Led by Ricardo Hausmann, the Growth Lab at Harvard's Center for International Development works to understand the dynamics of growth and to translate those insights into more effective policymaking in developing countries. The Growth Lab places increased economic diversity and complexity at the center of the development story and uncovers how countries move into industries that offer increased productivity.
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Hyphenated with Joanna Hausmann and Jenny Lorenzo


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Hyphenated with Joanna Hausmann and Jenny Lorenzo
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Comedy stars Joanna Hausmann and Jenny Lorenzo host an English-language podcast about living in the hyphen that connects American and Latin culture. As American Latinas, they have crafted their comedy around what it means to be bicultural. Every week, Joanna and Jenny have hilarious and thought-provoking conversations about the particularities of being hyphenated. New episodes every Thursday.
Learn about children’s books from the people who make them with in-depth interviews with children’s book authors and illustrators for people who believe that art and literature can have a profoundly positive impact on a kid’s life. Picturebooking is here to serve those who want to understand what it takes to create these stories. And engaging with Picturebooking will help you get inspired, feel connected and take action toward making a difference through picture books.
SPEAK LIKE A CEO is the leading podcast on CEO communications. Every week Oliver Aust has an in-depth conversation with an inspiring founder or entrepreneur about leadership and communications. Tune in and find out all about how CEOs are tackling their communications Oliver is a best-selling author, and one of Europe’s leading communications & personal branding experts. He is on a mission to help people reach their full potential and share their unique voice. As founder and CEO of a leading ...
High school libertarians talk politics & culture. Listener discretion advised. Twitter: twitter.com/ss_programming
The Inside the Box podcast is brought to you by the Appen Podcast Network, the Appen Press Club and journalists with Appen Media. Designed to encourage the listener to consider a new perspective or to think deeper, Inside the Box is a must have podcast for anyone who likes good story telling, thoughtful conversations, and a peak (inside the box) of how modern day newsrooms are run.
Every Thursday, Andrew and Evan Gregory (of The Gregory Brothers) are joined by a special guest to revisit, review, and revise a song of their choice, and then offer an improved "punched-up" version.
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The Relevant Leadership Podcast with Ty Bennett | Inspiration | Leadership | Motivation | Inspiring Stories | CEO Interviews | Bestselling Authors


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The Relevant Leadership Podcast with Ty Bennett | Inspiration | Leadership | Motivation | Inspiring Stories | CEO Interviews | Bestselling Authors
Ty Bennett: Speaker | Author | Entrepreneur
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Growth Lab Podcast Series


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ORDER WITHOUT DESIGN/RETHINKING THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN CITY DEVELOPMENT
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Speaker: Alain Bertaud, Senior Fellow, New York University's Marron Institute of Urban Management; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University.Moderator: Diane E. Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Harvard's Graduate School of Design.The discussion revolves around Alain's recent book,…
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181: Communications can be a game-changer for founders. Jan Reichelt, 10x Founders
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“Make it a story people remember. That’s the great thing about startups. Startups have great stories to tell. That’s what founders should use.” Our guest is the accomplished entrepreneur Jan Reichelt. He built and sold two massively successful ventures, Mendeley and Kopernio, before bringing 10x Founders into existence in 2021. In a short period of…
Host Nick Patton chats with author-illustrator Jacob Grant about the picture book No Fair—a big-hearted story about fairness and the relationship between a father and his son. These library guys talk about the magic of books, fairness in life, Iggy Pop, and being a dad. Plus, they discuss the joys of transitioning from a love of picture books pre-k…
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180: People want true leadership! Sophie Chung, Qunomedical
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Sophie Chung is back on the podcast! She is the founder & CEO of Qunomedical where she is building a much-needed CRM for hospitals to improve patient care. A force of nature, Sophie was our guest on Episode #9, “No Bullshit”, and she still lives by that mantra - now more than ever. Sophie and Oliver discuss how especially in tough times, “No BS” re…
Host Nadia Salomon chats with author Chris Barton about the picture books MOVING FORWARD, illustrated by Steffi Walthall, and GLITTER EVERYWHERE, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat. They talk about change and how change is never about one person but a team. And that it happens slower than you might want. So it's essential to take the long view of the wo…
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179: A message machine that continues to expand. Jochen Engert, Flix
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“We knew that if we didn’t jump, we’d regret it for the rest of our lives.” It was a leap into the unknown that paid off. Jochen Engert is the founder and former long-time CEO of Flix, a German startup best known for Flixbus that has grown into a global tech and transportation company with more than 60m passengers per year - a journey he describes …
Host Nick Patton chats with author-illustrator Jane Smith about the picture book Naked Butt Busts Out! Learn about this hilarious tale about being yourself and get inspired to metaphorically strip yourself bare and say, "Hey, world, here I am, this is me, and I'm doing this awesome thing." Win a copy of Jane's new book, "Naked Butt Busts Out," by s…
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178: The Secrets to Effective Storytelling. Jeremy Connell-Waite, IBM
