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Matheos Mesfin, Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for East African Councils, on IEA Councils' mantra for their work~"I always say that the mantra for our work is that there's no growth in comfort, and so the more concentration y
Jimmy Lynn on what went into his decision to stay in Our Town after grad school ~"When I was coming out of AU after grad school, a couple mentors pulled me aside and said, you think you might need to move to New York or LA? I wasn't sure. And
Phil Hochberg on revenue generation in Major League Baseball today ~"Well, interestingly, Major League Baseball is now suffering attendance losses over the past few years, but Major League Baseball is making more money than it ever had becaus
Lisa Baden on internal conflict of the overwhelming desire to be first to report, and the discipline to verify before:So I had to confirm it and I was like chomping at the bit. We're calling M Dot. We're calling Transportation. We're calling
Marianne Haney Brennan on the importance of manners today ~"We need to get back to being kind to each other. . .we're in a sad state of affairs right now and it breaks my heart. And that's why I teach etiquette from A to Z. I don't care. You
Tom Davis on politics today in Northern Virginia~They've done it to themselves because they've emphasized these social issues, in an area that's becoming much more widely diverse, instead of focusing on the bread and butter and the economic i
Mahan Tavakoli on connecting and networking in Our Town region~Leadership Greater Washington . . . brings people from different backgrounds, different industries, and different parts of our region together. But there's also a connection to me
Deborah Marriott Harrison on Marriott's culture of putting people first~And my grandfather started it by making a sign he put over the kitchen doors in the Hot Shops that says, "If you take care of the employee, the employee will take care of
Caroline Carter, Author of Smart Moves, and Founder and CEO of Done in a Day, Inc., on the process of transitioning from home to home~"But the reason I wrote the book was to allow people to say, okay, I get it. We all dread this process but w
Tom Sherwood on what he tells journalism students when asked about making Journalism a career:I tell every journalism student intern that I meet that one thing about being journalist, it opens doors to everything and anything that you want to
Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D. on Amazon and future job and economic growth in Our Town~They worked together to make this happen, and it will benefit the region broadly, but it isn't the final, it isn't all that is coming. This is just the beginning
Our Town podcast Season 4 through a millennial's eyes. Liz Bubes shares her views on Season 4 of Our Town podcast interviews~"Well, as a millennial and for someone who had never heard of a vast majority of these people but learned way more t
Monique Samuels on being the only one on Real Housewives of Potomac with babies~"I can't wait for someone else to have a baby on this cast. I can't be the only one because it is very difficult trying to navigate, just making sure that your fa
Tyler Balderson, Tree Hugger and Arboriculturist at Bartlett Tree Experts, on the importance of knowing your trees~"Being a board certified master arborist, the most important part is to be able to identify the tree. Each tree has either its
Peter Abrahams on a priority for him right now in his new role as Publisher of the Washington Business Journal~"I'm on a listening tour, really, talking to a lot of the business leaders in the city. Trying to get to meet with our clients, our
John Lyon on finding his way after WMAL ~"For two years . . . I floated around . . . It wasn’t the same, what I’m used to all these years being here. Strangely enough, I connected with Montgomery County to work in the Victim Assistance Progra
Ray Benton on the current state of Tennis~"A lot more to be done. We've gotta rebuild the base of our sport. I mean, tennis participation's been going down in the United States for 40 years. It's ridiculous."Ray Benton - Mr. Tennis - CEO of
Cathy Hughes, the first African-American woman to head a publicly traded company and voice for Black community in Our Town, tells Donald Graham what she learned from her "Take It Back" protest in 1986 against the Washington Post for its disresp
Roger Mitchell, Jr, MD on hope, and why becoming a minister is so important to him ~"It's not enough for me just to speak to families. It's extremely important for me to be on sides where we can really promote hope in a way that frees people
Mary Gavin, Chief of Police Falls Church Police Department, on what's it's like to work in law enforcement ~"Once I got into the profession, I tell you I loved it. It's like the front seat of life you see people at their very best. You see a
Tom Quinn on the service provided by the Special Operations Warrior Foundation ~"So whenever today, if you’re a Navy Seal, or Army Special Forces, or Ranger, or Air Force Combat Air Control, or a Marine Special Ops, you know that you have our
John Matthews, WMAL News Director, on the benefits - all of these years - getting up and being at work by 4:30 in the morning at the latest~"I don’t know what morning drive traffic is like and I don’t know what afternoon drive traffic is like
Richard Wiley on what's next in high def TV ~"Ultra high definition is great. Then there's an even ... double that, coming up in Japan. Super high vision. So, it's just going to keep going. The only problem is, there's only so much that
Eshauna Smith on how it is that Urban Alliance students are able to compete in the workforce~When they take on the Urban Alliance internship, they are working nine months of their senior year. It is 600 hours of work. It is every day after sc
Al Koken on what started his career ~ "All because I jumped out of an airplane."Al Koken, Capitals Reporter and Host, NBC Sports Washington, and host Andy Ockershausen in-studio interviewAndy Ockershausen: This is a special, special treat
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