Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial with the Cube Design Museum, Netherlands as well as at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. His most recent work, the Open Orchard is set to unveil summer 2021 on Governor's Island, New York City. Sam lives and works in Syracuse New York, where he is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Art at Syracuse University. His work is represented by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. https://www.samvanmaken.com/

On today's show, Alex and Ben speak with Dr. Bret Vukoder about his recently defended dissertation, an investigation into the United States Information Agency's (USIA) filmic and televisual propaganda output during the Cold War. Due to a domestic production ban, the massive archive of over 20,000 films has been relatively unknown in media scholarship, until now.To investigate this rich but little known archive, we begin our conversation discussing a sub-genre of USIA propaganda, which Bret refers to as “thesis films” - in short, films that are explicitly about the USIA's film-making and information-dissemination processes. We turn our attention to clips from some of these original films to examine how they use a meta-textual attention to “process” as a propaganda strategy for showcasing the “transparency” and “ethics” of the U.S.'s foreign information apparatus. In talking through these examples and others that Bret has analyzed, we critically interrogate the ways that aesthetic and stylistic elements impact the USIA's political messages being communicated to foreign audiences. Finally, we apply some of Bret's heuristic tools to examine an example of interventionist foreign policy propaganda from New York Times - Joanna Hausmann's “Venezuela's Crisis: What My Fellow Liberals Don't Understand.”Works and Concepts Cited in this EpisodeResources from / about the Media Ecology Project at DartmouthInformation on the MEP's USIA Pilot StudyGramsci, A. (1971). Selections from the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci. International Publishers.Gharabaghi, H. (2018) “American mice grow big”: The Syracuse audiovisual mission in Iran and the rise of documentary diplomacy. Dissertation for New York University, Department of Cinema Studies.Kim, H. S. (2019). Who Views Whom through Whose Lenses?: The Gazes in USIS Film Propaganda in South Korea. In The Cold War and Asian Cinemas (pp. 284-304). Routledge.Luce, H. (1941, 17 Feb.). The American century. Life Magazine. (Digital version available at: https://news.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/luce.pdf)Hausman, J. (2019). “What my fellow liberals don't get about Venezuela.” The New York Times. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/vKVakhcm5koWilliams, M. & Vukoder, B. (forthcoming). The great war at scale: New opportunities for provenance in World War I collections at the National Archives (NARA). In Provenance and Early Cinema: Preservation, Circulation, and Repurposing (P. Cherchi Usai, J. Bernardi, T. Williams, & J. Yumibe, eds.). Indiana University Press.Williams, M. & Vukoder, B. (2020). Local insights, global networked scholarship: The Media Ecology Project USIA pilot. In Nuevas aproximaciones al cine documental. Un estado de la cuestión contemporáneo (J. Campo, T. Crowder-Taraborrelli, C. Garavelli, P. Piedras, & K. Wilson, eds.). Prometeo Press.*Watch this space!* Forthcoming special issue in the Journal of E-Media Studies, co-edited by Dr. Vukoder and Dr. Hadi Gharabaghi:https://journals.dartmouth.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Journals.woa/xmlpage/4/issue

Nicolas Foglia is a passionate college student currently attending Florida International University, dedicating most of his efforts to researching for the intelligence community. His area of focus has been American Public Diplomacy. In this episode, we discuss the onset of public diplomacy within the cold war era, how the United States Information Agency developed, what led to its downfall, and it impacts on today's U.S. foreign policy.

In this week episode of Weekly Black History Moments we a Walk of Fame inductee, a world renowned dancer, an Olympic track star and United States Information Agency. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ceejay-joseph/support

Mark O'Connor began his creative journey at the feet of American fiddling legend Benny Thomasson, and the iconic French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Now, at age 55, he has melded these influences into a new American classical music, and is perpetuating his vision of an American School of String Playing. Mr. O’Connor has won three Grammys, seven CMA awards as well as several national fiddle, guitar and mandolin champion titles. His distinguished career includes representing the United States Information Agency in cultural diplomacy to six continents and performing in front of several U.S. presidents including being invited to the White House by President Ronald Reagan to perform as a teen. In this podcast we talk about O'Connor's groundbreaking violin concertos, passion for education through the O'Connor Method, collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma, his mentors, American string playing and much more. Fascinating conversation with visionary whose approach to music and education has brought millions of people to the world of classical music and beyond. For more information about Mark O'Connor please visit: https://www.markoconnor.com/home   © Let's Talk Off The Podium, 2020

About the book: In the halcyon days of the Reagan administration, a young artist was brought in to give the president's closest friend piano lessons with White House clearance as a political appointee. What the young pianist saw is what few Americans knew. In this true but little known story, John Robilette has changed the names in a novelized account of being the only Reagan appointee that was fired and rehired before creating a public diplomacy program that helped to win the Cold War. And not with the firing of a gun, but with classical music in 63 countries around the world. This sad, comical and explosive story of an innocent in the vortex of power is a must for Americans who are interested in their government, humor, and the arts. “John Robilette is a brilliant pianist and famous international performer — but, as he shows in this fascinating little book, he was keeping his eyes wide open in that world he so crowned. ‘Federal Pianist,' based on his own rich experience with the arts in the federal government is alternatively engrossing, sad, and comical. Bravely, he opens a heretofore closed door into the little-known world of arts and foreign policy; you'd be wise to walk right in.” ~Georgie Anne Geyer, Syndicated Columnist, and Foreign Correspondent. About the author: John Robilette is an international concert pianist who has performed in 26 countries around the world including some of its major classical music venues. He has also recorded commercial CDs' of solo pieces as well as piano concerti with leading orchestras in Europe. Also now a SAG actor, he has had the lead or supporting roles in nine independent films, many of which were officially selected in film festivals around the United States and in Tokyo, Japan. He further wrote, directed, and produced a 30-minute short comedy film entitled, “My Piano Lesson.” This year he has been named to the 26th Annual SAG awards nominating committee to determine the best male and female actors in drama and comedy for television. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from UCLA, a Doctor of Musical Arts from the Catholic University of America with earlier studies at the École Normale de Musique in Paris, France. Dr. Robilette has further served on the piano faculties of two universities and given master classes around the world. As a young man in 1981, he was asked to play a recital at the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan. Subsequently, he was brought into the administration as a political appointee where he created and directed the Artistic Ambassador Program for the United States Information Agency from 1983-1989. This was an intercultural exchange program revolving around classical music which became popular in 63 countries around the world and was honored at the White House.

In Part Two of this file the award-winning novelist, speaker, and activist Talia Carner spoke with me about the intensive research processes that go into her novels, why she chose fiction to write about global social issues, the real-life crisis happening right before our eyes, and what we can do about it. “I take a skeleton out of the closet and dance with it. The skeleton being the many social issues around the globe that vie for attention.” – Talia Carner Ms. Carner writes suspense novels with a social message and her latest historical novel, The Third Daughter, aims to turn the issue of sex trafficking into real-world activism. Talia's mission is to transform the lessons of the past into action in the present. Her fifth book has been described as, “A frightening journey into the New World of the late 1800s, told by a trusting young woman lured from Russia and forced into prostitution in Buenos Aires.” Before becoming a professional novelist the author had a corporate career in the magazine business, started her own business as a marketing consultant for Fortune 500 companies, was a counselor and lecturer for the Small Business Administration, and even a member of the United States Information Agency. Talia is a popular international speaker who has keynoted close to 300 events on pressing social issues facing women around the globe. To learn more about human trafficking in the USA – and what you can do to help stop it – you can find a wealth of information that the author has provided for us in her article here: Take Action Against Trafficking This episode of The Writer Files is brought to you by the team at Author Accelerator. Author Accelerator book coaches give writers feedback, accountability, and support while you write, so you can get that your idea out of your head and onto the page. If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click subscribe to automatically see new interviews. If you missed the first half of this show you can find it right here. And if you’ve missed previous episodes of The Writer Files you can find them all in the show notes, in the archives at writerfiles.fm, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you tune in. In Part Two of this file Talia Carner and I discussed: Why fiction writers are like comedians The importance of historical fiction for unearthing the skeletons in society’s closet The current crisis of sex trafficking, not only abroad, but right here in the US How we can educate and protect our children Why we need to apply lessons from the past to enact change now And her two big pieces of advice for aspiring fiction writers Show Notes: Author Accelerator How to Write Impactful Historical Fiction with Award-Winning Author Talia Carner: Part One TaliaCarner.com The Third Daughter: A Novel by Talia Carner [Amazon] Take Action Against Trafficking Protect Now, an educational program against sex trafficking taught in schools “The Man From Buenos Aires” by Sholem Aleichem (Translated from Hebrew by Talia Carner) Talia Carner on Facebook Talia Carner on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter Please help us learn more about you by completing this short 7-question survey  

On this week's episode of The Van Maren Show, Jonathon Van Maren discusses the future of conservatism with Dr. Patrick Deneen, a professor at Notre Dame University. Deneen has a background in Constitutional Studies and Political Theory. He was a speechwriter and special advisor to the Director of the United States Information Agency. He's been an associate professor of Government at Georgetown University and Princeton University before joining the faculty at Notre Dame in 2012. He has written several books and a number of articles focusing on the history of American political thought. His 2018 book called, “Why Liberalism Failed” is all about these topics. The thesis of “Why Liberalism Failed” can be shoved into a nutshell of, “liberalism is failing because liberalism is succeeding.” Deneen provides clarity in the definitions of conservatism and liberalism. He explains that there's been confusion in what we typically call conservatism in the United States. Deneen suggests that we might more appropriately call conservatives, “classical liberals.” He goes on to say that, “we need to understand there are two variants or versions of liberalism itself.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Award-winning novelist, speaker, and activist Talia Carner spoke with me about the intensive research processes that go into her novels, why she chose fiction to write about global social issues, the real-life crisis happening right before our eyes and what we can do about it. “I take a skeleton out of the closet and dance with it. The skeleton being the many social issues around the globe that vie for attention.” – Talia Carner Ms. Carner writes suspense novels with a social message and her latest historical novel, The Third Daughter, aims to turn the issue of sex trafficking into real-world activism. Talia's mission is to transform the lessons of the past into action in the present. Her fifth book has been described as, “A frightening journey into the New World of the late 1800s, told by a trusting young woman lured from Russia and forced into prostitution in Buenos Aires.” Before becoming a professional novelist the author had a corporate career in the magazine business, started her own business as a marketing consultant for Fortune 500 companies, was a counselor and lecturer for the Small Business Administration, and even a member of the United States Information Agency. Talia is a popular international speaker who has keynoted close to 300 events on pressing social issues facing women around the globe. To learn more about human trafficking in the USA – and what you can do to help stop it – you can find a wealth of information that the author has provided for us in her article here: Take Action Against Trafficking This episode of The Writer Files is brought to you by the team at Author Accelerator. Author Accelerator book coaches give writers feedback, accountability, and support while you write, so you can get that your idea out of your head and onto the page. If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click subscribe to automatically see new interviews. In Part One of this file Talia Carner and I discussed: How the writer's natural form of expression is somewhere in the 100,000 word range Why historical fiction is so challenging to write well How she used researchers to trace details of landmarks long forgotten What it's like to channel characters from the distant past and write prose incorporating other languages What sparks the ideation that fuels her writing mission And why writers need to cull ideas from issues that move them most Show Notes: Author Accelerator How to Write Impactful Historical Fiction with Award-Winning Author Talia Carner: Part Two TaliaCarner.com The Third Daughter: A Novel by Talia Carner [Amazon] Take Action Against Trafficking Protect Now, an educational program against sex trafficking taught in schools Talia Carner on Facebook Talia Carner on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter Please help us learn more about you by completing this short 7-question survey  

