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Why Am I Telling You This? with Bill Clinton

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President Bill Clinton has always been known for his ability to explain complex issues in a way that makes sense, and for finding a way to connect with everyone he meets. To hear him tell it, this comes from growing up in a family and a culture where storytelling was their entertainment. From a young age, he learned to speak by learning to listen. He found that everyone has a story, and understanding their story is the key to understanding them as people. And if you understand people, it’s easier to make sense of our world. Inspired by this belief, this series will feature conversations with Bill Clinton and some of the most fascinating people of our time—to explore where we’ve been, but more importantly, where we’re going.

Episodes

  1. Prime Minister Tony Blair: How to Define Our Interdependence

    · 48 min

    Leadership matters. And while it’s easy to take a cynical view of government and politics in today’s world, it’s important to remember that public service can and should still be an honorable endeavor - and responsible…

  2. President Bill Clinton: Reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban Now

    · 8:00

    Last week was another week marked by multiple mass shootings in America, including attacks in Houston, Southern California, and a particularly heinous, racially-motivated massacre in Buffalo, N.Y. in which 10 people…

  3. Dr. Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton: How Community Colleges Can Build A Modern Workforce

    · 26 min

    Graduation season is here, and soon a new generation of leaders will take their energy, their ideas, and their desire to take action out into the world to help solve the challenges we all face. The more opportunities…

  4. How Parents Can Inspire Us: Stories of Moms and Dads

    · 48 min

    A parent or caregiver’s unconditional love is one of the greatest gifts any of us can receive. With Mother’s Day around the corner and Father’s Day coming up next month, this special episode of Why Am I Telling You…

  5. Melba Wilson: How Food Feeds Our Soul

    · 36 min

    There’s a reason a certain type of home-cooked cuisine is referred to as “soul food”—because it nurtures the spirit as well as the body. From the American South to New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, food is an…

  6. Dolores Huerta: How to Lead a Movement

    · 31 min

    Throughout American history, progress has never come easily, as we’ve been reminded repeatedly over the last few years. It requires hard work, persistence, and passionate individuals banding together to support causes…

  7. Roman Mars: How Great Design Can Be 99% Invisible

    · 48 min

    In an age that seems dominated by conflict, it’s important that we step back and remind ourselves of our amazing capacity to work together. And there’s perhaps no greater example of that than the modern city. From the…

  8. Secretary Donna E. Shalala, Dr. Harold Varmus, Dr. Francis Collins, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci & More: How to Invest in a Healthier Future

    · 1 h 16 min

    In existence for over a century, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is arguably one of the most important agencies of the federal government. Its work is so critical that it often enjoys rare and widespread…

  9. Matt Damon & Gary White: How to Measure the Worth of Water

    · 36 min

    More than 770 million people around the world are living without access to clean water—including in communities throughout the United States. The challenges this creates to public health, economic opportunity,…

  10. David Ortiz: How to Swing for the Fences

    · 43 min

    A new baseball season is finally getting underway—bringing with it our enduring optimism. Baseball has helped see us through wars, depressions, and pandemics. It’s seen Jackie Robinson break down the color barrier 75…

  11. Bernard-Henri Lévy: How to Find the Will to See

    · 42 min

    Over the last three weeks, people around the world have watched in horror as the Russian invasion of Ukraine has claimed hundreds of innocent lives and put millions more in grave danger. The invasion has been a tragic…

  12. Remembering Dr. Paul Farmer: How to Fight for Health Equity

    · 30 min

    Dr. Paul Farmer, who passed away unexpectedly in Rwanda on February 21st, fundamentally changed the way healthcare is delivered in the most impoverished places on Earth, touched millions of lives, and inspired…

  13. Michael Murphy: How Architecture Can Save Lives

    · 44 min

    Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, so many of us found ourselves looking at the places we visit in our daily lives, weighing factors like ventilation and ability to social distance, and asking ourselves a new question:…

  14. Apolo Ohno & Lisa Leslie: How to Be An Olympian

    · 56 min

    At their best, the Olympics symbolize our world’s potential for cooperation, honoring the common humanity that unites us across old divisions of gender, race, and geographical borders. With the 2022 Winter Olympics…

  15. Jason Isbell: How to Find Something to Love

    · 40 min

    Bill Clinton has often said he wouldn’t have become President if he hadn’t been born in Arkansas into a family whose main form of entertainment was storytelling. From a young age, he learned that every person has a…

