Best Pittard Podcasts (2024)

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The Bible and the Apocalypse with Professor John Collins 17:51

2d ago17:51

17:51

YDS Professor Emeritus John Collins, author of the book “The Apocalyptic Imagination,” discusses what the Bible really says about the end of the world; what caused the rise of apocalyptic literature; and how some Christians err in their understanding of end times. For more information and a transcript of this episode, please visit: https://divinity…

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The Importance of Sacred Practice with Martin Jean 17:13

1M ago17:13

17:13

As the Yale Institute of Sacred Music celebrates its 50th anniversary, ISM Director Martin Jean discusses the institute’s past, present and future; how to save the genre of classical music; and what’s lost for humanity if sacred practice declines. https://divinity.yale.edu/news/importance-sacred-quadcast-interview-martin-jean…

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Austin Walters, Founder and CEO of IP Copilot (Discover, Capture & Manage IP) 16:48

1M ago16:48

16:48

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, our new host and Managing Partner at NextGen Chris Keller interviews Austin Walters, Founder and CEO of IP Copilot. IP Copilot is on a mission to make it easier for companies to uncover the novel ideas within their organizations. Chris and Austin speak about what inspired Austin to start the company, ho…

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‘Beyond the Ivy’: Professor Joel Baden on taking theological education to wider public 17:38

3M ago17:38

17:38

YDS Professor Joel Baden discusses launching and leading the Center for Continuing Education at YDS, defends his critical scholarship of the Bible, and critiques what he calls scholarly evangelicalism. A transcript of this interview can be found here.By Yale Divinity School

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Eve Isn’t Evil: A Feminist Perspective on Women in the Bible from Dr. Julie Faith Parker 18:26

4M ago18:26

18:26

In this episode, YDS alum Dr. Julie Faith Parker interprets the Bible through a feminist lens – reclaiming the biblical figure of Eve as a hero, questioning the common idea that only men authored scripture, and arguing that some of the women in Jesus’ circle are more important than some of the twelve disciples. For more information and a transcript…

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How the YDS Good Life Center Counters A Toxic Culture of Productivity 16:20

5M ago16:20

16:20

YDS Associate Dean for Student Affairs Reverend Vicki Flippin discusses the new Good Life Center at YDS, her previous pastoral role that included sheltering people at risk of deportation, and how Malcolm X inspired her to pursue a career in ministry.By Yale Divinity School

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Timothy Spong, Co-Founder and CEO of Vistapath (Modernizing Pathology Labs with AI) 21:47

5M ago21:47

21:47

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, our host Chris Keller (Managing Partner at NextGen) interviews Timothy Spong, Co-Founder and CEO of Vistapath Biosystems (Vistapath), where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Vistapath is a digital health company with a mission to modernize pathology labs to increase the quality of patient ca…

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Leading a church for Black lives: Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes and Andrew Wilkes 15:54

7M ago15:54

15:54

Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes ’18 M.Div. and husband, Pastor Andrew Wilkes, discuss launching a Brooklyn-based church committed to Black lives and justice; their co-authored book, “Psalms for Black Lives”; and the challenges of being co-ministers and spouses.By Yale Divinity School

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Irfan Alam, Founder and CEO of Frontrow Health (Digital Health, Doctor Storefronts) 23:48

7M ago23:48

23:48

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, our new host and existing Partner at NextGen Jon Bassett interviews Irfan Alam. Irfan is the Founder and CEO of Frontrow Health, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Frontrow Health is a digital health company with a mission to increase access to healthcare at home by connecting consumers…

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Jero Beccar, Co-Founder & CEO of Hyka (Collaborative Care Platform for Mental Health) 21:43

9M ago21:43

21:43

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Jero Beccar, Co-Founder and CEO of Hyka.io, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Hyka offers a platform that helps healthcare providers connect their patients with vetted speciality psychiatry clinics. Jero and Dan speak about why these clin…

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How AI Threatens Religion with Professor John Pittard 10:25

10M ago10:25

10:25

YDS Professor John Pittard discusses artificial intelligence’s impact on religion; reflects theologically on whether future AI robots could connect with God; and argues for a global alliance to regulate AI.By Yale Divinity School

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How Christianity in Africa is changing global religion 15:56

11M ago15:56

15:56

Dr. Kyama Mugambi, Professor of World Christianity at Yale Divinity School, discusses how Christianity in Africa is impacting the global religious landscape, why Christianity in Africa is not a ‘colonizer’ religion, and what Christianity has in common with African Traditional Religions.By Yale Divinity School

