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Armando Smeke is the head of strategic planning at Grupo Posadas, Mexico's largest hotel operator. Prior to this position at Posados, Armando worked as a strategic planning director, and a human resources analytics manager. Mr. Smeke will be discussing his career and the key role innovation plays in valuing creation as well as what distinguishes leaders from the rest. Are you an educator? Go to ed...

Reno Grant is a seasoned professional broadcaster known for his distinctive voice and versatile presence across various media platforms. Over the course of his career, Reno has built a reputation for delivering engaging and insightful content, whether as a radio host, sports commentator, or news anchor. His passion for communication and storytelling has led him to work with major broadcasting netw...

Karl Bushby is a British ex-paratrooper, walking adventurer and author, currently attempting to be the first person to completely walk an unbroken path around the world. Bushby's trek is known as the Goliath Expedition. Are you an educator? Go to edutainmentlearning.com/podcasts to download student worksheets for every episode!

Tom Mauriello is a renowned criminal forensics expert with over 30 years of experience in the field. He has served as a senior criminal investigator and special agent with the U.S. Department of Defense, specializing in investigative methods and forensic science. Mauriello is also a respected professor at the University of Maryland, where he teaches forensic sciences and criminal justice. In addit...

Stanley Praimnath describes his harrowing experience escaping the impact zone of the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and how he gained a lifelong friend despite the tragedy of that day. Praimnath served as the Assistant Vice President of Fuji Bank, Limited in 2001, and his office was located on the 81st floor of the South Tower in New York City. Are you an educator? Go...

Author and motivational speaker, Dan Holdridge survived the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon. Join us, as we connect with Dan to hear about his story of survival and the valuable lessons he learned on this infamous day in World History. Are you an educator? Go to edutainmentlearning.com/podcasts to download student worksheets for every episode!

September 11, 2001, was a day that will forever be etched in American and World history. Senior Vice President of Fuji Bank, William Raff, was on the 82nd floor of the South Tower. Join us, as William discusses his eyewitness account of the attacks along with his survival and the aftermath of the attacks. Are you an educator? Go to edutainmentlearning.com/podcasts to download student worksheets fo...

September 11, 2001, was a day that will forever be etched in American and World history. That morning, Brian Branco was working on the 78th floor of the South Tower. Join us, as Brian discusses his eyewitness account of the attacks along with his survival and the aftermath. Are you an educator? Go to edutainmentlearning.com/podcasts to download student worksheets for every episode!

Loral O'Hara is a NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer with a passion for exploration and science. Selected as an astronaut in 2017, she brings extensive experience in engineering and oceanographic research, having previously worked at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. O'Hara has contributed to a range of deep-sea projects and continues to apply her technical expertise to space exploration. Z...

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...