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Aug 19, 2023 • 1h 3min

Oppenheimer: Babes, Bombs, and Beers

Jeremy Bernstein was a work colleague of Oppenheimer at the Institute for Advanced Studies and is the author of the book Oppenheimer: Portrait of an Enigma.  Darren Schwartz is our What Happens Next culture critic and will help us find the humor in the atomic bomb.Billy Herriott, the assistant golf pro at the Lake Shore Country Club, made a road trip from Chicago to Indianapolis to watch Oppenheimer on the IMAX screen in its intended 70-millimeter. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
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Aug 12, 2023 • 1h 4min

Barbie is the Bomb!

Sophia Saker is an intern on What Happens Next. Sophia recently graduated from Brown and will be working for a Hollywood talent agency after the writers’ strike is over. Kay Hymowitz is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the author of the book Manning Up: How the Rise of Women has Turned Men into Boys. Debbie Warren loved Barbies as a child and wrote her graduate school application essay on collaboration when playing with barbies as a kid. Darren Schwartz is the What Happens Next film critic and will discuss why is this movie is so funny and entertaining. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
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Aug 5, 2023 • 42min

Is General Francisco Franco Still Dead?

Michael Reid is a journalist and author who wrote the new book, Spain: The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
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Jul 29, 2023 • 31min

Ethics of Big Data

Richard D. De Veaux is the C. Carlisle and Margaret Tippit Professor of Statistics at Williams College and the author of the college textbook Intro Stats.  Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
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Jul 22, 2023 • 30min

We Need More Fraternities

Anthony Bradley is the Distinguished Research Fellow at the Acton Institute and a Professor of Interdisciplinary and Theological Studies at Kuyper College. He is also the author of the book Heroic Fraternities: How College Men Can Save Universities and America. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
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Jul 15, 2023 • 35min

AI & Humans Working Together

Tom Malone is a Professor of Management at MIT’s Sloan School and the Director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. Tom is the author of the book Superminds: The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
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Jul 9, 2023 • 50min

Gerrymandering and Economic Liberty

Retired Federal Judge Gary Feinerman recently joined the law firm Latham and Watkins as a partner in litigation. Gary will discuss the recent case in North Carolina related to gerrymandering and whether the state courts can overrule the state legislature’s redistricting maps.  Renée Flaherty is the attorney who successfully argued the case of Jackson v. Raffensperger in the Georgia Supreme Court. This case is about the limits of state authority to regulate occupations. Jackson teaches new mothers how to breastfeed, but the state changed the licensing requirements demanding that she meet minimum education requirements that would prevent her from doing her chosen profession which is counseling lactation care.    Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
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Jul 1, 2023 • 35min

Asians Get To Attend Harvard!

Rick Banks is the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, the co-founder and Faculty Director of the Stanford Center for Racial Justice and he is also on the faculty at Stanford’s School of Education.Rick was previously the co-host for this podcast What Happens Next during most of 2020. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
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Jun 24, 2023 • 47min

Hey, hey, Ho-Ho, AP Tests have got to go!

Patrick Allitt is a Professor of History at Emory. Patrick is perfectly positioned to help us evaluate the AP US History exam as he has graded and written the AP Tests.  Patrick has also taught the US History survey class that is available from the Teaching Company’s Great Courses.  Annie Abrams is the author of the new book entitled Shortchanged: How Advanced Placement Cheats Students.  Annie teaches AP English at the NYC magnet high school Bronx Science. We will hear from Annie about her concerns related to teaching for the AP tests, and how it affects high school English pedagogy.   Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe
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Jun 10, 2023 • 54min

Education Freedom and School Choice

Betsy DeVos is the former Secretary of Education and the author of the book Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child. I hope to learn from Betsy about why school choice will improve educational outcomes. I also want to hear about how COVID changed the relationship between parents and schools, and whether some students might benefit from vocational training instead of a college track curriculum.Darren Schwartz is the What Happens Next movie critic. We are going to discuss three films. The first is the documentary Waiting for Superman which is about the success of charter schools. We will then review two classic films on teenage angst: the ridiculous and stupid comedy classic Superbad and the romantic comedy Easy A. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe

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