Wheatley fellow Fred Axelgard and Ryan Crocker - former US ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon - discuss the current climate in the middle east, the presidential election and the United State's place in a shifting world.

A Conversation with Ambassador Ryan Crocker

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Arthur Brooks, outgoing president of the American Enterprise Institute believes that each American can root out contempt by proactively sharing warm-heartedness.

Bringing America Together

Catherine Cornille is the Newton College Alumnae Chair of Western Culture, at Boston College. In her presentation of the 2018 Truman G. Madsen Lecture on the Eternal Man, she discusses the need for but challenges of true interfaith dialogue based on empathy.

The Possibility and Limits of Interreligious Empathy

Azza Karam of the UN Population Fund describes the fine line between supporting and patronizing religious actors across the world.

Religious Pluralism in a Secular World

In this Round-table on the Family, Wheatley Fellow, Jenet Erickson Ph.D, tackles a unique perspective on children: instead of why do children need their parents, she looks at all of the positive ways parents are affected and transformed by their children. “This Splendid Inconvenience” 2007, “Young Astronomer” 2017, “Climbing Mother” 2014, “Choosing Everything” 2013, and “Concordia Inter Populum,” copyright Brian T. Kershisnik. Used with permission.

We Need Children Even More Than They Need Us

Lee Bird, CEO and Chairman of the Board of the At Home Group shares stories and lessons of moral courage from a long and varied business career.

Distinguished Lecture in Ethics

The Wheatley Institution Podcast

A Conversation with Ambassador Ryan Crocker

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