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Storytelling is bloody difficult. It is only easy if you don’t know how it is done. Fortunately, Communications Designer Jeremy Connell-Waite breaks it down for us. He leads IBM’s "Wild Ducks" industrial storytelling programme, where he coaches partners to create compelling pitches and presentations. Stories are how you move people to action as a l…
Host Nick Patton chats with illustrator Maya Fidawi about the picture book Mama Shamsi at the Bazaar, written by Mojdeh Hassani and Samira Iravani. Learn about the intense, beautiful Iranian culture through this fun, playful picture book that takes a symbol that could separate and shows how that same symbol can bring us together. Plus, the importan…
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177: Stories create movements. Josef Brunner, Entrepreneur & Investor
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“The role of the CEO is to tell stories and make sure that they become true.” Josef, who has two nine figure exists under his belt, is a serial founder, successful entrepreneur, and investor. But success didn’t come easy. Starting out at the age of 16, he dropped out of school to build his first company which he sold only two years later to buy his…
Host Nick Patton chats with author-illustrator Stuart Hausmann about the picture book Linus. A book about being yourself and inspiring change in others. Hausmann talks about how a fine art career morphed into picture books through the library. Plus, how collaborative is making a picture book? And how do you balance a creative life with your day job…
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176: Leading in a hybrid environment, Bettina Hausmann & Oliver Aust
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Hybrid working is here to stay. What’s harder to figure out is how CEOs and founders can lead, communicate and make an impact in this brave new work. Top international executive coach Bettina Hausmann and Oliver Aust both see opportunities in communicating in a hybrid world - if done right. In this episode, they give leaders the roadmap to be more …
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Picturebooking


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Doug Salati – Caldecott Medal for Hot Dog
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Host Nick Patton chats with award-winning author-illustrator Doug Salati about his picture book and winner of the 2023 Caldecott Medal, HOT DOG. They talk about drawing inspiration from your life and why picture books offer an opportunity to tell a different type of story. Plus, how elements like color and the use of wordless spreads helped tell th…
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#175: Heroes are born in a crisis. Holger Weiss, German Autolabs
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“There is no day without communication.” In his new book “Helden werden in der Krise geboren” (Heroes are born in crisis), Holger G. Weiss dissects the archetypical, existential crises many founders encounter - from product to founders to investor crisis - and how they avoid meltdown and instead emerge stronger. As German Autolabs founder and CEO H…
Host Nadia Salomon chats with author Angela Dalton about the picture book TO BOLDLY GO, illustrated by Lauren Semmer. When you think of Star Trek, do you think about civil rights? After reading today's featured book, you will. Plus how a fictional character can have a real-world impact. And then a frank conversation about what it means to launch yo…
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174: Life’s a pitch… Bryony Cooper, Arkley Brinc VC
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Life's a pitch and you need to nail this skill for basically everything you do in life, says Bryony Cooper. Her life story is both unusual and impressive: She stepped up to the mic early as a professional singer, which gave her the communications skills and stage presence to successfully pitch her first tech startup. After building several startups…
Host Nick Patton chats with award-winning author Jeanne Willis about the picture book Hom illustrated by Paddy Donnelly. What would you do for a friend? And what price would you pay to protect someone you love? Plus, have you ever wondered what happened to that kid in school who lied all the time? Maybe they became a writer? And speaking of writers…
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INTERVIEW: Liz Hausmann, Former Fulton County Commissioner
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Liz Hausmann has been a public official in North Fulton for 20-plus years. On the other side of the microphone is Appen Media Managing Editor Pat Fox, who covered the area as a reporter for just as long. They talk about Hausmann's career in politics, recent loss running for Georgia State Senate and what plans she has for the future. You can read a …
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REPORT: Dunwoody Police Department obscures arrest locations
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For the last 10 years the Dunwoody Police Department has had an informal policy to obscure the location of where undercover sex trafficking operations occur in published documents, instead using the address of Dunwoody City Hall. For this reporting Appen Media filed 28 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and inspected 271 pages of documents.…
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173: Four Books in Four Years. Oliver Aust
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How do you write four books in four years? Should you write a book? Welcome to a special episode in which Oliver gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how he managed to write and publish 4 books in 4 years, the last two of which became Amazon bestsellers. Oliver not only shares why he did it, but also shares his process and hard-won insights on writ…
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GAMBLING ON DEVELOPMENT / THE ROLE OF LOCAL ELITES IN A GROWTH-BASED FUTURE
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The Growth Lab's Development Talks is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.Speaker: Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy, Oxford's Blav…
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172: Know Your Audience! John David von Oertzen, Mobimeo.
