152 episodes
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4.8 • 41 Ratings
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A series about what it's really like to start a business.
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Introducing How to Save a Planet
Does climate change freak you out? Want to know what we, collectively, can do about it? Us too. How to Save a Planet is a podcast that asks the big questions: what do we need to do to solve the climate crisis, and how do we get it done?
Join us, journalist Alex Blumberg and scientist and policy nerd Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, as we scour the Earth for solutions, talk to people who are making a difference, ask hard questions, crack dumb jokes and — episode by episode — figure out how to build the future we want.
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Introducing Motherhacker
We’re sharing the first episode of Motherhacker. It’s a fiction podcast about a mother who gets involved in an identity theft ring in order to support her family. The series stars Carrie Coon, Pedro Pascal, Alan Cumming, Lucas Hedges, Tavi Gevinson and Alex Goldman.
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Alex Talks to Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley
Normally, being the mayor of Dayton, Ohio, means paying attention to everyday issues, from garbage pickups to municipal budgets. But in the early morning hours of August 4, 2019, a gunman opened fire at a downtown bar in the city, and Nan Whaley’s role as mayor immediately shifted. She found herself thrust into the national spotlight as all eyes turned to Dayton. And it wasn't long before she was face-to-face with President Donald Trump.
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Alex Talks to Voting Rights Activist Desmond Meade
When Desmond Meade got out of prison after serving time for a nonviolent felony, he was homeless and wrestling with addiction. A decade later, he started a campaign that very few people thought was winnable: amending the Florida constitution to restore voting rights to people with felony convictions. His unusual path to success on this politicized issue? Avoid politics, and appeal to principles.
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Alex Talks to Cycling Whistleblower Jonathan Vaughters
Jonathan Vaughters was a member of the famed USPS pro cycling team when his teammate Lance Armstrong won the first of a record-breaking seven straight Tours de France. While fans were awed and inspired by the victories, Jonathan knew there was something else fueling those wins: performance enhancing drugs — something the entire team was using, including himself. The deception weighed heavy on his conscience, and Jonathan found himself at a crossroads: live with the lie or come clean and become a traitor to his friends, colleagues, and the most powerful man in cycling, Lance Armstrong.
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Alex Talks to Country Songwriter Shane McAnally
Ever since he was young, Shane McAnally knew he wanted to be a country music star. But as a gay man, he didn’t fit the Nashville mold, and so he hid his true identity for years as he struggled to break through. Little did he know that coming out would prove the key to his success.
We created a playlist of Shane McAnally hits, from artists like Kenny Chesney and Kacey Musgraves. You can find it at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0ixldv7V7QUegFLYo3k5RN?si=Slqyo5ypQO6LiRydT-PbTQ
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Customer Reviews
Love it!
I love the whole idea of giving us (the listeners) the insight of what its really like the be an entrepreneur. <3
Greetings from a small entrepreneur of TV Klipp, a small media company in northern Norway.
Great show - waaaay too many adds...
Loved the show itself, amazing, inspirational, educational and all the great words. The content is outstanding- so recommend to everyone. But the insane drawback is adds. Like from second season - feels that adds take around 50% of the podcast... 5 min of show - 5 min of adds... on the other hand, if you don’t mind it - great listening!
Great first seasons, but changes drastically in the later seasons
I really liked the first seasons, where you followed first hand a startup. Here you get to hear pitches, discussions with investors and a real story that depicts more realistically how it is to start a startup. This is a really fresh way of learning about the startup world, compared to scholars that always speak theoretically and focus on success stories.
Unfortunately, for me at least, most of what I liked about the first seasons are now more or less gone. One of the seasons follows a woman from a minority background that’ve started an investment company. This season felt very forced, as if the podcast made the season for political correctness. I might be wrong, but as far as interesting content for people who want to learn more about the startup world, this season don’t bring a lot to the table.
The same goes for the (currently) last season about church planting. Here it might be more of a cultural issue (I’m Norwegian, and Christianity or religion at all, isn’t all that interesting over here), but I will still say that this season did not touch upon the aspects which I found most interesting in the first seasons, which focused more on how to get investors, challenges when finding a co-founder etc.
I’m still following along, and hope for more informative seasons in the future, to live up to the “startup” pod cast name!