Jake and Amir host a constantly changing show that re-invents itself multiple times per episode. Each segment brings a completely new topic for Jake and Amir to discuss, dissect, and explore.
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Courageous Conversations is a series exploring the intimate side of activism; what it takes to show up and make change during this critical time in history, in an effort to become more effective changemakers. Supported by the Ford Foundation and created by Jillian Reilly and Jenn Warren, the podcast promotes authentic engagement as a vital component of social justice and social change. Produced by Jenn Warren, with music courtesy of Benjamin Verdery. Follow us on iTunes or wherever you liste ...
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"Envision this podcast as a meticulously researched audio biography, unveiling the extraordinary lives and decisions of the most remarkable individuals." Thanks to you, we rank in the top ten podcast shows globally for the past 2 years running, with listeners in 27 countries. With host Vidit Agarwal, re-imagine the traditional high flyer and celebrate the world's best and most relatable role models, and their journeys from their sunrise (childhood) to today. Contact us anytime via: Website: ...
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In this episode we discuss our shortcomings, our longcomings, and then try to guess who is 51. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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In this episode we discuss European football and American movies. Then we read some pages from a movie we wrote. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#169: From Silicon Valley to Aotearoa: Unfiltered debunking of NZ's startup myths with Blackbird's Phoebe Harrop & David Booth
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Phoebe is a Partner in Blackbird’s NZ team with investments in Tracksuit, VeVe and Carepatron. Prior to joining Blackbird, she was a Director in the Growth Equity fund at Generation (Al Gore's Growth Equity Fund). David is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Blackbird NZ and previously an early employee at Angel List, Carta, and 500 Startups. He then b…
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In this episode we stroll down memory lane, define words, and find out who had the better Father's Day. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#168 Craig Blair: Co-Founder of the $1B+ VC Fund, Airtree in his most candid interview ever
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Craig Blair is the Co-Founder and Partner at Airtree, a globally recognised Venture Capital firm with $1B+ funds under management. Before AirTree, he was a partner at Netus, a venture fund with a global top decile track record. He has also been a founder of three software businesses -- two of which were successful and one of which was a painful lea…
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In this episode we discuss pets, ages, and pets ages. Then we take a Jake & Amir test. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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In this episode we discuss Premier League Football, premier travel destinations, and premier Hardly Working episodes. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#167 Investment Memo: How CLT Toolbox is eliminating 39% of global carbon emissions from buildings ft. Adam Jones & Ringo Thomas
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Welcome to installment #25 of the Investment Memo series and overall episode #167 on the show. Submit this EOI for your company to be considered in future episodes of this special series! *** Adam Jones and Ringo Thomas are the Co-Founders of CLT Toolbox, a software company building solutions for structural engineers and architects that radically s…
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32: Amir vs. Jill in Jake Trivia (w/Jillian Vogel!)
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Who knows Jake better? Let's find out together! Then let's try to spell some words. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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In this episode Amir tries to guess some celebrities, and how hard Jake slaps him. Then we read the cold open to a pilot we never shot. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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#166 Alasdair MacLeod (Rare Public Interview): Murdoch's Newsrooms to Soil Carbon Pioneer & Reshaping Agriculture
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Alasdair is Executive Chairman of Macdoch, a private investment company with offices in Sydney and London. Macdoch comprises of Macdoch Ventures, investing in early stage tech startups, Macdoch Agriculture using capital to drive global climate solutions and the Macdoch foundation. Al was previously a senior leader at Newscorp for over 20 years and …
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In this episode we play movie critics, wavelength, and quick characters. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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In this episode Amir tries to pick out a fake poem, a fake J&A quote, and then rank a whole lotta things. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#165 Jillian Broadbent (Rare Public Interview): Trailblazing Board Director's Journey at Macquarie, Qantas & Beyond!
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Jillian Broadbent is one of the leading Business and Industry minds, with extensive investment banking industry knowledge and markets expertise, including a deep knowledge of risk management and regulation. She has served on the boards of many organisations, encompassing finance, the arts, and other sectors. She is currently a Member of the Board o…
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In this episode we flex our high NBA and Porn IQ, in a game of trivia-- then we spend a few minutes re-writing the national anthem. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#164 Connor Archbold: Living in 28 homes, Unpacking the magic and learnings building 'Tracksuit', New York, NZ & Family!