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To shape the mobility of tomorrow, “you need to adapt your messaging, depending on who you are talking to. You need to put yourself into the shoes of the respective audience, be it the users of our service, the team, shareholders, or even politicians.“ Our guest knows what he is talking about. John David von Oertzen is the CEO of Mobimeo, a Mobilit…
Host Nick Patton chats with author Ratha Tep about the picture book Wally the World's Greatest Piano-Playing Wombat, illustrated by Camilla Pintonato. They discuss what healthy competition means. And the mindset that is needed to turn competition into a positive, beneficial experience. You have to listen to the world's greatest picturebooking podca…
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171: The CMO belongs in the boardroom! Sherilyn Shackell, The Marketing Academy
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2023 prediction: companies will relentlessly focus on revenue through storytelling, marketing and communications. Because cost cutting only gets you so far. Sherilyn Shackell has a clear view on the importance of marketing: "The CMOs should be present in every boardroom." They are the ones who feel the pulse of the customers, hear their heartbeat a…
Joanna and Jenny talk about what they did over the holidays, the types of superstitions Latinos observe for New Year Eve, some other New Years rituals from around the world, and why those types of traditions can be so strange but important. (*PLUS Hyphenated will be taking a short break in the new year, with a new episode coming later in January.*)…
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Charise Mericle Harper – I Cannot Draw A Horse
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Host Nick Patton chats with award-winning author-illustrator Charise Mericle Harper about the picture book I Cannot Draw A Horse. For being a book about a skateboard-riding, horse-obsessed cat, this title is practically non-fiction. Plus, a discussion about what you need – to do what you think you can't. Then, you'll learn why taking away your opti…
Hyphenated producer Kevin shares a compilation of the best moments over the last 100 episodes –including the topics of childhood, family and the weird & spooky– which have informed Joanna and Jenny’s experiences with ‘living in the hyphen’ (plus some of the best guests that have been on the show!)By Jenny Lorenzo, Joanna Hausmann, Kevin Bosch
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170: Give me that painkiller! Miloš Djurdjević, heyData!
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How do you get businesses to see something boring as a competitive advantage? Like data protection. Compliance used to cost companies a fortune in legal fees. That's tough - in particular for small and medium-sized businesses. So Miloš Djurdjević set out with his co-founder Daniel Deutsch to build a real painkiller. “There’s a lot of anxiety involv…
Y.M.C.A....an absolutely loony song. Yet also a generational anthem. And also, a red herring, because this episode is not actually about Y.M.C.A. This episode is actually about a shocking reveal that will change the future of this podcast and possibly the world. Goodbye, for now. You can watch the video version of this episode HERE! Follow Punch Up…
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169_ New book out: Message Machine. Jag Singh & Oliver Aust
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The less you tell people, the more they understand. That’s the simplicity paradox. In Message Machine, Jag and I set out to provide founders with everything in one book they need to know about communications to scale and to avoid failure. On the Speak Like a CEO podcast released today, we speak with our amazing guest host Lena Carlson why we wrote …
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Hyphenated with Joanna Hausmann and Jenny Lorenzo


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100th Episode! Joanna & Jenny Read Listener Emails
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To commemorate the 100th episode of the podcast, Jenny and Joanna look back at how Hyphenated came to be, and then read emails from listeners, including one person that listens to the podcast when they are feeling lonely, another who was inspired to give up being a telemarketing scammer and go back to theater, and few who were encouraged to get dia…
Evan & Andrew are joined by Ena Da to discuss the detestable but also detestably catchy song Sugar. There are just so many problems. Not least, how do we understand "sugar" and "red velvet" in light of recent illuminations of Adam Levine's idea of romance? More fundamentally, is Maroon 5 even still a band? Or just five guys cosplaying as a rock ban…
Host Valerie Bolling chats with author Kailei Pew about her upcoming picture books, The Monster Above the Bed and I See Color. This is a fantastic chat about mentoring and knowing what success is to you. Plus, a fabulous study for understanding the audiences you want to learn from and serve.
