Podcast Episodes

CRISPR and The Ethics of Genetic Engineering

Our first speaker is Stanford Law Professor Hank Greely who is the author of the book CRISPR People: The Science and Ethics of Editing Humans. A Chin…

3 years, 10 months ago

Food Porn

Our speaker is Rebecca Halpern who is the writer and director of a new documentary film Love Charlie that will be released in theaters and available …

3 years, 10 months ago

Game Theory and Sports

Today’s first guest is Stanford Economics Professor Paul Oyer who has written the book An Economist Goes to the Game: How to Throw Away $580 million …

3 years, 10 months ago

How Team Owners use Sports Analytics

Today’s guest is Jeff Luhnow the former General Manager of the Houston Astros and the current owner of soccer teams in Mexico and Spain.

Jeff will exp…

3 years, 10 months ago

Regime Change at the FED

Today’s podcast is a conversation that includes former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh and my old boss Nobel Prize winner Myron Scholes.  

There is no free l…

3 years, 10 months ago

Building the Perfect Stock Portfolio

Today’s podcast was recorded previously at Stanford at an event to honor my old boss and close friend Myron Scholes who won the Nobel Prize in Econom…

3 years, 11 months ago

There is No Free Will

Our speaker will be Robert Sapolsky who is a Professor of Biology and Neurology at Stanford as well as the author of numerous books including Why Zeb…

3 years, 11 months ago

The Future of Working From Home

Our speaker will be Nick Bloom who is a Stanford Professor of Economics. Nick is a leader in the research on working from home. Nick will explain the…

3 years, 11 months ago

Paul Kennedy: Allies Conquer Japan

Our speaker will be Yale historian Paul Kennedy who is well known for his classic book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. This will be the final …

3 years, 11 months ago

Secular Intolerance of Religious Jews

Our speaker will be Jason Bedrick who is a Research Fellow at the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation. Jason is also the author of…

4 years ago