In this lecture, Debi Ghate shows that Lewis and Clark were more than just rugged adventurers—they were pioneering partners who carefully chose one another.

Lewis and Clark deliberately combined their unique individual strengths to achieve greater heights together than they could have separately. How did they lead this risk-fraught military expedition into the unknown and back? What were the necessary components of their combined leadership that led to their unprecedented success? How were two military commanders of equal authority able to co-lead a group of men through uncharted territory? In this lecture, Ms. Ghate tells the story of two committed individuals whose partnership led to the opening up of an entire continent, and examines why it took both Lewis and Clark to accomplish this feat.

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The compelling and inspiring story of Frederick Douglass, a leading intellectual in the anti-slavery movement, is revealed in this lecture by Debi Ghate.

Born a slave, Douglass managed to educate himself, grasp the principles and ideas that allowed slavery to succeed in America, identified the way to liberate himself at a very early age and not only freed himself but helped others along the way. He set an ambitious goal of seeing American slavery abolished in his lifetime—and he saw his goal accomplished. A man committed to acting on principle, Douglass’s courage, intellectual honesty and independence propelled him from slave to orator, editor and intellectual leader. In spite of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including violent opposition and deep-seated racial prejudice from every quarter, Douglass succeeded. His benevolent, persistent, goal-directed and reasoned approach to life will provide inspiration to anyone who understands that a culture can be improved by the advocacy of the right ideas

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