Let’s Talk About That

Anirvan Ghosh

Conversations that explore the ideas, the people, and the events that are shaping our world.

Episodes

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    #9 Dr. D. Sangeeta: Optimizing Talent Development for Individual and Organizational Success

    Dr. D. Sangeeta is the founder and CEO of Gotara, a global business and leadership accelerator that is redefining how individuals in corporate settings can increase their impact and transform their careers. Her platform now serves more than 33,000 members across the globe, offering confidential,24/7 guidance from experienced leaders—and is helping companies understand the value of talent development and close the persistent gender gap in science and technology. In this conversation, Sangeeta sits down with Anirvan to discuss her professional journey from starting out as a bench scientist, and going on to executive roles at GE, Amazon, and Nielsen and what she has learned about unlocking individual potential. We learn how her experiences shaped her mission to eliminate the structural and everyday hurdles that hold back talented individuals in corporate settings, and how her company Gotara is working with individuals and companies to enable that transformation.

    1h 2m

  2. 9 SEPT

    #8 Dr. Sophie Kornowski: Leadership and Partnerships in Bringing New Medicines to Patients

    Dr. Sophie Kornowski is a BioPharma leader, strategist, and global dealmaker whose career spans senior leadership positions at Merck and Roche, a healthcare investor with Gurnet PointCapital, and CEO at Boston Pharmaceuticals. She has helped shape the partnerships behind some of the most successful therapies in recent years. Here she sits down with Anirvan Ghosh to discuss her leadership journey and how science, business, and partnerships converge to enable the development of new and transformative medicines.

    48 min

  3. 2 SEPT

    #7 Dr. Bob Datta: New Discoveries in Alzheimer's Disease Biology and the Risks we Face

    Dr. Sandeep “Bob” Datta is a Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School whose work blends neuroscience, behavior, and machine learning to decode how the brain controls behavior. Here he sits down with Anirvan Ghosh to discuss the fascinating series of discoveries that led to the identification of MS4A6D as a critical protein that regulates the spread of Tau pathology, a major driver of Alzheimer's disease. He goes on to candidly discuss how recent decisions on federal research funding at Harvard led to a sudden termination of his research grants, and how that is threatening promising research on a devastating disease that affects millions of people around the globe.

    1h 9m

  4. 19 AUG

    #6 Remy Reya: Navigating Social Justice with Empathy

    Remy Reya is a young Jewish-Indian-American leader who is passionate about social justice. Here he sits down with Anirvan to talk about his Jewish and Indian ancestry and how that has informed his identity and sense of belonging. Remy shares his views on the importance of approaching disparate complex challenges such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and homelessness in American cities with empathy to create a more just and caring society. He also touches on his recent work on how the emergence of AI can be a force of positive change in the world.

    1h 10m

  5. 12 AUG

    #5 Dr. Katie Travis: Nurturing Brain Development

    Dr. Katie Travis is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist whose research focuses on improving outcomes for some of the most vulnerable among us: children born preterm. Here she sits down with Anirvan Ghosh to discuss how early life experiences—everything from a baby’s first sensory encounters to complex medical interventions—shape the developing brain and influence long-term outcomes. She also discusses the critical importance of sustained federal funding and being able to recruit the best people from around the world to drive this work forward, and the threat it is facing today.

    57 min

  6. 5 AUG

    #4 Mike Robbins: Building Engaged, High Performing Teams

    Mike Robbins is a leadership coach and the author of five books, including Bring Your Whole Self to Work and We’re All inThis Together. He’s an expert on team performance andcompany culture, and his keynotes and seminars have inspired audiences around the world. Here he sits down with Anirvan to discuss teams as being the foundational units of organizations, and what makes a great team. Mike draws on his experiences working with companies like Google and Microsoft to highlight the importance of creating an environment of psychological safety and fostering healthy debate in getting teams to click, be engaged, and deliver great results.

    1h 19m

  7. 29 JUL

    #3 Dr. Chris Mihos: Galaxies, Gravity, and the Birth of Stars

    Dr. Chris Mihos sits down with Anirvan Ghosh to discuss his work exploring the mysteries of the universe from galaxy evolution to the birth of stars, and how astronomical observations driven by curiosity were foundational to Newton's insights into gravity and the laws of motion. These discoveries in turn have been critical for the success of our space program and inform the rockets we are designing today to travel to Mars some day.

    55 min

  8. 22 JUL

    #2 Dr. Craig Montell: The Unexpected Path to Studying Sex and Drugs in Mosquitoes

    Distinguished scientist and UCSB professor Dr. Craig Montell sits down with Anirvan Ghosh to discuss his journey from growing up poor in New York and then in a Bay Area commune to becoming a successful microbiologist and geneticist. They discuss how research on fruit flies revolutionized genetics, and the work Dr. Montell is doing to engineer sterile mosquitoes to reduce the prevalence of pathogenic mosquitoes that lead to millions of deaths each year. They also discuss the cuts to federal research grants that threaten America's scientific leadership.

    1h 25m

  9. 15 JUL

    #1 Joanna Kirke: Leading with Positive Intelligence

    Joanna Kirke is an executive coach and thought leader who blends neuroscience, design thinking, and emotional intelligence to help leaders lead with courage and authenticity. Here she sits down with Anirvan to share her own leadership journey and discusses how leaning into positive intelligence can elevate our growth as leaders.

    58 min
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Conversations that explore the ideas, the people, and the events that are shaping our world.

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  • Creator
    Anirvan Ghosh
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Anirvan Ghosh
  • Show Website
    Let’s Talk About That

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