Joan is a Distinguished Professor of Law and the Hastings Foundation Chair at the University of California, Hastings College of Law. She is the author of numerous books, including the much acclaimed White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America. Described as having "something approaching rock star status” in her field by The New York Times Magazine, Joan has played a central role in reshaping the conversation about work, gender, and class over the past quarter century.

[RECORDING DATE: April 8, 2021]

In this episode, I speak about space with Sara Seager. Professor Seager is an astrophysicist and a professor of physics and planetary science at MIT. Her research, which earned her a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant, has introduced many foundational ideas to the field of exoplanets. She has led different space missions or space mission concept studies, including NASA’s Probe-class study team for the Starshade project. She is now at the forefront of the search for the first Earth-like exoplanets and signs of life on them. Her memoir, The Smallest Lights in the Universe, was published in 2020.

[RECORDING DATE: March 30, 2021]

In this episode, I speak with Michael Howell, Managing Director at CrossBorder Capital, a firm he founded in 1996. He's been listed as the top emerging market strategist multiple times and developed a quantitative liquidity research methodology while at Salomon Brothers in the 1980s. He is the author of the recently-released Capital Wars: The Rise of Global Liquidity.

[RECORDING DATE: March 18, 2021]

In this episode, I speak with John Hunter, an award-winning teacher and educational consultant who created the World Peace Game in 1978. He is the founder and executive director of the World Peace Game Foundation and has spoken about his work at TED, the US Pentagon, Google, the Aspen Institute, and many other places. John is also the author of World Peace and Other Fourth-Grade Accomplishments.

[RECORDING DATE: March 11, 2021]

In this episode, I speak with James Litinsky, Chairman and CEO of MP Materials, America's leading rare earth company.  Jim is also the founder and Chief Investment Officer of JHL Capital Management, an investment firm he formed after spending time at Fortress Investment Group, Omnicom, and Allen & Company.

[RECORDING DATE: March 4, 2021]

In this episode, I speak with Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and Chief Strategist for Quill Intelligence. Danielle is a former Advisor to Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher and spent almost a decade thinking about financial stability and the efficacy of unconventional monetary policy. She is the author of FED UP: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America. Danielle also has experience on Wall Street and worked for both Credit Suisse and DLJ.

[RECORDING DATE: February 25, 2021]

In this episode, I share my conversation with Emily de La Bruyere, a co-founder of Horizon Advisory. Emily's work focuses on China's standardization ambitions, military-civil fusion strategy, and the implications for US economic and national security. She uses primary-source Chinese-language materials and has pioneered data tools for new analytical models of geopolitical, technological, and economic change.

[RECORDING DATE: February 17, 2021]

In this episode, I speak with Kevin Warren, the Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference.  Kevin is a decorated college athlete and was part of the 1982 Ivy League championship basketball team at the University of Pennsylvania. He also has decades of experience in the NFL and is among the most accomplished executives in the business of sports. Prior to joining the conference, he had served as the COO of the Minnesota Vikings.

[RECORDING DATE: February 12, 2021]

In this episode, I speak with Gilman Louie, a venture capitalist. Gilman is the founder and former CEO of In-Q-Tel, a strategic venture fund created to help enhance national security by connecting the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. intelligence community with venture-backed entrepreneurial companies.

[RECORDING DATE: February 2, 2021]

In this episode, I speak with Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat (an international collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists using open-source and social media to probe some of the world's most pressing stories. Eliot also sits on the advisory board of the International Criminal Court in The Hague and is the author of We Are Bellingcat: Global Crime, Online Sleuths and the Bold Future of News.

[RECORDING DATE: January 28, 2021]