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Livewired: Creating New Senses for Humans (#154)
Season 1 Episode 154
A wristband that enables deaf people to “hear.” Brain implants that enable you to control a robotic arm. Neurotechnology that enables blind people to…
3 years ago
Learning from the Best: A Nobel Laureate's Journey to Understand the Secrets of School Quality (#153)
Season 1 Episode 153
Why do some schools routinely produce high-performing students? How truly important is class size? Why do charter schools typically outperform regula…
3 years, 1 month ago
Former Ford and Boeing CEO Alan Mulally On Love By Design, The Secret Behind Two Remarkable Turnarounds (#152)
Season 1 Episode 152
How did legendary business leader Alan Mulally rescue both Ford and Boeing? With a detailed set of principles and practices he calls love by design. …
3 years, 1 month ago
War In The Age of AI. A Chilling, Mind-Blowing Talk With A Former Pentagon Defense Expert (#151)
Season 1 Episode 151
The transformation to AI-enabled warfare is happening at breakneck speed. The stakes are huge and — given the sophistication and vulnerability of the…
3 years, 1 month ago
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked (#150)
Season 1 Episode 150
Tech companies, including Apple, Facebook, Netflix, and others, go to great lengths to hook us and keep us addicted to their devices and programs. Th…
3 years, 1 month ago
Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (#149)
Season 1 Episode 149
Why do we have so many incompetent male leaders in both government and the private sector? According to a University College London professor, we foc…
3 years, 1 month ago
Hear, Here: The President and CEO of NY’s Metropolitan Museum On Its Critical Role In Modern Life (#148)
Season 1 Episode 148
New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is a beloved and important cultural icon. Here, its President and CEO, Dan Weiss, shares his brilliant ins…
3 years, 2 months ago
Learn Why A Nobel Prize Winning Economist Says Extreme Global Poverty Is “Entirely Solvable” (#147)
Season 1 Episode 147
Now for some good news: According to Abhijit Banerjee, a Nobel Prize winner for his work fighting poverty, extreme global poverty is “entirely solvab…
3 years, 2 months ago
Turnaround Time: The Remarkable Warmth and Wisdom of Former United Airlines CEO, Oscar Munoz (#146)
Season 1 Episode 146
Fasten your seatbelt. One month after becoming CEO of United Airlines, Oscar Munoz had a massive heart attack. Hear what this warm and wise man born …
3 years, 2 months ago
Now Hear This: Non-Humans Communicate Highly Complex Information Through Sound (#145)
Season 1 Episode 145
Breakthroughs in bio-acoustic technology are enabling scientists, including Karen Bakker, to “hear” an astonishing assortment of sounds made by anima…
3 years, 2 months ago