Have you ever wondered what the intersection of Silicon Valley and Hollywood looks like? Forbes senior editor Zack O'Malley Greenburg shares insights from his new book "A-List Angels: How a Band of Actors, Artists, and Athletes hacked Silicon Valley” which captures the rise of celebrity investors in a world of Silicon Valley suits. With moderator Chris Lyons, they discuss the impact of celebrity investors on today's top companies in the worlds of music, entertainment, and sports, and how venture capital can be a vehicle to creating generational wealth for groups that historically have not had a seat at the table.

If only there was a guide on how to communicate with confidence and authenticity. Author of the new book “How To Listen and How To Be Heard: Inclusive Conversations At Work”, Alissa Carpenter joins moderator Jen Oleniczak Brown to create a masterclass of a discussion that shares insight into using tools to find your authentic voice, foster inclusive conversations at work, and lead with empathy in times of uncertainty while also diving into practical and actionable steps to get your team running cleaner, more together, and in ownership of good workplace culture.

We’re often unaware of the critical role that food plays in all our lives and how flavors can recreate a distant memory of home. Accomplished chef, author, and editor Fanny Singer, daughter of famed chef Alice Waters, explores these ideas in her new book “Always Home: A Daughter's Recipes & Stories”.  In conversation with Marcus Colombano, Fanny discusses what it was like growing up on the farms of Northern California, and in the kitchens of Chez Panisse, the family's infamous Berkeley farm-to-table restaurant. She touches on some of the family traditions that emerge from a lifestyle built around culinary excellence, and dives into her past, to share some of the formative coming-of-age experiences that helped her become who she is today.

Media has played an even more striking role in the year 2020 as it has captured people’s attention around the world sharing information about the COVID-19 pandemic. Markos Kounalakis is a veteran foreign affairs correspondent, columnist, and committed lifetime journalist focused on sociopolitical revolution with a passion for finding truth. In conversation with Marcus Colombano, Markos dives deep and lends his insight to the global media's critical role in finding truth and shaping the narrative amid the evolving COVID-19 pandemic.

Manny Yekutiel is the Founder of Manny’s, the social gathering and civic event space housed in the Mission district of San Francisco. His dedication to inclusivity, affordability, and service to the local community is reflected in the atmosphere at Manny’s where he has created a space for civic discourse in San Francisco while fostering community and empowering people to get involved. In conversation with moderator Marcus Colombano, Manny shares insight on why he created the establishment, how much difference an inspired community can make, and what’s next for his team that is making waves throughout the state of California.

We all wish that time was on our side, but it always seems to get away from us when we need it most. Bridget Watson Payne, author of the bite-sized-read “How Time Is On Your Side”, shares her wisdom within the world of time and speaks with moderator Lucie Charkin about practical productivity tools to help the average person find time to do it all—the passion projects, the laundry-list and also time to relax-- by optimizing your relationship with time, and how this can improve your creative, spiritual, emotional, and mental wellness.

We're often told that today's startup boom has created a plethora of billionaires overnight. Award-winning writer, reporter, and author of the timely new book "The Soul of an Entrepreneur", David Sax, debunks this myth with moderator Jon Steinburg by exploring the deeply personal questions behind entrepreneurship and by addressing the vast spectrum of small and family-owned businesses that exist within the North American economy. Empowering entrepreneurs of all ages, backgrounds and classes to take the plunge and make their dreams their reality.

Ben Davis is the founder of Illuminate, the homegrown non-profit organization responsible for lighting up the Bay Bridge. Just one act, in an ambitious campaign, to turn San Francisco into a home for massive works of public art that inspire humanity's better nature. Patrick Carney, is the gentleman behind another suitably ambitious project known as the pink triangle, an ode to the dark history of LGBT persecution, and the resulting emergence of PRIDE as a social movement, manifested as a colorful symbol of hope and inclusion on the horizon of San Francisco. This year, in lieu of the 50th anniversary of SF Pride, Ben & Patrick and their respective communities, have teamed up to bring a whole new dimension to the beloved annual tradition of the Pink Triangle, and we're here to find out what, where, why, and critically, how we can help.

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Alissa Carpenter is the author of “How To Listen and How To Be Heard: Inclusive Conversations At Work”. The book is a masterclass on how to empower yourself and others to communicate with more confidence, candor, and authenticity. In this conversation two friends, coaches, and piers hold nothing back; in the open exploration of practical insights and actionable steps to get your team running cleaner, more together, and in ownership of the magic of good workplace culture.

New York Times best-selling author Ian Urbina, and renowned ambient artist Christopher Willits, explore the nexus between journalistic pursuit and musical exploration. Ian is the author of the best-selling book "The Outlaw Ocean", a first-hand chronicle of lawlessness at sea and it’s motley cast of vigilante conservationists, sea slavers, maritime repo men, arms traffickers, cast-adrift stowawayS, fish poachers, oil dumpers and other characters. Christopher is the artist behind "The Unknown Sea", a dazzling composition written to accompany and expand upon the narrative book. The result is a stunning dual masterpiece and fascinating collaboration between the creative and analytical brains.