Jeff Schechtman's "Talk Cocktail"

"To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures..." John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"

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Monday, July 6, 2015

A kid with a dream - Jerry Weintraub R.I.P.

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Jerry Weintraub spent more than five decades in show business. As a promoter, manager, movie and Broadway producer, his success was unpar...

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

A Singular Woman

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In yesterdays NY Times, David Brooks had an insightful column about how individuals matter. He reminded us that while we have a tendency to...

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Physics of the Future

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Most of us remember growing up and hearing about a world of flying cars, domed living, wrist radios and robots that would take care of our e...

Friday, March 11, 2011

A Visit From the Goon Squad

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The way that music short circuits time and makes yesterday's events, todays reality; the state of the music business today and pushing t...

Monday, December 27, 2010

Hard Goals for the New Year

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In just a few days time, hundreds of millions of you will be setting those New Years Resolutions. But so few of them will be kept. Why is i...

Monday, July 26, 2010

Morning Miracle

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When we talk about newspapers today as entities, as brands, as institutions that need to change to reflect new economic and technological re...

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Roots of Steel

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It's hard to imagine today that there was a time when the steel industry was booming. When steel workers could comfortably support a fa...

Monday, April 19, 2010

The Great American University

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Of all of the traditional institutions of America that have come under siege of late, perhaps none has held up better than the our great Ame...

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Tell Me A Story

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Few journalists have been as good at capturing the personalities and zeitgeist of their time as David Maraniss . A multiple Pulitzer Prize w...

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Jeff Schechtman: Napa, California, United States; I grew up during the Kennedy Presidency. It was a time when the best and the brightest sat center stage in the nation's psyche. I've always remembered the story, that at an arts gala at the White House, Kennedy looked around the room and proclaimed it "the greatest gathering of talent since Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Without the benefit of such trappings, I've had the opportunity, for the past nineteen years, to have a seat at an international banquet of ideas and history. My radio program provided me a unique opportunity to "travel" around the world and speak to thousands of the most imaginative thinkers and leaders in the arenas of politics, religion, journalism, business, popular culture, academics, science, economics, history, and medicine. During these years, I have taken many people with me on this journey. It has been a momentous time. The trauma of politics, the onslaught of technology, the insights of science, and the changes in the human condition make this a period almost unequaled in history. I'm excited that technology has now made it possible for me to take more of you along with me on this journey.

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