If you feel like the path you are on has no ability to be shaped, this episode is for you! From growing up in the South as a “Failed Southern lady” when race relations were high, to working for the U.S. Department of State to writing more than 10 books on propaganda, Dr. Nancy Snow has made her own path. Known as Dr. Persuasian, Dr. Snow is a Professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University in Japan and has taught at prestigious universities including University of Southern California and California State University Fullerton, is a published author and journalist and Fulbright Scholar. She is also an alumna of the Presidential Management Fellows Program at the United States Information Agency and the U.S. Department of State. Her Books include: The Sage Handbook of Propaganda, Information War, Propaganda, Inc., Propaganda and American Democracy, The Arrogance of American Power, Truth is the Best Propaganda, Citizen Arianna and more.   She’s provided expert analysis to broadcast and print or online media with more than 500 interviews, including BBC News, ABC News, C-Span CNN, LA Times, New York Times and NPR.   Links: Website: www.nancysnow.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drpersuasion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3425188   For more info on the host, visit, www.rebeccacafiero.com and follow Rebecca on Instagram @rebeccacafiero !   Want a chance to win a $50 LuluLemon Gift Card? Click Here to leave a review on Apple Podcasts Take a screenshot of your review! Email your screenshot to rebecca@rebeccacafiero.com Let’s connect on social media! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccacafiero/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.ann.cafiero Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccacafiero/

If you feel like the path you are on has no ability to be shaped, this episode is for you! From growing up in the South as a “Failed Southern lady” when race relations were high, to working for the U.S. Department of State to writing more than 10 books on propaganda, Dr. Nancy Snow has made her own path. Known as Dr. Persuasian, Dr. Snow is a Professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University in Japan and has taught at prestigious universities including University of Southern California and California State University Fullerton, is a published author and journalist and Fulbright Scholar. She is also an alumna of the Presidential Management Fellows Program at the United States Information Agency and the U.S. Department of State. Her Books include: The Sage Handbook of Propaganda, Information War, Propaganda, Inc., Propaganda and American Democracy, The Arrogance of American Power, Truth is the Best Propaganda, Citizen Arianna and more.   She’s provided expert analysis to broadcast and print or online media with more than 500 interviews, including BBC News, ABC News, C-Span CNN, LA Times, New York Times and NPR.   Links: Website: www.nancysnow.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drpersuasion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3425188   For more info on the host, visit, www.rebeccacafiero.com and follow Rebecca on Instagram @rebeccacafiero !   Want a chance to win a $50 LuluLemon Gift Card? Click Here to leave a review on Apple Podcasts Take a screenshot of your review! Email your screenshot to rebecca@rebeccacafiero.com Let’s connect on social media! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccacafiero/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.ann.cafiero Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccacafiero/

A Pilgrimage Renewed: Life as a Christian in Post-liberal America - Dr. Patrick Deneen, University of Notre Dame Recorded live at The Camp House in Chattanooga, TN on March 20, 2018. Abstract The American political order has entered a new phase, comparable to the long period of decline experienced by Rome after its peak of power. Christians are learning anew the need for forms of psychic withdrawal from the fortunes of the imperium, but why such a change is necessary and how to undertake this new pilgrimage is a subject of hot debate. Professor Deneen will discuss the decline of the liberal order and the hopes for Christian renewal. About Dr. Deneen Patrick J. Deneen holds a B.A. in English literature and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers University. From 1995-1997 he was Speechwriter and Special Advisor to the Director of the United States Information Agency. From 1997-2005 he was Assistant Professor of Government at Princeton University. From 2005-2012 he was Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University, before joining the faculty of Notre Dame in Fall 2012. He is the author and editor of several books and numerous articles and reviews and has delivered invited lectures around the country and several foreign nations. Deneen was awarded the A.P.S.A.'s Leo Strauss Award for Best Dissertation in Political Theory in 1995, and an honorable mention for the A.P.S.A.'s Best First Book Award in 2000. He has been awarded research fellowships from Princeton University and the Earhart Foundation. His teaching and writing interests focus on the history of political thought, American political thought, religion and politics, and literature and politics.

