Best Zhang William Podcasts (2024)

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A. Engels, "A Fool for an Heir" (2024) 40:22

44m ago40:22

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Few destinies are more challenging than life in the orbit of a man obsessed with expanding his power at all costs. Such is the fate endured by Ivan Ivanovich (Ivan the Young), eldest son of Russia’s Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and the narrator of A. Engels’s novel, A Fool for an Heir. While his father focuses on extending his reach into neighboring pri…

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Sheila Heti on Alphabetical Diaries 50:07

2h ago50:07

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Last week we were joined by the wonderful Sheila Heti to celebrate the launch of her Alphabetical Diaries. In taking a decade of her journals, sorting the sentences alphabetically, then paring them down to about a tenth of their original length, Sheila Heti has freed a slice of her life from the shackles of time and in doing so has extracted some o…

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S3 Ep45: Home Energy Efficiency with Robin Peters, Co-Founder & CEO of Snugg 24:37

2h ago24:37

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In this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Robin Peters, co-founder and CEO of Snugg, a fintech that focuses on home energy efficiency. Robin is an engineer and entrepreneur who has led and founded several businesses, including deadlyne, which helps businesses meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Before that, he wor…

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BONUS: Celebrating Dylan Thomas with Cerys Matthews…with exclusive live music from Flora Hibberd! 57:26

3h ago57:26

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To celebrate Dylan Thomas Day 2024 we’re delighted to share this recording of our recent event with award-winning songwriter, author and broadcaster Cerys Matthews. The evening also featured live music from Flora Hibberd and her band, including a brand new song composed for this evening. Enjoy! More from Cerys Matthews: Out of Chaos Comes Bliss: ht…

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S3 Ep44: Building Well-Connected Neighborhoods w/ Tech with Michael Wood-Lewis, Co-Founder & CEO of Front Porch Forum 27:53

4h ago27:53

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In this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Michael Wood Lewis, Co-Founder & CEO of Front Porch Forum (FPF), an online community-building service in Vermont. Launched in 2006, FPF aims to connect neighbors through local forums that only local people can access. Tune in to hear Paul and Michael discuss the benefits of local o…

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S3 Ep43: Generative AI for in-depth qualitative research with Ross Mitchell, Co-Founder of ResearchGOAT 28:48

12d ago28:48

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Ross Mitchell is the CEO and founder of ResearchGOAT, an AI-powered qualitative research platform that helps businesses understand their customers and audiences. He’s also the creative leader at NEOL, a London-based company that helps businesses hire creative leaders for fractional support and assemble project teams quickly. Ross has worked with cl…

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Viet Thanh Nguyen on Memory, Migration and Model Minorities 1:03:03

8d ago1:03:03

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A few weeks ago, we welcomed Pulitzer Prizewinner Viet Thanh Nguyen to Shakespeare and Company to discuss his engrossing new work A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial, a book about family, and memory, and storytelling, and history, on all the levels that it impacts upon a life. Buy A Man of Two Faces here: https://www.shakespeareandc…

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S3 Ep42: Coaching Tech Startup Founders with Simon Court, Founder of Value Partnership & Author of “Founder’s Legacy” 53:11

4d ago53:11

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In this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, we welcome Simon Court—coach, founder of Value Partnership (a leadership consultancy firm), and author of ‘Founder’s Legacy: Fifty Game-Changing Leadership Lessons for Building a Great Business’. After working as a management consultant at YSC and HR Director at Ericsson, Simon became a leadership coach and co…

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S3 Ep41: AI Climate Tech for Industrial Decarbonisation with Dominic Shales, Founder & CEO of Reset Media & DUNE Communications 31:37

11d ago31:37

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Dominic Shales is the founder and CEO of not one but two purpose driven companies: Reset Media, a digital publisher, and DUNE Communications, a corporate comms agency. He also acts as fractional CMO for Nexus Climate, a business that creates and nurtures climate startups, and Carbon Re, an AI climate tech pioneering industrial decarbonisation. In t…

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Ottessa Moshfegh on bringing Eileen to the screen 1:02:16

11d ago1:02:16

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A few weeks ago we welcomed Ottessa Moshfegh to Shakespeare and Company. That night we’re headed almost back to where it all began by revisiting Moshfegh’s second book Eileen, the small town noir that propelled this experimental writer into the bestseller charts and onto the Booker shortlist. Eileen has just been adapted into a Hollywood film—direc…

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"Akmaral" (Regal House, 2024): A Discussion with Judith Lindbergh 49:58

12d ago49:58

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Inspired by the legends of Amazon women warriors told by ancient Greek historian Herodotus and evidenced by recent archaeological discoveries in Central Asia, Akmaral (Regal House Publishing, 2024) is the latest historical fiction novel by author Judith Lindbergh. Through the story of its eponymous main character, a nomadic warrior woman living in …

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Ruth Reichl, "The Paris Novel" (Random House, 2024) 42:30