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Why Our World Needs ‘Crazy Christians’ with Bishop Michael Curry 18:48

1y ago18:48

18:48

Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church Bishop Michael Curry ’78 M.Div. reflects on his fiery sermon on love at the royal wedding, becoming the first person of color to lead the Episcopal Church, and why the world is in need of ‘crazy Christians.’By Yale Divinity School

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Clergy Wellbeing: Preventing Burnout and Promoting Self-Care 16:24

1y ago16:24

16:24

YDS faculty member and former Yale University chaplain Jerry Streets ’75 M.Div. discusses the results of his survey on clergy wellbeing, the importance of multi-faith ministry, and lessons learned from his long career as a pastor.By Yale Divinity School

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Marissa Pittard & Chris Olmanson, Co-Founders of Beaming Health (Autism Care Directory) 24:14

1y ago24:14

24:14

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Marissa Pittard & Chris Olmanson, Co-Founders of Beaming Health, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Beaming Health helps families find appropriate, expert care for children with developmental issues. Today they focus on autism care, but Ch…

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Living buildings pioneer Jason F. McLennan on YDS Living Village and architecture for the future 13:44

1y ago13:44

13:44

Renowned sustainability architect Jason F. McLennan discusses Yale Divinity School’s Living Village complex, the relationship between religion and the environment, and his response to critics of green building.By Yale Divinity School

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2022 Interview with Mike Hanlon, Founder and CEO of Abett (HR and Healthcare Tech) 19:40

1+ y ago19:40

19:40

Our guest for this podcast is Mike Hanlon, Founder and CEO of Abett. Abett helps employers, who pay about a trillion dollars a year for healthcare on behalf of employees, to gain control over their healthcare data and become more savvy consumers of healthcare. Abett works with some of the biggest employers in the country and this helps them dramati…

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The Case for Women in Catholic Church Leadership 19:53

1+ y ago19:53

19:53

Yale Divinity School alumna Kerry Robinson discusses advocating for women in leadership positions in the Catholic Church, offers advice on best practices in the field of fundraising, and shares how a YDS professor gave her the best advice she ever received.By Yale Divinity School

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Faith and Health: Reclaiming the Church’s Healing Ministry with Dr. Scott Morris 19:19

1+ y ago19:19

19:19

Yale Divinity School alum Dr. Scott Morris, founder and CEO of faith-based medical clinic Church Health, discusses the connection between health and religion, why Christians must engage in healing ministries, and the biggest failure in the American healthcare system.By Yale Divinity School

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Untold stories: LGBT Catholics and the Catholic response to the AIDS crisis in America with Michael O’Loughlin 16:01

1+ y ago16:01

16:01

YDS alum Michael O’Loughlin discusses his book ‘Hidden Mercy’ and untold stories of the grassroots Catholic response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in America, the challenges of being an LGBT member of the Catholic Church, and how Pope Francis sparked a spiritual revolution on Twitter.By Yale Divinity School

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The Global Bible: Professor Bruce Gordon on the Bible’s Changing Role in the World 17:49

2y ago17:49

17:49

Yale Divinity School Professor Bruce Gordon discusses how the role of the Bible is changing worldwide, why the Bible transcends its historical contexts, and ancient debates about the Bible that are still alive today.By Yale Divinity School

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David Lokshin, Co-Founder and CEO of Trace (Sports Video Tech) 21:43

2y ago21:43

21:43

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews David Lokshin, Co-Founder and CEO of Trace, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Trace is in the business of memories. More specifically, Trace places cameras at youth sports games and then automatically sends each player a personalized vide…

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A conversation with Yale’s Abdul-Rehman Malik: Ramadan, Islamophobia, and the Islamic Roots of Coffee 19:47

2y ago19:47

19:47

Yale Lecturer Abdul-Rehman Malik discusses the significance of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, the Islamic origins of coffee, and combating Islamophobia.By Yale Divinity School

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What’s it like being a Christian in the Holy Land? 17:24

2y ago17:24

17:24

Distinguished Palestinian theologian Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb discusses misperceptions of Christians in the Middle East, positive Christian-Muslim relations in the Holy Land, and what is it like to live in the city of Bethlehem.By Yale Divinity School

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Frances Zelazny, Co-Founder and CEO of Anonybit (Biometric Security Tech) 20:23