In the second episode of Justice Matters, Carr Center's Executive Director Sushma Raman interviews Senior Fellow Alberto Mora on the U.S. policy to use torture under the Bush administration, its impacts on US/international relations, and U.S. sentiment on the use of torture. Alberto J. Mora is a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, where he teaches and conducts research on issues related to human rights, foreign policy, and national security strategy. Mora retired in August 2013 from Mars, Incorporated, which he joined in 2008 as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel. During his tenure, he served as the senior legal advisor to the Board of Directors, the CEO, and the other members of the CEO’s corporate leadership team and had oversight and management responsibility for all Mars legal strategies, issues, matters, services and resources. Mora’s career prior to joining Mars includes broad experience in the law, industry, and government. From 2001 to 2006, Mora served as the General Counsel of the Department of the Navy. As the chief legal officer for both the Navy and Marine Corps, he managed more than 640 attorneys and personnel across 146 offices throughout the United States and overseas and oversaw the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps and the Marine Corps Staff Judge Advocates. Additionally, he served as the Reporting Senior of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, as the Department’s Chief Ethics Officer and, on occasion, as Acting Secretary of the Navy. Earlier in his career, Mora also served in the U.S. State Department as a Foreign Service Officer and as General Counsel of the United States Information Agency in the George H.W. Bush administration. From 2006 to 2008, he served as General Counsel of Walmart International. Mora holds a Bachelor’s degree and Honorary Doctorate from Swarthmore College and a law degree from the University of Miami School of Law. In 2014, he was an Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. A member of the Council of Foreign Relations, he sits on the Board of Directors of Human Rights First and Freedom House. In 2006, Mora was awarded the John F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation’s Profile in Courage Award in recognition of his opposition -- while serving as Navy General Counsel -- to the cruel interrogation of detainees in the post-9/11 period. His detainee-related activities at the Navy have been widely reported in periodicals, books and documentaries. In 2013, he was included in Mariana Cook’s book Justice as one of 99 individuals worldwide who has made a significant contribution to human rights.

In the second episode of Justice Matters, Carr Center's Executive Director Sushma Raman interviews Senior Fellow Alberto Mora on the U.S. policy to use torture under the Bush administration, its impacts on US/international relations, and U.S. sentiment on the use of torture. Alberto J. Mora is a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, where he teaches and conducts research on issues related to human rights, foreign policy, and national security strategy. Mora retired in August 2013 from Mars, Incorporated, which he joined in 2008 as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel. During his tenure, he served as the senior legal advisor to the Board of Directors, the CEO, and the other members of the CEO’s corporate leadership team and had oversight and management responsibility for all Mars legal strategies, issues, matters, services and resources. Mora’s career prior to joining Mars includes broad experience in the law, industry, and government. From 2001 to 2006, Mora served as the General Counsel of the Department of the Navy. As the chief legal officer for both the Navy and Marine Corps, he managed more than 640 attorneys and personnel across 146 offices throughout the United States and overseas and oversaw the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps and the Marine Corps Staff Judge Advocates. Additionally, he served as the Reporting Senior of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, as the Department’s Chief Ethics Officer and, on occasion, as Acting Secretary of the Navy. Earlier in his career, Mora also served in the U.S. State Department as a Foreign Service Officer and as General Counsel of the United States Information Agency in the George H.W. Bush administration. From 2006 to 2008, he served as General Counsel of Walmart International. Mora holds a Bachelor’s degree and Honorary Doctorate from Swarthmore College and a law degree from the University of Miami School of Law. In 2014, he was an Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. A member of the Council of Foreign Relations, he sits on the Board of Directors of Human Rights First and Freedom House. In 2006, Mora was awarded the John F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation’s Profile in Courage Award in recognition of his opposition -- while serving as Navy General Counsel -- to the cruel interrogation of detainees in the post-9/11 period. His detainee-related activities at the Navy have been widely reported in periodicals, books and documentaries. In 2013, he was included in Mariana Cook’s book Justice as one of 99 individuals worldwide who has made a significant contribution to human rights.

