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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…
3 years, 9 months 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 eco…
3 years, 9 months 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 …
3 years, 10 months 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 t…
3 years, 10 months 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 …
3 years, 10 months 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 matt…
3 years, 10 months 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 d…
3 years, 10 months 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…
3 years, 10 months 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…
3 years, 11 months ago
Turning Writers into Publishers
Season 1 Episode 29
Chris Best is co-founder and CEO of Substack.
Chris's problem: How do you help writers make a living from a thousand true fans?
Substack is a company…
3 years, 11 months ago