DocNation is joined by John August , Director of Healthcare and Partner Programs at the Scheinman Institute. John previously served as the Executive Director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions from April 2006 until July 2013. With revenues of 88 billion dollars and over 300,000 employees Kaiser is is one of the largest healthcare plans in the US. While serving as Executive Director of the Coalition, John was the co-chair of the Labor-Management Partnership at Kaiser Permanente, the ...
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John Augustine reviews biographies and recounts the lives of the people featured in them. From Delta College Public Radio.
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The Decision Making Gap: John August with the Scheinman Institute
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DocNation is joined by John August , Director of Healthcare and Partner Programs at the Scheinman Institute. John previously served as the Executive Director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions from April 2006 until July 2013. With revenues of 88 billion dollars and over 300,000 employees Kaiser is is one of the largest healthcare plans in…
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Albert Barnes - The House of Barnes by Neil L. Rudenstine
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Early in the twentieth century, Albert Barnes created a fiefdom in suburban Philadelphia that embraced his grand house, his art museum, his school for fine arts appreciation, and his ego.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Born into slavery when it was still legal in New York, Sojourner Truth was a powerful orator on faith, women's rights, and the abolition of slavery.De către Delta College Public Radio
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John Harrison - Longitude by Dava Sobel
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Early sailors could navigate by latitude to sail east and west, but sailing north or south was much more difficult until John Harrison solved the longitude problem.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Dwight D. Eisenhower by Tom Wicker
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Twelve generals have been U.S. president. Among them are George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and today's subject, Dwight D. Eisenhower.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Alan Turing - The Man Who Knew Too Much
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Many people contributed to the idea of a computer being a machine rather than an occupation, but the biggest leap forward came from Alan Turing.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Michael Servetus - Out of the Flames
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Authors who spread the Protestant Reformation risked censorship, imprisonment, or even death, including Michael Servetus, who was burned alive along with most copies of his book.De către Delta College Public Radio
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John Howard Griffin - Black Like Me
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In the late 1950s, white author John Howard Griffin disguised himself as a Black man to experience the state of race relations in the segregated South from the other side.De către Delta College Public Radio
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The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution
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While Kosciuszko's family was part of Poland's upper 10%, this military leader's sympathies were for the disenfranchised.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Machu Picchu was built mere decades before the Spanish invasion of South America, yet almost no one knew about it until the ruins were discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Sir Thomas Browne - In Search of Thomas Browne
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Return with us now to a time when bright and ambitious students studied vocabulary lists to enhance their erudition and learn about a man responsible for bringing many of these words into the English language.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War
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There is a select group of people who have become prominent in history because of one brief moment in their lives. For abolitionist Congressman Charles Sumner, that moment was being assaulted with a cane by a furious Southern senator.De către Delta College Public Radio
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King Edward of England's brutal execution of William Wallace was meant to intimidate the Scots, but instead it inflamed them and a new leader arose: Robert the Bruce.De către Delta College Public Radio
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John Hay - All the Great Prizes by John Taliaferro
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John Hay would serve every Republican administration from Abraham Lincoln to Teddy Roosevelt even though he was never elected to office himself.De către Delta College Public Radio
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There is a cliché that artists must struggle, but Frida Kahlo must hold the world record.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Socrates - The Trial of Socrates by I. F. Stone
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How could the famously enlightened city of Athens execute one of its most outstanding citizens? A reporter covers a trial held 2,400 years ago in this book.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler, Pt. 2
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Today's review covers the second half of Walt Disney's career, following up on the success of Mickey Mouse and Snow White.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Dr. Martin Couney - The Strange Case of Dr. Couney by Dawn Raffel
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A century ago you could see many bizarre sideshows on the boardwalk at Coney Island. But one of these was not an act, but a system that saved thousands of premature babies.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Years ago, I read a fine biography of Gershwin, but I decided to read a more recent one and, sure enough, I'm impressed by Gershwin all over again.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Dylan Thomas - Dylan the Bard by Andrew Sinclair
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Dylan Thomas wasn't just a star. He was a supernova blazing before us before flaming out.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Dashiell Hammett by Diane Johnson
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The American detective story with its hardboiled protagonist walking the mean streets was invented by Dashiell Hammett.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Johnny Appleseed might be the best known figure from America's past that most people know almost nothing about (and one that many believe to be a myth).De către Delta College Public Radio
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Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler, Pt. 1
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There are many people with TV shows named after them, but only a few have entire networks, and only Walt Disney transformed American culture.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln at Gettysburg by Gary Wills
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The story of Abraham Lincoln is best take in small doses and today's book focuses on the events leading up to and including the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Frank Lloyd Wright by Robert Twombly
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It seems wrong to call Frank Lloyd Wright a "modern" architect - he was born just two years after the end of the Civil War. But he lived a long life and some of his buildings still look something that landed from outer space.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Milman Parry - Hearing Homer's Song by Robert Kanigel
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Is it possible that The Iliad and The Odyssey, with over 25,000 lines between them, originated in oral tradition rather than written texts? This is the story of a young Classics student who set out to prove it.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Salka Viertel - The Sun and Her Stars by Donna Rifkind
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The little-known story of screenwriter Salka Viertel, who created a refuge for famous figures escaping World War ll.De către Delta College Public Radio
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His Excellency, George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis, Part 2
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The second part of our review of His Excellency, George Washington.De către Delta College Public Radio
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His Excellency, George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis, Part 1
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After 13 years of this program, we are finally getting around to the first and most important leader in American history.De către Delta College Public Radio
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The first person to attain the grand status of rocket scientist was Robert Goddard, a pioneer who laid the groundwork for space travel.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Hatshepsut: The Female Pharaoh by Joyce Tyldesley
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The name of Hatshepsut, a woman who declared herself king of Egypt, was scratched out of the hieroglyphics, but her story is told in this week's biography.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John A. Farrell
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Trial lawyers are popular protagonists in TV and movies, but few are celebrated in biographies, except for Clarence Darrow.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Gen. Alexandre Dumas - The Black Count by Tom Reiss
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You've likely never heard of General Alexandre Dumas, but his life served as inspiration for the swashbuckling adventure stories written by his famous son.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
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Dorothea Lange's most famous photograph is of a weather-beaten migrant mother whose face is burned into the American soul.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Julius Rosenwald by by Hasia R. Diner
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An immigrant peddler's son, Julius Rosenwald headed to Chicago and eventually became the head of one of the most successful companies in the world.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Lionel Logue - The King's Speech by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
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Would you be interested in a biography of the world's most famous speech therapist, a man you may already be familiar with?De către Delta College Public Radio
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Raymond Chandler - The Life of Raymond Chandler by Frank McShane
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America's take on the detective novel gave us hard-boiled figures like Raymond Chandler's gumshoe Philip Marlowe.De către Delta College Public Radio
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Johann Sebastian Bach - Bach: Everyman's Library by Peter Washington
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Bach is the grandmaster of German baroque, but so little is known about Bach's life that after his death, he almost disappeared!De către Delta College Public Radio
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James McNeill Whistler - Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake by Daniel E. Sutherland
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One of the world's most famous paintings is "Whistler's Mother" by James McNeill Whistler, except that it isn't, even though she is.De către Delta College Public Radio
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