Dr. Vivek Murthy on Loneliness, Staying Human, and What True Success Looks Like

Admiral Stavridis on NATO and the World of 2084: The Future is a Warning

Admiral James Stavridis is a retired four-star U.S. Navy admiral and prolific nonfiction author, but it's his newest work of fiction that cuts the deepest. 2084, co-written with former Marine Elliot Ackerman, imagines a world ravaged by climate change and torn apart by a global war orchestrated by A.I. Yet beneath the chaos are difficult human choices and the kinds of love and loss that remind us what's ultimately at stake. It serves as a warning designed to spur action. But Ted can't stay in the future for too long, not with the former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO sitting across from him. Their conversation moves between reality and story, from NATO’s global composition and the international order today to that world of 2084. Without giving too much away, the Admiral describes a future that feels distant enough to be fiction but close enough to be uncomfortable. Find him at admiralstav.com [https://admiralstav.com/] For more, visit goodcitizenpodcast.com [http://www.goodcitizenpodcast.com]. Follow us on Facebook @TRPresidentialLibrary [https://www.facebook.com/TRPresidentialLibrary] Instagram @trlibrary [https://www.instagram.com/trlibrary/] X @TRPresLibrary [https://twitter.com/TRPresLibrary]. And sign up for our newsletter at trlibrary.com/newsletter [https://www.trlibrary.com/newsletter/] to stay up-to-date on the TRPL! -- Good Citizen is hosted by Ted Roosevelt V and produced by The Future of StoryTelling in collaboration with Charts & Leisure, on behalf of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. Learn more about T.R.’s upcoming presidential library at http://www.trlibrary.com/www.trlibrary.com [http://www.trlibrary.com].  Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation 350 Third Avenue Medora, North Dakota 58645   Future of StoryTelling Founder and CEO, Charles Melcher Director, Carolyn Merriman Producer, Alison Byrne  Assistant Producer, Madison Brown Production Assistant, Tsuki Carlson   Charts & Leisure Executive Producer, Jason Oberholtzer Producer, Meghal Janardan Editor, Garrett Crowe Mix, Andrew Atkin Music and Final Assembly, Michael Simonelli With special thanks to Paulette Folkins, Julia Stavridis, Edward F. O’Keefe, Robbie Lauf, Courtland Miller, and Matt Briney.

Dana Milbank: Retreat, Restore, Rehumanize

Dana Milbank traded the outrage cycle of politics for 60 acres of overgrown Virginia farmland. And as he changed the land, the land changed him. Dana is a political columnist for NOTUS (soon to be “The Star”). He spent 26 years as an op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, where he also wrote about our attempts to "rehumanize" during a time of anxiety and isolation.  He describes to Ted his unlikely journey from suburban kid and political columnist to hunter and land steward, and how even brief moments outdoors can give back what screens have stripped away. Dana makes the case that spending time in nature and with our neighbors, like restoring degraded land, is sometimes unglamorous, Sisyphean work that just so happens to be essential. Find him at notus.org/dana-milbank [https://www.notus.org/dana-milbank] For more, visit goodcitizenpodcast.com [http://www.goodcitizenpodcast.com]. Follow us on Facebook @TRPresidentialLibrary [https://www.facebook.com/TRPresidentialLibrary] Instagram @trlibrary [https://www.instagram.com/trlibrary/] X @TRPresLibrary [https://twitter.com/TRPresLibrary]. And sign up for our newsletter at trlibrary.com/newsletter [https://www.trlibrary.com/newsletter/] to stay up-to-date on the TRPL! -- Good Citizen is hosted by Ted Roosevelt V and produced by The Future of StoryTelling in collaboration with Charts & Leisure, on behalf of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. Learn more about T.R.’s upcoming presidential library at http://www.trlibrary.com/www.trlibrary.com [http://www.trlibrary.com].  Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation 350 Third Avenue Medora, North Dakota 58645   Future of StoryTelling Founder and CEO, Charles Melcher Director, Carolyn Merriman Producer, Alison Byrne  Assistant Producer, Madison Brown Production Assistant, Tsuki Carlson   Charts & Leisure Executive Producer, Jason Oberholtzer Producer, Meghal Janardan Editor, Garrett Crowe Mix, Andrew Atkin Music and Final Assembly, Michael Simonelli With special thanks to Edward F. O’Keefe, Robbie Lauf, Courtland Miller, and Matt Briney.