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Connor is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Tracksuit. Tracksuit provides always-on, beautiful tracking to measure brand health. Tracksuit today covers 1,300 brands including many household names and recently raised $20M dollars in funding from leading investors to fuel their next phase of Growth. Connor was born in California, USA and now lives in Auck…
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In this episode Jake has to name that photo, Amir has to name that Jake & Amir script, and then Jake takes a pop quiz. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#163 Grant Dooley (Rare Public Interview): Learnings as Counsul General in China + Indonesia, Inside the $2B fund, Breakthrough Victoria!
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Grant Dooley is an experienced international funds manager and the CEO of the $2B Fund, Breakthrough Victoria, with prior roles at Hastings and heading ARA Infrastructure. Grant had a distinguished career as a Foreign Affairs and Diplomatic trade official for the Australian Government, including two years as the Australian Consul General in China a…
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In this episode Jake discusses his favorite show, then looks into Amir's future. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#162 Adam Jacobs: How he built 'The Iconic' and now 'Hatch', Learnings from selling kitchen knives, personal identity and dad's influence!
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Adam Jacobs is the Co-Founder of THE ICONIC - A globally recognised online fashion retailer, and the Co-Founder of Hatch - a new venture whose mission is for all people to find meaning in work. Adam was born and lives in Sydney, Australia with brief stints living in Boston and Copenhagen. It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Click the links bel…
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In this episode we try to guess Cameo prices, create new movies, and Jake reads some of Amir's new ads. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#161 Holly Ransom: Inspiring journey from Perth to working w Obama, Branson, Gladwell + world events, her grandma and more!
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Holly Ransom is an internationally acclaimed leadership speaker and consultant – paving the way for leaders across the globe to turn knowledge into action for real-world change. She is CEO of Emergent Global and author of The Leading Edge. Holly was personally requested by Barack Obama to interview him on stage. She delivered a Peace Charter to His…
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In this episode, Amir takes it back to the 16th Century trying to stump Jake with a poem so old, it has to be true. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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In this episode we discuss family trees, five letter words, and some light game strategy. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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22: Who Knows Amir Better (w/Avital Ash!)
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In this episode Avital and Jake play a rousing game of who knows Amir better. Then Avital reads a poem and discusses her one woman show, "Avital Ash Workshops Her Suicide Note" (tickets now available at AvitalAsh.com!) Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art1…
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#160 Kell Reilly: First Ever Public Interview with the new Airtree Partner - Lessons from the world's titans
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Kell is the newest Partner at the Venture Capital firm, Airtree. Before joining Airtree, he spent most of his career in Silicon Valley at renowned firms such as Dragoneer, D1 Capital Partners and General Atlantic, investing in some of the most interesting consumer and enterprise companies in technology (Airbnb, Appfolio, Atlassian, Gitlab, Gusto, S…
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In this episode we try to come up with 50 characters and 49 states. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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In this episode Amir gives Jake a pop quiz, then they discuss food poisoning and workshop a Jake and Amir episode. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#159 Matteo Franceschetti: From Late English Learner to Building "Eight Sleep" with Khosla & Founders Fund Backing
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Matteo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Eight Sleep, the sleep fitness company. Eight Sleep developed a proprietary technology which is redesigning sleep by developing cutting-edge AI and machine learning models to track bio signals during the night and optimising body recovery and rest while asleep. The end goal of the Pod is to compress sleep and sca…
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In this episode Geoffrey joins us to sing songs, play improv games, and move to Russia for some reason. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#158 Judy Anderson-Firth: Source of "abundant giving" personality, becoming CEO w Dom Pym, democratising access to investing + personal news with her wife!
