Episodes

  • Damon Wilson — National Endowment for Democracy President and CEO

    Damon Wilson — National Endowment for Democracy President and CEO
    May 8 2025

    To learn more about the Bush Center’s work on Advancing Free Societies, visit bushcenter.org/topics/freedom-and-democracy. And learn more bout the National Endowment for Democracy at https://www.ned.org/
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    45 mins
  • Colonel Edna Cummings & Miluana Jackson — Advocating for “The Six Triple Eight”

    Colonel Edna Cummings & Miluana Jackson — Advocating for “The Six Triple Eight”
    May 1 2025
    Strategerist host Andrew Kaufmann and Devon Yarbrough, Communications Manager at the George W. Bush Presidential Center sat down with Milauna Jackson who portrays Captain Abby Campbell in the 2024 Netflix film, “The Six Triple Eight” and Retired Army Col. Edna Cummings, a passionate advocate whose work led to two crucial recognitions for the 6888. Milauna discusses what it was like working on the Netflix film while Col. Cummings shares the behind-the-scenes bipartisan advocacy for the battalion who played a critical role in World War II.
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    43 mins
  • Veteran Leadership Program’s Dennis Miller — Service and Story: Upholding the 6888 Legacy

    Veteran Leadership Program’s Dennis Miller — Service and Story: Upholding the 6888 Legacy
    Apr 29 2025

    To learn more about the incredible heroes of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion like Dennis' grandmother, Sylvia Armstrong, watch the documentary The SixTriple Eight.

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    35 mins
  • 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 a copy of Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II on the Bush Center's website.
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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 Lesson with a Medal of Honor Recipient

    Captain Flo Groberg -- Leadership Lesson 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