Pierpaolo Barbieri on Latin American FinTech
Gifted young Argentines tend to leave home to "make it in America" and never look back, but after earning a degree from Harvard, writing a book about the Spanish Civil War, and living in the United St...
19 Maj 202156min
Daniel Carpenter on Smart Regulation
Daniel Carpenter is one of the world's leading experts on regulation and the foremost expert on the US Food and Drug Administration. A professor of Government at Harvard University, he's conducted ext...
5 Maj 20211h 8min
Shadi Bartsch on the Classics and China
A self-professed nerd, the young Shadi Bartsch could be found awake late at night, reading Latin under the covers of her bed by flashlight. Now a professor of Classics at the University of Chicago, Dr...
21 Apr 20211h
Dana Gioia on Becoming an Information Billionaire
Before he was California Poet Laureate or leading the National Endowment for the Arts, Dana Gioia marketed Jell-O. Possessing both a Stanford MBA and a Harvard MA, he combined his creativity and facil...
7 Apr 20211h 18min
Sarah Parcak on Archaeology from Space
What can new technology tell us about our ancient past? Archaeologist and remote sensing expert Sarah Parcak has used satellite imagery to discover over a dozen potential pyramids and thousands of tom...
24 Mars 20211h 4min
John Cochrane on Economic Puzzles and Habits of Mind
What unites John Cochrane the finance economist and "grumpy" policy blogger with John Cochrane the accomplished glider pilot? For John, the answer is that each derives from the same habit of mind whic...
10 Mars 202158min
Patricia Fara on Newton, Scientific Progress, and the Benefits of Unhistoric Acts
Patricia Fara is a historian of science at Cambridge University and well-known for her writings on women in science. Her forthcoming book, Life After Gravity: Isaac Newton's London Career, details th...
24 Feb 202157min
Brian Armstrong on the Crypto Economy
Brian Armstrong first recognized the potential of cryptocurrencies after witnessing firsthand the tragic consequences of hyperinflation in Argentina. Coinbase, the company he co-founded, aims to provi...
10 Feb 202154min
