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READ: Eswar Prasad's latest Financial Times piece "China’s $1tn trade surplus is a problem for Beijing—and the world" www.ft.com/content/42c7... [pay-wall]

Learn more about Eswar here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
December 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Marc Dunkelman's book Why Nothing Works continues to garner accolades - recently named among the best books of the year by The Economist www.economist.com/culture/2025... and The Financial Times www.ft.com/content/c44a...

Learn more about Marc here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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READ: Laurence Kotlikoff at the Financial Times on how to make Argentina grow again www.ft.com/content/27e5...

Learn more about Laurence here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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LISTEN: "Why Following Your Dreams Isn’t Enough" - Huggy Rao guests on the @HiddenBrain podcast www.hiddenbrain.org/podcast/why-...

Learn more about Huggy here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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In honor of Veterans Day, the documentary “Call to Serve” about Team Rubicon premiered on Hulu and Disney+. Watch the trailer below. And learn more about:

TR CEO Art delaCruz www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
TR Founder Jake Wood www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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OUT TODAY: Your Kid Belongs Here: An Insider's Guide to Parenting Neurodiverse Children - the new book by Katie Rose Guest Pryal amzn.to/4p9YZVb

A compassionate and comprehensive guide to parenting neurodivergent children.

Learn more about Katie here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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OUT TODAY: the new book by Stephen G. Post, 'Pure Unlimited Love: Science and the Seven Paths to Inner Peace' » amzn.to/4hR0tkM

Learn more about Stephen here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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READ: "In Defense of American Hypocrisy" by Shadi Hamid - author of the new book The Case for American Power - at TIME » time.com/7330080/defe...

Learn more about Shadi here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Coming in January - a new podcast from Thomas Goetz. Every episode of DRUG STORY uses one prescription drug to tell surprising, true tales about the business of disease and health. Learn more here » drugstory.co/podcast

And learn more about Thomas here » brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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WATCH: "Beth Macy Returned Home to Ohio to Reckon with America’s Divisions" on Amanpour and Company www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj1M...

Beth is the author of the new book PAPER GIRL - learn more here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
Beth Macy Returned Home to Ohio to Reckon with America’s Divisions | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
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October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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READ: "AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All" - Brian Merchant talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test WIRED www.wired.com/story/ai-bub... [paywall]

Learn more about Brian here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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READ: André Martin on how "Brilliant brands can help us fall back in love with work" www.dukece.com/insights/the...

Learn more about André's work here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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OUT TODAY: 'My One-of-a-Kind Body: The Ultimate Guide to Caring For Me' by Whitney Casares

Get the book at Amazon or wherever you get your books » amzn.to/4oph0OK

And learn more about Whitney here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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READ: "The NIMBY in Chief" at The Atlantic

Marc Dunkelman on how Donald Trump is using the power of the White House to load public-works projects down with bureaucracy www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Learn more about Marc here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
The NIMBY in Chief
Donald Trump is using the power of the White House to load public-works projects down with bureaucracy.
www.theatlantic.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Congrats to Melissa Valentine and Michael Bernstein - their new book Flash Teams became a National Bestseller as of today! www.usatoday.com/booklist/pag...

Learn more about these BrightSight Speakers here » www.brightsightspeakers.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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READ: Beth Macy - author of “Dopesick” and the forthcoming “Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America” - has penned a new The New York Times op-ed on "What It Takes for a Working-Class Kid to Get a College Education." Read here » www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | What It Takes for a Working-Class Kid to Get a College Education
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Beth Macy's new book, Paper Girl (OUT NEXT WEEK), has been named one of October 2025's BEST by Amazon »
www.amazon.com/amazonbookre...

Learn more about Beth here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
Best Books of October 2025, as chosen by the Amazon Editors
Richard Osman's "The Impossible Fortune," Beth Macy's "Paper Girl," Lily King's "Heart the Lover," and more.
www.amazon.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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WATCH: a TED Talks Intersections discussion with social psychologist Heidi Grant - "Can #AI Make Us More Human?"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd2A...
Can AI Make Us More Human? A Social Psychologist + a Business Leader Answer | TED Intersections
YouTube video by TED
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October 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Out one week from today: the new book by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered A.I.'s Melissa Valentine and Michael Bernstein, FLASH TEAMS. Pre-order here » amzn.to/4pJWxWB

And learn more about these authors & BrightSight Speakers at our website » www.brightsightspeakers.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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ALISON TAYLOR - author of Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World - has been named to the Thinkers 50 2025 Leadership Award shortlist thinkers50.com/awards-2025/...

Learn more about Alison here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
Thinkers50 Ranking & Awards Nominations 2025
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Thinkers50 Ranking and Distinguished Achievement Awards.
thinkers50.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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OUT TODAY: The new book from bestselling author BARRY SCHWARTZ:'Choose Wisely: Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making' — get it at Amazon or wherever you get your books amzn.to/42Hn7FJ

And learn more about Barry here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The acclaimed economist and author of The Future of Money, Eswar Prasad, has just announced his latest book: Why the World Economic Order Is Spiraling into Disorder (2026).
Learn more and pre-order here thedoomloopbook.com
And learn more about Eswar here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
September 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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LISTEN: Marc Dunkelman — author of Why Nothing Works — guested on The Glenn Show glennloury.substack.com/p/john-mcwho...

Learn more about Marc here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
John McWhorter & Marc Dunkelman – Why Nothing Works
Listen now (59 mins) | Since the publication of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s book Abundance earlier this year, liberals and moderate Democrats seem to be taking up the idea that bureaucracy and ove...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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LISTEN: Stanford’s Melissa Valentine guested on the Harvard Business Review Ideacast to discuss how organizations can use online labor markets and AI tools to reshape collaboration. Listen here » hbr.org/podcast/2025...

Learn more here » www.brightsightspeakers.com/speakers-a-z...
September 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Best friends (And NEW BrightSight Speakers) Eleanor Hamby and Sandra Hazelip, known as the "Traveling Grannies," set out at 81 to visit all seven continents in 80 days. Now 84, they joined
CBS Mornings to share stories from their journey. Watch here » cbsnews.com/video/the-tr...
The "Traveling Grannies" on friendship and adventure at 84
Best friends Eleanor Hamby and Sandra Hazelip, known as the "Traveling Grannies," set out at 81 to visit all seven continents in 80 days. Now 84, they join "CBS Mornings" to share stories from their j...
cbsnews.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM