Educate.Today One-on-One Interviews feature extended conversation exploring fascinating topics with fascinating people in the area of study.

Business Skills Samples

A Conversation with Laurna Godwin
Laurna Godwin, Emmy award winning journalist and Founder/President of Vector Communications, shares the story of creating and growing her business, her perspective on the importance of communication, and strategies for creating clear and impactful communication to enhance public engagement and understanding of public issues.

Building a Career – A Conversation with Joan Elhoffer
Joan Elhoffer, owner of seven McDonald’s Restaurants in the St. Louis area, shares her story of rising from working at a McDonald’s counter at age 16 to being an owner/operator today.  During the conversation she shares her insights on setting goals, the importance of education and training, and running a successful business.

Psychology Samples

A Conversation with Bestselling Author, Therapist Lori Gottlieb
From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist Lori Gottlieb, “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” is a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist’s world–where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she). We sit down to talk to Gottlieb about her new book, as well as debunk some theories and misconceptions about therapy along the way.

Sociology Samples

The World Until Yesterday–One on One with Jared Diamond
Most people turn to friends, parents and sometimes even experts in the medical field for advice on parenting. Not Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond – he prefers to take notes on best ways to rear a child from tribal communities. And, that’s not the only type of lesson they can teach us. In his most recent book, The World Until Yesterday, Diamond draws on five decades of his own fieldwork in New Guinea to write about potential answers to several universal human problems. Diamond discusses how traditional societies handle caring for the elderly, healthier diets and what he calls “constructive paranoia.”