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Scott Brown, US Senator From Massachusetts, Talks About His Life Against All Odds

Scott Philip Brown is the Republican junior United States Senator from Massachusetts who came out of nowhere to win the Senate seat vacated when Senator Ted Kennedy died.

Before his election, he served as a member of the Massachusetts General Court, first in the State House of Representatives (1998–2004) and then in the State Senate (2004–2010).

Scott became the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts since Edward Brooke in 1972 and the first Republican from Massachusetts to serve in the U.S. Congress in any capacity since 1997.

Brown is a graduate of Wakefield High School, Tufts University, and Boston College Law School.

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Helen Wang Demystifies The Chinese Dream

Helen Wang is a leading authority on China and the Chinese economy. She tells us about the burgeoning Chinese Middle Class and what it means for the United States. Along the way, she explodes some commonly held myths about modern China.

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Guests for March 9, 2011

Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTORMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 10 o’clock am Pacific time.

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Kevin & Shawn Coyne Provide A New Way To Develop Good Ideas

Kevin & Shawn Coyne are former McKinsey consultants who happen to be brothers. They’ve examined a better approach to breakthrough ideas that doesn’t involve brainstorming and “thinking outside the box” because these outdated approaches just don’t work. We retrain our brains to generate better ideas with the help of their latest book Brainsteering.

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Chris Rabb Expounds On Invisible Capital And Why It’s Important

Chris Rabb is a fellow at Demos, a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization based in New York City. He coined the term “invisible capital” to represent the unseen forces that dramatically impact entrepreneurial viability when a good attitude, a great idea, and hard work simply aren’t enough. We discuss his theory from his book Invisible Capital.

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William Black Blows The Whistle On Corrupt Bankers

Bill Black is a white-collar criminologist and habitual whistle-blower. His general theory of how dishonest CEOs, crony directors, and corrupt middlemen can systematically defeat market discipline and conceal deliberate fraud for a long time gave him the opportunity to testify before Congress about the latest financial crisis. We discuss his “control theory” from his book The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One.

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