What are museums and libraries for? Who counts as an expert? In this episode, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani speaks with Valeda F. Dent, Emory’s vice provost of libraries and museum, and Henry S. Kim, director of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, to discuss the role that cultural institutions play today as connectors and conveners—and how they can remain relevant in the century to come.

The COVID-19 pandemic collapsed the boundary between work and life, and we’ve only just begun to put the pieces back together. Tune in as Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani takes on tough questions about the future of life, labor, and leisure with Carla Freeman, interim dean of Emory College and Goodrich C. White Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Hunter Akridge, an Emory College senior and Beinecke Scholar.

In this episode, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani and Matthew Sag, professor of law and artificial intelligence at Emory, probe the best and worst that AI has to offer the legal system, society, and how humans work and live together. Plus: Sag, a diehard science-fiction fan, explains why we shouldn’t worry that the robots are taking over—yet.

With the advent of artificial intelligence technologies, consumers can access more personalized goods and services than ever before. But at what cost? Listen as host Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani and Ramnath K. Chellappa, business-analytics expert at Goizueta Business School, probe the unintended consequences of AI and how we can preserve our privacy in a data-driven world.

Join Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani as he goes deep with James Raper, a longtime mental health counselor and Emory’s inaugural associate vice president for health, well-being, access, and prevention. They discuss how we can cultivate a campus environment where all students can share—and celebrate—their fullest selves.

Anderson and Meghjani open their conversation by examining the transformative power of listening—to facts, the historical record, and others—to create a more equitable society.

In the final installment, Anderson and Meghjani explore how to have meaningful conversations across political divides, and Anderson lays out her blueprint for a better democracy.

Will it ever be possible to prevent or cure Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders? Allan Levey of the Goizueta Institute @ Emory Brain Health says there’s reason to think so. In this episode, Emory neuroscience student Calen MacDonald talks with Levey about his research and the work Emory is doing to make brain diseases a thing of the past.

What role does the community play in reducing health disparities? How are institutions like Emory University working to bridge the gaps? In this episode, Briana Woods-Jaeger of the Rollins School of Public Health and Everett Moss, an Emory nursing student, speak with Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani about the progress they are making to reduce health disparities in communities of color.

When you talk to your computer, does it actually talk back? As part of the team that won Amazon’s 2020 Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge, Emory University’s Jinho Choi and computer science doctoral students Sarah and James Finch are pushing the boundaries of technology and communication. In this episode, they speak with Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani about the future of artificial intelligence and how conversations with computers are becoming more human.

Finding your path as a first-year college student can be challenging for anyone. But without guidance from family members who have been there before, first-generation students often have an even harder time navigating higher education. In this episode, Emory University graduate Anna Dix and first-generation student Xiomara Fernandez talk with Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani about the unique challenges first-gen students face and how, through the 1915 Scholars Program, Emory’s alumni community is coming together to provide support.