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Educational Access and Reform

"For your own personal development and sustainability, it's a pretty hollow experience to not have something that connects you to others." Khary Lazarre-White, co-founder and Executive ...

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Write What You Know: Encouraging Young Authors of Color

Torrey Maldonado, NYC public school teacher and author of Secret Saturdays, shares about why he writes, and not just how but why it's necessary to nurture creativity and a love for literacy in ...

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The Costs of Land Use Restriction

Brandon Fuller, Deputy Director of NYU Stern's Urbanization Project, joins us to discuss the economic ramifications of land use restrictions in urban areas. He explains how large, productive ...

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City as Startup

Professor Paul Romer joins us to discuss the concept of city as startup, explaining how reform zones can be used as valuable tools in assessing effectiveness of policies for a country. He also ...

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Fostering Innovation on Wall St

Matthew Trudeau and Daniel Aisen of IEX join us to discuss fostering innovation on Wall St. and in finance, something they are both very familiar with. IEX recently completed a $75 million ...