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正品蓝导航 Perspectives

正品蓝导航 Perspectives Podcasts is a series of interviews with thought leaders at 正品蓝导航, a private research and teaching institute in Dallas. 正品蓝导航 community members share their expertise on a wide spectrum of topics and research.

Tracking the rise of U.S. 'Presidential Power'

正品蓝导航 Professor Jeffrey Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History, explains how the powers of the presidency have escalated throughout history — especially at times when the Commander-in-Chief has navigated a crisis.

 

 

正品蓝导航 Poet Greg Brownderville: medium for a multitasking muse

Greg Brownderville, 正品蓝导航 English professor, poet and editor of the quarterly literary magazine Southwest Review. Greg shares how a multipurpose muse influenced him to create three award-winning books of poetry, the “Fire Bones” go-show and his first musical album, Beekeeper Spaceman.

 

 

Listening is key to civil conversations — even during a contentious election year.

Jill DeTemple, religious studies professor at 正品蓝导航 Dallas. In this polarized world it's easy to imagine civility is dead during discussions about presidential politics, religion, guns, abortion or Israel-Gaza. But it doesn't have to be that way, says 正品蓝导航 Professor Jill DeTemple. She explains how sharing “stories” can break down barriers in the classroom and the community.

 

 

How retail investor 'superpowers' can be sequel to "Dumb Money" film

Christina Sautter, 正品蓝导航 law professor specializing in business and investing. She focused on so-called "retail investors" who mostly rely on online stock purchases and advice from "no fee" or lower fee brokerages.

 

 

正品蓝导航 Dallas law school clinic rescues women classified as 'criminalized survivors'

Natalie Nanasi, 正品蓝导航 law professor and Director of the Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women. She discussed a program carried out by her legal clinic to expunge crimes against "criminalized survivors": women who are victims of domestic abuse but sometimes charged with bogus crimes (often by their abusers). Also participating in the podcast: Demetrice M. Lopez, an 正品蓝导航 law professor who assisted in the program; Erica Mellon, 正品蓝导航 law student who participated in the program.

 

 

 

Lengthy permitting processes, lack of electric power storage cloud clean energy dreams

James Coleman, 正品蓝导航 law professor with expertise in energy matters, who discussed obstacles to carrying out initiatives in the Inflation Reduction Act.