Podcasts by Out of the Crisis

Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, Covid vaccinations, and working as a unified society to problem solve from 2021-05-24T17:32:50

Eren Bali arrived in Silicon Valley from Turkey in 2010 hoping to relaunch Udemy, his online education company. He spent a few years working at the tech startup Speed Date before fo...

Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building from 2021-05-03T14:42:24

A few weeks ago, Coinbase , which facilitates buying, storing and purchasing cryptocurrency and als...

Carl Liebert: Radical Optimism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Carl Liebert has been in leadership positions during multiple crises. He oversaw Circuit City stores in New York during 9/11, led Home Depot in New Orleans when Katrina hit, and took ov...

Noah Smith and Brad DeLong: the cost of the crisis from 2020-08-31T15:36:25

We are now seeing how damaging our weak response to the pandemic was in the US. Both on human lives and on the economy. But, how much would it actually have cost, if we had complete...

Zeynep Tufekci (part two): How we get out of this mess and predictions for the future from 2020-08-24T14:58:11

After Part One, you should have a sense of Zeynep. If you haven't listened, it is worth going back and hearing her impressive background and history. 

Zeynep Tufekci (part one): from Turkey to Technosociology from 2020-08-17T15:15:40

Zeynep Tufekci may be the most important account on Twitter. The reason being she has a habit of being early on the defining trends shaping our world. The pandemic was no different....

Ron Klain: The Ebola Czar on COVID from 2020-08-10T16:06:37

Ron Klain may know more about government pandemic response than anyone in the US. This is because in 2014 Ron lead the response to the Ebola epidemic, resulting in only 18 infection...

Tomas Pueyo: The Hammer and the Dance from 2020-07-27T15:58:35

In these conversation, I have spoken with many every day people who managed to have a large impact in this crisis. Tomas Pueyo is, perhaps, the best example of this. 

Bitwise: Retraining and reemploying American workers from 2020-07-20T16:40:25

There are two types of unemployment we are seeing right now. Unemployed caused by pandemic, and unemployment caused by the lockdown caused by the pandemic. This is a serious issue a...

Revolution Foods: Rethinking the Food Supply Chain from 2020-07-13T16:01:06

Kristin Groos Richmond and Kirsten Saenz Tobey had no idea that they were building a nationwide phenomenon when in 2006, they founded Revolution Foods. Their mission was simply to p...

Sal Khan: The Classroom of the Future from 2020-07-06T16:10:26

Sal Khan may be the most famous educator in the world. His organization, Khan Academy, was helping millions of students around the world supplement their learning. However, since th...

Max Henderson: CovidActNow, a Necessary Counterweight from 2020-06-29T15:51:15

Remember how fast shelter-in-place went from seeming impossible to becoming a reality? Remember how policy makers all of a sudden appeared to understand what was at stake and take a...

Dr. Robert Schooley: Why weren't we ready? from 2020-06-25T15:57:50

Why weren't we ready? There are so many conflicting theories surrounding this idea that it seems hard to answer. But it is not a black box, there is a science to this. In fact, we h...

SF New Deal: A model for the future from 2020-06-22T15:35:45

Lenore Estrada, like many of us, was set up for a good year heading into 2020. She had just broken ground on a new site for her bakery, Three Babes Bakeshop, and was scaling up her ...

Robert Rhinehart: Building the tools for research from 2020-06-18T16:08:09

Robert Rhinehart is most known for Soylent, a company and product he founded in the search for nutrition supported by science. But, Robert has always been interested in technical un...

Alpha Lee: An Open Source COVID Moonshot from 2020-06-15T17:17:37

After seeing the impact of the SARS pandemic as a child in Hong Kong, Alpha Lee dedicated his life to science. Studying mathematics and biology at some of the most prestigious unive...

OOTC Special: Roy Bahat: a reflection on Tech's Response to COVID-19 from 2020-06-15T17:02:06

This year, I sat down with Roy Bahat at CogX, a large global technology conference, that this year was completely virtual.

Roy and I used this time to reflect on everythi...

Curative: Testing Thousands for COVID-19 from 2020-06-12T15:51:11

Fred Turner is a scientist and biotech CEO who, like so many during this crisis, felt an obligation to act when the pandemic hit. In a matter of days and with the help of his friend...

Jeremy Howard: The Data Behind Masks4All from 2020-06-08T16:33:20

Jeremy Howard is not a lobbyist, politician or a doctor. He is a data scientist. And yet, he is one of the main reasons that governments across the US are telling citizens to wear m...

Hannu Rajaniemi: Creating a Vaccine Manhattan Project from 2020-05-28T16:01:05

Hannu Rajaniemi is most know for his work as a science fiction author. However, recently, he has taken his talent for seeing the bigger picture and turned it towards finding a solut...

Frontline Foods: fueling the fight against COVID-19 from 2020-05-25T16:10:20

Sydney, Frank, and Ryan have been friends for a long time. So when the crisis hit and Sydney was thrown into the frontlines as a pediatric nurse, Ryan and Frank wanted to help.

Brian Chesky (part two): Exponential Growth from 2020-05-21T15:58:21

In part one, Brian and I spoke about the effect the pandemic has had on Brian personally and the changes he has made to both his personal philosophy and his business. But then, the ...

Brian Chesky (part one): The Hero's Journey from 2020-05-19T15:32:29

I have been lucky to call Brian Chesky a friend for a long time now. So, when the crisis hit, I knew how hard it was going to be for him and Airbnb. He and the Airbnb team have been...

HelpwithCovid.com from 2020-05-11T21:44:02

HelpwithCovid.com (HWC) has now matched thousands of volunteers with projects focused on providing COIVD relief. I personally have placed hun...

ANA Therapeutics: Niclosamide from 2020-05-04T18:21:09

Like almost all scientists, biologists and pharmaceutical researchers, Akash, Nadja and Andrew were not planning to work on COVID-19 treatments a few months ago.

They had...

Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung: Creating the US Digital Response from 2020-04-21T03:27:04

A few months ago, Jen Pahlka was planning on stepping back from running organizations and working on a book. Then the pandemic struck. Along with Raylene Yung, Jen has now put toget...

Mark Cuban: The Role of Business in a Crisis from 2020-04-06T20:15:36

There are very few people who don’t know about Mark Cuban and all he has accomplished. What many people don’t know is how instrumental he is in relief efforts for the COVID-19 Crisi...

Sam Altman: Accelerating Biotech’s Metabolism from 2020-03-30T16:04:41

Sam is one of the most prolific company builders in Silicon Valley. He’s also one of the first people I saw taking action to help fight COVID-19. In this episode, Sam and I discuss ...

Introduction from 2020-03-30T16:04:40

This is a series of podcast conversations with people who are helping to lead the way out of our current crisis. Each of them is working from a different angle to bring together and...