17d ago42:30

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Stella St. Vincent, a thirty-something copy editor in 1980s New York, has survived a relationship with her mother, Celia, so complicated that even the words “my daughter” give Stella pause. Celia lived life to the fullest, reinventing herself and discarding anything that no longer pleased her, including Stella’s father, whom Celia refused even to n…

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EP 98: Zack Snyder and Cast of ‘Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver’ Discuss New Film 25:32

1M ago25:32

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'Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Scargiver' director Zack Snyder reveals the Top 4 films he directed, his methodology for world-building, reflections on themes of redemption, and his desires for a specific actor and actress to join the 'Rebel Moon' franchise.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewayneayerspodcast/support…

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S3 Ep40: DEI, AI and Diversity Washing with Dr. Sarah Saska, Co-Founder & CEO of Feminuity 29:50

1M ago29:50

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Through an evidence-based, data-informed approach paired with leading practices, Feminuity has helped more than 100 companies worldwide build stronger, more inclusive organizations. In this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Dr. Saska joins Paul and Wull to discuss the importance of DEI in the tech industry, the threat AI algorithmic bias poses to DEI …

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Zhang Ling, "Aftershock" (Amazon Crossing, 2024) 31:12

25d ago31:12

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In the summer of 1976, an earthquake swallows up the city of Tangshan, China. Among the hundreds of thousands of people scrambling for survival is a mother who makes an agonising decision that irrevocably changes her life and the lives of her children. In that devastating split second, her seven-year-old daughter, Xiaodeng, is separated from her br…

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MIT Start Ups have raised $1 billion following these frameworks - Paul Cheek & Bill Aulet 32:17

25d ago32:17

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Trust Center executive director Paul Cheek and managing director Bill Aulet discuss the robust frameworks laid out in their new books, Start Up Tactics and Disciplined Entrepreneurship (expanded edition), which have become essential reading for entrepreneurs aiming to navigate the complex startup ecosystem. These frameworks are not just theoretical…

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EP 97: From Voicing Toph to Yale Grad: Michaela Jill Murphy Discusses Life Journey 37:17

1M ago37:17

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Michaela Jill Murphy discusses her iconic voicing career, spanning projects like Finding Nemo, Kronk's New Groove, Curious George, Brother Bear 2, Meet the Robinsons, and notably, portraying Toph in Avatar: The Last Airbender, before transitioning to pursue education, culminating in a degree from Yale University.--- Support this podcast: https://po…

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S3 Ep39: Insurtech & Reproductive Health Insurance with Ambra Zhang & Sam Pratt, Co-Founders of Juniper 32:52

26d ago32:52

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Insurtech is poised to narrow the gender health gap. Companies like Juniper have raised millions in pre-seed funding to offer reproductive healthcare insurance. Founders Ambra Zhang and Sam Pratt highlight the overlooked niche of high-frequency, moderate-cost healthcare, touching on a range of conditions including contraception, STD testing, and re…

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Percival Everett on James, his subversive reimagining of Huckleberry Finn 34:56

25d ago34:56

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James—the new novel by Percival Everett—retells, reframes, and reimagines Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, the black man whose flight from slavery quickly entangles with the journey of Huck, on the run after faking his own death to escape his violent father. James gives us the events of Twain’s picaresque…

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S3 Ep38: Expanding Black Representation in Tech with Jermaine Murray, Founder of JupiterHR 41:19

1M ago41:19

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Jermaine Murray is making strides toward diversity in tech by helping Black job seekers secure their dream roles through his company, JupiterHR, having already celebrated 400 success stories. Despite Black individuals making up a significant portion of the population, they are severely underrepresented in the tech industry, with Black women holding…

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S3 Ep37: Democracy, Social Media, and the World’s Biggest Election Year with Sahar Massachi, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Integrity Institute 35:51

1M ago35:51

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In the world's most significant election year, social media faces is struggling to safeguard democracy, with soaring political ad spend and peaking geopolitical tensions. The advent of generative AI has brought in new problems, with rising concerns over deepfakes and other forms of digital impersonation. How can tech companies and governments count…

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On Allen Ginsberg: His life, his work and his archives, with Pat Thomas and Peter Hale 40:13

1M ago40:13

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We were joined by countercultural historian Pat Thomas, and Peter Hale, manager of the Ginsberg estate, and discover their new collaboration Material Wealth Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg. * A prolific poet, raconteur, activist, and thinker, Allen Ginsberg was also a prolific collector, meticulously saving letters, postcards, draft n…

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S3 Ep36: Closing the Tech Gender Gap with Dora Palfi, Co-Founder & CEO of imagi 39:27

2M ago39:27

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The tech industry's gender gap is slowly closing, with women's participation in tech roles in the UK and US showing marginal increases since the pandemic. Surprisingly, despite advancements, only a small fraction of tech leadership roles are held by women, and a significant gender pay gap persists. How can innovative education technologies like ima…

