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Eileen is Chair of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and on the board of HSBC, Guardian Life and Compass. She grew up in a housing project and climbed the ranks to hold senior positions in Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and served as co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world. She discusses her childhood, how her career unfolded and what advice she has to others following in her tracks. 

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Andrew Weiss is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace overseeing research on Russia and Eurasia. He previously served on the National Security staff and at the State Department. In this episode, he describes what makes the Kremlin tick, how hard it is for a Russia outsider to apprehend the truth and where Putin has made strategic blunders.

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The second part of my conversation with Gao Xiqing describes his training as a lawyer, what China's history of law is, how that contrasts with the US and where China is going, among other topics. 

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Gao Xiqing is a lawyer, investor, father and husband. He helped found China's stock market and was modern China's first person to pass the New York State bar. Our conversation was so extraordinary I divided it into two parts. In this first part, hear him describe what it was like to grow up in China shortly after the 1949 revolution and live through the Cultural Revolution and then, miraculously, make it to law school. If you don't know much about China this will open your mind. 

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Dr. Enikeev is a Russian psychiatrist who grew up in a country that no longer exists and now runs a US practice with over 40 psychiatrists. He describes what it was like to grow up in the Soviet Union, how rock 'n' roll weakened the system, "double thinking" and the peculiar anxiety of freedom. 

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Paul, the Head Coach of Brown University Men's Crew team, talks about how sports force us to be "in the moment," teamwork, what it takes to be a great athlete and what role sports played in his life as he processed, as a kid, his father's suicide.  Paul has coached Olympians and won the Ivy League in 2008, 2009 and 2012 as well as placing in many other highly competitive events. 

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Jen is a second-generation special education lawyer, following in her father's footsteps. Based in Connecticut, she has years of experience helping navigate parents through the thicket of special education laws and how to advocate for your child.  

TJ has decades of experience working with kids in residential treatment, an intense form of mental health intervention for families and kids. 

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Greg is a friend, a parent, an educator and a Minority Achievement Coordinator and a Facilitator of Courageous Conversations about Race and Equity in Classrooms. In this episode, he reflects on the racial divide in 1980s Washington, D.C., managing his own mental health and that of his students and the importance of parents advocating for their own children. 

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