The Program Podcast

Kap, sits down with Rana el Kaliouby, an Egyptian-American scientist, entrepreneur, investor, author, and an AI thought leader on a mission to humanize technology before it dehumanizes us. She is the Deputy CEO at Smart Eye and formerly, Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva, an MIT spin-off and category defining AI company. She is an executive fellow at the Harvard Business School where she teaches about AI and startups. Her bestselling memoir, Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology follows her journey, growing up in the Middle East and moving to the United States to become an entrepreneur and Emotion AI pioneer. Rana has a track record of translating technology innovations into products that address massive market needs including in market research, automotive, health, robotics and education. Rana serves on the Boston Steering Committee for All Raise, supporting female founders and funders. She is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) where she serves on YPO's New England board and is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Rana is a venture partner of the MIT Media Lab E14 Fund, a Trustee at the Mass Technology Leadership Council and at the American University in Cairo. A TED speaker, and co-host of a PBS NOVA series on AI, Rana has been recognized on Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list and as one of Forbes' Top 50 Women in Tech. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and a Post Doctorate from MIT.

Sami Jo Small is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. As a member of the Canadian national team, she was a three-time Olympic medalist and four-time World Championship medalist. In this episode Kap and Sami, discuss her journey as an elite level athlete as portrayed in her book "The Role I played". 

Entering her 14th season as the head coach of the Florida State softball program in 2022, Lonni Alameda has guided the Seminoles back into one of the nation’s best teams. After seven Women’s College World Series appearances from 1987-2004, the Seminoles have returned to the final site of women’s collegiate softball four times in the last seven complete seasons (2014, 2016, 2018 and 2021), including winning the program’s first NCAA National Championship in 2018, a WCWS Finals appearance in 2021, a WCWS semifinals appearance in 2016, as well as eight consecutive trips to the NCAA Super Regionals (2013-19, 2021). Florida State had earned seven ACC regular season/division titles in a row and six straight ACC Tournament titles heading into the 2021 season and now owns 17 ACC Championships.

Kap, sits down with Coach Corbin, the head baseball coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team. Since becoming the coach of Vanderbilt in 2003, Corbin has transformed the Commodores into elite program. When he arrived in 2003, Vanderbilt had only had six winning seasons in SEC play since baseball became a scholarship sport in 1968, and had only been to three NCAA Tournaments in school history. However, since then, they have been to all but one NCAA Tournament since 2004.

Kap sits down with Major General Frank Donovan, who serves as the Commanding General of the 2nd Marine Division. Donovan earned a B.A. degree in geography from Towson University. He later received a Master of Military Studies degree from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College and a Master of Strategic Studies degree the U.S. Army War College.

Kap sits down with John Tillman, head coach of The University of Maryland Men's Lacrosse program. They discuss what is takes to build a championship culture.

Kap sits down with John Tillman, head coach of The University of Maryland Men's Lacrosse program. They discuss what is takes to build a championship culture. 

Kap sits down with The Program Teammate, Stacey Pesce. They discuss her story as portrayed in section #6 of The Program Book, "Hard Work". 

Kap sits down for a conversation with teammate & President of The Program Corporate, Cory Ross. They discuss Cory's path to becoming a United States Marine Corps Officer as well as his story portrayed in section one of The Program Book on Creating & Sustaining a Championship Culture. 

Kap is joined by wrestling legend and recent recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Coach Dan Gable for a fascinating conversation on his extraordinary career.