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Robin Oliveira, "A Wild and Heavenly Place" (Putnam, 2024) 37:59

2M ago37:59

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When Samuel Fiddes and Hailey MacIntyre meet by chance in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1878, their worlds appear to be far distant from each other. Samuel lives with his little sister, Alison, in a tenement—the two of them scrabbling to keep themselves fed and clothed. Hailey enjoys a comfortable middle-class life, although the expectations placed on her …

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EP 96: Yvonne Chapman Discusses Portraying Avatar Kyoshi in Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender 31:35

2M ago31:35

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Yvonne Chapman discusses playing Avatar Kyoshi, shares her dream cast for Toph in season 2, reveals her Avatar Mt. Rushmore, explores the potential for a Kyoshi series, and more on The Wayne Ayers Podcast.#yvonnechapman #avatarthelastairbender #kyoshi #avatarnetflix #avatar #avatarkyoshi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/…

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S3 Ep35: Femtech and Inclusive Fertility Care with Tess Cosad, Co-Founder & CEO of Béa Fertility 33:53

2M ago33:53

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Femtech is breaking new ground by extending its focus to include menopause and endometriosis, marking a shift from its traditional emphasis on fertility. Despite reaching over $1 billion in global VC investment in 2021, the sector faces criticism for not fully addressing broader health concerns affecting women and LGBTQ+ communities. How can femtec…

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Bidding adieu to Freeman’s literary journal, with Jakuta Alikavazovic, Deborah Landau, Juan Gabriel Vazquez, and John Freeman 54:16

2M ago54:16

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On this very special January night, editor extraordinaire John Freeman was joined by three of his star contributors, Jakuta Alikavazovic, Juan Gabriel Vasquez and Deborah Landau to bid farewell to his literary journal. Buy Freeman’s Conclusions: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/freemans-conclusions * Jakuta Alikavazovic (b.1979) is a Fre…

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Transforming Business with No-Code AI Models - Delta V alums Stack AI 48:11

2M ago48:11

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We sit down with Stack.Ai, a company that previously went through our Delta V Accelerator program. Stack.AI helps enterprise clients create custom AI models without prior AI experience. As they explain it, Stack Ai allows those closest to business pain points, solve problems with low code AI models. Stack is also the platform currently used by the …

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S3 Ep34: The Future of the Voluntary Carbon Market with Jon Leland, Chief Strategy Officer at Kickstarter 27:24

2M ago27:24

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The voluntary carbon market is critical for companies like Kickstarter, allowing them to offset carbon emissions by investing in environmental projects, aiming for carbon neutrality. Despite its growth and potential, the market faces criticisms for greenwashing and ineffectiveness, with calls for increased transparency and integrity in carbon offse…

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EP 95: Taleen Talks 'DML,' 'Time Traveler,' and 'Welcome to the Dead Sea' EP, and Favorite Musicians 30:38

2M ago30:38

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Taleen teases upcoming single 'DML' and reflects on fan favorite 'Time Traveler' amidst indie artist journey; dives into book club and shares her favorite songwriters, musicians, and producers.#taleen #dml #timetraveler--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewayneayerspodcast/support…

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S3 Ep33: The Impact of AI on Agencies with John Higginson, Founder and CEO of Higginson Strategy 33:21

2M ago33:21

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AI is transforming marketing strategies and agency operations. John Higginson, Founder and CEO of Higginson Strategy, emphasizes AI's role in augmenting human creativity, rather than replacing jobs, through examples like the Cadbury campaign and Sephora's AI chatbot. However, concerns about AI mismanagement and the importance of ethical use lurk un…

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On Friendship, with Hollie McNish and Michael Pedersen 57:08

2M ago57:08

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In early February, we hosted a riotous, tender, enchanting and uplifting evening of poetry and prose with the irrepressible Hollie McNish and Michael Pedersen. After their readings they sat down with Adam Biles for a chat about friendship, a theme that unites their work. Buy Hollie McNish’s Lobster here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/…

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Harry Turtledove, "Wages of Sin" (Caezik SF & Fantasy, 2024) 22:47

3M ago22:47

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What if HIV started spreading in the early 1500s rather than the late 1900s? Without modern medicine, anybody who catches HIV is going to die. In Wages of Sin (Caezik SF & Fantasy, 2024), by Dr. Harry Turtledove, a patriarchal society reacts to this devastating disease in the only way it knows how: it sequesters women as much as possible, limiting …

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Kate Quinn and Janie Chang, "The Phoenix Crown" (William Morrow, 2024) 47:55

2M ago47:55

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Kate Quinn and Janie Chang are independently acclaimed authors of historical fiction, both of whom have previously appeared on this podcast channel. Here they combine their skills to tell a story about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake from multiple points of view. One line follows the story of Alice Eastwood, a botanist whom we meet in London five…

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