The Strategerist
What happens when you cross the 43rd President, late night sketch comedy, and interesting conversation? The inspiration behind The Strategerist– a podcast series highlighting the American spirit of leadership and compassion.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 180
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Monica Paul on Making Dallas a Sports Capital
Monica Paul has been a driving force in making sure the world knows Dallas as a premier sports destination. She led the bid strategies and marketing efforts for nearly 600 events in our region. These…
00:30:11 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Texas de Brazil's Salim Aswari -- Living the American Dream
Salim Asrawi is President and co-founder of Texas de Brazil and appears on the cover of President George W. Bush’s Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants. Born in Lebanon, Salim immigrat…
00:26:40 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Shawn VanDiver — Standing Beside Our Afghan Allies
Shawn VanDiver, founder and President of the Afghan Evac coalition, which works to build coordination and collaboration between civil society groups and U.S. government agencies in support of Afghan …
00:29:01 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Jessica Yellin — Independent Journalism
Jessica Yellin founded News Not Noise to do what the title implies separate the important news from the noise. Her goal is to “give information. Not a panic attack.” With over 193,000 Substack subscr…
00:21:56 |
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione, CEC, USN (Ret.) — Camp David and Beyond: From Military to Civilian Leadership
Michael Giorgione joined Strategerist host Andrew Kaufmann and Lieutenant Commander, USNR D’Juan Wilcher, Deputy Director of Veterans and Military Families at the Bush Institute, to discuss his time …
00:39:25 |
Tue 17 Jun 2025
Blayne Smith — Perseverance, Endurance, and the Special Forces
As a young officer in the U.S. special forces, Blayne Smith faced the difficult realities of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. And while not everyone will experience war first-hand, the lessons that Bl…
00:34:39 |
Thu 12 Jun 2025
Bringing Awareness to PEPFAR’s Life-saving Work Featuring Jenny Dyer and Charlie Peacock
Jenny Dyer, founder of the 2030 Collaborative and artist and music producer Charlie Peacock were part of a coalition of experts, artists, and policymakers such as Bono, Senator Bill Frist, and many o…
00:35:39 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Data Driven — Dr. Susan Urahn, President and CEO of Pew Charitable Trusts
Learn about the Bush Center's Forum on Leadership: https://www.bushcenter.org/events-and-exhibits/forum-on-leadership-2025
00:19:49 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
Continuing the Legacy of Alexis de Tocqueville — Featuring Stéphanie and Jean–Guillaume de Tocqueville
To learn more about the work the Tocqueville Foundation does, click here.
00:32:08 |
Fri 06 Jun 2025
Dr. R. Gerald Turner -- Shaping SMU's Legacy
Dr. Turner served as SMU’s president for 30 years. During his impressive career, he achieved significant milestones from being a key player in bringing the George W. Bush Presidential Center to SMU’s…
00:23:19 |
Thu 29 May 2025
Damon Wilson — National Endowment for Democracy President and CEO
To learn more about the Bush Center’s work on Advancing Free Societies, visit bushcenter.org/topics/freedom-and-democracy. And learn more bout the National Endowment for Democracy at https://www.ned.…
00:44:50 |
Thu 08 May 2025
Colonel Edna Cummings & Milauna Jackson — Advocating for “The Six Triple Eight”
Strategerist host Andrew Kaufmann and Devon Yarbrough, Communications Manager at the George W. Bush Presidential Center sat down with Milauna Jackson who portrays Captain Abby Campbell in the 2024 Ne…
00:43:25 |
Thu 01 May 2025
Veteran Leadership Program’s Dennis Miller — Service and Story: Upholding the 6888 Legacy
To learn more about the incredible heroes of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion like Dennis' grandmother, Sylvia Armstrong, watch the documentary The SixTriple Eight.
00:34:53 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Robert Edsel -- Remembering Our Fallen Service Members from WWII to Modern Times
Order a copy of Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II on the Bush Center's website.
00:49:18 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
SMU's Dr. Jeffrey Engel -- Insights into Presidential History
Dr. Jeffrey Engel is an award-winning presidential historian and the David Gergen Director of the SMU Center for Presidential History. He’s authored or edited thirteen books on American foreign polic…
00:42:55 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
Captain Flo Groberg -- Leadership Lessons with a Medal of Honor Recipient
Retired U.S. Army Captain Florent Groberg is one of 3,528 recipients of the Medal of Honor—the highest military honor awarded to those who serve in the United States armed forces. Flo joins host Andr…
00:42:17 |
Tue 25 Mar 2025
Chuck Todd — Local Journalism and the State of News in 2025
Chuck Todd is an Emmy award-winning journalist while NBC’s Chief Political Analyst and former moderator for Meet the Press, which he stepped away from in September 2023. Although he stepped away fro…
00:37:37 |
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Jared Cohen — From Presidential History to Technology
If you enjoyed this episode, watch Purpose Beyond the White House: A Conversation on the Post-Presidency, an Engage at the Bush Center event presented by NexPoint featuring Jared Cohen.
00:45:54 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
James D. Rodriguez — Former Department of Labor Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service
The Honorable James D. Rodriguez served as Assistant Secretary within the Biden administration Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service from January 2021 until January 2025 where…
00:38:13 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Natalia Arno -- Fighting for a Democratic Russia
To learn more about Natalia's work at the Free Russia Foundation click here.
00:26:04 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
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