Each episode of Why It Matters breaks down an issue that is shaping our world’s future. Join host Gabrielle Sierra as she speaks with the leaders and thinkers who are facing these questions head on. Fueled by the minds at the Council on Foreign Relations, Why It Matters brings some of the world’s most compelling stories home to you.
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Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
The worldwide spread of the new coronavirus has pulled back the curtain on the vulnerabilities of our interconnected world. Now we are left asking some basic questions. What lessons have we learned so far?
Guests:
Sylvia Burwell, former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Tom Frieden, former Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rana Foroohar, Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor, Financial Times
Shannon O’Neil, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations