Best Btg Pactual Podcasts (2024)

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Ep. 126: Who We Are Today, with Ancestry’s Deb Liu 20:51

2+ y ago20:51

20:51

“How do we think about building an inclusive product that represents what families look like today, which might be very different than what families looked like 200 years ago. We want voices from all over to help us shape that product.” With 20 years of experience in the technology sector – including stints at eBay, PayPal, and an executive positio…

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Ep. 125: Leadership, with BTG Pactual’s André Esteves 35:47

3y ago35:47

35:47

“We need to attack extreme poverty. Of course, the pandemic brought additional challenge to that. But, we provided emergency aid for an extensive part of our population, around 60 million people. Of course it's a fiscal challenge, but we did more on a relative basis than all the other countries.” As one of Brazil’s wealthiest men, André Esteves cou…

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Ep. 124: Accomplishments, with Secretary Elaine Chao 40:20

3y ago40:20

40:20

“Asian Americans are now beginning to find our voice. We’re learning that we need to be full participants in our democracy. The rise in violence and hateful rhetoric against the Asian American community during the COVID 19 pandemic has brought this community to a greater realization of the need to participate more fully in our country’s institution…

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Ep. 123: Priorities, with Anheuser-Busch’s Michel Doukeris 32:02

3+ y ago32:02

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“In protecting our business, we are not talking about protecting AB’s business, but everybody in the chain that was relying on AB to maintain their business continuity. And that came from the farmers to the people in our breweries, to the wholesalers that we service to the retailers that they service and for the consumers, that they would need to h…

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Ep. 122: New Dimensions, with HP’s Enrique Lores 34:07

3+ y ago34:07

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“We all have learned the things that a few months ago we thought were not possible were really possible. … As I think about manufacturing, I think about two big changes. First is the creation of more decentralized manufacturing networks, where companies will be able to produce closer … to where their customers will be. The second big change will be…

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Ep. 121: The Novelist and the Neurologist, with John Grisham and Neal Kassell 25:23

3+ y ago25:23

25:23

This Podcast Features: John Grisham Author Neal Kassell Founder and Chairman, Focused Ultrasound Foundation “Once I realized the potential of this non-invasive surgical procedure to save countless lives and improve the healthcare of millions of people, I realized how important this work can be and is.” —John Grisham Friends and neighbors for 25 yea…

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Ep. 120: Foresight, with Julie Sweet 14:23

3+ y ago14:23

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“The crisis happened at a time of exponential change in technology that was already transforming the way we work, how we engage with clients, how we make decisions. … And then you instantly had behavioral change at a scale that we've never seen in the past.” Julie Sweet believes large companies should be flexible and light on their feet. Case in po…

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Ep. 119: Revolutionary, with UC Berkeley’s Jennifer Doudna 21:07

3+ y ago21:07

21:07

“Diagnosis goes hand in hand with vaccination, and of course with therapies as well. What CRISPR is doing is providing for rapid turnaround testing at a lower cost and higher throughput than we've had with other technologies. We'll see that happening in various testing labs, certainly around the U.S. And the nice thing about that is it really does …

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Ep. 118: Core Values, with Google Cloud’s Thomas Kurian 14:23

3+ y ago14:23

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“The process of digitization – whether that was e-commerce in retail, or online gaming for media, online streaming in the media business, digital platforms for the public sector – was already underway. But it enormously accelerated with the pandemic.” In his two years as CEO of Google Cloud, Thomas Kurian has seen revenues for his company’s service…

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Ep. 117: High Priority, with World Bank Group’s David Malpass 20:02

3+ y ago20:02

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“The bigger part of our response over the next year, and then really over the next five years, is how do you really help countries get bigger private sectors, more jobs, including jobs for women and education for girls.” When David Malpass began his five-year term as president of the World Bank Group in 2019, he could not foresee that months later …

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Ep. 116: Encore, with Sherry Lansing 49:35

3+ y ago49:35

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“When we get out of this pandemic, I suspect people are going to want to flock to the movie theaters. But they're also going to say, I still want my content delivered. So, the movie industry is going to face a decision. Do they offer it both ways – on your iPad the same day as the release in the theater? What's the model? They're determining that a…

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Ep. 115: New Heroes, with NIH’s Francis Collins 24:49

3+ y ago24:49

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“It has been a year of terrible tragedy. … And yet, it's also been a year of heroism: the first responders, the healthcare providers, putting themselves at risk to try to help those who are suffering. But I also think there are heroes that have risen to this challenge in the research community, in the business community.” When NIH Director Francis …

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Ep. 114: Collaborating to Beat COVID: A Conversation with Leaders from Health and Bioscience 38:25