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Judy is the Group CEO of Euphemia, the family office for Australian entrepreneur and technologist, Dom Pym. Together they manage ~$65m in investments globally, focussing on Fintech, ClimateTech, women-led startups and startup infrastructure. Prior to teaming up with Dom, Judy was the CEO of Startup Victoria, Australia’s largest network for entrepre…
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In this episode Jake fires off another Tweet, while we play Verdle and another rendition of Poetry or No-etry. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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In this episode we get Mr. and Mrs. Hurwitz side of Jake's college history, then play a rollicking game of Hogwash or Ha Eun. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#157 Jack Zhang: Airwallex's $5.6B Journey - From Coffee Shop to Global Fintech Giant (First Ever In-Depth Interview)
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Jack Zhang is the Co-founder and CEO of Airwallex, last valued at $5.6B. Airwallex is a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, offering trusted solutions to manage everything from payments, treasury, and spend management to embedded finance, serving over 100,000 companies around the world. Jack is responsible for devising and impl…
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In this episode we create a movie, remember a story, and slap each other a lot. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#156 Ahmed Fahour (pt 2 of 2 - Rare Public Interview): How he became the highly acclaimed CEO of Citigroup, NAB & Australia Post
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This is the second and final part of a 2 part special conversation with Ahmed Fahour in a rare public interview appearance. Ahmed is a prominent business executive who has held leadership positions in various organizations around the world. He moved to Australia from Lebanon at a young age, and is currently CEO of The Gurner Group. Previously, he h…
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#155 Ahmed Fahour (pt 1 of 2 - Rare Public Interview): Early life influences, Lebanon, Adversity, Re-marriage + new CEO role!
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This is part 1 of a 2 part special conversation with Ahmed Fahour in a rare public interview appearance. Ahmed is a prominent business executive who has held leadership positions in various organizations around the world. He moved to Australia from Lebanon at a young age, and is currently CEO of The Gurner Group. Previously, he has held well known …
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In this episode we talk about virtual reality, current reality, and play the celebrity game. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#154 Larry Marshall: Loosing dad early, building 6 tech companies, 30 yrs in the US, transforming science & innovation culture
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Dr. Larry Marshall is a distinguished scientist, technology innovator, and business leader with over 25 years of experience. He holds a PhD in Physics and As the longest-serving chief executive of CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, he led a transformation that resulted in the first growth in 30 years and the first emissions reduction in 10…
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In this episode we guess another guest, we poetry another test, and we get back to our advice giving roots! Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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In this episode we discuss 1776, 2001, and 2019. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#153 Mark Suster: Battling ADHD, Selling to Salesforce, Good vs Bad Acquisitions, Venture Capital predictions for 2024!
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Mark Suster is a globally renowned Investor, being Partner at Upfront Ventures, based in LA, California. He previously was the founder & CEO of two successful enterprise software companies, the most recent of which was sold to Salesforce.com where Mark became VP, Product. Mark was born in Philadelphia, and now lives in Los Angeles, California in th…
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In this episode we discuss D&D characters, cryptic crypto tweets, and being sick. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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In this episode we discuss our failing bodies and the steps we take to heal them. Also, Amir sold some new ads for Jake to read. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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#152 Holly Kramer (Rare Public Interview): US Countryside to Board Director at ANZ, Woolworths & Fonterra
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We're joined by Holly Kramer in a very rare public interview appearance. Holly is an experienced non-executive Director and Chief Executive. She is on the boards of leading companies such as Woolworths, ANZ, Fonterra and more. Holly is the former CEO of Best & Less and has more than 25 years’ experience in general management, marketing and sales, i…
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In this episode we discuss Jake's poetry, Jake's math skills, and Amir's singing ability. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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[Replay] Daniel Petre: Insecurities, reporting to Bill Gates, founding Airtree, building a philantropic nation & more!
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This is a replay of our very popular episode with Daniel Petre. He was one one of 5 global VP's under Bill Gates at Microsoft, Co-founded three Venture Capital firms including the globally successful Airtree, and is now building his non for profit in Start Giving. **** In this (replay) episode #113 w Daniel Petre, learn about: sunrise in Sydney and…
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In this episode we discuss memory palaces, mystery guests, and who is 55? Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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[Replay] Anil Sabharwal: Multicultural roots to leading THREE of Google's nine BILLION active user products!
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This is a replay of our very popular episode with Anil Sabharwal (one of his only public interviews to date!). Anil is Vice President of Product Management at Google. The company has nine products that have achieved the coveted Billion active users goal, and Anil has built and led three of them in Google Photos, Google Chrome and Google Drive. He i…
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Bonus: Cheese and Fish (w/Billy Scafuri!) 2019
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Christmas break has us releasing a classic IF I WERE YOU from our Patreon, recorded in 2019. Friend and fellow comedian Billy Scafuri joined us to discuss his diet, surprise parties and JibJabs. Advertise on Segments via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sel…
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