Shamoon Zamir (New York University Abu Dhabi) discusses the 'The Family of Man' exhibition and its related archives. Apart from early reviewers and commentators, everyone who has written on the famous The Family of Man Exhibition has done so without the benefit of having seen it at the Museum of Modern Art in 1955 in its original iteration. The reliance on the book of the exhibition has consequently substituted for the exhibition and greatly distorted our understanding of Edward Steichen’s curatorial design. Shown, according to one count, in more than 40 countries and seen by over 9 million people, The Family of Man was a defining event in the global history of photography. This paper attempts to explore the ways in which the Museum of Modern Art’s archives and the archives of the United States Information Agency help us revise this history and develop new perspectives on Steichen’s exhibition.

In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak with Anita Bevacqua McBride. McBride served as assistant to President George W. Bush and chief of staff to First Lady Laura Bush from 2005 to 2009, directing the staff’s work on the wide variety of domestic and global initiatives in which Mrs. Bush was involved. She had primary responsibility for the First Lady’s efforts to support U.S. foreign policy objectives in human rights, women’s empowerment, global health and human freedom. She directed Mrs. Bush’s travel to 67 countries in 4 years, including historic visits to Afghanistan, the Middle East and the Thai-Burma border. McBride's White House service spans two decades and three presidential administrations, including as Director of White House Personnel under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush; and as Director of the U.S. Speaker's Bureau at the United States Information Agency. Also under President George W. Bush, McBride served as a special assistant for White House Management; as senior advisor in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Organizations and as the State Department's White House liaison. Currently, McBride is Executive-in-Residence at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C. She directs programming and national conferences on the legacies of America’s first ladies and their historical influence on politics, policy and global diplomacy. McBride co-founded the RAND African First Ladies Initiative and Fellowship program to partner with Africa’s first ladies and support their efforts to become champions of change for health and education in their countries, as well as train their staff and advisors in strategies for establishing and managing an effective First Lady’s office. McBride is an advisor to the George W. Bush Institute as well as a strategic consultant to global non-profit organizations. She is a member of several organizations, including the U.S. Afghan Women's Council, the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the White House Historical Association. Episode Sponsors The National Italian American Foundation Select Italy

