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Episodes
Winning AI *Without* Losing The American Dream — Fmr US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI is here. The layoffs have started. Does anyone have a plan? Gina Raimondo does. Two-term Governor of Rhode Island, former U.S. Commerce Secretary,...
The Slowest Career Change In History | Magician David Gerard
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is there a version of you that feels unattainable? For David Gerard, it was becoming a full-time magician. So he did it slowly. Twelve years slowly. V...
Why She Took the Hardest CEO Job in America | PG&E's Patti Poppe
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
84 counts of involuntary manslaughter. A worker dying every 90 days. An empty C-suite. That's what Patti Poppe signed up for when she became CEO of PG...
The Overachiever’s Guide To Effective Communication - Stanford's Matt Abrahams
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Abrahams teaches Stanford’s Essentials of Strategic Communication, the university’s most popular communication course. His “Think Fast. Tal...
Jin Ha (Hamilton, Only Murders In The Building): Stop Performing and Start Breathing
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"Are you breathing?" Jin Ha's acting teacher used to interrupt class with that one question. It became a running joke among the students. It also cha...
We've Built Cities for 20,000 Years. Why Did We Stop? — California Forever's Jan Sramek
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"Am I wasting some of the best years of my life?" Jan Sramek asked himself that question for years while working on one of the most audacious develop...
AI Won't Erase Jobs. Here’s Why — Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ravi Kumar is one of the clearest voices on why AI will create more jobs than it replaces—which is surprising, because he's the CEO of a $35 billion...
You Can Change a Lot More Than You Think — Somatic Coach Harley Frank
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How much can people actually change? According to renowned somatic coach Harley Frank, a whole lot more than you might think. Once a startup execut...
Want to Keep Fighting? Stay Optimistic -- ACLU's Anthony Romero
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Romero has led the ACLU for nearly a quarter century—through four presidents, constitutional showdowns, and a political landscape that feels...
Follow the Laughter, Find the Truth — Comedian Sarah Cooper
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Cooper went viral for lip-syncing Donald Trump on TikTok — and suddenly, the world knew her face. From there came a Netflix special, a memoir,...