Best Wizardest Podcasts (2024)

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E19 // “Ghosts of Media Tech Past, Present, & Future” Sarah Chubb, Principal, Sarah Chubb Consulting 1:16:23

6+ y ago1:16:23

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Sarah Chubb is a media and ecommerce executive with over 25 years of experience building strong and profitable businesses online. She was the President of Condé Nast Digital and of Gilt City and has served as a senior advisor for IAC Publishing and The Daily Beast. Sarah reminisces on the early days of web publishing and monetizing content online, …

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E18 // “Mental Athletes” Avani Agarwal, UX Designer at Google + Co-Founder at Stature 1:11:12

6+ y ago1:11:12

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Avani Agarwal is a UX Designer at Google where she works on products that center around social good, and she is also the co-Founder of Stature, a lifestyle brand for petite women. Prior to joining Google in 2011, she previously worked as an Art Director at Yahoo. Avani discusses her approach to design, creating a unified UX across Google, designing…

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E17 // “The Evolution of Presentation” Georg Petschnigg, Co-Founder and CEO at FiftyThree 1:29:55

6+ y ago1:29:55

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Founded by former Microsoft engineers and designers, FiftyThree is the creator of the award-winning app Paper and their latest release, Paste, is taking on the holy grail of productivity tools: presentations. As an early proponent of iPad as a device for creating, Georg talks about the journey he’s taken at FiftyThree, design vs. engineering, auto-…

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E16 // “Can Subscriptions Save Democracy?” Ben Frumin, Editor-in-Chief at TheWeek.com 1:13:59

6+ y ago1:13:59

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How can we break out of our media echo chambers? The Week aims to provide a balanced, spin-free collection of news and opinion pieces from all across the political spectrum?—?a service needed today more than ever. Ben Frumin talks politics, echo chambers, business models for news, and why it’s important to see things from the other side.…

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E15 // “Getting Kidnapped by Bob Dylan” Marissa DeVito, Branded Content at SoundCloud 1:35:10

6+ y ago1:35:10

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Marissa DeVito, daughter of legendary producer and record executive Don DeVito (Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Aerosmith), talks about the current state and future of the music industry, her days creating early digital and social marketing strategies at Universal Music Group for artists like Justin Bieber, working at Sony Music Studios with Green Day and B…

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E14 // “170 Years of News” Ted Mendelsohn, VP, Digital and Commercial Markets, Associated Press 1:06:14

6+ y ago1:06:14

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The AP has been reporting and distributing news for over 170 years, first delivered by boat and today by fiber optics. An industry veteran for over 40 of those years, we discuss how the business of news has changed over time, the AP’s unique wholesale and non-profit models, the resiliency of text-based media, paradigm shifts both past and future, a…

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E13 // “Putting the News in News Feed” Tara Vohra, News Partnerships at Facebook 1:22:12

7y ago1:22:12

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The News Partnerships team helps journalists and media companies better leverage Facebook at a time when Facebook is playing an ever important role in the distribution of news?—?both real and fake. We talk all about fake news, workings of The Algorithm, business models for news, the age of individuals as publishers, and other assorted topics.…

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E12 // “Replace Your Face” iPhone X as the World’s First Augmented Reality Device 36:51

7y ago36:51

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In my first ever solo episode, I explore my initial thoughts around iPhone X and its role as the first mass market AR device. I also discuss how AR will change the world in the future.(spoiler: glasses you wear all the time, loss of touch with physical reality, everyone having pet dinosaurs)By Paul Canetti

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E11 // “Inside Angel Investing” Angela Lee, Founder at 37 Angels 1:16:00

7y ago1:16:00

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Angela Lee is Founder at 37 Angels, Chief Innovation Officer at Columbia Business School, and a lifelong educator and entrepreneur who was named one of Entrepreneur’s “6 Innovative Women to Watch”. We discuss what it takes to become an angel investor, the process of choosing which startups to invest in (hint: saying no a lot), and the power of educ…

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E10 // “The Business of Broadway” Steven Tartick, Executive Creative Director at RPM 2:04:18

7y ago2:04:18

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To celebrate the 10th episode, one of my best friends, Steven Tartick, talks about the future (and present) of Broadway, how AI will impact the creative process, VR theater, our time together at Apple, productivity hacks, and more.By Paul Canetti

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E9 // "Society as a UX Problem" Andre Plaut, Associate Director, Learning & Development at Huge 1:51:15

7y ago1:51:15

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As a fellow Apple and General Assembly alum, and now doing L&D at Huge, Andre Plaut has a passion for the intersection of technology, education, and storytelling. After working with the Obama campaign and as someone more keyed into politics than most, he views everything as a design problem, even society itself. We dive into topics including first …

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E8 // "Musician Turned Tech" Vik Hristov, Co-Founder & Chief of Product Design at [Stealth Startup] 1:05:04

7y ago1:05:04

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Vik Hristov is a music producer and DJ turned tech entrepreneur?—?he is in underground mode on a new startup set to disrupt the restaurant industry. Having previously worked at Apple, Vik sees creativity as something that be applied in many different ways and strongly believes in the power of networking (he points out that 8 years after meeting he …

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E7 // “Faster Than Amazon” Brian Shimmerlik, Co-Founder and CEO at Vengo Labs 1:18:58