This week we talk to Roland Merullo about focusing on our internal life Roland Merullo is the author of nine novels, including Breakfast with Buddha and Lunch with Buddha, A Little Love Story and American Savior. Merullo's nonfiction writing includes Revere Beach Elegy:A Memoir of Home and Beyond" target="_blank">Revere Beach Elegy, a memoir that won the 2000 Massachusetts Book Award for Non-Fiction, and the travel book The Italian Summer, His essays have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, Readers Digest among many others.  At various points in his life, he has worked in a parking garage, worked for the United States Information Agency in the former Soviet Union, served in the Peace Corps in Micronesia, worked as a carpenter, and taught creative writing and literature at Bennington and Amherst Colleges.  In This Interview Roland and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable. Choosing our own thoughts. How all that we are is a result of our thoughts. Using humor to convey deeper subjects. His definition of spirituality Focusing on our interior life. The relationship between thought, emotion and behavior. Learning to see our conditioned thoughts. How we never catch up to God or the Divine Intelligence. Learning to be less materialistic- focusing on the things we can't touch or define. Is the human race evolving? Not knowing the answer to the big questions. His meditation practice. How meditation has helped him with depression. How he uses his writing as a vehicle of hope. Choosing the positive instead of the negative. Not passing our pain on to others. Worshipping false gods. The spiritual ideas in the Breakfast with Buddha and Lunch with Buddha books. How often spiritual leaders laugh. Did Jesus and Buddha laugh often? Roland Merullo Links Roland Merullo Homepage Roland Merullo Facebook Roland Merullo Twitter Roland Merullo Amazon Author Page Some of our most popular interviews that you might also enjoy: Dan Harris Todd Henry- author of Die Empty Randy Scott Hyde See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week: Two features for the price of...well....nothing actually, but you get where I was going with it. First Richard talks to Attorney Scott Hodes, about his work with Christo and Jean-Claude, keeping public art programs honest, the Visual Artist Rights Act and more! Then BAS India correspondant and Fullbright Scholar Tanya Gill checks in with a report of the 2013 India Art Fair, and tells us why it is totally different than last years fair. Scott Hodes has been in active practice for more than four decades. As a corporate lawyer, he represents clients in sophisticated corporate transactions from structuring of corporate entities to financing at all levels from private placements to public offerings, and frequently, to counseling clients in merger and acquisition activities. He also handles complex financing transactions as counsel for a variety of large Chicago banks. Mr. Hodes also practices in the field of art law and represents a number of prominent artists, dealers and collectors in all aspects of their business. He has published three books on art and the law, and has written and spoken extensively on this subject. Mr. Hodes serves as a director of Richardson Electronics, Ltd. and a director emeritus of the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association in Washington, D.C. In 2007, he was elected a director of the Chicago Bar Foundation. He is a founding member and former chairman of the planning committee for the annual Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference now sponsored by the Investment Company Institute. Mr. Hodes is a recognized leader in metropolitan Chicago’s business community. Long active in bar, civic and political affairs, he was elected to serve three terms on the Democratic State Central Committee (1970-1982). He has served as co-chairman of the Illinois Attorney General’s Advisory Commission and as chairman of Chicago’s Navy Pier Development Authority from 1988 to 1990. He has served as principal outside counsel to the Arts in Embassies Program of the U.S. State Department from 1991 to 1993. He was co-chairman of the Private Enterprise Review and Advisory Board of the State of Illinois from 1992 to 1994, and was appointed in 1994 by the governor and served as a member of the State of Illinois Savings Board until 2010. Mr. Hodes was the national chairman of LAWBOOKS, U.S.A., a program sponsored by the United States Information Agency, and served as a member of the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on Investment, Technology and Development. He was counsel to The Harold Washington Foundation. Mr. Hodes is a founder and past president and a director of The Lawyers for the Creative Arts. He serves as a trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, a director of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, and as a consultant to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Tanya Hastings Gill has mastered the age-old art of paper cutting in a contemporary context. She utilizes reflective color, shadows and open installation to engage the space with her hand cut paper creations. Gill has been a fellow at McDowell Artists Colony, an Artist in Residence at The Ragdale Foundation, an Affiliate at Headlands Center for the Arts and a recipient of the Individual Artist Grant from the Marin Arts Council. In 1997 she received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and in 1992 her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Tanya Gill is a devoted teacher of visual art. She has taught at the California State University of Sacramento, California; Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia; and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Contemporary Practices Department.          Tanya Gill has been awarded the Nehru-Fulbright 2011-12 Scholarship to conduct research and evolve her own artwork. Her focus is the intersection of Indian Contemporary Art and Handicraft. She is currently living in New Delhi, India, with her family. **Please note, Atty. Hodes bio and headshot were perilously lifted from the Bryan Cave LLP website. Yes, we know we should have called and asked and yes, we know you could squash us like bugs. It's 1:23 a.m. early Monday morning, we decided you'd rather sleep. Besides, we love you fine folks at Bryan Cave LLP. http://www.bryancave.com/scotthodes/ Don't hurt us. If you need a sacrificial offering we'll send Duncan over post haste.