One of the possible upsides of the pandemic is that cities are taking a hard look at their transportation infrastructure. How can we better use the space now used for cars? So as the world opens up, environmental designer Kevin J. [...]
September is Basic Education and Literacy month on the Rotary calendar so this week's programs celebrate teachers. The first Monday in September is also the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. To honor both of those, our first short program features [...]
Last month was the hottest July in recorded history. It rained at the top of the Greenland icecap for the first time in recorded history. Those are facts but communicating them and relating them to people to take a personal stake [...]
This week's programs are for all of you who have enjoyed the love of a good cat or dog. First for all of you with canine companions, "How do dogs see with their noses?" And then an attempt to answer one [...]
This week's program is the recording of last week's meeting where our District Governor Mary Aufdenkampe joined us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjBBGqPwYJU
At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It's not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how [...]
This week's program supports one of Rotary International's causes, providing clean water throughout the world. Lana Mazahreh is a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Based in Johannesburg, she also spent a year working in BCG's office in Dubai. Mazahreh [...]
Fascinated by the leaders who make impact in the world, companies and politicians with the capacity to inspire, Simon Sinek has discovered some remarkable patterns in how they think, act and communicate. Described as "a visionary thinker with a rare intellect," Sinek [...]
Neuroscientist Kay M. Tye investigates how your brain gives rise to complex emotional states like depression, anxiety or loneliness. From the cutting edge of science, she shares her latest findings -- including the development of a tool that uses light to [...]
Filmed in one of the largest refugee camps in the world, Brave Girl Rising tells how a courageous girl named Nasro, inspired by the magical dreams of her mother and the sisterhood of her friends, succeeds in getting the education she [...]
