Trojan Talks
Episodes
Ep. 9: President Beong-Soo Kim with Assal Habibi
13 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
President Kim sits down with Assal Habibi, USC associate research professor of psychology and director of the USC Center for Music, Brain, and Society...
Ep. 8: President Beong-Soo Kim with Prem Natarajan
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
President Kim sits down with Prem Natarajan, Executive Vice President, Head of Enterprise AI, and Chief Scientist at Capital One, and USC Research Pro...
Ep. 7: President Beong-Soo Kim with Peter Mancall
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
President Beong-Soo Kim sits down with Distinguished Professor Peter Mancall, one of the nation's leading scholars of early North America, to discuss ...
Ep. 6: President Beong-Soo Kim with Richard Green
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
President Beong-Soo Kim sits down with Richard K. Green, director of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, to discuss how cities can survive, adapt, an...
Ep. 5: President Beong-Soo Kim with Eileen Crimmins
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
President Kim and Eileen Crimmins, one of the world's leading scholars in aging and population health, discuss how scientists measure aging...
Ep. 4: President Beong-Soo Kim with Dr. Inderbir "Indy" S. Gill
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Kim speaks with Dr. Inderbir (Indy) Gill — USC's Chair of Urology and a global leader in robotic surgery — about the world's first in-hu...
Ep. 3: President Beong-Soo Kim with Eric Schmidt
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Kim and Eric Schmidt (Former CEO and Chairman, Google; Chair and CEO, Relativity Space) discuss the rapid evolution of AI and what it means ...
Ep. 2: President Beong-Soo Kim with Jonathan Haidt
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Kim and social psychologist and thought leader Jonathan Haidt explore what it means to nurture wellbeing and personal development in ...
Ep. 1: Meet Interim President Beong-Soo Kim with Dean Willow Bay
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the launch episode, President Kim and Dean Bay discuss USC's present and future, ranging from student success and open dialogue to responsible AI a...