Saturday Hub: What Caught Our Attention This Week

Here are some conversations and interviews that caught our attention during the week ending April 8, 2011.

Our suggestions this week:

• Minnesota Public Radio – one of the best public radio stations in the country – is my station of choice when I am in the care.  Earlier this week, they featured live content from the National Press Club. IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman shared his vision of the future of the tax system.  You can listen to his comments here.
• A thread to the Middle East uprisings is a desire for better human rights. Millions of ordinary people have revolted against their governments. Could all this turmoil make human rights the heart of global governance and policy-making? Another conversation on Minnesota Public Radio featuring Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and David Wippman, Dean of the University of Minnesota Law School and an expert on human rights law. You can listen to the discussion here.
• Episode 45 and 46 of our podcast:
  • #45 – our conversation with Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers and leadership blogger and speaker. You can hear my conversation with him by clicking here.
  • #46 – our conversation with Audrey Kamphenkel. After an exciting year in 2009, 2010 starts off with a diagnosis for a brain tumor.  Her faith and positive outlook is what got her through. You can hear the conversation here.

Virtual Choir 2.0

The following video show us the power of the universal language of music.  American composer and conductor Eric Whitacre assembled – through the power of the Internet – 2,052 voice from 53 countries.  You can here the story behind the video here.

Here is the finished product:

From The Conversation Hub Archives

• Our Caffeinated Conversation with Jason Simon, available here for your listening pleasure.