Duncan Wardle: Disney’s Creative Genius

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Duncan Wardle. Duncan is no ordinary business leader; he's a creative force who transformed innovation at Disney during his remarkable 30-year journey. Starting as a coffee boy in London, he rose to become Head of Innovation [...]

Yoni Appelbaum: How America Got Stuck

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Yoni Appelbaum, Deputy Executive Editor of The Atlantic and one of America's most insightful voices on democracy and social mobility. His new book "Stuck" explores one of the most pressing issues facing America today: our mobility [...]

Steve Gordon: Inside the California DMV’s Transformation

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Steve Gordon. Gordon is the director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles, and brings a fresh perspective and private sector expertise to public service. After spending 18 years at Cisco Systems, he took on the [...]

Kurt Gray: Understanding Outrage to Heal America

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Kurt Gray. Kurt has uncovered something profound about why we clash so fiercely over politics, religion, and morality: it all comes down to harm. As the Director of Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the [...]

Sandra Matz: The Personal Data Privacy Crisis

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Sandra Matz. She's revolutionizing our understanding of how digital footprints shape our personalities and futures. Sandra isn't just another academic; she's a thought leader at Columbia Business School who combines psychological insights with big data to [...]

Alison Wood Brooks: Cracking the Conversation Code

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Alison Wood Brooks, whose groundbreaking research is transforming how we think about conversation. Brooks isn't your typical academic. As the creator of Harvard's provocatively titled "How to Talk Gooder" course, she brings a refreshing blend of [...]

Mike Maples Jr.: Inflection Points and Startup Success

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Mike Maples Jr. Mike is a venture capitalist whose unconventional wisdom has led him to invest early in companies that transformed their industries. As co-founder of Floodgate, Mike has developed a unique lens for spotting revolutionary [...]

Dr. Fauci: The Man Behind America’s Pandemic Response

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Dr. Anthony Fauci. Dr. Fauci is no ordinary physician-scientist; he's a titan of public health who has shaped America's response to infectious diseases for over five decades. As the former director of the National Institute of [...]

Chika Oriuwa: Poetry, Purpose, and Breaking White Coat Barriers

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Dr. Chika Oriuwa. Dr. Oriuwa is no ordinary physician; she's a force for transformation in modern medicine. As the only Black student in her class of 259 at the University of Toronto Medical School, she turned [...]

Keith Ferrazzi: Why Great Leaders Never Lead Alone

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Keith Ferrazzi, who's challenging everything we thought we knew about leadership with his revolutionary concept of "teamship." Drawing from twenty years of research across 3,000 teams, Ferrazzi has discovered that exceptional results don't come from heroic [...]

Terry Sejnowski: ChatGPT and the Future of AI

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Terry Sejnowski. Terry isn't just another voice in the AI conversation; he's a pioneering force who holds the prestigious Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute and serves as a Distinguished Professor at UC San Diego. [...]

Poppy MacDonald: USAFacts’ Mission to Empower Informed Citizens

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Poppy MacDonald, President of USAFacts and former President and Chief Operating Officer of Politico. In an era where misinformation spreads rapidly and trust in institutions continues to decline, MacDonald stands as a beacon for data-driven truth. [...]

Meredith Whittaker: Revolutionizing Tech Privacy and Power

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal and a transformative voice in tech ethics. With a humanities background and art school education, Whittaker rose through Google's ranks to found an AI research group. Her leadership in organizing the [...]

Bill Gates on possibility, AI, and humanity

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. This week's episode is a feed swap from Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger's podcast, Possible. In this episode, Gates, Hoffman, and Finger dive deep into the intersection of artificial intelligence and humanity's greatest challenges. They explore how AI is revolutionizing scientific discovery, [...]

Bill Burke: Crafting Optimism in a Complex World

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Bill Burke, a visionary leader who's traversed the spectrum from media executive to optimism advocate. Burke is far from your typical positivity guru. As the former CEO of The Weather Channel and President of TBS Superstation, [...]

Nancy Duarte: The Storyteller’s Guide to Remarkable Presentations

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Nancy Duarte, the undisputed master of presentation design and business storytelling. Nancy Duarte isn't just another communication expert; she's the force behind some of the most influential presentations in modern history. As the founder of Duarte [...]

Shalinee Sharma: Revolutionizing Math Education for Every Student

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Shalinee Sharma, an educational innovator who's transforming how we think about and teach mathematics. Shalinee is no ordinary educator; she's the CEO and co-founder of Zearn, a groundbreaking educational platform that reaches one in four elementary [...]

Tania Israel: The Science of Political Unity

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Dr. Tania Israel, a distinguished professor at UCSB and author of Facing the Fracture. Dr. Israel isn't just another voice in the crowded space of political commentary; she's a pioneering researcher and practitioner in the art [...]

Monique Ruff-Bell: How TED Transforms Ideas into Movements

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Monique Ruff-Bell, the Chief Program and Strategy Officer at TED, who brings an infectious energy and strategic vision to the world's premier ideas platform. Monique's journey to TED is as remarkable as the speakers she helps [...]

Reid Hoffman: Entrepreneurship, AI, and the Battle for Democracy

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Reid Hoffman, a true Silicon Valley legend who has shaped how we connect professionally and think about entrepreneurship. Reid is far from your typical tech mogul. As co-founder of LinkedIn and partner at Greylock, he's helped [...]

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