Fostering Ingenuity
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If necessity is the mother of invention, there’s certainly plenty of necessity to go around these days. But are we doing all we can to incubate the innovations we most urgently need? We’ll learn about how to harness our collective genius to address our most urgent needs, and about new threats that could derail our best efforts.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length | Find on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Ladyfingers (Camara Kambon Remix)” | Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass | Shout Factory | 00:00 | find now | ||
| “A United Earth I” | Alan Stivell and Youssou N’Dour | Putumayo World Music | 00:00 | find now | ||
| “I Want You Back (SPK Mix)” | Jackson 5 | Motown | 00:00 | find now | ||
| “ADeeperRigby” | Kid KO | 00:00 | find now | |||
| “Broken World” | Shemekia Copeland | Telarc | 00:00 | find now |
Additional Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Gregg McVicar
Associate Producers: Naihma Deady
Matt Fidler
Engineers: Michael Schwartz
Andrew Stelzer
