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Roy Black is a founding partner of Black Srebnick and is widely recognized as one of the nation’s premier trial and appellate lawyers. Roy is a veteran advocate, formidable litigator, and proven trial counselor. Roy’s analytical abilities, intellectual acumen, artistry in telling each client’s unique story, undeniable thirst for continuous learning, and absolute commitment to sharpening his skills...

Alan Eustace is an American computer scientist who served as Senior Vice President of Engineering and first Senior Vice President for Knowledge at Google until retiring in 2015. On October 24, 2014, he made a free-fall jump from the stratosphere, breaking Felix Baumgartner's world record. The jump was from 135,890 feet (41.42 km) and lasted 15 minutes, an altitude record that stands as of 2024. He...

Tito Puente Jr., the son of legendary Latin jazz musician Tito Puente, is an accomplished musician and bandleader in his own right. Carrying on his father's legacy, Puente Jr. has made a name for himself by blending traditional Latin rhythms with contemporary sounds, bringing the vibrant energy of mambo and salsa to new audiences. He has performed worldwide, showcasing his talents on both timbales...

Suni Williams is an American astronaut, United States Navy officer, and former record holder for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes). Williams was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and Expedition 15 . In 2012, she served as a flight engineer on Expedition 32 and then commander of Expedition 33 . In 202...

Heal Los Angeles was founded in 2016 as a student service organization at Loyola Marymount University by co-founders John Muto and Prince Jackson. Inspired by the philanthropic efforts of the late Michael Jackson, they sought to address the needs of underserved communities in their hometown of Los Angeles, California. They recruited 25 other students to join their cause. With a mission to end home...

The father of the cellphone, and former head of Motorola's communications systems division — and the first person to ever make a call from a cellphone. Marty is an American engineer. He is a pioneer in the wireless communications industry, especially in radio spectrum management , with eleven patents in the field. Are you an educator? Go to edutainmentlearning.com/podcasts to download student work...

Christopher Lloyd is an iconic American actor best known for his versatile performances across film, television, and stage. Lloyd gained widespread recognition for his portrayal of the eccentric inventor Dr. Emmett Brown in the "Back to the Future" trilogy, a role that solidified his place in pop culture history. His career began in theater, where he honed his craft and won an Obie Award for his p...

Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. is a lifelong educator, having begun his career in education teaching Social Studies and coaching baseball in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system in 1994. He then served as an Assistant Principal from 2007 to 2013 until becoming the Chief Operating Officer at Doral College. He was appointed Commissioner of Education by the Florida State Board of Education effec...

Born and raised in Venezuela, Daniel Chang Contreras grew up seeing how his country decayed from relative prosperity to utter chaos, poverty, and authoritarianism under the socialist governments of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro. In 2017, he did what more than 7 million of his countrymen did and fled the country that socialism destroyed. In the United States, Daniel got a degree in Political Scien...

Alan Emtage is a pioneering computer scientist from Barbados, best known for creating Archie, the first Internet search engine, in 1990. While studying at McGill University in Montreal, Emtage developed Archie to index FTP sites, revolutionizing how information is retrieved online. His innovation laid the foundation for modern search engines like Google. Emtage's contributions significantly advanc...

Susan Bennett is an American voice actress best known as the original voice of Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant, and is a former backup singer for Roy Orbison and Burt Bacharach. Bennett has also been the voice of Delta Airlines' public address system and appeared in commercials for major brands. She continues to work in voice-over and remains a celebrated figure in the industry.

Félix Rodríguez, born in Havana, Cuba, in 1941, fled to the U.S. following Fidel Castro's rise to power. Joining the CIA-backed Brigade 2506, he participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion. Rodriguez was integral to the capture and execution of Che Guevara in Bolivia in 1967. During the Vietnam War, he served as a helicopter pilot, earning numerous accolades. In the 1980s, he was involved in the Cont...

From the slums of Port au Prince Haiti with special forces raiding a sex trafficking ring and freeing children to the Virgin Galactic Space Port in Mojave with Sir Richard Branson, 22-Time Emmy Award Winning Director/Producer, Nick Nanton, has become known for telling stories that connect. Why? Because he focuses on the most fascinating subject in the world: PEOPLE. As an award winning songwriter,...