2+ y ago20:23

20:23

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Frances Zelazny, Co-Founder and CEO of Anonybit, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Anonybit keeps biometrics information secure. So that fingerprint that helps unlock your phone? Anonybit can help prevent that from being hacked. Frances a…

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What is unique about the Gospel of Mark? 11:05

2+ y ago11:05

11:05

Former Yale Divinity School Professor Rev. Dr. Allen Hilton discusses the origins of the Gospel of Mark and its distinct characteristics that set it apart from the other three gospels.By Yale Divinity School

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How to Promote a Culture of Grace During a Time of Division 14:02

2+ y ago14:02

14:02

New York Times Bestselling Author and CNN Political Analyst Kirsten Powers discusses grace as a practice to cure division in America and her personal journey from atheism to Catholicism.By Yale Divinity School

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Modern Judaism in America 14:57

2+ y ago14:57

14:57

Yale’s Jewish Chaplain Jason Rubenstein discusses modern Judaism in America, what makes it distinct from other Jewish communities around the world, and how sacred texts beyond the Hebrew Bible influence Jewish practice today.By Yale Divinity School

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Michael Staton, Co-Founder and CEO of CoLearn (Virtual Charter School) 23:20

2+ y ago23:20

23:20

Michael Staton is an EdTech (education technology) entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and CEO of CoLearn. As a former EdTech venture capitalist, Michael asked himself the question, “What should school school look like in an era of remote work for adults, and with an explosion of digital learning resources for kids?”His answer is CoLearn. NextGen is a …

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The Urgent Need to Preach on Climate 20:31

2+ y ago20:31

20:31

In the runup to the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference, the Quadcast interviews the Rev. Dr. Jim Antal ’78 M.Div. about the moral duty of religious leaders to preach on the climate crisis.By Yale Divinity School

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Who are White Christian Nationalists?

2+ y ago

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Yale Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies Philip Gorski sheds insight on white Christian nationalism, as well as the changing religious demographics in America. You can read Professor Gorski’s latest article here: https://currentpub.com/2021/08/03/three-cheers/By Yale Divinity School

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Obi Omile, Co-Founder and CEO of theCut (Barber Booking App) 18:05

2+ y ago18:05

18:05

Join Taking Notes with NextGen host, and NextGen Managing Partner, Dan Mindus and Obi Omile, Co-Founder and CEO at theCut, for a illuminating conversation. theCut is a platform for people to find barbers, and for barbers to manage their business with bookings, payments, CRM and more.Obi and Dan discuss the business of the barbershop, the culture of…

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Understanding Paul’s letters

3y ago

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YDS Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation Laura Nasrallah discusses the history, significance, and backstory of the letters of Paul.By Yale Divinity School

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019 - Modern OSS/BSS Transformation Techniques that start with the Customer Journey with Martin Pittard 1:10:52

3y ago1:10:52

1:10:52

Digital transformation is a term that's entered the modern vernacular, but here in the world of OSS/BSS it's just what we've been doing for decades. Whether aimed at delivering digital services, collecting data from all points of an organisation's compass, increasing the internal efficiencies of operational teams or improving user experiences exter…

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018 - How a NaaS Transformation can Revolutionise your OSS_BSS Stack with Johanne Mayer 1:11:12

3y ago1:11:12

1:11:12

OSS/BSS stacks can be incredibly complex and cumbersome beasts, especially in large carriers with many different product, process and network variants. We don't make that task any easier by creating many unique product offerings to take to market. And this time to market can be a significant competitive advantage, or be a serious impediment to it. …

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017 - Leading Global OSS/BSS Transformation through Collaboration, with George Glass 55:25

3y ago55:25

55:25

Our OSS and BSS are highly complex by nature. However, we seem to do a great hob of making them more complex, more challenging, less repeatable and hence, more difficult to change. Perhaps that caters to our deeper desires - so many of us in this industry love to prove our worth by solving complex problems Our guest on this episode, George Glass, h…

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016 - Leading the Network Strategy and Operations at a Tier 1 Carrier with Carolyn Phiddian 1:11:04

3y ago1:11:04

1:11:04

If the network is ultimately the product for any network operator, then OSS/BSS are the great connectors, connecting customers to that product. Both for initial activation, but also ongoing utilisation of network resources. Whilst everyone has a different perspective on the relevance / importance of OSS/BSS, there tend to be even broader divergence…

