Capita In Conversation

In this series of Capita In Conversation, we talk to interviewees from around the world to hear their stories, knowledge, wisdom and ideas on how to create child and family flourishing.

Episode 10 - Joe Waters In Conversation with Dr. Erin M. Cline

In this episode, Capita Co-founder & CEO Joe Waters interviews Dr. Erin M. Cline, Tagliabue Distinguished Professor in Interfaith Studies & Dialogue at Georgetown University and Senior Research Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. They discuss Cline’s book “Families of Virtue” which compares Confucian and Western views on childhood development and moral education. Cline describes how the Confucian tradition places a special emphasis on filial piety - the deep respect, reverence, and gratitude that children have for their parents. Cline explains how the Confucian view of rituals are central to moral cultivation. Finally, Cline and Waters discuss how the Confucian emphasis on the importance of early childhood development and the role of family and ritual aligns with modern developmental psychology, and how these insights could inform policy and public discourse around families.

Episode 9 - Elliot Haspel In Conversation with Brendan Ballou

In this episode Capita Senior Fellow Elliot Haspel interviews Brendan Ballou, author of Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America. They discuss the basics of private equity and its differences from venture capital firms and hedge fund investments. They outline the risks of private equity on the human services and child care sectors. Finally, they touch on policy solutions and how individuals can work with advocacy groups to address these risks.

Episode 8 - Elliot Haspel In Conversation with Abby Jitendra

In this Capita in Conversation episode, Senior Fellow Elliot Haspel talks to Abby Jitendra from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation about systemic issues facing both the UK and US child care systems. They discuss a new social licensing model that treats child care as a public good and aims to improve child care quality and availability, ensuring government investments benefit families effectively.

Episode 7 - Elliot Haspel In Conversation with Chiara Rosselli

In this episode, Capita Senior Fellow Elliot Haspel interviews Chiara Rosselli, co-founder and executive director of the APROPOS Group, a non-profit, politically neutral think tank operating in the field of democratic innovation specializing in the development and implementation of process design methods for the political sphere.

Early Years Climate Action Task Force

Capita and This is Planet Ed (the Aspen Institute) have co-convened the Early Years Climate Action Task Force to draft the U.S. Early Years Climate Action Plan. The plan will recommend ways the country can help young children, zero to 8, flourish in the face of climate change. It will be published in late 2023. The task force’s work is supported, in part, by the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation.

 
 

Health is Membership Series

 

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Just over 25 years ago in a speech in Louisville, Kentucky, farmer, poet, critic, and essayist Wendell Berry sought to restore love, healing, wholeness, and health to the lexicon of modern American health care. In this series, we explore the ongoing importance of what Berry said to our thinking about health and healthcare.

Episode 1

A conversation with Duke University professor, agrarian, and theologian Norman Wirzba on parenting, the erosion of attention, and relationships that cultivate the potential of every person.

Episode 2

A conversation with critic George Scialabba on alternative futures, the impoverishment of our lives by clickbait culture, and growing up at scale.

Episode 3

A conversation with Rev. Grace Hackney on eating together faithfully, health as the flourishing of community, how seasons help us learn restraint, and the pedagogy of the land.

Episode 4

A conversation with Matt Finn about taking health is membership seriously in the design of hospitals, clinics, and other spaces where healthcare happens.

Episode 5

A conversation with Duke University professor and psychiatrist Warren Kinghorn about wholeness and mental illness, loneliness, and seeing patients as “inhabitants of stories” rather than “bearers of symptoms.”

Episode 6

A conversation with Mary Berry about growing up in Henry County, Kentucky, why "cradle to career" is a bad idea, the value of limits and, of course, her dad, Wendell Berry.