Ambassador Eizenstat joined the O'Connor Institute to discuss his latest book, The Art of Diplomacy, which in one readable volume covers every major contemporary international agreement, from the treaty to end the Vietnam War to the Kyoto Protocols and the Iranian Nuclear Accord, and has earned glowing reviews from people as different in outlook as…

Today, we share a conversation that looks at the impact of stereotypes, how they affect us, and what we can do to limit their adverse effects. This discussion is led by Stanford Professor Dr. Claude M. Steele, an expert on social psychology, and initially took place as part of our Constitution Series Webcasts focusing on Equality and Justice for Al…

As students return to classrooms across the country this fall, we are resharing important conversations on landmark cases related to education. Today, we look at one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of the 20th Century - Brown v. Board of Education. This detailed conversation with Cheryl Brown Henderson, daughter of the late Rev. Olive…

As preparations for the 2024 General Election approach, the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute for American Democracy sat down with the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) President Secretary Steve Simon (D-MN), President-elect Michael Watson (R-MS), and NASS Executive Director Leslie Reynolds to discuss important bipartisan aspects of e…

We are pleased to take a new look at this conversation with Dr. Spencer Crew, in which he discusses the importance of making African American history accessible to the public. Art and documents in a museum can be an important way to experience and understand cultures in new ways. Dr. Spencer Crew has worked in public history institutions for more t…

Empty office buildings. Workforce changes allow for more remote work. American downtowns are struggling. The pandemic-led changes in where and how we work and live have weakened and withered many urban cores. The office vacancy rate in Houston is some 26 percent; in Phoenix it is above 20 percent. This shift means fewer workers, fewer businesses to…

We are excited to revisit this fascinating discussion with Judge Douglas Ginsburg as he delves into past, present, and future struggles for liberty through the lens of the US Constitution - just in time for the 4th of July and the celebration of our Country’s independence. Judge Ginsburg is the author of Voices of Our Republic, the companion to the…

The Sandra Day O’Connor Institute for American Democracy presents a conversation with author and historian Claire Rydell Arcenas and Liam Julian, director of Public Policy at the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute. In her book America's Philosopher: John Locke in American Intellectual Life, Rydell Arcenas seeks to better understand and illuminate the cr…

There is broad scholarly agreement that our current political world owes much to what Thomas Paine was the first to call the "age of revolutions"—that is, the several late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century decades during which revolutions rocked the globe. But what gave rise to the age of revolutions? Why, suddenly, were era-spanning monarch…

Perhaps no extant product of the U.S. Constitution has received more bipartisan animus than the Electoral College. Since 1800 there have been more than 700 proposals introduced in Congress to amend or eliminate the way in which America chooses its presidents. Yet the Electoral College lives on. Why do we have this system? Why does it inspire such c…

Some 40 million people in the American West rely on water from the Colorado River. But the river’s flow has diminished, and those decreases will likely continue. What does this mean for the American West in general and California and Arizona in particular? Will booming metro areas—Maricopa County, for example—have to halt their growth? Will vast ex…

Episode three of the three-part series "The Economy: Inflation, the Fed, and You." Inflation in America is happening for the first time in forty years, but different parts of the country are experiencing inflation differently. How do the ways in which we measure price increases, such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), contribute to regional varianc…

Episode two of the three-part series "The Economy: Inflation, the Fed, and You." Inflation in America is happening for the first time in forty years, and the Federal Reserve has committed to fighting it. What tools can and does the Fed use to battle inflation, and what are its other economic duties beyond keeping prices stable? Who at the Federal R…

Episode one of the three-part series "The Economy: Inflation, the Fed, and You." Inflation in America is happening for the first time in forty years. Why have prices gone up and when might they come down? What role do monetary policy, the Federal Reserve, and legislators play? And what is the fiscal theory of inflation? Hoover Institution economist…

In September 1981, Senator Dennis DeConcini, a Democrat from Arizona, supported President Ronald Reagan’s nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor as the first woman to take a seat seat on the United States Supreme Court. Hear an eyewitness to history from that unprecedented time, Senator Dennis DeConcini himself, in a moderated conversation with his long…

In this special episode, Black Women’s Renaissance honors the accomplishments and acknowledges the struggles of The Honorable, Ketanji Brown Jackson. Justice Brown will soon be the first African-American woman on the Supreme Court. The Designate Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States received Senate confirmation on April 7, 202…

We dedicate this show to the mother of Crystal Kelly, Ms Mary Ellen Kelly. This episode features a special woman! Black Woman Renaissance will honor Ms. Crystal Kelly. Crystal, is among other things, an advocate of inspiration and change. This multi talented woman as the founder of the I Am Beautiful Award that honors formerly abused women who are …

In this live recording, we meet our Black Woman of Renaissance, Ashely M. Jones, Alabama's first black and the youngest Poet Laurette representative. My Co-host for this show is Dr. Sharon Porter, Educator, writer, visionary and Editor in Chief of Vision and Purpose Magazine. Ashley shares with us vivid stories of her up-bringing, the road she trav…

Black Woman’s RenaissanceA podcast about women of color who are stepping outside the bounds of the American caste system we were relegated to. Today in every genre a record number of black women are accomplishing tasks that were believed impossible for us in spite of walls built to keep us out. Welcome family to Black Women’s Renaissance.I am your …

Today’s special guest is Ms. Arvis Renee Jones Walker, who is running for Clayton County School Board, district 8. Clayton County voters in School Board District 8 will have two candidates to choose from in the September 21 special election. What is the foundation of this quote? “Our children are our most valuable asset and I want to ensure that we…

In the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, on August, 6, 2021, Felix concluded her illustrious 17 year Olympic career by acquiring her 11th Olympic medal, after winning gold in the women's 4 × 400 meters final, overtaking the 10 medals of track phenom Carl Lewis. Additionally, The 35-year-old, the oldest American female track and field athlete to win a gold medal…

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Did you know a SISTA lead the team who created the Moderna, Covid Vaccine? Yessss! Do you still think it was created to hurt Black people? Today we are honoring to accomplishments of Dr. Kizzmekia "Kizzy" Shanta Corbett. At 35 years old she is a leading American viral immunologist. Dr. Corbett is an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Radcliffe Inst…

Today’s show will celebrate the accomplishments and discuss the challenges of 14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde, winner of the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Zalia made history on July 8th, 2021, as the first African-American to be the recognized winner of this prestigious award. Over 230,000 people watch the competitive and highly coveted spellin…

Today’s show will celebrate the accomplishments and discuss the challenges of professional tennis player Naomi Osaka. Twenty three year old Naomi has been ranked No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) having won 7 titles and is the first Black and Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. She is a four-time Grand Slam singles champion…

Sha'Carri Richardson born on March 25, 2000 is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running 10.75 seconds to break the 100 meter record at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships. This winning time ma…

In this inaugural episode, we reveal the origin of the idea of the Black Woman Renaissance Podcast. We also discuss Isabel Wilkerson and her book's, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent, explanation of the Black Woman's relegation to the bottom rung of the American hierarchy. We praise the women who came before us and introduce this podcast's futur…

Introduction to Black Woman.s Renaissance, a Podcast for all people to support the accomplishments and struggles of Black Women. Produced by Dr Violet T. Adams, Music by Antoine Gibson, Produced by Mutali Music