Senator Mitt Romney on Formative Moments, Presidential Leadership, and the Question of Legacy

What allows a politician to hold to his principles when almost every incentive pulls the other way? In this memorable conversation with Ted, Senator Mitt Romney traces the formative moments with his father that shaped his moral compass, and the specific ways he guards against self-rationalization. Senator Romney also speaks to the outsized power of presidential leadership, and why his legacy won’t rest on any single vote he cast. Plus, he offers a surprisingly simple framework for rediscovering the values most Americans already share. For more, visit goodcitizenpodcast.com [http://www.goodcitizenpodcast.com]. Follow us on Facebook @TRPresidentialLibrary [https://www.facebook.com/TRPresidentialLibrary] Instagram @trlibrary [https://www.instagram.com/trlibrary/] X @TRPresLibrary [https://twitter.com/TRPresLibrary]. And sign up for our newsletter at trlibrary.com/newsletter [https://www.trlibrary.com/newsletter/] to stay up-to-date on the TRPL! -- Good Citizen is hosted by Ted Roosevelt V and produced by The Future of StoryTelling in collaboration with Charts & Leisure, on behalf of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. Learn more about T.R.’s upcoming presidential library at http://www.trlibrary.com/www.trlibrary.com [http://www.trlibrary.com].  Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation 350 Third Avenue Medora, North Dakota 58645   Future of StoryTelling Founder and CEO, Charles Melcher Director, Carolyn Merriman Producer, Alison Byrne  Assistant Producer, Madison Brown Production Assistant, Tsuki Carlson   Charts & Leisure Executive Producer, Jason Oberholtzer Producer, Meghal Janardan Editor, Garrett Crowe Mix, Andrew Atkin Music and Final Assembly, Michael Simonelli With special thanks to Leah von Schaumburg, Liz Johnson, Edward F. O’Keefe, Robbie Lauf, Courtland Miller, and Matt Briney.

Dr. Vivek Murthy on Loneliness, Staying Human, and What True Success Looks Like

What if we prioritized relationships over the chase for success? What if we ignored the siren call of social media in exchange for cultivating a sense of purpose? Dr. Vivek Murthy, the 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States, has made it his mission to sound the alarm on one of the defining public health crises of our time: loneliness. In his conversation with Ted, Murthy makes the case for a fundamental reordering of what we value, describing a "triad of fulfillment" that's the path to real flourishing. He also reveals his next chapter: a new podcast called Staying Human. Find him at vivekmurthy.substack.com [https://vivekmurthy.substack.com/] For more, visit goodcitizenpodcast.com [http://www.goodcitizenpodcast.com]. Follow us on Facebook @TRPresidentialLibrary [https://www.facebook.com/TRPresidentialLibrary] Instagram @trlibrary [https://www.instagram.com/trlibrary/] X @TRPresLibrary [https://twitter.com/TRPresLibrary]. And sign up for our newsletter at trlibrary.com/newsletter [https://www.trlibrary.com/newsletter/] to stay up-to-date on the TRPL! -- Good Citizen is hosted by Ted Roosevelt V and produced by The Future of StoryTelling in collaboration with Charts & Leisure, on behalf of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. Learn more about T.R.’s upcoming presidential library at http://www.trlibrary.com/www.trlibrary.com [http://www.trlibrary.com].    Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation 350 Third Avenue Medora, North Dakota 58645   Future of StoryTelling Founder and CEO, Charles Melcher Director, Carolyn Merriman Producer, Alison Byrne  Production Assistant, Tsuki Carlson   Charts & Leisure Executive Producer, Jason Oberholtzer Producer, Meghal Janardan Editor, Garrett Crowe Mix, Andrew Atkin Music and Final Assembly, Michael Simonelli With special thanks to Lizzie Fishman, Edward F. O’Keefe, Robbie Lauf, Courtland Miller, and Matt Briney.

Sarabeth Berman on What Dies When Local News Does: The Crisis Nobody's Covering

What's really at stake when a community loses its local newspaper? Civic engagement drops, polarization rises, and corruption goes unchecked. But Sarabeth Berman, CEO of the American Journalism Project, is working to reverse that. Sarabeth believes local journalism should be treated like an essential public good, similar to a museum or a food bank. And with the AJP, the first venture philanthropy dedicated to local news, news organizations are rooted in and supported by the communities they serve. In this conversation, she and Ted dig into the research, the AJP model, and what it will actually take to rebuild local news across the entire country. Find her work at theajp.org [https://www.theajp.org/]. For more, visit goodcitizenpodcast.com [http://www.goodcitizenpodcast.com]. Follow us on Facebook @TRPresidentialLibrary [https://www.facebook.com/TRPresidentialLibrary] Instagram @trlibrary [https://www.instagram.com/trlibrary/] X @TRPresLibrary [https://twitter.com/TRPresLibrary]. And sign up for our newsletter at trlibrary.com/newsletter [https://www.trlibrary.com/newsletter/] to stay up-to-date on the TRPL! -- Good Citizen is hosted by Ted Roosevelt V and produced by The Future of StoryTelling in collaboration with Charts & Leisure, on behalf of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. Learn more about T.R.’s upcoming presidential library at http://www.trlibrary.com/www.trlibrary.com [http://www.trlibrary.com].    Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation 350 Third Avenue Medora, North Dakota 58645   Future of StoryTelling Founder and CEO, Charles Melcher Director, Carolyn Merriman Producer, Alison Byrne  Assistant Producer, Madison Brown Production Assistant, Tsuki Carlson   Charts & Leisure Executive Producer, Jason Oberholtzer Producer, Meghal Janardan Editor, Garrett Crowe Mix, Andrew Atkin Music and Final Assembly, Michael Simonelli   With special thanks to Roshni Neslage, Christy Johnson, Edward F. O’Keefe, Robbie Lauf, Courtland Miller, and Matt Briney.