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168: Don’t limit your marketing budget. Christian Meermann, Cherry Ventures
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"The biggest mistake a company can make is not to communicate at all. As a founder, you need to start in the early stages and continually be strategic and smart about it,“ says Christian Meermann. Together with Daniel Glasner and Filip Felician Dames, Christian has backed some of Europes most game-changing ventures. Their VC Cherry Ventures teams u…
Joanna and Hyphenated producer Kevin share what they believe to be some of the most annoying and pointless platitudes-passing-as-advice out there, including “Follow your dreams”, “There are no dumb questions” and "Don't go to bed angry", they discuss why some of those saying are so pointless or even harmful, and then try to figure out how to update…
Nepotism babies are so hot right now! But have they…always been?!? Evan & Andrew discuss the hottest nepotism baby of the 90s outside of Socks Clinton, Evan desperately and fruitlessly attempts to get Andrew to stop talking about Bob Dylan and start talking about ̶J̶a̶k̶o̶b̶ ̶D̶y̶l̶a̶n̶ The Wallflowers instead. But the sonorous tones of the organ o…
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167: Marketers make good CEOs. Phil Rumbol
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Want to know the essentials of branding in 30 minutes? In this special episode, Phil Rumbol walks us through the process of building and re-positioning brands. There is really no better person to ask for guidance on marketing and branding. Phil is a business leader, award winning marketing director, founder and CEO with a broad range of experience …
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'Long December' by Counting Crows (w/ Pat Cassels)
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How long is it? Every single kid knows exactly how many days are left until Christmas, every harried mom and dad knows how few shopping days are left until the 25th, yet Adam Duritz and The Counting Crows are out here acting like Einsteinian physics applies to the Gregorian Calendar. Can our intrepid and unabashedly festive hosts take the most hear…
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What It’s Like To Be A Video Game Character with Carolina Ravassa
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Jenny and Joanna welcome their friend Carolina Ravassa, a Colombian-American actor who voices the character Sombra in the video game OVERWATCH, as they discuss the process and experience of being a voice actor, how the interactivity of video games is different than the passive relationship with film and TV, and what it’s like to interact with fans …
A quick introduction to Shauntay Grant's picture book My Fade Is Fresh, illustrated by Kitt Thomas.
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166: Unlocking Capital For Climate. Shilpika Gautam, Salt Global
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Shilpika Gautam is a Guinness World Record Holding climate activist and CEO and founder of SALT Global. Before creating the fintech platform to finance the climate transition, Shilps became the first-ever person to stand-up paddle the river Ganges in India from source-to-sea. 100m people worldwide watched her journey on the Discovery Channel - the …
Joanna and Jenny discuss the recent turmoil at Twitter, share their memories of long past social networks (such as AOL, MySpace, Tumblr and Vine), talk about the ways they utilize and engage with current social media platforms (like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube), and examine how Millennials went from LiveJournal to LinkedIn.…
Jenny welcomes back her best friend Karla Guerra, who was born in Honduras to her Honduran mother, but raised by her Colombian step-father’s family in the United States, as they talk about her experience not feeling Colombian, Honduran or American enough, growing up with family members who felt the need to overly-explain why she looked different th…
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165: Turn bad news into success. Klaus Wegener, 35up
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Every company faces an existential #crisis as it grows. "As an entrepreneur, you need to speak about the difficulties you are having“, says our guest today. His unconventional view: Start your conversations, your investor pitches and company presentations with the bad news. Klaus Wegener, co-founder und Managing Director of 35up, knows what he is t…
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'You're Still The One' by Shania Twain (w/ Jiji Lee)
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Ever thought about how making a billion dollars would ruin your life? Maybe you pondered a lot of options (revolutionary coup, botched CoolSculpting, basic bitch drug cartel kidnapping), but you MIGHT have missed an obvious one if you haven’t read all the People mag listicles about Shania Twain’s divorce-slash-husband-swap! Long story short, do NOT…