  16. Introducing: Season 2 of Why Am I Telling You This? with Bill Clinton

    · 2:18 · Trailer

    President Bill Clinton returns for a new season of his critically-acclaimed podcast, “Why Am I Telling You This?.” Listen each week for new and timely conversations with some of the most fascinating people of our time…

  17. Introducing: You and Me Both with Hillary Clinton

    · 1:49 · Bonus

    Hillary is back, and fired up for more illuminating conversations on You and Me Both. This season, along with her guests, she’ll tackle big stuff, with a multi-part series on the state of our democracy. But she’ll also…

  18. Jimmy Smits: How To Hit New Heights

    · 38 min

    The explosion in media platforms - from streaming services to podcasts - means more programming is being produced and consumed than ever before. But despite the boom in content, representation of Latinos in major roles…

  19. José Andrés: How to Feed the World in Times of Crisis

    · 32 min

    In recent years, the world has been hit by crises with immense human tolls—from larger and more frequent natural disasters and the devastating consequences of climate change, to armed conflict and political instability…

  20. James Carville and Paul Begala: How to Keep Putting People First

    · 42 min

    Successful political candidates—and more importantly, successful leaders—need to have a vision and a message that lets everyone see themselves as part of our shared future. James Carville and Paul Begala have been as…

  21. Dr. Vivek Murthy: How We Can Overcome the Opioid Crisis

    · 35 min

    This week, we revisit an important episode of “Why Am I Telling You This?” on the escalating opioid crisis, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode features U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek…

  22. Roy Spence: How to Find A Common Purpose

    · 33 min

    America has always been at its best when we pull together in common cause. But rampant misinformation campaigns, media silos, and polarization have undermined faith in our institutions and trust in each other, which…

  23. Shonda Rhimes: How We See Each Other Through Characters We Love

    · 48 min

    Television has always had the capacity to serve a greater purpose than just providing entertainment. It can introduce us to stories and characters we may never have known, and allow people who identify with them to…

  24. Stacey Abrams: How to be a Changemaker

    · 36 min

    On March 25, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a 98-page bill creating several new voting restrictions in the state—one of the now 361 bills in 47 states that have been introduced to restrict voting access since last…

  25. Dr. Bernice A. King: How To Achieve Social Justice Through Non-Violence

    · 44 min

    On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial and shared his dream that one day his “four little children would be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of…

  26. Dawn Staley: How To Have the Courage to Compete

    · 26 min

    A year ago, under the leadership of head coach Dawn Staley, the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball team entered the NCAA tournament with a 32-1 record and were favored to win another national…

  27. Rep. Grace Meng: How to Stop the Hate

    · 43 min

    Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a dramatic rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the country, with New York City reporting an increase of more than 800…

  28. The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg: How to Fight for Equality

    · 1 h 04 min

    On September 18, 2020, America lost one of the greatest advocates for equality in the history of our country, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As we celebrate Women’s History Month, Justice Ginsburg’s…

  29. Steven Garza: How to Represent

    · 39 min

    In the summer of 1963, Bill Clinton had one of the most formative experiences of his life when he participated in the American Legion’s Boys State and Boys Nation programs—learning about government and politics,…

  30. Magic Johnson: How to Design the Next Act of Your Life

    · 39 min

    Whether taking a leap of faith to pursue a new path or overcoming an unforeseen obstacle, we all reach crossroads in our lives where we have to figure out what’s next. But no one should ever assume that their best,…

  31. How History Will View the 2020 Election

    · 24 min

    Presidential elections have taken place in America every four years since 1788, but the 2020 election was unlike anything we had experienced before. Amid a pandemic, an economic crisis, and a long overdue reckoning…

  32. The Presidency and the People: How to Form a More Perfect Union

    · 59 min

    In commemoration of Presidents Day, President Bill Clinton traces the evolution of the presidency from America’s founding through modern history and explores how the best presidents used the office to build an America…

  33. Dr. Sanjay Gupta: How Facts Can Fight A Pandemic

    · 41 min

    From the time the first U.S. cases of the coronavirus began to be reported a year ago, America found itself in a battle against two interconnected diseases. The first, COVID-19, has now claimed hundreds of thousands of…

  34. Wynton Marsalis: How Jazz Explains Democracy

    · 41 min

    After a year in which we were all forced to improvise, and some of the most fundamental ideas and foundations of our society have been challenged, there may be no better art form to help us understand these times than…

  35. Introducing: Why Am I Telling You This?

    · 2:07 · Trailer

    President Bill Clinton is a master at using storytelling to explain complex issues and highlight our common humanity. To hear him tell it, this comes from growing up in a family where everyone had a story, but in order…

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