The Matt Townsend Show

End of American Century, Distracted Driving, Poverty to Yale


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Dr. Joseph Nye- American Century (12:13)
Dr. Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor, and former Dean of the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Nye received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Princeton University. He won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University and earned his PhD in political science from Harvard. He has served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and as Chair of the National Intelligence Council, and Deputy Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology. Today he talks about his book "Is the American Century Over" and how the power to build, influence coalitions will prove key to sustaining global primacy.
Peter Kissinger - AAA research shows dangers of distracted driving (58:19)
J. Peter Kissinger is the President and CEO of the AAA Foundation for Traffic and Safety. Prior to his position with AAA he was the Senior Vice President of the Civil Engineering Research Foundation, the research arm of the American Society of Civil Engineers and was Director of Strategic Programs at Chromalloy \[pr: chrome-al-oy] Gas Turbine Corporation in Florida. Prior to that he was employed for 12 years by the National Transportation Safety Board. Mr. Kissinger talks about a recent AAA study on how distracted driving, from texting to best friend;s stories, are a danger to your driving.
Davis Nguyen - From Poverty to Yale (1:46:04)
Davis Nguyen, soon-to-be debt-free graduate of Yale University and an example of hard work, diligence, and dreaming big. He went from poverty to Ivy League just by asking himself daily, "What kind of life do I want for myself?" and "Is what I'm doing today going to get my closer to the life I want? If not, why am I doing it?" Raised by his single, disabled mother who didn't finish 3rd grade. Survived on food stamps and welfare every month. He would wake up to gunshots and sometimes when he woke up and turned on the light, nothing came on. He worked diligently with what he had and was acc
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