Frank Abagnale Jr. is one of the world's most respected authorities on the subjects of forgery, embezzlement and secure documents. For over forty years he has lectured to and consulted with hundreds of financial institutions, corporations and government agencies around the world. He later gained notoriety in the late 1970s by claiming a diverse range of workplace frauds, many of which have since b...

PJ Ramsey is a US Veteran and Former Navy SEAL. PJ is an advocate for combatting veteran suicide and raising awareness through physical challenges and speaking engagements. On September 14, PJ will take to Lake Erie along with other veterans and individuals for a 10k open water swim to benefit The Step Up Foundation . Visit stepupfoundation.org and stepupswim.org to learn more and to support veter...

Dr. Rita McGrath is a best-selling author, sought-after speaker, and longtime professor at Columbia Business School. As one of the world’s top experts on innovation and growth, Rita is regularly published in the Harvard Business Review. She is consistently ranked among the Top 10 management thinkers in the world and was ranked #1 for strategy by Thinkers50. Rita is the author of the best-selling T...

Liz Booker is a retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot and writer for young adults. Liz enlisted in the Coast Guard at 18 and worked as a deckhand and ship navigator for five years before going to Officer Candidate School. A year later she completed Navy flight training and flew the H65 Dolphin helicopter out of San Francisco, Miami, and Los Angeles. She had been on Active Duty for 15 years and was...

Steve Binder is an American producer and director. He found success behind the camera on television shows showcasing music, when he was only in his early 20s. He was also influential in creating music programs with racially and ethnically diverse casts, featuring a variety of musical styles. Steve is an Emmy and ACE award-winning producer, director, writer, educator, and Golden Globe nominee. In 1...

Dr. Stephen Saunders, chair of psychology in Marquette University Klingler College of Arts and Sciences often speaks on the topic of the importance of mental health and the importance of destigmatizing issues related to mental health. Dr. Saunders teaches multiple undergraduate, as well as graduate level courses on these subjects and has been published numerous times for his work in psychology. He...

Korean-American cellist Sydney Lee has established herself as an artist of refined elegance and profound sincerity. She garnered recognition when she claimed both 1st prize at the 2022 Washington International Competition and 2nd prize at the 2022 Classic Strings International Competition. Most recently, she was awarded the inaugural $50,000 Gurrena Fellowship from Meadowmount School of Music. Add...

Lisa Song Sutton is a real estate investor, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. With a background in business litigation, Lisa began her career working in a top Las Vegas law firm before launching and scaling several companies, taking them from $0 to millions in revenue, across various industries including real estate, food and shipping retail. As the daughter of a USAF Vietnam War Veteran, Lisa...

Dr. H. W. Brands was born in Portland, Oregon, where he lived until he went to California for college. He attended Stanford University and studied history and mathematics. After graduating he became a traveling salesman, with a territory that spanned the West from the Pacific to Colorado. His wanderlust diminished after several trips across the Great Basin, and he turned to sales of a different so...

Grant Sanderson is the Creator of 3blue1brown , a math and physics YouTube channel with over 6 million subscribers. Grant contributes to a number of different outlets for math exposition, including spending a semester lecturing for an MIT course on computational thinking, contributing a Netflix documentary about infinity, writing for Quanta, and collaborating with many other educational YouTube ch...

This Memorial Day, Edutainment Learning is profoundly honored to present an interview with Don Greenbaum, a remarkable individual who not only survived the harrowing Battle of the Bulge but also played a pivotal role in the liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp. Don Greenbaum's story is a testament to courage, resilience, and the indomitable human spirit. As we remember and honor those who h...

Marissa Streit, CEO of PragerU , was born in Los Angeles and moved to Israel at a young age, where she completed her primary education and served in military intelligence unit 8200 of the Israel Defense Forces. She returned to Los Angeles to earn her bachelor’s degree in business and economics, and her master’s degree in education and nonprofit management. Over the next decade, she gained valuable...