Best Innovation Blab Podcasts (2024)

We’d thought we’d learned from a prior guest to this august podcast that Big Pharma could provide cures for more diseases, if only flaws in America’s third-party payor health care system could be fixed. Today’s guest is not so sure of that. Dr. Seth Powsner, a professor at Yale and a practicing ER physician, says that it’s really a question of will…

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Drugged Out

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Join the team from Failure - the Podcast (a/k/a Innovation Blab) as they stumble upon the dark underbelly of Big Pharma. Our guest, Imran Nasrullah, has 25+ years of experience in the industry, specializing in drug licensing and business development. He tell tales that few know or want to believe. One in ten thousand, for example: 9,999 candidate d…

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Who Knew? A Time-Sink in Two Parts. Part 2: The Singularity is Nigh. 45:28

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Who knew? Join the Innovation Blab (a/k/a Failure - the Podcast) in a double-header. A two-fer. “Episode 80 - Broken Down Cars” and “Episode 81 - The Singularity is Nigh.” Our special guests are … well … special. Milind Sawant is an AI guru, currently with Siemens Healthcare and leading a team of 50 engineers and a $15M budget to drive AI integrati…

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Who Knew? A Time-Sink in Two Parts. Part 1: Broken Down Cars. 45:28

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Who knew? Join Innovation Blab/Failure - the Podcast in a double-header. A two-fer. “Episode 80 - Broken Down Cars” and “Episode 81 - The Singularity is Nigh.” Our special guests are … well … special. Sydney Robinson is CEO and co-founder of Vessl Prosthetics, an Ontario-based startup that is hellbent on improving the lives of below-knee amputees a…

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Nasty, Brutish and Short 1:02:58

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Catch them on a good day, and we suspect that many an entrepreneur would say that bootstrapping a business is like a bowl of cherries, pits and all. Leaving aside the independently wealthy, that more traditional approach may destine the enterprise to slower, bounded growth. A lifestyle business. One that’s likely to yield more pits than flesh early…

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The Question 1:27:27

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Ask an entrepreneur: “what keeps you up at night?” They’ve heard The Question before and have an answer at the ready. But they’ll make you wait through a feigned moment of reflection before they launch into it. Investors play the game, too. Get a group of them together and, invariably, one of them will pose The Question whenever an entrepreneur doe…

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Blab, yes. Innovation, not so much. 1:03:02

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Election fever. With all the news, who can avoid it? Not a news ticker scrolls by without a mention of Biden's age, Trump's trials and RFK's betrayals. We're not immune to it. So when a scheduled guest went AWOL, we figured we'd talk about the first thing that came to mind. Suffice it to say that MAGA conservatives aren't the only ones who hang out…

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Teaching Innovation 1:14:35

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Join us in a discussion with Diane Bouis, director of MedTech Innovator, the world’s largest life science startup accelerator program.By Innovation Blab

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Make Innovation Great Again! 52:20

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Not that we have a vested interest, but we’d suggest that Joe Biden make a go at it with a blue baseball cap sporting the acronym MIGA. You know, “make innovation great again!” Speaking of innovation, today’s guest is John Daniels, a tinkerer turned entrepreneur who is daring fate by joining the Innovation Blab in a discussion of his latest venture…

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The University Perspective 53:51

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Welcome to Innovation Blab, a new series of podcasts (…keep fingers crossed…) offering the B-side to Failure - the Podcast. Yes, Mark will be back, and we hope to put up both Innovation and Failure posts in the coming days (months, more likely), but as they say about the alleged clandestine romantic relationship surrounding appointment of the speci…

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And, now, for something completely different.... 1:05:49

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It's not often the team from Failure - the Podcast gets serious. Sure, there was the time Mark stole an air mask from Jet Blue and hooked it to a canister of helium. He was impersonating Marjorie Taylor Green for our "Fly Me to the Moon" episode, but forgot to put oxygen in the mix. Thankfully, the EMTs had a spare pig's brain on board for the tran…

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Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz ... 1:05:12

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No, it's not the ice cream. It's the podcast. This one, and you can be sure it's in bad taste. But, hey, don't be too disappointed. Before reality sunk in, we did offer you the briefest glimmer of hope. That's more than a certain congressperson from Georgia has done for you. What is today's podcast, other than the usual meaningless banter? There is…

