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John Adams, the first American ambassador to the Netherlands, once said “Let us tenderly and kindly cherish...the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.” The John Adams Institute has brought the best and the brightest of American thinking to Amsterdam for three decades. We have amassed a unique archive of great thinkers, speakers and writers, from Spike Lee to Francis Fukuyama to Al Gore. Now we’re sharing this treasure trove of thought and word with you. We believe John Adams would have wanted it that way. And so, from Amsterdam, this is: Bright Minds: the podcast from the John Adams Institute!
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Signup to Generate a PitchJohn Adams, the first American ambassador to the Netherlands, once said “Let us tenderly and kindly cherish...the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.” The John Adams Institute has brought the best and the brightest of American thinking to Amsterdam for three decades.
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute is hosted by John Adams Institute. The show has published 60 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Out of Many: One Idea? A Conversation with Edward Luce" (27 August 2026, 67 minutes), "Out of Many: One Republic? A Conversation with Nancy Pelosi" (27 August 2026, 59 minutes), and "Out of Many: One Voice? A Conversation with Ada Limón" (27 August 2026, 65 minutes).
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 60 episodes.
Booking probability for Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute's contact route on record: public web form.
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John Adams Institute hosts Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute, a society show with 60 episodes published.
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Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
Edward Luce has spent decades chronicling America's slow transition from the undisputed architect of the postwar order into something less certain of its own role. He is the Financial Times ' U.S. National Editor, a...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
Nancy Pelosi spent nearly two decades as the most powerful woman in American political history — the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives, twice over, steering the country through the financial crisis...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón makes an argument that gets lost in most anniversary programming: that art does something political language simply can't — that attention, joy, and grief aren't distractions from the...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
The John Adams Institute is Amsterdam's home for independent American thought. John Adams himself said, "Let us tenderly and kindly cherish... the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write." For...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p><b>Alice Walker</b> is an internationally celebrated author, poet and activist whose books included novels, collections of short stories, children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. Her best known novel, The...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p><b>Kim Stanley Robinson</b> is the author of 22 novels of speculative and science fiction. The Ministry for the Future is set in the near future in which the world is suffering the disastrous consequences of climate...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>In South Carolina in the 1850s, an enslaved woman named Rose gives a simple cotton bag to her daughter Ashley. Ashley is about to be separated from her mother, sold as chattel to the highest bidder. The bag contains...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>In 2018, the tech and democracy activist<b> Yaël Eisenstat</b> joined Facebook as the head of Global Elections Integrity for political ads. Six months later, she left. She was disappointed and disillusioned at how...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>A gem rescued from the archives! We are re-releasing the Toni Morrison episode after cleaning up the audio.<br/><br/>Toni Morrison writes about history, slavery, racism, resilience and survival with an unflinching...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>Ivo Daalder is a Dutch born American citizen, who became the U.S. representative to NATO from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama and was a foreign policy advisor for his 2008 presidential campaign. He also...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>Super Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020. Professor of law, a constitutional scholar, commentator and author Kim Wehle joined the John Adams to lay out exactly what was at stake in the election between Donald Trump and Joe...
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<p>It’s April 14th, 1865. The actor John Wilkes Booth pulls a gun and assassinates President Lincoln who is sitting in a balcony of the Ford Theatre in Washington DC. Booth becomes one of the most infamous men in...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>History is entering a new phase, where old forms and ideas clash with present realities. The John Adams Institute was excited to welcome Francis Fukuyama back to Amsterdam to discuss his findings in his book...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>Bret Easton Ellis took 13 years to write The Shards. It’s a horror novel. Or maybe it’s an autobiography. In fact, it’s both. The Shards is a fictionalized retelling of Mr. Ellis’s 18th year. </p><p>It tells the...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>In the third and final episode of the<b> election specials</b> of our podcast <b>Bright Minds</b>, America expert and podcaster Laila Frank talks to law professor, constitutional scholar, commentator and author...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>The current episodes of our podcast <b>Bright Minds</b> are all about the U.S. presidential elections. America journalist Laila Frank, specialized in politics and change in the U.S., will bring you conversations with...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>The next three episodes of Bright Minds are all about the U.S. presidential elections. America journalist Laila Frank, specialized in politics and change in the U.S., will bring you conversations with remarkable...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>This fourth episode of the<b> Future 400</b> podcast is all about theater and dance. Battery Dance, New York City's longest running public dance festival, is hosting the Dutch-Turkish choreographer Rutkay Özpinar...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>Design your look, design your life. Rambler Studios is a creative platform for raw talent. It offers young people a safe space where they can discover what they’re good at and find a sense of belonging – and maybe a...
Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute
<p>This second episode of the <b>Future 400 podcast </b>looks at work by Dutch and American photographers who are part of the annual international photo festival Photoville in Lower Manhattan. Dutch photographer Ernst...
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