7y ago1:18:58

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Vengo is a cloud-enabled network of touchscreen vending machines that is disrupting the world of physical on-demand commerce, with a media twist. Brian Shimmerlik, Co-Founder and CEO of Vengo Labs, tells the story of how he started the company, his experience as a CEO and growing a company culture, dealing with rejection, and about his legendary TV…

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E6 // “Trump Might Be Right About Fake News” Blake Harris, Author of Console Wars 2:41:51

7y ago2:41:51

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Blake Harris is a bestselling author, filmmaker, and the brains behind Console Wars, a comprehensive “business thriller” about the epic battle between Sega and Nintendo - soon to be a feature film in partnership with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg as well as legendary producer Scott Rudin (think The Social Network, The Truman Show, and every other aw…

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E5 // “AI Will Replace VC” Shawn Cheng, Principal at Vayner Capital 1:22:25

7y ago1:22:25

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Shawn is the guy that Gary Vaynerchuk (prolific entrepreneur, author, investor, and star of the new TV series Planet of the Apps) trusts to figure out what is going to be the next big thing. Vayner Capital has invested in some amazing companies we’ve all heard of like Snapchat and Medium, and tons that you haven’t heard of yet?—?and that’s the whol…

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E4 // “The Future of TV” Paul Wallace, VP - Media Solutions at VICE Media 1:04:05

7y ago1:04:05

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Paul Wallace, VP - Media Solutions at VICE Media, and I had a fun conversation about everything media tech, ad tech, and the future of TV. We talk about what's happening at VICE, as well as programmatic advertising, monetizing off platform, OTT, and a variety of other related and not-so-related topics.…

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E3 // "Why Startups Fail" Brian Scordato, Founder at Tacklebox Accelerator 1:08:30

7y ago1:08:30

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Brian Scordato, Founder at Tacklebox Accelerator, an early stage accelerator, gives a unique perspective on why so many startups end up failing. Also featuring MAZ COO (and my brother!) Justin Canetti as the three of us discuss cover topics ranging from common startup mistakes, getting to know your customers, what Y Combinator is really like, key d…

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E2 // “Cyborgs Among Us” Maran Nelson, Co-founder and CEO + Jason Laska, R&D at Clara Labs 1:03:25

7+ y ago1:03:25

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Two time Y-Combinator alum and Forbes 30 Under 30 Maran Nelson and former Dropcam/Nest engineer and PhD Jason Laska join me for a deep discussion on using AI and machine learning to create amazing human experiences.By Paul Canetti

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E1 // “Engineer Turned PM” Dasmer Singh, Product Manager at Venmo 59:13

8y ago59:13

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The first ever episode of the Wizardest Podcast features a conversation with Dasmer Singh, Product Manager at Venmo and explores topics ranging from iOS development and product management to iOS 10, iMessage Apps, Siri, Facebook Messenger bots, and everywhere in between.By Paul Canetti

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E19 // “Ghosts of Media Tech Past, Present, & Future” Sarah Chubb, Principal, Sarah Chubb Consulting 1:16:23

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E18 // “Mental Athletes” Avani Agarwal, UX Designer at Google + Co-Founder at Stature 1:11:12

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E17 // “The Evolution of Presentation” Georg Petschnigg, Co-Founder and CEO at FiftyThree 1:29:55

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E16 // “Can Subscriptions Save Democracy?” Ben Frumin, Editor-in-Chief at TheWeek.com 1:13:59

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E15 // “Getting Kidnapped by Bob Dylan” Marissa DeVito, Branded Content at SoundCloud 1:35:10

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E14 // “170 Years of News” Ted Mendelsohn, VP, Digital and Commercial Markets, Associated Press 1:06:14

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E13 // “Putting the News in News Feed” Tara Vohra, News Partnerships at Facebook 1:22:12

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E12 // “Replace Your Face” iPhone X as the World’s First Augmented Reality Device 36:51

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E11 // “Inside Angel Investing” Angela Lee, Founder at 37 Angels 1:16:00

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E10 // “The Business of Broadway” Steven Tartick, Executive Creative Director at RPM 2:04:18

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E9 // "Society as a UX Problem" Andre Plaut, Associate Director, Learning & Development at Huge 1:51:15

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E8 // "Musician Turned Tech" Vik Hristov, Co-Founder & Chief of Product Design at [Stealth Startup] 1:05:04

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E7 // “Faster Than Amazon” Brian Shimmerlik, Co-Founder and CEO at Vengo Labs 1:18:58

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E6 // “Trump Might Be Right About Fake News” Blake Harris, Author of Console Wars 2:41:51

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E5 // “AI Will Replace VC” Shawn Cheng, Principal at Vayner Capital 1:22:25

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E4 // “The Future of TV” Paul Wallace, VP - Media Solutions at VICE Media 1:04:05

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E3 // "Why Startups Fail" Brian Scordato, Founder at Tacklebox Accelerator 1:08:30

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E2 // “Cyborgs Among Us” Maran Nelson, Co-founder and CEO + Jason Laska, R&D at Clara Labs 1:03:25

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E1 // “Engineer Turned PM” Dasmer Singh, Product Manager at Venmo 59:13

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