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Our American Stories

Empathy is Not Optional: The Story of Mike Leven's Brutal Law Professor

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6817 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, Mike Leven was President and Chief Operating Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. One of the great hoteliers of all time—a legend in his business. He is also what you would call a “wise man.” Here’s Mike with a story about what he learned from an uncaring college law professor.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:14.2

This is Lee Habib, and this is our American stories.

0:18.0

And we tell stories about everything here on this show,

0:20.6

from the arts to sports,

0:21.8

then business to history, and everything in between, including your stories, send them to our

0:26.2

American Stories.com with some of our favor.

0:29.9

Mike Levin was president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, one of the great

0:35.7

hoteliers of all time, a legend in his business.

0:39.4

He also happens to be a friend who almost every time I talk to him, I learn something about him,

0:45.1

myself, and life. He's what you would call a wise man. And we need more wisdom in this country.

0:52.4

And we love bringing wisdom to this show.

0:55.5

Up next is a story Mike tells about his time in law school.

1:01.3

Mike had graduated from Tufts.

1:03.3

He's a Boston guy, a diehard Patriots fan.

1:06.9

We'll forgive him for that.

1:08.5

And in the end, this is a story about empathy and about life.

1:13.1

And he's a businessman talking about empathy.

1:16.2

And ordinarily, you wouldn't think that would happen.

1:19.3

Let's hear Mike and his story.

1:21.7

Tufts was a really great experience and prepared me to go to law school.

1:26.0

So I applied to law school, and I took the LSATs and I've

1:30.3

never a great test taker, but I scored in those years 75 or 78th percentile, something like that.

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