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Fun with Numbers 1:08:11

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Sounds promising: fun with numbers. If not the mathematicians and physicists, certainly the accountants might get something from this podcast. And, if not them, the actuaries will have a field day. Think about it: a podcast even an actuary could love. Stultifying. Well, not so fast. If you’ve not learned anything from the last four years, it’s that…

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Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three ... 56:22

3+ y ago56:22

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It took a little doing, but the team from Failure - the Podcast think they found the first use of that magical phrase "testing, testing one, two, three.....". No, it wasn't in 2010, when Biden dropped the F-bomb on an open mic while introducing then-President Obama's eponymous health care bill. Nor, was it when Sleepy Joe muttered "God save the que…

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Your Mailbox is Full 1:15:07

4y ago1:15:07

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Yup, the team from Failure – the Podcast has been busy, too. End of year, and all that. When we weren’t worrying about systemic election fraud, it was that “undemocratic coup“ that the New York Post was railing about. But, with vaccine distribution started, the pandemic relief bill signed and the defense bill ... well … we’ll just see…, it’s time t…

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Grand Designs 50:22

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Fintech intelligentsia light up when they hear about new payment processing platforms, sometimes referred to as "rails." It's an allusion to moving goods via railway with tracks, switches, sidings and all those other things grandpa used to reminisce about but that you've never actually seen in person — save for that one harrowing flight out of Midw…

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It's a Process 45:37

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Some things just take a long time. The campaigning. The lawsuits. The voting. The lawsuits. The counting. The lawsuits. The re-counting. The lawsuits. The certifications. The lawsuits. It’s a process. And, after all, nobody said democracy was easy. In fact, had the 19th-century German statesman Otto von Bismarck had the foresight, he might well hav…

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Secret Networks 49:53

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It certainly seemed that the team from Failure - the Podcast went into Covid-induced hibernation these past few months. We might say that we spent them on a promotional tour to shore up flagging subscriptions in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, with Joe Rogan putting the last few bricks into his “blue wall” of podcast fame in th…

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Deepfakes & Politics 37:09

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Deepfakes allow a person in an existing image or video to be replaced with someone else's likeness. As the technology to create these synthetic media becomes more accessible, how much of a danger is it to our political process? Shane Glynn, who teaches the regulation of emerging technologies at UC Hastings, joins Drew Amerson to discuss this questi…

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Episode 12 - Legal Ops Chronicle: Hewlett-Packard & LawGeex 37:08

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As legal operations becomes increasingly prominent in businesses, how are corporate legal departments and vendors adapting? Suzanne Miller of Hewlett-Packard and Amy Manning of LawGeex discuss this question and offer advice from their experiences.By Populus Radio, LexBlab

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If Memory Serves ... 1:00:52

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Before starring as the criminal mastermind, Wo Fat, in the CBS television series Hawaii Five-O, Mark Dacascos emceed the Food Network hit, Iron Chef America. Though he probably never uttered the words himself, Dacascos will forever be associated with the iconic opening line “if memory serves me correctly …” that launched the Iron Chef brand into ca…

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The View from On High 45:32

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Have you ever looked out over the Midwest farmlands while taking a cross country flight? Just another pretty view, you ask? The guests of today’s podcast think not. Whether the swamp lands in our nation’s capital or a cornfield in the Midwest, a picture can be worth a whole lot. Sure, a satellite photo might give you some insight into the corruptio…

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Battle Royale 1:29:27

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It takes a lot to rile the team from Failure - the Podcast — especially, when they’re recording an episode. So much so that one wonders whether they spend more time listening to themselves than to their guests. (Yeah, we get it. It’s a process, and at Mark’s age, a slow ship to turn.) But riled they were. In fact, Dave almost had a conniption argui…

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Scratch the Itch 40:54

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We were curious. Just what is a skeeter? In the midwest it’s slang for mosquito. Perhaps, everywhere. Wikipedia thinks so. It lists “skeeter” as one of the top off-book expressions for the little disease-carrying buggers. Regardless, nobody seems to like them. Nobody, except the birds and the bats. Fish and frogs, too —- though, the latter might no…

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Dirty Laundry 58:14

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Jennie Nigrosh’s epic failure on ABC’s “Shark Tank” in 2013 is the stuff of legends. The rising entrepreneur and founder/CEO of eco-friendly laundry-bag maker The Green Garmento got her legs cut out from under her during taping of the ABC reality show. Though she walked away without a penny from “the sharks,” her business took off. The Green Garmen…

