Episodes

  • Robert Edsel -- Remembering Our Fallen Service Members from WWII to Modern Times

    Robert Edsel -- Remembering Our Fallen Service Members from WWII to Modern Times
    Apr 21 2025

    Order an advanced copy of Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II on the Bush Center's website before its April 29 release.
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    49 mins
  • SMU's Dr. Jeffrey Engel -- Insights into Presidential History

    SMU's Dr. Jeffrey Engel -- Insights into Presidential History
    Apr 10 2025
    Dr. Jeffrey Engel is an award-winning presidential historian and the David Gergen Director of the SMU Center for Presidential History. He’s authored or edited thirteen books on American foreign policy and spent a good part of his career at the Bush School of Government and Public Service in College Station before coming to SMU. He joins host Andrew Kaufmann and Kevin “Sully” Sullivan, former White House Communications Director under President Bush and Senior Advisor to the George W. Bush Presidential Center, to discuss his passion for presidential history, the shift in legacies post-presidency, and why we need to continue learning about our past to build our future.
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    43 mins
  • Captain Flo Groberg -- Leadership Lessons with a Medal of Honor Recipient

    Captain Flo Groberg -- Leadership Lessons with a Medal of Honor Recipient
    Mar 25 2025
    Retired U.S. Army Captain Florent Groberg is one of 3,528 recipients of the Medal of Honor—the highest military honor awarded to those who serve in the United States armed forces. Flo joins host Andrew Kaufmann and Michael Bailey, Deputy Director of the Leadership Programs at the Bush Institute to discuss his service to our country and what leadership means both in the uniform and as a civilian.
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    42 mins
  • Chuck Todd — Local Journalism and the State of News in 2025

    Chuck Todd — Local Journalism and the State of News in 2025
    Mar 18 2025
    Chuck Todd is an Emmy award-winning journalist while NBC’s Chief Political Analyst and former moderator for Meet the Press, which he stepped away from in September 2023. Although he stepped away from the moderator’s chair, he still covers politics this his podcast, The Chuck Toddcast. He joined Strategerist host Andrew Kaufmann and Senior Editorial Advisor at the Bush Institute Bill McKenzie to discuss how the journalism ecosystem has changed and evolved and how local news should be driving national news (not the other way around).
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    38 mins
  • Jared Cohen — From Presidential History to Technology

    Jared Cohen — From Presidential History to Technology
    Mar 13 2025

    If you enjoyed this episode, watch Purpose Beyond the White House: A Conversation on the Post-Presidency, an Engage at the Bush Center event presented by NexPoint featuring Jared Cohen.

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    46 mins
  • James D. Rodriguez — Former Department of Labor Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service

    James D. Rodriguez — Former Department of Labor Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service
    Mar 12 2025
    The Honorable James D. Rodriguez served as Assistant Secretary within the Biden administration Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service from January 2021 until January 2025 where he served 440,000 veterans annually. He is an accomplished executive leader with over 30 years experience across the government and corporate landscapes and over 20 years in the United States Marine Corps in numerous leadership and management positions. Last year, he joined Strategerist host Andrew Kaufmann and the Bush Institute’s Casey Rodriguez, the Senior Program Manager of Leadership Programs. But not only is Casey managing the operations of the Presidential Leadership Scholars program, she’s the daughter of Secretary Rodriguez.
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    38 mins
  • Natalia Arno -- Fighting for a Democratic Russia

    Natalia Arno -- Fighting for a Democratic Russia
    Mar 5 2025

    To learn more about Natalia's work at the Free Russia Foundation click here.

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    26 mins
  • Larry D. Thompson -- The Quiet Counsel

    Larry D. Thompson -- The Quiet Counsel
    Feb 27 2025

    Limited signed copies of Larry Thompson’s book ”The Quiet Counsel Looking Back on a Life of Service to the Law” are available for purchase at the Bush Museum here.
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    25 mins
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