When U Grow Up Podcast

Ria Golecha, a graduate student studying public health, speaks with Kavi Misri, CEO and Founder of Rose: Smarter Mental Health, a platform that values leveraging technology to augment care toward early detection of depression and mood disorders

Hanna Webster, a graduate student studying Science Writing, speaks with Virginia (Ginny) Hughes, a Science Editor for the New York Times

Richard Pedersen, a SAIS graduate student, speaks with Sergio Guzman, Director and Co-Founder of Columbia Risk Analysis

Claire Iverson, an undergraduate studying Voice Performance, French and International Studies, speaks with Claire Galloway, Soprano and Diction freelancer

Keidai Lee, a transfer student in Philosophy, Computer Science, Comedy, and Humanity, speaks with Luke Kelly-Clyne moved from Political Science to comedy to a successful Hollywood career

03:20     When it's time to grow up and quit corporate finance to do comedy
06:30     Taking risks in a smart way
08:24     "Am I sacrificing my dreams?"
11:26     Going through the trenches of the comedy world
20:33     The delicate intersection between art and commerce

Ethan Seals, a graduate student in Financial Mathematics, speaks with Osei Yiadom, a Senior Financial Analyst at PayPal and resilient, financer change-maker for the public good 

04:03    "Any interest in finance? No, not at all."
05:48    When Friendster was more popular than MySpace, and Amazon only sold books
13:52    Developing personal traits to support the community
22:50    The challenge of solving the issues of jobs, healthcare, education, transportation, and more
28:48   "Be impatient about your career"

Mohamad Elgendi, a graduate student in Engineering Management and startup entrepreneurship, speaks with Sarah Pierce,  a startup veteran and Director of Product at Better.com.   Sharing what led her to fall in love with "disrupting a boring industry," Mohamad and Sabrina take a memory roadtrip of her wealth of experience in trying, risk-taking, succeeding, failing, and learning all along the way

01:23   Doing everything wrong in Product Management
03:52   "You cross the river, then you burn the boats so you can't go back"
14:15   Problem-solving as art
21:04   Employers HATE this one weird interview answer!
25:11   The excitement of disrupting a boring industry

Alakarthika Ulaganathan, a graduate student in Data Science, speaks with Noor Islam, a Principal at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch

6:01 - Being persistent, getting rejected, feeling humiliated, and getting even. 
8:16 - "The sooner you stumble, the better it is."
11:17 - The discovery of partying, and burning out in grad school.
15:22 - "I do some real work... sometimes."
18:34 - It's just money. We make mistakes. It's not that important.

Tere'ssa is studying political science and pre-law, and is wondering about her first move into a world facing a pandemic and taking risks as a professional. Nina shares her journey into service from Hopkins, to the classroom, to the DOJ, and then into non-profit refugee work.

3:33 - The path from teaching, to law school, to refugee work
10:24 - Government work vs. non-profit work
12:24 - Is the UN a dream job?
14:46 - Being willing to live in the grey
25:28 - "No one I know has had a linear path"