July 23, 2024 Rahm Emanuel Hank welcomes Rahm Emanuel (31st US Ambassador to Japan, 55th Mayor of Chicago, and former White House Chief of Staff) to the podcast to discuss his upbringing and how it shaped his interests and values,...
September 26, 2023 Melissa Kearney Hank welcomes Melissa Kearney (Director of The Aspen Economic Strategy Group and Economics Professor at the University of Maryland) to the podcast to discuss her new book, The Two-Parent Privilege, which explores the rise of...
July 26, 2023 Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton (67th US Secretary of State and former US Senator) joins Hank on Straight Talk to discuss the state of American democracy, political polarization, and US-China relations. She shares insights into leadership and civic...
July 11, 2023 Bob Rubin Hank welcomes Bob Rubin (Chairman Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations and 70th US Treasury Secretary) back to the podcast to discuss his new book The Yellow Pad: Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World. Rubin...
March 28, 2023 George W. Bush In this episode of Straight Talk, President George W. Bush (43rd President of the United States and Founder of the George W. Bush Institute) joins Hank to discuss the 20th anniversary of PEPFAR and more....
March 13, 2023 Stephen Hadley Hank welcomes Stephen Hadley (Principal at Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC and Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs) to the podcast to discuss his new book Hand Off and the Bush...
February 27, 2023 Bono On the heels of releasing his book, Surrender, Bono (Lead Singer, U2 and Cofounder, ONE and (RED)) joins Hank on Straight Talk to discuss creating award-winning music with U2 while advocating for causes affecting the...
January 25, 2023 Jim Steinberg Jim Steinberg (Dean, Johns Hopkins SAIS and Former US Deputy Secretary of State) joins Hank on the podcast to discuss growing up in Massachusetts and being inspired to pursue public service by the Kennedys, his...
January 17, 2023 Nicholas Stern Hank Paulson welcomes Nick Stern (Chair of the Grantham Research Institute, Chair of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, and IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the LSE) to the podcast....
January 11, 2023 Paul Ryan Hank welcomes Paul Ryan (54th Speaker of the US House of Representatives) to the podcast to discuss how his upbringing in Wisconsin shaped his values and beliefs, his approach to policymaking, fixing political polarization in...
