25 Best Academy of Achievement Podcasts
A list of the most popular Academy of Achievement podcasts on Podyssey Podcasts.
25 Best Academy of Achievement Podcasts
1. Bono
Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, Paul "Bono" Hewson was still in his teens when he answered an ad posted on a school bulletin board to join a fledgling rock band. It became one of the most original, best-loved rock groups of all time: U2. Bono's p...Show More
2. George Lucas
3. John Mather
The Big Bang theory proposes that the universe we know emerged from a uniformly hot and impenetrable mass of protons, electrons and radiation. But until recently, we knew very little of the first stages of the 13 billion year process in which our cos...Show More
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4. Greg Mortenson
One day in 1993, a lost mountain climber, starving and disoriented, stumbled from the slopes of the treacherous peak known as K2 into an isolated Pakistani village. The impoverished villagers sheltered and fed him until he was well enough to move on....Show More
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5. Tim Russert
With his plainspoken, unpretentious style, Tim Russert transformed the landscape of broadcast news. Audiences outside Washington relied on his unparalleled insights into the Capitol scene, while Beltway insiders hailed his program as the most importa...Show More
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6. Jonathan Spence
Over the last 40 years, Jonathan Spence of Yale University has become the West's leading authority on Chinese history. His books, such as The Gate of Heavenly Peace and The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci, have brought remote times and places to life f...Show More
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7. Andrew Weil
"I think if I stop being controversial I wouldn't be doing my job... I'm interested in things that don't fit established conceptions... that don't fit accepted models, and in trying to determine what's true and useful." Andrew Weil's first public con...Show More
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8. Anthony Romero
9. Bill Clinton
10. Broadway Theater Panel
11. Dana Priest
In 2007, Americans were shocked to discover the conditions in outpatient facilities of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Hundreds of wounded veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were living in dilapidated buildings, infested with cockroach...Show More
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12. Ian Frazer
Ian Frazer was working with AIDS patients in the early 1980s when he first noticed a correlation between the sexually transmitted papilloma virus and cervical cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer death among women, especially in the developing...Show More
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13. Chuck Berry Live Performance
14. Susan Butcher
Susan Howlet Butcher was an animal lover, a business woman, a wife and a mother. She was also called "the best competitive dog sled racer in the universe." Before her, there were many women who competed in sports, but not many who entered the race ca...Show More
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15. George Roberts
A pioneer of the private equity industry, George Roberts, co-founded Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. For over 30 years, George Roberts, along with KKR co-founder Henry Kravis, has led the firm in its growth into a leading global alternative asset man...Show More
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16. Phil Knight
Philip H. Knight was an accounting student and middle-distance runner at the University of Oregon when he was seized with the idea of importing high-tech running shoes from Japan. It was not easy to persuade others that this was a promising business ...Show More
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17. William Coors
From 1961 to 2003, William K. Coors served as Chairman of the Adolph Coors Company of Golden, Colorado. The grandson of brewery founder Adolph Coors, he joined the family firm in 1939, where he pioneered the development of the recyclable aluminum ca...Show More
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18. Scott Berg
A. Scott Berg found his calling early in life. At 15, he already knew he wanted to attend Princeton University. At Princeton he determined to tell the story of 20th century America by writing "five or six biographies" of American cultural figures. At...Show More
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19. Vaira Vike-Freiberga
When Vaira Vike-Freiberga was a small child, her family was forced to flee the Soviet occupation of their native Latvia, and she began school in a refugee camp in Germany. After World War II, her family moved to Morocco and young Vaira completed high...Show More
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20. Women in Entertainment (Audio)
In recognition of Women's History Month, the Academy of Achievement presents a selection of extraordinary women who have defied expectations, broken boundaries, and made history around the world. They include courageous political leaders and h...Show More
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21. Women in Entertainment
In recognition of Women's History Month, the Academy of Achievement presents a selection of extraordinary women who have defied expectations, broken boundaries, and made history around the world. They include courageous political leaders and h...Show More
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22. Women in Education (HD)
In recognition of Women's History Month, the Academy of Achievement presents a selection of extraordinary women who have defied expectations, broken boundaries, and made history around the world. They include courageous political leaders and h...Show More
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23. Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (1917 -1993), the American trumpeter, bandleader and composer, was the most visible and durable leader of the generation of musical iconoclasts who revolutionized jazz in the years following World War II. Along with now-l...Show More
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24. Melissa Manchester Live Performance & Interview
Singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester burst onto the music scene in the 1970s with the albums Home to Myself, Bright Eyes and Melissa, with its hit single Midnight Blue. Manchester's success as a writer and recording artist was preceded by thorough pr...Show More
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25. James Merrill
James Ingram Merrill was born in New York City to Hellen Ingram Merrill and Charles E. Merrill, founding partner of the Merrill Lynch investment firm. He had two older half siblings (a brother and a sister) from his father's first marriage. As a boy,...Show More
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