
Rapid Response: Fighting media's reality distortion, w/Axios CEO Jim VandeHei
Every day we’re inundated with news and opinion pieces about America’s hopeless division — but is this really true? Axios CEO Jim VandeHei joins Rapid Response host Bob Safian to bust what he sees as ...
25 Apr 202427min

Preserve start-up spirit at scale: Techstars’ Maëlle Gavet
Maëlle Gavet is the CEO of Techstars, a pre-seed investor focused on early-stage entrepreneurs. It boasts a market cap of $111.6 billion, and supports founders in programs that span from Tokyo to Lago...
23 Apr 202430min

Rapid Response: How Star Trek prospers against Netflix and Disney+, w/Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman
The streaming wars have reached a new inflection, as Netflix and Disney+ jostle for position, and in the process disrupt post-strike Hollywood. Paramount+ invested heavily in blockbuster veteran Alex ...
18 Apr 202428min

How AI adds to human potential: (LIVE) with Scale AI’s Alex Wang and Intel’s Lama Nachman
Generative AI is advancing at a breakneck pace, prompting questions on risk and opportunity, from content creation to personal data management. In a special live recording, we delve into the ways AI c...
16 Apr 202427min

Rapid Response: How optimism fuels the economy, w/U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark
Is the state of the U.S. economy good or bad right now? Stock markets have soared, but consumers remain wary. Are CEOs and investors deluding themselves? Or do Main Street Americans expect too much? S...
11 Apr 202426min

The healthy, conscious capitalist, w/Whole Foods Market co-founder John Mackey
John Mackey, co-founder and former CEO of Whole Foods Market, started in the grocery business as a Texas undergraduate seeking the keys to a happy life. The self-described “hippie” opened one natural ...
9 Apr 202431min

Rapid Response: 2024 is the most significant time in human history, w/PBS host & futurist Ari Wallach
We are biologically wired to focus on the near-term, and that’s often a good thing. But in this moment — with global conflict, fast-evolving tech, and climate change dominating our present — we need t...
4 Apr 202430min

Be an evangelist for authenticity, with tech veteran Guy Kawasaki
With his trademark wit and wisdom, Guy Kawasaki shares lessons from his trailblazing journeys in tech and investing. He was “software evangelist” at Apple when the company launched its revolutionary M...
2 Apr 202430min






















