Podcast Episodes

From Some of My Best Friends Are: Everything Dope Comes from Chicago

Season 1 Episode 7

While we’re off celebrating the new year, here’s an episode from another Pushkin show: Some of My Best Friends Are…

Hosts Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Ben Austen, two best friends from the South Side o…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Flying on Battery Power

Season 1 Episode 37

Anders Forslund is the co-founder and CEO of Heart Aerospace. Anders' problem is this: How do you build a commercial airplane that can fly on battery power -- and win the approval of regulators aroun…

Published on 3 years ago

Bringing Back the American Hoodie

Season 1 Episode 36

Bayard Winthrop is the founder and CEO of American Giant. Bayard's problem is this: How do you make clothes in America -- and compete in a global economy?

Today's show is about the future of American…

Published on 3 years ago

How to Save the Most Lives

Season 1 Episode 35

Farzad Mostashari is the co-founder and CEO of Aledade. Farzad's problem is this: How can we pay doctors to keep us healthy, rather than treating us after we get sick?

People have been struggling to …

Published on 3 years ago

From Story of the Week with Joel Stein: Billionaires Prepping for the Apocalypse

Season 1 Episode 6

This bonus episode is from Story of the Week with Joel Stein, a new Pushkin podcast. On Story of the Week, journalist Joel Stein chooses an article that fascinates him, convinces the writer to tell h…

Published on 3 years ago

The Investors Everybody Ignored

Season 1 Episode 34

Sallie Krawcheck is the founder and CEO of Ellevest, an investment firm for women that has over $1 billion in assets under management.

In her career in finance, Sallie was often one of the only women…

Published on 3 years ago

Sam Bankman-Fried Revisited

Season 1 Episode 33

In May of this year, we interviewed Sam Bankman-Fried, the young billionaire philanthropist who started the crypto exchange FTX.

Last week, in a matter of a few days, FTX collapsed and filed for bank…

Published on 3 years ago

Machiavelli's Tips for Getting Ahead at Work

Season 1 Episode 32

Stacey Vanek Smith is the author of "Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace." Her problem is this: How do women get ahead in a workplace that is stacked a…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Google's Journey to the Edge of Search

Season 1 Episode 31

Cathy Edwards is vice president and GM of Search at Google. Cathy's problem is this: how do you teach computers to tell people what they want to know, even if they don't know how to ask?

Google's las…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Paying People to Turn Off the Fridge

Season 1 Episode 30

Matt Duesterberg is co-founder and president of OhmConnect.

Matt's problem: How do you build a business around getting people to save energy? Not all that much. And not all the time. But just enough,…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago