Robin Wright

In this conversation from the America at a Crossroads series, Middle East policy expert Dalia Dassa Kaye joins award-winning journalist Robin Wright to examine the critical decisions facing the United States in its approach to Iran. At a time of heightened geopolitical tension, this discussion explores the strategic, diplomatic, and security implications of U.S. policy in the region—and what is at stake for global stability. Drawing on deep expertise in foreign policy and decades of reporting, Kaye and Wright analyze the evolving dynamics between the U.S. and Iran, regional power shifts, and the risks and opportunities shaping America’s next moves. The discussion explores key questions including: • What are the current risks and flashpoints in U.S.–Iran relations? • What policy options are available to the United States? • How do regional and global actors influence the path forward? This conversation provides a clear, informed perspective on one of the most consequential foreign policy challenges facing the United States today. Speakers Dalia Dassa Kaye – Senior Fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and former Director of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. She is a leading expert on U.S. foreign policy and Middle East affairs. Robin Wright – Award-winning journalist, author, and foreign affairs analyst specializing in the Middle East and global security. She has reported from more than 140 countries and has written for The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and NPR.

Welcome to Connect, a podcast featuring one-on-one interviews with some of the top movers and shakers in the mortgage industry. This week we welcome Robin Wright, Managing Partner, Wright Finlay & Zak, LLP Topics of Discussion: 1:39 - I always like to get started with our journeys to the mortgage industry. Tell us how you got into legal representation for financial services. 3:47 - I was very pleased to learn that you have been chosen as one of the five finalists to win a 2023 Women in Housing Leadership Award in the category of Diverse Ownership at the 20th Annual Five Star Conference in Dallas in September! Congratulations – how did you react when you got that news? 5:58 - As you know, the California MBA has an active Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. Your firm is also active in several national associations promoting diversity. How has your involvement on those issues benefited your firm? 9:25 - What are the legal trends that mortgage lenders should be paying attention to right now? 13:17 - You’ve been a big supporter of the California MBA, for which I’m always grateful. Can you share with us why you’re such a big supporter? To learn more about the California MBA visit www.cmba.com and don't forget to subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode!

On this episode, I chat with WA local Ben Young about his new film, Devil's Peak, which features Robin Wright, Billy Bob Thornton, Hopper Penn, Jackie Earl Haley, and regular collaborator, Emma Booth. It's a thriller set in the Appalachian Mountains and focuses on a family torn apart by drug related crime. In this chat, Ben talks about working with mother-son relationship with Robin and Hopper, as well as the grounded nature of someone like Billy Bob Thornton. He also gives open advice about finding the right creative path forward as a filmmaker. Devil's Peak is the opening night film for Perth's Revelation Film Festival on July 12th, with the night kicking off at 7pm at Luna Cinemas Leederville. Visit revelationfilmfest.org for more details. We've got extensive coverage from the festival taking place this week, with interviews with filmmakers like soda jerk, Robert Machoain, Adam Morris and Myles Pollard. To read or listen to those interviews, head over to thecurb.com.au. For now, here's a slice of the trailer of Devil's Peak followed by the interview with Ben Young. Sign up for the latest interviews, reviews, and more via https://www.thecurb.com.au/subscribe/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this edition of Pillow Talk by Pour Les Femmes, Robin Wright speaks with Heather Ibrahim-Leathers , the founder of Global Fund for Widows, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering widows and female heads of households to overcome poverty through skills-based training, job creation, and micro-finance. Robin talks with Heather about how the trajectory of Heather’s own life can be traced back to the widowhood of her grandmother who, when her husband died unexpectedly, was a young mother with four children living in Alexandria, Egypt. Left with nothing by her husband’s family, Eugine Awadalla became part of the story of the cycle of poverty that widowhood often perpetuates on women in many traditional hierarchical societies. According to UN Women, the world is not on track to achieving gender equality by 2030 which is a goal world leaders have set as part of the Sustainable Development Goals agenda. In many countries, women who face the additional challenge of widowhood must also overcome long-standing cultural practices and lack of legal standing around inheritance, discrimination, and even violence. So not only is eradicating discrimination around widowhood critical to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals it is central to securing the rights of women more broadly. The goal of the Global Fund for Widows is to raise awareness at the national and international level around the plight of widows so that widowhood itself is recognized as the drain on society that it is. In addition, GFW supports programs in many countries that help widows achieve financial stability, and self-sufficiency, and helps these women become leaders in their communities.

In this episode of Pillow Talk by Pour Les Femmes, Robin Wright talks with Whitney Williams, the co-founder of Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), to get her advice about forging her own path to make a positive impact on the world. A sixth-generation Montana native, former Clinton administration staffer, Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a candidate for governor in Montana, Whitney Williams talks with Robin about her journey to create a lasting legacy and positive impact for women who are some of the most critically vulnerable places in the world. Pour Les Femmes is a female-founded sleep and loungewear company with a founding mission of helping improve the lives of women around the world. Our brand ethos of safety and comfort extends to the actions we take to work with partners that provide opportunities for decent work, safety, stability, and advancement to women in places where they are most vulnerable. Listen now. Pour Les Femmes: https://pourlesfemmes.com/ Pour Les Femmes Foundation: https://pourlesfemmesfoundation.org/ Instagram: @pourlesfemmesofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pourlesfemmesofficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pourlesfemmesofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RobinWright