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Karen 36:25

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This episode has nothing to do with Amy Cooper. In fact, it doesn’t mention any Karens or their victims. Amy’s dog was named Henry. He’s not in this podcast. Last we heard, he was back with the cocker spaniel rescue league. They are not mentioned in today’s episode, either. This episode has nothing to do with coronavirus. Nor, vaccines, anti-vaxxer…

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In the Beginning 53:42

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So, let’s talk Internet. For sure, it had a beginning. Conventional wisdom says Al Gore gets the credit. The facts say otherwise — but who listens to them anymore. Haven’t you ever wondered how the Internet got started? The team from Failure - the Podcast hasn’t either. Given the number of times we repeat that old saw about Veep Gore, we really sho…

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Steal this Podcast 48:21

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Abby Hoffman would not be pleased. The Vietnam War-era activist and author of the iconic work, Steal this Book, had values after all. So why might today’s episode of Failure - the Podcast have Hoffman rolling in his grave? Perhaps, it’s because Hoffman was anti-establishment, whereas our guest, Jason Kraus, is an investor and author of Prepare 4 VC…

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Timing. Timing. Timing.

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“Timing. Timing. Timing. …. ?” Yep. You read well. It got the team from Failure - the Podcast thinking about the seafood wholesaler/restaurant supplier who opened his new business three days before the lockdown. By any standard, this was a no-brainer. People like fish, but don’t like to prep, cook and clean. Restaurants are good at that. The produc…

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Appendix A 54:29

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It’s tricky how the same word can mean so many different things. Take the word “is,” for example. At a low point in his presidency, Bill Clinton came up against a perjury charge when his own lawyer, Robert Bennett, told a federal judge that “there is absolutely no sex of any kind” between Clinton and then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Confron…

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Some Things Aren't Easy 59:24

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Some things just aren’t easy. Try explaining the presidential caucuses, for example. Even the NY Times has trouble with that one. Just because you’re a pro, doesn’t mean the words come easily. Writing an intro to this podcast has proven no exception. Regardless, join us in a discussion with Ron Murphy, CEO of Boston-based medical device company The…

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Episode 11 - How to Pitch a Legal Tech Startup 51:06

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It’s the start of a new semester here LexLab, which brings with it a fresh cohort of legal tech startups. To welcome our five new companies, we hosted Maya Markovich, Chief Growth Officer at Dentons Next Law Labs, to help our cohort build the perfect pitch. To learn more about LexLab and our Lunch and Learn sessions, visit us at http://lexlab.uchas…

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Episode 10 - California's New Privacy Law: Introducing the CCPA 1:37:11

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In January 2020, California introduced its new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA. The new law is intended to increase consumer privacy rights and protection. Shortly before the law went into effect, LexLab hosted a panel of consumer privacy experts to discuss the history of California privacy laws, and the expected impact of…

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Silence Would be Golden 46:15

5y ago46:15

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We thought long and hard about publishing this podcast. With no guest in the mix, we were torn between 45 minutes of absolute silence (“dead air,” as they say in the business) and the same of pointless chatter between Mark and Dave. (We tried to drag Mic into the fray, but he said he’d be busy cleaning the rotary dialer on his cell phone). We consu…

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Corporate Boards 57:32

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Just like the title says, today’s episode is about corporate boards and … get this … corporate board failure. Fancy that: truth in advertising. Corporate board failure. Is it possible? What do boards do, after all? If their mission is to rubber stamp the CEO, that leaves a big margin for error. You’d practically have to have sat on the board of dir…

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Episode 9 - How I Built This with Logikcull CEO, Andy Wilson 44:16

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Launched in 2004, and revamped for the cloud in 2013, the e-discovery platform Logikcull has been at the forefront of legal innovation for years, earning major investments, as well as accolades for its use in high profile cases such as the Sierra Club’s investigation into Scott Pruitt. During this week’s Lunch and Learn, we invited Logikcull CEO An…

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Episode 8 - New Legal Models 1:02:22

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Not all law firms are created equal. In fact, some of them are drastically different from one another. As technology becomes even more pervasive in the legal industry, learn how the industry is changing and reacting. This week’s Lunch and Learn features four industry professionals who are pushing the boundaries of our current legal models. This wee…