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Music Research and Ecological Activism in Haiti: A Discussion with ISM Fellow Rebecca Dirksen

3y ago

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By Yale Divinity School

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015 - Using Modern OSS/BSS Architectures to get Offerings to Market Fast with Greg Tilton 1:10:28

3y ago1:10:28

1:10:28

When it comes to OSS/BSS implementations (and products), Time to Market (TTM) is one of our most important metrics. Not just for the network operator to deliver new offerings to market, but also in getting solutions up and running quickly. Faster TTM provides the benefits of cost reduction and faster turn-on of revenue, but potentially allows the o…

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014 - The challenges and pitfalls awaiting OSS implementation teams with Michael De Boer 1:08:33

3y ago1:08:33

1:08:33

There are three distinct categories of organisations that interact with OSS/BSS - those who create them, those who use them and those who implement them. But no matter how good the first two are (ie the products / creators and the users), if the implementation isn't done well, then the OSS/BSS is almost pre-destined to fail. There are many, many ch…

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Andrew Platt, Founder and CEO of Statt (Automated Policy and Regulatory Intelligence) 18:26

3y ago18:26

18:26

Andrew Platt is a NextGen Venture Partner, and the Co-Founder and CEO of Statt. NextGen is an investor in Statt, which is a tool that automates the gathering and analysis of public policy information. In this episode, Andrew sits down with NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus to discuss his time as a state legislator, a congressional staffer and the…

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Leading Washington National Cathedral through pandemic and politics

3y ago

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Dean Randy Hollerith of Washington National Cathedral, ’90 M.Div., discusses presiding over presidential inaugural prayer services for Donald Trump and Joe Biden, why religious leaders should play a central role in healing divisions in America, and finding hope and faith during the coronavirus pandemic.…

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Channeling Christianity in Kenya

3y ago

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By Yale Divinity School

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013 - Using a Commercial and Open Source approach to Tackle Network Assurance with Keith Sinclair 1:49:05

3y ago1:49:05

1:49:05

Have you noticed the rise in trust, but also the rise in sophistication in Open Source OSS/BSS in recent years? There are many open-source OSS/BSS tools out there. Some have been built as side-projects by communities that have day jobs, whilst others have many employed developers / contributors. Generally speaking, the latter are able to employ dev…

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012 - Building an OSS/BSS from Scratch for a Mid-Market Telco with Steven White 1:25:07

3y ago1:25:07

1:25:07

While it's the tier-1 telco OSS/BSS that get all the attention, it's actually the mid-market that makes up the largest number of OSS/BSS by customer count (in most deregulated telco markets). The mid-market consists of Tier 2/3 telcos and ISPs with subscriber counts measured in the thousands rather than hundreds of thousands or millions. However, t…

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Exploring the Unitarian Universalist tradition with Tisa Wenger and Tasha Brownfield 53:27

3y ago53:27

53:27

This is the third and final podcast in the Fireside Chat series that the Spiritual Formation Committee has sponsored this year. In this podcast, you will hear Professor Tisa Wenger and MDiv student Tasha Brownfield interview each other about their faith stories related to the Unitarian Universalist tradition.…

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011 - Developing a Market for your OSS/BSS with Steve Hateley 1:14:01

3y ago1:14:01

1:14:01

There are just so many vendors in the OSS/BSS market (our vendor directory has over 400 listings - https://passionateaboutoss.com/directory) that it can be incredibly challenging to differentiate one product or vendor from the next. OSS/BSS customers may only know of a handful of possible solutions, but there are plenty of others out there. Cutting…

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Dancing Through the Sacred with Christopher-Rasheem MacMillan

3y ago

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By Yale Divinity School

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Ben Doherty, Co-Founder & CEO at Sunroom Rentals 20:11

3y ago20:11

20:11

Ben Doherty is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sunroom Rentals, which helps renters lease apartments without brokers and assist real estate owners and investors to better manage leasing their properties. NextGen Venture Partners is a recent investor in the company. Ben sits down with NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus to discuss his journey from startin…

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010 - Building Next-Generation Situational Awareness Operations Centres with David Nestic 1:19:44

3y ago1:19:44

1:19:44

You've possibly been inside a NOC (Network Operations Centre) and seen the video wall covered with network maps, activity / alarm / event lists and network health graphs. These OSS tools are the ultimate insurance policy for any organisation that runs a network. They help coordinate the activities to repair a network when the inevitable network out…

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