15 episodes

Chicago Ideas is a movement built on one core belief: When a broad spectrum of thinkers and instigators share ideas, we have the power to transform our world. Since 2011, we’ve hosted Chicago Ideas Week, which is the world's largest affordable ideas festival, bringing the leading minds of our time to stages across Chicago. In this podcast, we’re bringing you the audio from some of these talks and conversations, giving you a front-row seat to some the most inspiring ideas the world has to offer. To learn more, or to become a member of the Chicago Ideas community, visit http://chicagoideas.com.

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Chicago Ideas is a movement built on one core belief: When a broad spectrum of thinkers and instigators share ideas, we have the power to transform our world. Since 2011, we’ve hosted Chicago Ideas Week, which is the world's largest affordable ideas festival, bringing the leading minds of our time to stages across Chicago. In this podcast, we’re bringing you the audio from some of these talks and conversations, giving you a front-row seat to some the most inspiring ideas the world has to offer. To learn more, or to become a member of the Chicago Ideas community, visit http://chicagoideas.com.

    Gwyneth Paltrow and Lisa Gersh discuss founding Goop

    Gwyneth Paltrow and Lisa Gersh discuss founding Goop

    The Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow tells the story behind the lifestyle and wellness brand she founded, Goop, alongside the company’s former CEO Lisa Gersh in conversation with Johnson Publishing CEO Desiree Rogers.

    • 49 min
    Sebastian Junger on the struggles soldiers face after returning home

    Sebastian Junger on the struggles soldiers face after returning home

    Sebastian Junger, the New York Times best-selling author of "War" and "The Perfect Storm," discusses the difficulties veterans face when returning from war. Addressing the rising rates of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, Junger illuminates how these long-term issues are, by and large, preventable.

    • 16 min
    Ep. 13 Reshma Saujani on forging your own path

    Ep. 13 Reshma Saujani on forging your own path

    In today’s episode, Reshma Saujani, the Founder of the nonprofit organization Girls Who Code, speaks about her goal of teaching one million girls how to code by 2020. Through her organization, Saujani is working to make the tech industry more open, accessible and welcoming to women of all ages.

    • 10 min
    Ep. 12 Sal Khan wants to make education a human right

    Ep. 12 Sal Khan wants to make education a human right

    Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of the Khan Academy, digs deep into the flawed thinking surrounding education. Khan has worked to provide free, world-class education for people anywhere and everywhere, and here, Khan addresses whether or not it's possible to make education a human right.

    • 20 min
    Ep 11. Kamala Harris on evolving the criminal justice system

    Ep 11. Kamala Harris on evolving the criminal justice system

    California Senator Kamala Harris discusses our flawed approach to criminal justice. Here, she offers paths forward, ones that focus on the humanity of people in the criminal justice system.

    • 20 min
    Ep. 10 Al Pittampalli and the science of choice

    Ep. 10 Al Pittampalli and the science of choice

    Al Pittampalli, the Founder of MCW Consulting and author of Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World, discusses the struggle between speed and accuracy in the decision making process in the modern world.

    • 15 min

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