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9 Podcast Episodes to Listen to This Holiday Season

December 13, 2021

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Jenny Luna

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Whether you’re traveling to visit loved ones or enjoying some downtime at home, the holidays are a great time to cozy up with a podcast. For your listening pleasure, we’ve pulled together this year’s top-performing podcast episodes from the Stanford Graduate School of Business community.

Grit & Growth

Hear entrepreneurs in emerging markets share stories, and gain insights from Stanford faculty and global business experts.

Neuroscience

Masterclass on Thriving in Turbulent Times

Grit & Growth

Professor of marketing Baba Shiv provides insights on cultivating an innovative mindset to help you survive and thrive in challenging times.

Social Impact

Profile of Purpose: Flowers in the River

Ankit Agarwal’s company collects waste flowers from temples in India and recycles them into eco-friendly products, making an impact on the women they employ who live near the Ganges River and on the river itself.

Know What You See

Race is embedded in our everyday experience. Professor Brian Lowery asks the hard questions about the sometimes unseen forces shaping our lives.

Authenticity

Who Owns Food?

Lowery discusses how ethnicity affects the experience of creating a food business, with documentarian, writer, and teacher of food studies, Von Diaz.

Race & Power

Identity-Driven Design

Lowery explores how issues of identity and power inform the work of two artists: Bryce Wong, a footwear designer at Nike, and Jomo Tariku, a furniture designer and creator of the Nyala chair.

View From The Top

Prominent leaders from around the world join MBA students for a conversation on effective leadership, core values, and lessons learned throughout their careers.

Leadership

Thasunda Brown Duckett on Making Change Through the “Art of Possibility”

The CEO of TIAA discusses her lifelong sense of purpose and progress.

Management

DoorDash CEO Tony Xu on Why Obsession With Detail Matters

Tony Xu, MBA ’13, talks about adaptability and solving problems by going deep.

Think Fast, Talk Smart

Lecturer Matt Abrahams speaks with communication and business experts about ways to get your message across confidently and concisely.

Innovation

How Successful Entrepreneurs Communicate to Their Teams

Stephanos Zenios, a professor of operations, information and technology, discusses how startups can build a product quickly and effectively.

Writing

How to Quickly Capture Readers and Keep Them Engaged

Stanford GSB lecturer and New York Times editor Glenn Kramon discusses how to write simply, succinctly, and with relevance.

Leadership for Society

Through discussions about power, fairness, and inequality, Professor Brian Lowery prepares leaders to engage with today’s most urgent issues.

Diverse Voices

“Books, Articles, and Documentaries Will Help Us Understand This Country’s Divide.”

A publishing executive talks about decisions editors need to make to bring in more voices to tell our country’s authentic stories.

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