Money, Investing & Economics
566: Brian Chesky | Lessons Airbnb Learned to Survive the Pandemic
Brian Chesky (@bchesky) is co-founder and CEO of the peer-to-peer lodging service Airbnb, named as one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2015. What We Discuss with Brian Chesky: How Airbnb not only survived the pandemic after losing 80 percent of its business during the first eight weeks, but is now thriving like […]
VIEW EPISODE545: Rachel Nuwer | Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
Rachel Nuwer (@RachelNuwer) is an award-winning freelance journalist who reports about science, travel, food, and adventure for The New York Times, National Geographic, Scientific American, and more. Her multi-award-winning first book, Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking, is out now. What We Discuss with Rachel Nuwer: What drives the global demand for resources […]
VIEW EPISODE544: Psycho Scammer Landlord Alert | Feedback Friday
You stopped renting from a violent, paranoid landlord as soon as you saw the warning signs, but you fear a future tenant may not be so lucky. Can you publish some kind of APB as a heads up to potential victims without getting in legal trouble? We’ll try to find an answer to this and […]
VIEW EPISODE542: Nicole Perlroth | Who’s Winning the Cyberweapons Arms Race?
Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) is an award-winning cybersecurity journalist for The New York Times and bestselling author of This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race. What We Discuss with Nicole Perlroth: The startlingly simple reasons why most nation-states now resort to using cyberwarfare tactics before conventional weaponry in acts of […]
VIEW EPISODE537: Kevin Kelly | 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly) is the founding editor of Wired magazine and author of The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh listen!] What We Discuss with Kevin Kelly: Technology is an extension of the natural […]
VIEW EPISODE525: Robert H. Frank | The Myth of Meritocracy
Robert H. Frank (@econnaturalist) is the HJ Louis Professor of Economics at Cornell University and author of Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh listen!] What We Discuss with Robert H. Frank: As we strive to achieve success, […]
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