Dennis Donohue is the former three term Mayor of Salinas, California, and current President of Royal Rose LLC. He sat down with Pete Peterson, director of the School of Public Policy's Davenport Institute for Public Leadership and Civic Engagem

Episode 57 - Interview with Vance Hickin

Mar 3rd, 2013 13m 21s

Vance Hickin served as the California digital director for the campaign to reelect President Barack Obama. He sat down with Pete Peterson on the occasion of his Davenport Discussion to explore how Obama for America utilized the online space thr

Episode 56 - Interview with John Struloeff

Dec 18th, 2012 24m 40s

On the occasion of the film release of Anna Karenina, John Struloeff, author, poet, and director of Pepperdine's creative writing program, caught up with Craig Detweiler to offer his expertise of the classic novel by Leo Tolstoy. Struloeff also

Episode 55 - Interview with Troy Senik

Sep 25th, 2012 15m 53s

Troy Senik (MPP '07), Senior Fellow at the Center for Individual Freedom, editor at Ricochet, and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, sat down with Pete Peterson on the occasion of his Davenport Discussion to talk about his recent

Episode 54 - Interview with Ken Hampian

Apr 10th, 2012 20m 54s

Ken Hampian, interim city manager for the troubled city of Bell, Calif., spoke with Pete Peterson, director of the Pepperdine University Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership, about rebuilding trustworthy leadership and

Episode 53 - Interview with Peter Arnott and John Kielty

Apr 9th, 2012 11m 25s

Scottish playwright Peter Arnott and Scottish composer John Kielty sat down with Cathy Thomas-Grant, director of the theatre department's Edinburgh Summer Program, to discuss their collaborative theatre project, Why Do You Stand There in the Ra

Episode 52 - Interview with Kirsti Westphalen

Mar 13th, 2012 9m 58s

Kirsti Westphalen, consul general of Finland, sat down with Colleen Graffy, director of Global Programs at the School of Law, to discuss the role of women in public policy. Westphalen visited Pepperdine to speak to the Women in Public Policy ab

Episode 51 - Interview with William Voegeli

Mar 13th, 2012 15m 8s

William Voegeli, a visiting scholar at Claremont McKenna College's Henry Salvatori Center, sat down with Pete Peterson, director of the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership at the School of Public Policy, to discuss hi

Episode 50 - Interview with Sonia Nazario

Feb 9th, 2012 11m 52s

Sonia Nazario, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of Enrique's Journey, sat down with Joel Fetzer, Seaver College professor of political science, on the occasion of her on-campus lecture exploring the story behind her

Episode 49 - Interview with Steve Malanga

Dec 14th, 2011 14m 31s

Steve Malanga is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the senior editor of City Journal. He sat down with Pete Peterson, director of the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership at the School of Public Policy, to

Episode 48 - Interview with Monte Cox

Nov 17th, 2011 11m 7s

'Through a Glass Dimly: Christian Knowing in a Pluralistic World' was the topic of the 32nd annual William M. Green Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture. Monte Cox, dean of the College of Bible and Religion at Harding University, sat down wi

Episode 47 - Dean Tacha and Fellow Judges

Oct 26th, 2011 11m 27s

School of Law dean Deanell Reece Tacha shares memories from the bench with fellow judges Carolyn Dineen King, Dorothy W. Nelson, and Rosemary Barkett in an exclusive interview for Pepperdine Magazine, conducted by Shelley Saxer, professor of la

Episode 46 - Interview with John Polkinghorne and Ted Peters

Jul 19th, 2011 16m 21s

Hundreds of scholars gathered at Pepperdine University June 16-18 for the 31st annual Christian Scholars' Conference. In between lectures, excursions, panel discussions, and more, plenary speakers and internationally recognized thinkers Reveren

Episode 45 - Interview with Robert Tuttle

May 6th, 2011 11m 3s

Robert H. Tuttle served as the United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James (UK) between July 2005 and February 2009. He sat down with Colleen Graffy, director of Pepperdine's Global Programs, to discuss his approach to public diplomacy t

Episode 44 - Interview with Lee Ohanian

Apr 18th, 2011 9m 50s

Lee Ohanian is a professor of economics and director of the Ettinger Family Program in Macroeconomic Research at UCLA, as well as an advisor to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He sat down with Luisa Blanco, professor of economics at th

Episode 43 - Interview with Kay Hymowitz

Apr 4th, 2011 13m 3s

Kay S. Hymowitz is the William E. Simon Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. She sat down with Pete Peterson, the executive director of the Davenport Institute at the School of Public Policy, to discuss h

Episode 42 - Interview with Joseph Sargent

Apr 4th, 2011 15m 9s

Joseph Sargent is an Emmy Award-winning feature film and television director and Pepperdine University's first Distinguished Filmmaker-in-Residence. He sat down with Craig Detweiler, associate professor of communication at Seaver College, to di

Episode 41 - Interview with Scott Sumner

Mar 24th, 2011 22m 12s

Scott Sumner is a professor of economics at Bentley University, prolific essayist for publications such as the Journal of Macroeconomics and the Bulletin of Economic Research, and economic blogger for his own publication, The Money Illusion. He

Episode 40 - Interview with Frank Wolf

Mar 24th, 2011 13m 23s

"A Call for International Religious Freedom" was the topic of a recent conference at Pepperdine's Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics. Representative Frank Wolf, who gave a keynote address, sat down to discuss key

Episode 39 - Interview with John Witvliet

Mar 24th, 2011 25m 43s

John D. Witvliet is the director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and teaches worship, theology, congregational studies, and music at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary. Witvliet sat down with Jerry Rushford, director of

Episode 38 - Interview with Alvaro Vargas Llosa

Nov 29th, 2010 17m 41s

Alvaro Vargas Llosa is a nationally syndicated columnist for the Washington Post Writers Group and the author of the book Liberty for Latin America. He sat down with Luisa Blanco, professor of economics at the School of Public Policy, to disc

Episode 37 - Interview with Roger Farmer

Apr 13th, 2010 17m 2s

Roger Farmer is the author of How the Economy Works: Confidence, Crashes, and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies. He sat down with Luisa Blanco, professor of economics at the School of Public Policy, to discuss the current state of the American econo

Episode 36 - Interview with Charla Griffy-Brown

Mar 31st, 2010 9m 19s

Charla Griffy-Brown, associate professor of information systems and technology management, is a hugely successful woman in the field of technology and management and was recently named as director of Pepperdine's new Center for Teaching and Lea

Episode 35 - Interview with Rhonda and Jake Jacobsen

Mar 11th, 2010 20m 20s

Messiah College professors Rhonda and Douglas "Jake" Jacobsen are spending the Spring 2010 semester as distinguished visiting scholars at Pepperdine. They sat down with Michael Williams of the University's Center for Faith and Learning to discu

Episode 34 - Interview with Heather Hudson

Jan 29th, 2010 6m 22s

In honor of Girls in the Curl, Pepperdine’s first event celebrating women in surfing, Jerry Derloshon, executive director of PR at Pepperdine, chats with Heather Hudson, producer of the film The Women and the Waves. They discuss female surfin