My God, I've Wasted My Life: A Conversation With Larry Brilliant Parts 1 & 2

I know, that's a weird title for a program. But believe me, many of the guests I've hosted on Common Threads have me saying that to myself. Some of these folks have contributed SO much to the world community.

And then there's me... Yeah, not so much.

Larry Brilliant is one such person who seems to have lived about 14 lives in one incarnation. Larry Brilliant is a pioneering physician, visionary technologist, and a global philanthropist. From 1973 to 1976, he participated in the successful World Health Organization smallpox eradication program. Larry currently serves as the chairman of Skoll Global Threats Fund.

It sounds cliche, but he's a former member of the flower power generation who went to India. He found a guru. But this guru didn't advise him to meditate in a cave the rest of his life. He charged him to help eradicate one of the most pernicious diseases of the 20th century.

And that he did. And that's just one chapter. Listen on....

And enjoy.