Bill Baker

Kathryn interviews Director of Bernard L. Schwartz Center for Media, Public Policy, and Education at Fordham University, William F. Baker PhD, author of 'Organizations for People: Caring Cultures, Basic Needs, and Better Lives.' For many years, there has been talk about employee engagement as a means to lift corporate profits and reduce absenteeism and turnover. Baker examines the practices of 21 companies who put the interests and needs of employees first. He's the Distinguished Professor of Media and Entertainment at IESE Business School in Barcelona and is President Emeritus of WNET-Thirteen. Kathryn also interviews Memoirist, Poet and Writing Teacher, Vermont College of Fine Arts Sue William Silverman, author of 'How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences.' Her thematically linked collection of essays charts Silverman's attempt to confront her fears of that ultimate unknown. Silverman has been featured on The View, Anderson Cooper 360, The Ricki Lake Show, CNN and more.