3+ y ago38:25

38:25

Sir Andrew Witty President, UnitedHealth Group; CEO, Optum; Co-Leader, COVID-19 Vaccine Development, World Health Organization George Yancopoulos President and Chief Scientific Officer, Regeneron Esther Krofah Executive Director, FasterCures “Are we willing to do for life sciences and global defense what we were willing to do for the financial envi…

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Ep. 113: “To Boldly Go,” with Operation Warp Speed’s Moncef Slaoui 23:00

3+ y ago23:00

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“The efficacy of these vaccines is spectacular. It's 95%, the same whether you are an African-American or Hispanic or over 65 years old. … Remarkably, these two vaccines developed in different companies, two different continents, give incredibly similar results, totally independent, which is also enhancing the likelihood that these data absolutely …

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Ep. 112: Speed of Science, with Pfizer’s Albert Bourla and Johnson & Johnson’s Alex Gorsky 27:52

3+ y ago27:52

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Albert Bourla Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Alex Gorsky Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson “I think history has shown us to have major leaps forward almost after every crisis. Whether it's a war, a natural disaster, or frankly a big challenge such as going to the moon, these kinds of inflection points force us to go in new directions to collaborate and…

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Ep. 111: Global Scale, with Leaders from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute 31:31

3+ y ago31:31

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Sarah Murdoch Co-Chair, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) Kathryn North Director, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI); David Danks Professor of Child Health Research, University of Melbourne Hamish Graham Paediatrician and Senior Research Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI); University of Melbourne; Royal Childr…

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Ep. 110: Mettle, with Mubadala’s Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak 22:55

3+ y ago22:55

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“The UAE was among the first countries in the world to make sure it implemented and successfully executed a testing policy. We ramped up on capacity, on ICU space, on respirator supplies. And that resulted in one of the lowest mortality rates in the world.” As the Group CEO and Managing Director of Mubadala Investment Company, H.E. Khaldoon Khalifi…

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Ep. 109: Lessons Learned: The Intersection of Cancer Research and COVID Treatments 39:20

3+ y ago39:20

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Himisha Beltran Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Felix Feng Radiation Oncologist and Vice Chair for Translational Research, UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology Christopher Haiman Genetic Epidemiologist and Professor of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC Deborah Scher Executive Advisor to the Secretary, U.S. Depart…

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Ep. 108: No Silos, with Google Health’s David Feinberg and FasterCures’ Esther Krofah 19:08

4y ago19:08

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David Feinberg, Vice President, Google Health; Advisory Board Member, FasterCures Esther Krofah, Executive Director, FasterCures “What we've really tried to do is get information out there to the public, to researchers, to public health folks, so they can make better decisions about what's happening so that we can all get through this.” – David Fei…

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Ep. 107: Dealmaker, with Thoma Bravo’s Orlando Bravo 18:45

4y ago18:45

18:45

“There were a lot of hedge fund blogs out there saying software is going to get destroyed. … And guess what happened? Our recurring revenue stream was really nearly untouched in a pandemic. Corporate customers paid their subscription software revenue, but they didn't pay rent. It was more stable than real estate.” To this day, Orlando Bravo would r…

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Ep. 106: On the Verge: Leaders in Bioscience Discuss the State of Vaccines and Treatments 48:47

4y ago48:47

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George Yancopoulos Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Regeneron Joseph Vinetz Professor of Medicine, Yale University; Infectious Disease Physician Tal Zaks Chief Medical Officer, Moderna “We're going to need vaccines to create as widespread herd immunity as we can, but we're also going to need drugs that are targeted against the virus that ca…

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Ep. 105: Pioneering, with FOX’s Maria Bartiromo 29:04

4y ago29:04

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“It goes back to opportunity and jobs.… Government can only do so much. The private sector needs to step up and ensure that they are creating opportunities for a broad swath of the population who don't have those opportunities.” When Maria Bartiromo became the first journalist to report live from the floor New York Stock Exchange in 1995, she was w…

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Ep. 104: Driven, with GM’s Mary Barra 27:34

4y ago27:34

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“There was this ventilator company that needed help. We realized there was one part on the ventilator that was very similar to the way a transmission is designed and they were having quality issues with it. We brought in transmission engineers and they figured out a way to improve the part and the ability to produce it.” Just before this interview …

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Ep. 103: A Timely Solution, with EJF Capital’s Manny Friedman and Neal Wilson 32:56

4y ago32:56

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“You've got to think big to solve problems. … Some of the present bills [have] the potential to solve the major inequality problem in the United States.” (Friedman) “Given the historically low rates, what we're saying is the government can be the catalyst for effecting long-term change.” (Wilson) As co-CEOs of EJF Capital, Manny Friedman and Neal W…

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Ep. 102: Humanitarian, with the Hilton Foundation’s Peter Laugharn 24:34