Here at Pour Les Femmes, we’re often asked, “with so many problems here at home, why is it important to help people in other countries?” In this episode of Pillow Talk by Pour Les Femmes, Robin Wright talks with activist John Prendergast about the war in Eastern Congo that began in the late 1990s. Often called Africa’s First World War, the resulting devastation of the lives of the people in the region made such an impression on Robin that she joined with John in his efforts to amplify the voices of the women on their plight in one of the poorest countries in the world. Through his efforts with The Enough Project and The Sentry, John Prendergast has been at the center of efforts to shine a light on and disrupt the economic drivers of war in mineral-rich African countries. In particular, he's been outspoken about the need for the global consumer electronics industry to develop and maintain a clean supply chain, especially where so-called "conflict minerals" are concerned, in order to create conditions for peace, human rights, and good governance in nations that have long struggled to provide even a basic standard of living for its citizens. Eradicating poverty is the goal that leaders from countries around the world have identified as most critical for the peace and prosperity of the planet. That's why creating opportunities for people in places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to work and earn a living is so critical. Pour Les Femmes supports the goal of decent work and economic growth through its partnership with small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) like the GiveWork program in the DRC which provides 1 to 3 days of work at fair wages with every garment they produce. This allows the women of the GiveWork program to support themselves and their families, obtain an education, and break their country’s cycle of poverty and violence. In a world that’s more interlinked than ever, it’s important that we make choices that support sustainability and encourage dignity, peace, and prosperity for everyone on the planet. Pour Les Femmes is a female-founded sleep and loungewear company with a founding mission of helping improve the lives of women around the world. Our brand ethos of safety and comfort extends to the actions we take to work with partners that provide opportunities for decent work, safety, stability, and advancement to women in places where they are most vulnerable. Listen now. Pour Les Femmes: https://pourlesfemmes.com/ Pour Les Femmes Foundation: https://pourlesfemmesfoundation.org/ Instagram: @pourlesfemmesofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pourlesfemmesofficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pourlesfemmesofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RobinWright

When we make helping others a primary goal of our personal and professional lives, something amazing can happen. Whether you're trying to break into Hollywood or pursuing career aspirations of your own, creating authentic relationships and helping others can be the key to your own success. In this episode of Pillow Talk, Robin Wright speaks to our very own Pillow Talk film editor Alfonso Carrion about how he broke into the career of his dreams, first working nights and weekends and eventually working his way up to land jobs on major feature films and on House of Cards with Robin. Alfonso talks about the importance of building meaningful and reciprocal relationships, especially in Hollywood where the phrase "it's who you know" really is key. In fact, Alfonso believes so deeply in the power of giving back that he's made helping others the center of his professional life. He started his own mentorship program called Ask the Fonz which offers a free learning portal on YouTube and social media which provides access to a community of aspiring film editors from around the world. As everyone increasingly turns to online video for communication and storytelling of all kinds, Alfonso has never been busier as a film editor. He now finds himself in the middle of a network of friends, colleagues, and opportunities for career growth that are the direct result of nurturing relationships and helping others all along his path. Pour Les Femmes is a female-founded sleep and loungewear company with a founding mission of helping improve the lives of women around the world. Our brand ethos of safety and comfort extends to the actions we take to work with partners that provide opportunities for decent work, safety, stability, and advancement to women in places where they are most vulnerable. Listen now. Pour Les Femmes: https://pourlesfemmes.com/ Pour Les Femmes Foundation: https://pourlesfemmesfoundation.org/ Instagram: @pourlesfemmesofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pourlesfemmesofficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pourlesfemmesofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RobinWright

Robin Wright and Gail Gallie of Project Everyone discuss The Global Goals and how the values of conscious consumers are reshaping the ways that fashion brands manage the heavy impact they have on the planet. Pour Les Femmes is a female-founded sleep and loungewear company with a founding mission of helping improve the lives of women around the world. Our brand ethos of safety and comfort extends to the actions we take to work with partners that provide opportunities for decent work, safety, stability, and advancement to women in places where they are most vulnerable. Listen now. Pour Les Femmes: https://pourlesfemmes.com/ Pour Les Femmes Foundation: https://pourlesfemmesfoundation.org/ Instagram: @pourlesfemmesofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pourlesfemmesofficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pourlesfemmesofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RobinWright

In this episode of Pillow Talk by Pour Les Femmes, co-founder Robin Wright speaks to Suku CEO Yonathan Lapchik about how the emergence of blockchain-based technology is helping conscious consumers understand the truth about where their garments are coming from and, in so doing, helping transform the fashion industry for the better. Pour Les Femmes is a female-founded sleep and loungewear company with a founding mission of helping improve the lives of women around the world. Our brand ethos of safety and comfort extends to the actions we take to work with partners that provide opportunities for decent work, safety, stability, and advancement to women in places where they are most vulnerable. Listen now. Pour Les Femmes: https://pourlesfemmes.com/ Pour Les Femmes Foundation: https://pourlesfemmesfoundation.org/ Instagram: @pourlesfemmesofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pourlesfemmesofficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pourlesfemmesofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RobinWright

In this Pillow Talk by Pour Les Femmes episode, join Robin Wright and Elizabeth von der Goltz, Chief Commercial Officer of Matchesfashion and former global head at Net-a-Porter, as they discuss how luxury fashion brands are learning to make the shift to sustainability for the good of the planet. Pour Les Femmes is a female-founded sleep and loungewear company with a founding mission of helping improve the lives of women around the world. Our brand ethos of safety and comfort extends to the actions we take to work with partners that provide opportunities for decent work, safety, stability, and advancement to women in places where they are most vulnerable. Listen now. Pour Les Femmes: https://pourlesfemmes.com/ Pour Les Femmes Foundation: https://pourlesfemmesfoundation.org/ Instagram: @pourlesfemmesofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pourlesfemmesofficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pourlesfemmesofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RobinWright