Episodes

  • Venture Capitalist Craig Shapiro
    Jul 31 2024

    Ever wonder what a venture capitalist actually does? Or how one becomes one? In this episode, we discuss all that at more with Collaborative Fund founder Craig Shapiro.

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    54 mins
  • Museum Curator Dina Deitsch
    Jul 16 2024

    How does a museum art exhibit come together? Dina Deitsch, the Director and Chief Curator of the Tufts University Art Galleries, tells us how she finds artists, arranges space, deals with staff administration, and also writes the text that appears on the wall.

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    53 mins
  • Architect David Nam
    Jul 2 2024

    David Nam is an architect with Frank Gehry partners and has worked on iconic buildings around the world. In this episode, we ask David what drew him to architecture, how collaboration and critique works in his office, how he deals with opinionated clients, and what it's like to work with a world-famous architect.

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    42 mins
  • Big firm lawyer Shamita Etienne-Cummings
    Feb 29 2024

    Have you ever wanted to interrupt a conversation with "I object"? Shamita Etienne-Cummings does that as part of her job, but also works for some of the largest companies in the world on their most sensitive intellectual property disputes. In this conversation we cover litigation, big firm practice, building your network, and finding satisfaction in a demanding job.

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    44 mins
  • Software Engineer Ed Peters
    Jan 11 2024

    We depend on software for so much, but how does it get written? What does it even mean to write code? And what impact will Generative AI have?  Ed Peters, Executive Distinguished Software Engineer at Capital One, tells us!

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    50 mins
  • Sommelier Bill Jensen
    Dec 14 2023

    How confident do you feel ordering a glass of wine?  You're not alone. Bill Jensen's job is to make ordering wine fun and judgment free. And he's great at it. This podcast is fruit forward with a long finish.

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    33 mins
  • Data Scientist Alex Smolyanskaya
    Dec 6 2023

    Data science is one of the fastest growing professions, in part because it is one of the newest. But what do they do (other than run regressions)? Alex Smolyanskaya, of head of data science at Abl, tells us about her work.

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    44 mins
  • Stand Up Comic Ophira Eisenberg
    Nov 28 2023

    Making people laugh is amazing, but getting paid to do it is no easy feat! In this episode, Bevil and Michael are joined by Ophira Eisenberg, frequent host of the Moth, former host of Ask Me Another, and veteran stand up.  

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    41 mins