The Coursera Podcast
Episodes
Building AI Capability at Scale with Fractal Analytics
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence is moving quickly. Inside most organizations, the conversation has already moved beyond access. The challenge now is how to us...
Supporting Military Transitions with the USO
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Leaving the military isn’t just a career change—it’s a major life transition.In this episode of The Coursera Podcast, Arunav Sinha and Anthony S...
Redefining Career Readiness with Texas A&M
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Shonda Gibson and Dr. Mary Liz Brooks to explore how the Texas A&M University System is preparing students f...
Building the Workforce of Tomorrow with AWS
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Valerie Singer, General Manager of AWS Global Education, to talk about how organizations are preparing their workforces for the AI er...
Embracing Creativity in the Age of AI with Jerry Wind
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Dr. Jerry Wind, Lauder Professor Emeritus and Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School, to explore what creativity means in an er...
Building for the Age of AI with Yahoo
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Matt Sanchez, Chief Operating Officer at Yahoo, to talk about how one of the internet’s original giants is transforming itself for ...
Innovating College to Career Pathways with Texas State University
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Dr. Pranesh Aswath, Provost and Executive Vice President at Texas State University, and Adam Long, a computer science student and stu...
The Evolution of Online Learning with Dhawal Shah
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Dhawal Shah, Founder and CEO of Class Central, to explore the fascinating journey of online learning, from the early days of MOOCs to...
Transforming Retail and Reskilling at Scale with Walmart
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Anupriya Sharma, Vice President of Technology Strategy at Walmart US, to talk about what it takes to lead digital transformation at o...
AI and Global Competitiveness with Ylli Bajraktari
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Ylli Bajraktari, President and CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), to discuss how AI is transforming global compet...
Navigating Disruption with Suraj Srinivasan
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Suraj Srinivasan, a professor at Harvard Business School and an expert in corporate governance, AI, and innovation, to explore how le...
Building a Culture of Curiosity with Molly Nagler
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Molly Nagler, Chief Learning Officer at Moderna, to explore how curiosity and innovation are transforming learning and development. M...
Smarter Skilling with Amanda Brophy
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Amanda Brophy, Director of Grow with Google, to explore how technology has transformed workforce training and career development. Ama...
Empowering the Next Generation of GRAMMY Award-Winning Artists with Panos A. Panay
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Panos A. Panay, President of the Recording Academy, to explore his remarkable journey—from founding Sonic...
The Power of Purpose with Dr. Vic Strecher
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Dr. Vic Strecher, professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health and the founder of Kumanu, a company focused on...
Future-Proofing Education with Sayasat Nurbek
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Sayasat Nurbek, the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan, to discuss how the widespread adoption of online learning...
AI-Driven Product Design with Jeff Hollan
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Jeff Hollan, Head of Applications and Developer Platform at Snowflake, to discuss how product design is changing and how developers a...
The Fourth Industrial Revolution with Fariz Jafarov
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steam propelled the original Industrial Revolution; electricity powered the second; automation and machines engineered the third; and intelligent comp...
The Power of Prompt Engineering with Dr. Jules White
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Dr. Jules White, Professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt and Director of the university’s Initiative on the Future of Learning ...
Changing the Face of Beauty Science with Dr. Rolanda Wilkerson
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite the fact that most cosmetics are targeted to and bought by women, did you know that men have an outsized influence on how they are made? In th...
Navigating the Gen AI Conundrum with Jeff Maggioncalda
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As CEO of Coursera, an online learning platform with 142 million learners and hundreds of millions of course enrollments, Jeff Maggioncalda has a uniq...
Generative AI for Everyone with Andrew Ng
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Andrew Ng—Co-Founder of Coursera, Founder of DeepLearning.AI, Managing General Partner at AI Fund, Founder & CEO of Landing AI,...
Making Ivy League Degrees More Accessible with Alexis Abramson
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Alexis Abramson—a mechanical engineer, the thirteenth Dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, and co-founder of Edif...
Epic Leadership with Vishal Gupta
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Vishal Gupta, Professor in Organizational Behavior at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, whose insightful theories on prac...
The Key to Happiness with Laurie Santos
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Dr. Laurie Santos, a renowned professor of psychology at Yale University and the host of the popular podcast The Happiness Lab. Her c...
Learning About Learning with Barbara Oakley
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Dr. Barbara Oakley, whose research on the relationship between neuroscience and social behavior has been described as “revolutionar...
Mastering Creativity with Peter Childs
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the first episode of The Coursera Podcast, we discuss creative thinking with Professor Peter Childs, Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering...