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Skydeck episodes

October 13 How a Crash Set an Alaskan Bush Pilot on a New Course
In the early 1980s, Art Warbelow barely survived a plane crash in the Alaska wilderness. It forced a reckoning that ultimately led him to HBS.
19 min
September 22 The Businesswoman Who Secretly Ran a Gelatin Empire
Author Rachel Greenfield (MBA 1981) on Rose Knox, who quietly took over Knox Gelatin in 1908 after her husband died and grew it into an iconic American brand
14 min
September 01 Love, Money, and the Modern Prenup
Libby Leffler (MBA 2017), founder of First, on why couples are
talking more openly about finances before saying “I do”
17 min
August 11 My Favorite Professor
Alumni on the teachers that changed their trajectories
18 min
July 21 Compass Points
The recipients of the 2026 Alumni Achievement Award on the advice that’s directed their careers—and lives
12 min
July 02 Yes, And: How Improv Can Make You a Better Leader
Debra Schifrin (MBA 2007) harnesses the hard skills of playful performance
17 min
June 09 Courage Can Save Us
Marine veteran Rye Barcott (MBA/MPA 2009) on what it will take for America to last another 250 years
19 min
June 02 Rewriting the Script: Reese Witherspoon's Entrepreneurial Leap to Impact
Presenting an episode of The Founder Mindset with Reza Satchu, a new show from HBS
36 min
May 19 The Moments That Made Me
Recipients of the 2026 Alumni Achievement Award
on the people and experiences that defined them

22 min
April 29 The Power of Oversharing
Professor Leslie John on the ROI of TMI
20 min