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Episode 7 - How They Built this (four panelists) 48:29

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This week’s panel discussion features four successful entrepreneurs in the legal field, who have joined us this week at LexLab to share their journeys, and to talk about how they navigated the legal tech market and created some of the leading legal technology companies on the market. This week’s panelists are: AJ Shankar, Founder & CEO of Everlaw J…

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Episode 6 - Dan Rodriguez on New Technologies for the Law 1:24:09

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In this week's episode, Dan Rodriguez, chair of the ABA Center on Innovation's governing council, presents to the LexLab community before opening up for questions. Before accepting this position, Dan served as Dean of Northwestern's Pritzker School of law, where he also acted as Harold Washington Professor. Dan joins us today to reflect on his time…

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Episode 5 - Sierra Club vs. Scott Pruitt 1:24:46

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This week on LexBlab, our panelists tell the story of how the Sierra Club used the e-discovery platform Logikcull to take down Scott Pruitt of the EPA. On July 5, 2018, Scott Pruitt stepped down from his position as the Head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Behind his recognition was a mountain of scrutiny surrounding his connections to the …

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A Politician and a B-School Instructor Walk into a Bar ... 1:02:13

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Notwithstanding what you may have thought about college psych, communications and business majors, the instructors who teach those disciplines can be as nerdy as any academician. Take the guest of our latest episode of Failure - the Podcast. Elaine Chen is an instructor on technology innovation, entrepreneurship and strategic management at the Sloa…

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Episode 4 - So you Want to be a General Counsel? 51:57

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This week on LexBlab, we share a recent panel discussion and Q & A taken from a LexBlab lunch and learn session. In it, we invited four Hastings alumni to come shed light on what it’s like to be in-house counsel with current students of UC Hastings and members of the community. In this week’s episode, you’ll be hearing from: Samantha Von Hoene (Chi…

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Episode 3 - A follow-up conversation with Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar 40:28

5y ago40:28

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In a follow up to our recent Lunch & Learn session held at UC Hastings, Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar invited LexBlab host Drew Amerson, and UC Hastings 2L Michael Winton, to his chambers for a further conversation on the role that artificial intelligence is beginning to play in the legal sphere. Justice Cuéllar has served on the Cal…

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Episode 2 - An Introduction to our Inaugural Startup Accelerator Cohort 49:29

5y ago49:29

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This week’s recording is taken from our inaugural cohort at the LexLab Startup Accelerator. During a Lunch & Learn session, our first four startups share who they are and the problems they are working to solve. Our four startups are Syntexis, Clearlaw.ai, Victor.ai, and DueCourse. Click here to learn more about these companies and our accelerator p…

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No Holding Back -- The Entrepreneur's Life 1:01:38

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Taking the plunge into entrepreneurship can be a scary thing. Seasonally speaking, you could think of it as the Halloween of job changes: it’s best for young or the steel-nerved. (Yeah, we left out ignorant and desperate, but go with us here ....). For those who have what it takes, the plunge can be well worth it. Not only for the excitement of bui…

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A Fistful of Dirt 1:01:11

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Back in the day, the sale of land was consummated by a ceremonial act: the buyer gave to the seller a fistful of dirt from the property being sold. It was beauty in its simplicity. And, what could possibly go wrong? Either the buyer delivered the dirt or she didn’t. Well … the parties might have different understandings of the tract being sold. The…

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Episode 1 - A Q&A with Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar 38:24

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Joining us for our Lunch & Learn session this week is Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, of the California Supreme Court. Justice Cuellar has served on the California Supreme Court since 2015, and was previously a professor of law and political science at Stanford University. Justice Cuellar is known for his work on immigration policy re…

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The Great Unhack (or, How to Avoid Another "Trappuccino") 56:19

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Listeners more erudite than us — yes, grammarians, it could be “we” — are undoubtedly familiar with Carole Cadwalladr. Her work was the subject of the recent Netflix documentary “The Great Hack,” exploring the weaponization of social media. The Cadwalladr and Netflix work adds further fuel to an on-going debate: would society be better off regulati…

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Success Breeds Success 1:10:05

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Our guest walked in saying he had so many failures, he kept a notepad to remember them. Even showed us the pad. Our mistake was we didn’t look closely. Surely, though, we should have known something was up when he said he had already listened to some of our episodes. In retrospect, we had to wonder whether that was casual listening — or something m…

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