4y ago24:34

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“Every society is more fragile than we realize, and every society can be taken advantage of. So I think it's incumbent on everyone to fight for community, to recognize the humanity of everybody. … It’s what keeps us safe, and it's what gives the future to our kids.” Just out of college in 1982, Peter Laugharn joined the Peace Corps, setting him on …

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Ep. 101: Diversified, with Eldridge’s Todd Boehly 36:31

4y ago36:31

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“Throughout our organization, we're continuously pushing on how do we continue to add diversity, and I think we're a young enough group where that has always been the way we've approached the world. … Our culture has been that diverse groups make better decisions.” Todd Boehly strives for an organization as diverse as the holdings of Eldridge Indus…

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Ep. 100: Family, with Target’s Brian Cornell 26:19

4y ago26:19

26:19

“We need to have an organization that reflects the millions and millions of guests we serve each and every day. From the bottom up we've made a commitment to diversity and inclusion. Of the 1,900 stores we run in the United States, over half are led by female store directors, over a third are diverse, and we build that pipeline in the organization.…

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Ep. 99: Lessons, with Maria Contreras-Sweet 27:43

4y ago27:43

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“Venture capital is concentrated in … three states: California, Massachusetts, and New York. We know that not all the good ideas come from those three places. And so it's really important that we think hard about how we make sure that all small businesses can access capital.” With a career that effortlessly spans public and private sectors, includi…

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Ep. 98: Inclusive Capitalism, with TIAA’s Roger Ferguson 25:25

4y ago25:25

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“We have to rebuild with a more inclusive capitalism, and I emphasize both of those words … so that as we go forward with crises – and there will be crises – the impact of those crises will not be so heavily defined by the color of one's skin.” As President and CEO of TIAA, Roger Ferguson manages 1.1 trillion dollars in retirement funds and service…

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Ep. 97: Visionary, with iHeart Media’s Bob Pittman 31:02

4y ago31:02

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“What we've done during COVID in many ways, we've taken 10 years of technology adoption and crammed it into three months. I'm certain we're getting ready to have a slew of new ideas that you and I haven't thought of, but that we're going to be delighted to support.” Bob Pittman was 15 when he started in radio – and he never looked back. The Mississ…

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Ep. 96: Transitions, with the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre’s Michael Hofman 26:31

4y ago26:31

26:31

“Once you have a whole body PET scan, there's not a lot of value often in doing a physical examination or taking out your stethoscope because the information on that scan tells you everything you need to know. The classic medicine history examination is giving way to a whole new form of medicine where we are using a variety of different technologie…

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Ep. 95: Real Impact, with Jennifer Doudna 34:39

4y ago34:39

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“I really want to be building on this technology here at Berkeley and making sure that we are creating a community of scientists that are doing two things: not only extending this extraordinary science and thinking about how to apply genome editing in ways that will have real impact on humanity; but also doing it with an eye towards social responsi…

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Ep. 94: Immigrant Spirit, with ABH’s Anastasia Soare 26:37

4y ago26:37

26:37

“I think my immigrant spirit of adapting kicked in and I said, look guys, we need to do something. We cannot sit here and do nothing because the stores are closed. Let's start a plan of attack, let's start going online. … This is what we did within 10 days … and we grew 154% online.” Anastasia Soare is living proof that one can achieve the American…

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Ep. 93: Compassionate Capitalism, with Biocon’s Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 31:39

4y ago31:39

31:39

“I'm very committed to compassionate capitalism, which is what I like to call my business. … My products are there to help patients who need it anywhere in the world. And therefore, I believe that if I can actually produce these products in a way that provides affordable access … I will be very driven by that sense of purpose.” As one of India’s mo…

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Ep. 92: Skills, with Facebook’s Nicola Mendelsohn CBE 26:32

4y ago26:32

26:32

“There's so much more that unites us than separates us. And at the same time, also from a business perspective, the small businesses around the world, well, they're looking for the same thing too. … I've been on the streets of the Soweto with some amazing female entrepreneurs. And they're telling me about the biggest businesses happening in New Yor…

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Ep. 91: Transparency, with MCC’s Sean Cairncross 23:23

4y ago23:23

23:23

“Government funds alone simply aren't going to get the job done. What's needed is the engagement of the private sector and the private capital flows that come into these markets to make lasting change sustainable.” Created in 2004 with broad bipartisan support, the Millennium Challenge Corporation is a U.S. Government aid agency that seeks to reduc…

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Ep. 90: Well-Being, with the Motsepe Foundation’s Precious Moloi-Motsepe 27:05

4y ago27:05

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“Your well-being, your wealth, is very intertwined and dependent on other people's well-being. … That is the philosophy that also drives us because we know that our children's well-being cannot be isolated from the well-being of the other children in South Africa, or other kids on the continent, for that matter.” When Precious Moloi began her caree…

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Ep. 89: Impact, with GPIF’s Hiro Mizuno 23:48

4y ago23:48

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“For us to have a sustainable portfolio, we have to have a sustainable capital market. And for us to have a sustainable capital market, we need to have a sustainable society. And for us to have a sustainable society, we need to have a sustainable environment? It's all connected.” When he was managing Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF…

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Ep. 88: Ownership, with Liberty Media’s Greg Maffei 30:24

4y ago30:24

30:24

“We developed a green team and a red team. The red team's job was to play defense, and first think mostly about liquidity and our downside. And the green team was supposed to think about where could we take advantage of this?” With COVID striking at the heart of Liberty Media’s sports portfolio (Formula 1 and the Atlanta Braves), it’s understandabl…

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Ep. 87: Time to Reflect, with Larry Gagosian 14:08

4y ago14:08

14:08

“Many great artists have dealt with the tragedies and the turmoil of the time they lived in. I think the artist needs some time to reflect; you take it in, you process it, and maybe not consciously even, try to depict some horrible event that is filtered through your other experiences and your craft as an artist.” As a champion of modern and contem…

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Ep. 86: Compassion, with Cesar Purisima 21:01

4y ago21:01

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“More people will move to poverty as a result of the pandemic. And the estimate is at least half a billion to a billion people. … I think that might push back a little bit the shift to a greener economy. And this is where I hope that the private sector can step up because this is not just a government responsibility. It is the biggest public privat…

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Ep. 85: Sustainable, with Unilever’s Alan Jope 31:26

4y ago31:26

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“The biggest tailwind is going to be the voice of young people demanding that the grownups do not ignore warnings about pandemics, about climate change, about gross inequality. One of the headwinds I'm very concerned about is a retreat to nationalism. We know that trade – global trade – has been tremendously helpful, lifting hundreds of millions of…

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Ep. 84: Culture, with Mastercard’s Ajay Banga 35:55

4y ago35:55

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“Culture doesn’t just come because you wave a magic wand. It comes through hard work; it comes through sharing; it comes through cross‐fertilization of people and ideas. … The culture we built, we don't want to lose that during this process. Coming out of it, there will be an even bigger opportunity for our company.” Since becoming CEO of Mastercar…

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Ep. 83: Breaking Through, with Ursula M. Burns 24:17

4y ago24:17

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“Let's start talking about this. How are we going to diversify our boards? How are we going to diversify our management teams? How are we going to diversify our entry-level pipeline? How are we going to work in a community to make it better? … In the last three weeks, four weeks, it's been amazing. And I am really working to make it not stop, becau…

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Ep. 82: The Day After, with UC Berkeley’s Carol T. Christ 18:11

4y ago18:11

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“Though the pandemic is taking so much of our energy right now in addressing it, there will be a day after. And institutions, organizations of any sort, have to have a very clear sense of what their mission and goals are in that day after.” As the 11th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley – and the first woman to hold that position …

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Ep. 81: New World, with Guggenheim Partners’ Scott Minerd 11:56

4y ago11:56

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“We can use this low interest rate period as an opportunity to finance for the future. Will we invest in things which will enhance the quality of life and enhance economic growth and output? … Because we can't go back to the old world. And I think the new world can be a much better place if we can continue being a community.” As Chairman of Investm…

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Ep. 80: Reimagining, with Deepak Chopra 25:36

4y ago25:36

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“COVID has actually given us a time to rethink and reimagine the world. How do we repair the ecosystem? How do we repair the microbiome, which is reversible? How do we create a more socially just, and economically just world and society?” For Deepak Chopra, healing the world begins with healing individuals – and that can begin by integrating Easter…

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Ep. 79: Diplomacy, with Ambassador Kelly Craft 15:11

4y ago15:11

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“Obviously, we wish it was earlier if China had been more forthcoming and transparent. But I think the important part is that we cannot allow any pandemic or any economic situation currently to cloud our moral responsibility for issues that are already on the ground.” Whether she’s voting in the Security Council or leading the personnel at the U.S.…

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Ep. 78: Tipping Point, with Seritage Growth Properties’ Kenneth T. Lombard 20:44

4y ago20:44

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“It's really the first time that you've had challenges and down cycles in the financial side, on the racial side, and health-wise with COVID. … We're at an absolute tipping point from what we are going to do and how the consumer experience is going to be on the retail side.” When Kenneth Lombard looks at our current confluence of crises, the Execut…

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Ep. 77: Minimizing Injustice, with Arnold Ventures’ Laura E. Arnold 22:54

4y ago22:54

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“A sociologist … said that pandemics fracture society along known fault lines. And that is so true. Every single one of the issues that we have historically worked on that are at the core of what we do has been touched and exacerbated by COVID. … It’s energized us.” For ten years, husband and wife Laura and John Arnold have grappled with some of so…

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