The Sherwood Ten

Welcome to The Sherwood Ten, your brief window into the minds of the most interesting people in our worlds.

Today's guest: Vlad Tenev, Chairman & CEO of Robinhood. Vlad Tenev is the Chairman and CEO of Robinhood, which was founded in 2013 with Baiju Bhatt to democratize finance for all. Before Robinhood, he started two finance companies in New York City. Vlad holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Stanford University and an M.S. in Mathematics from UCLA.

Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538, TED, Radiotopia) and produced by Sherwood Media and Roulette Productions.

This season of The Sherwood Ten is sponsored by Cboe Global Markets.

Welcome to The Sherwood Ten, your brief window into the minds of the most interesting people in our worlds.

Today's guest: Mary Childs, co-host for NPR's Planet Money podcast and the author of the bestselling book, "The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All." Before joining the NPR team in 2019, she was a senior reporter at Barron's magazine, where she covered the alternatives industry, the bond market and capitalism. Before that, she worked at the Financial Times and Bloomberg News. She's written about the pioneering of new asset classes like time, billionaire's proposals to solve inequality and diversity and discrimination in the finance industry.

Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538, TED, Radiotopia) and produced by Sherwood Media and Roulette Productions.

This season of The Sherwood Ten is sponsored by Cboe Global Markets.

Welcome to The Sherwood Ten, your brief window into the minds of the most interesting people in our worlds.

Today's guest: Maria Konnikova, best-selling author, podcast host, & poker champion. Maria is a New York Times best-selling author, whose most recent title, The Biggest Bluff, was named one of the Times' 100 Notable Books of 2020 and was a finalist for the Telegraph Best Sports Writing Awards for 2021. Maria also co-hosts the weekly podcast Risky Business with Nate Silver, writes a weekly Substack called The Leap, and is a regular contributor to The New Yorker.

Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538, TED, Radiotopia) and produced by Sherwood Media and Roulette Productions.

This season of The Sherwood Ten is sponsored by Cboe Global Markets.

Welcome to The Sherwood Ten, your brief window into the minds of the most interesting people in our worlds.

Today's guest: Joshua Topolsky, Editor-in-Chief & President of Sherwood Media. Joshua Topolsky is President and editor-in-chief of Sherwood Media, a new brand focused on the culture of money, markets, business, and technology. Josh is also well-known for his opinionated takes on tech and culture, both on the page, and in audio form as a podcast host (The Vergecast, Tomorrow, What Future). He previously founded The Verge and The Outline, co-created Vox Media, and led newsrooms such as Bloomberg, Engadget, and Gawker.

Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538, TED, Radiotopia) and produced by Sherwood Media and Roulette Productions.

This season of The Sherwood Ten is sponsored by Cboe Global Markets.

Welcome to The Sherwood Ten, your brief window into the minds of the most interesting people in our worlds.

Today's guest: Teague Egan, Founder & CEO of EnergyX. Teague Egan is responsible for all aspects of building EnergyX into a world leader in clean energy technologies, specifically lithium production. Teague's background is one of serial entrepreneurship, investing, inventing, and philanthropy. He has been investing in public sector energy assets and sustainable technologies since 2013 with a flagship investment in Tesla.

Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538, TED, Radiotopia) and produced by Sherwood Media and Roulette Productions.

This season of The Sherwood Ten is sponsored by Cboe Global Markets.

Welcome to The Sherwood Ten, your brief window into the minds of the most interesting people in our worlds.

Today's guest: Meredith Whitney is best known for her groundbreaking work and early identification of the mortgage and broader Great Financial Crisis. She has built a reputation for ahead of the curve and accurate forecasting, insightful analytical skills, strategic advice, and problem-solving. She has been a trusted advisor to CEOs, CFOs, boards, central bankers, and regulators.

Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538, TED, Radiotopia) and produced by Sherwood Media and Roulette Productions.

This season of The Sherwood Ten is sponsored by Cboe Global Markets.

Welcome to The Sherwood Ten, your brief window into the minds of the most interesting people in our worlds.

Today's guest: As Stockx CEO, Scott Cutler leads a team of more than 1,000 employees and oversees operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.Prior to joining Stockx, Scott served as SVP of the Americas at eBay and president of StubHub. He also spent nine years as EVP at the NYSE, where he was responsible for over $1 trillion in capital market financings and led POs for some of the world's largest tech companies, including LinkedIn, Twitter, and Alibaba.

Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538, TED, Radiotopia) and produced by Sherwood Media and Roulette Productions.

This season of The Sherwood Ten is sponsored by Cboe Global Markets.

Welcome to The Sherwood Ten, your brief window into the minds of the most interesting people in our worlds.

Today's guest: Dave Howson oversees Cboe's business lines globally, including equities, derivatives, global FX, data and access solutions, and listings, as well as derivatives strategy at the Options Institute. Under his leadership, Cboe Europe became one of the largest pan-European stock market and trade reporting facility operators. Howson is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, including the European Commission's High Level Forum on Capital Markets Union.

Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538, TED, Radiotopia) and produced by Sherwood Media and Roulette Productions.

This season of The Sherwood Ten is sponsored by Cboe Global Markets.

Welcome to The Sherwood Ten, your brief window into the minds of the most interesting people in our worlds.

Today's guest: Ed Felten is co-founder and chief scientist at Offchain Labs, the initial team behind the development of Arbitrum. Prior, Ed was a professor at Princeton University, where educated students in computer science and public affairs for nearly 30 years. He also had a stint as the White House's deputy U.S. chief technology officer, and served as chief technologist of the Federal Trade Commission.

Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538, TED, Radiotopia) and produced by Sherwood Media and Roulette Productions.

This season of The Sherwood Ten is sponsored by Cboe Global Markets.

Welcome to The Sherwood Ten, your brief window into the minds of the most interesting people in our worlds.

Today's guest: Kelley O'Hara is one of the most versatile and dynamic players in soccer. During her 14-year tenure with the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, she won two World Cups and two NWSL championships. She was included in the FIFA FIFPro Women's World 11, and her team won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. She is co-founder of the brand Beat Everybody and a regular media personality for Just Women's Sports and CBS.

Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538, TED, Radiotopia) and produced by Sherwood Media and Roulette Productions.

This season of The Sherwood Ten is sponsored by Cboe Global Markets.