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What It Takes®

Revealing, intimate conversations with visionaries and leaders in the arts, science, technology, public service, sports and business. These engaging personal stories are drawn from interviews with the... Read more

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Justice For All

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Justice For All

In this episode, you'll hear Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tell the very personal story of her lifelong purs... Read more

26 Sep 2016

56mins

Ranked #2

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Lord Norman Foster: Building the Future

Lord Norman Foster: Building the Future

This is the story of a working class son of Manchester, England, who came to change skylines around the globe, envision ... Read more

9 Sep 2019

53mins

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Sonia Sotomayor: Power of Words

Sonia Sotomayor: Power of Words

Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells the extraordinary story of her voyage from the most dangerous neighborhood in the United S... Read more

27 Mar 2017

53mins

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Oprah Winfrey: The Queen of Talk… and Determination

Oprah Winfrey: The Queen of Talk… and Determination

“Fourth grade is when I first began to believe in myself… I felt I could control the world.”On this episode of “What It ... Read more

31 Aug 2015

19mins

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Anthony M. Kennedy: Principles of Freedom

Anthony M. Kennedy: Principles of Freedom

Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the deciding vote in critical Supreme Court cases - from abortion to campaign finance to ... Read more

18 Dec 2017

41mins

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George Lucas: The Force Will Be With You

George Lucas: The Force Will Be With You

George Lucas’s only dream as a teenager was to race cars, but he went on to create the most popular films in motion pict... Read more

7 Dec 2015

36mins

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Jimmy Carter: From Plains to the Presidency

Jimmy Carter: From Plains to the Presidency

It’s a remarkable American story: a poor peanut farmer from the Deep South becomes a nuclear naval officer, then governo... Read more

22 Apr 2019

58mins

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Stephen Jay Gould: This View of Life

Stephen Jay Gould: This View of Life

He knew from the age of five that he was going to become a paleontologist, but he also became one of the most important ... Read more

1 Jun 2020

46mins

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Peyton Manning and Herschel Walker: Preparing to Win

Peyton Manning and Herschel Walker: Preparing to Win

Inspiring tales and life lessons from two of the most legendary players in football history. One grew up the son of an N... Read more

9 Sep 2018

55mins

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Maya Angelou: Righteousness and Love

Maya Angelou: Righteousness and Love

Maya Angelou took the harshest experiences in her life and turned them into words of triumph, justice and hope. Her memo... Read more

19 Dec 2016

34mins

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Jeff Bezos: Regret Minimization

Jeff Bezos: Regret Minimization

When Jeff Bezos had the idea to start an online bookstore, he was working in a secure job on Wall Street. The internet w... Read more

14 Aug 2017

32mins

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Oprah Winfrey, Part 2: A Vision for Success

Oprah Winfrey, Part 2: A Vision for Success

Oprah Winfrey’s career in broadcasting started when she won Nashville’s Miss Fire Prevention Contest. She was 17.Part Tw... Read more

7 Sep 2015

28mins

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Rosa Parks and Judge Frank Johnson: Standing Up for Freedom

Rosa Parks and Judge Frank Johnson: Standing Up for Freedom

In the fall of 1955, Rosa Parks refused to stand for a white passenger on the bus, Martin Luther King Jr. was chosen to ... Read more

3 Jul 2017

46mins

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Julie Andrews: An Angel on My Shoulder

Julie Andrews: An Angel on My Shoulder

Who doesn’t love Julie Andrews? She has delighted generations of audiences, whether singing on the London Vaudeville cir... Read more

4 Jun 2018

1hr

Ranked #15

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Chuck Yeager: The Right Stuff

Chuck Yeager: The Right Stuff

The man who broke the sound barrier in the experimental Bell X-1, and ushered in the era of manned spacecraft, never saw... Read more

14 Jan 2019

58mins

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Jimmy Page: Guitar Hero

Jimmy Page: Guitar Hero

Jimmy Page’s plan all along was to transform rock n’ roll. And he did. The band he founded, Led Zeppelin, remains one of... Read more

4 Dec 2017

47mins

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Lt. Michael Thornton and Lt. Tommy Norris: Portraits of Valor

Lt. Michael Thornton and Lt. Tommy Norris: Portraits of Valor

In 1972, a Navy Seal named Thomas Norris carried out one of the most dangerous and daring rescue missions of the war in ... Read more

18 May 2020

58mins

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Bill Gates, Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Tech Titans

Bill Gates, Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Tech Titans

These three visionaries changed the way we live our daily lives. You'll hear remarkable archival recordings of each, whe... Read more

13 Jan 2020

49mins

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Steven Spielberg and Janusz Kaminski: Images of the Imagination

Steven Spielberg and Janusz Kaminski: Images of the Imagination

Steven Spielberg hired Janusz Kaminski as the cinematographer for "Schindler's List” twenty-five years ago, and they hav... Read more

6 Jun 2016

49mins

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Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush: The Freedom to Lead

Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush: The Freedom to Lead

In the midst of this political season… here’s a chance to hear two former U.S. Presidents hold forth on their lives in p... Read more

15 Aug 2016

46mins

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