Category: podcast
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471 Sravan Ankaraju: The new labor economy, don’t merely survive, but thrive
in podcastAbout Sravan Ankaraju Sravan Ankaraju is the Founder and President of Divergence Academy. His experience is in moving large teams at Microsoft from reactive to predictive to prescriptive support through embracing risk-based assessments and machine learning models. He started his career as a developer and developed large-scale transactional systems applying various tree-based algorithms. He understands…
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470 Elbridge A. Colby: The case for a military confrontation with China
in podcastAbout Elbridge A. Colby Elbridge A. Colby served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, in which capacity he was responsible for defense strategy, force development, and strategic analysis for OSD Policy. Where to find Elbridge A. Colby WebsiteTwitter The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great…
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469 Jeremy Dauber: The History of Comics, from the Civil war to the war of Marvel vs. DC Comics
in podcastAbout Jeremy Dauber Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Jewish literature and American Studies at Columbia University, where he has also served as director of its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies. He received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Harvard and his doctorate from the University of Oxford, which he attended as a…
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468 Ryan Busse: An insider’s view of the multi-billion-dollar gun industry and how it radicalizes America
in podcastAbout Ryan Busse Ryan Busse is a former firearms executive who helped build one of the world’s most iconic gun companies and was nominated multiple times by industry colleagues for the prestigious Shooting Industry Person of The Year Award. Busse is an environmental advocate who served in many leadership roles for conservation organizations, including as…
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467 Howard French: How Africa and Africans are at the center of our modern world
in podcastAbout Howard French Howard Waring French is a journalist, author, and photographer, as well as professor since 2008 at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Prior to re-entering academia, he was a longtime foreign correspondent and senior writer with The New York Times. Where to find Howard French WebsiteTwitter Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans,…
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466 Hannah Farber: How Maritime insurance companies helped the development of the U. S.
in podcastAbout Hannah Farber Hannah Farber is an assistant professor of history at Columbia University. She specializes in the political economy of colonial North America, the early American republic, and the Atlantic World. Her first book, Underwriters of the United States explains how the transnational system of marine insurance, by governing the behavior of American merchants, influenced the…