🇺🇸 United States Episodes

Charlene Li, author of "The Engaged Leader," on why and how senior executives are diving into online networks.

When most people think of big data they think of numbers, but it turns out that a lot of big data -- a lot of the output of our work and activity as humans in fact -- is in the form of words. So what can we learn when we apply machine learning and na...

Bitcoin has had more than its share of drama. There is, of course, the mystery surrounding its anonymous founder (or perhaps, founders) Satoshi Nakamoto. More recently, there's been a battle over whether the size of blocks need to grow to account for...

Just a few years ago if you were mayor of Washington D.C. –- or any other city -- you didn’t have to wrap your head around the likes of Airbnb, Lyft, and other companies in the fast-growing 'sharing economy'. They didn’t exist. Now, you have no choic...

There is a gap between the technology industry and the fastest growing portion of today’s workforce and the workforce of the future: Latinos -- argue U.S. Representatives Loretta Sanchez (California) and Ruben Gallego (Arizona), both members of Congr...

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, author of the HBR article "Ace the Assessment," explores the rising practice of using tests in hiring and promotion decisions.

Brendan Schaub is a mixed martial artist and also a former college & pro football player. Bryan Callen is an actor and stand-up comedian. Together they host "The Fighter & The Kid" podcast available on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michael A. Wood, Jr. is a retired Baltimore police officer and veteran of the USMC. He recently made the news for publicly speaking out against police brutality and has become a proponent of a new era of policing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joey “CoCo” Diaz is a Cuban-American stand up comedian and actor. Joey also hosts his own podcast called “The Church of What’s Happening Now”, available on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Ronson is a writer and documentary filmmaker whose works include the best-selling The Men Who Stare at Goats. His latest book So You've Been Publicly Shamed is available to purchase now on Amazon. http://www.jonronson.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peter Cappelli, author of the HBR article, "Why We Love to Hate HR...and What HR Can Do About It," on perhaps the least popular function in business.

In this special international edition of the a16z Podcast, Mohsen Malayeri, co-founder of Avatech -- one of the more prominent startup accelerators in Iran among many (much like Y Combinator in the U.S.) -- talks to guest interviewer Christopher Schr...

Kurt Metzger is a comedian, actor and writer. He also has a podcast called "Race Wars" he co-hosts with comedian Sherrod Small available on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this special international edition of the a16z Podcast, Nazanin Daneshvar, co-founder and CEO of Takhfifan, the "Groupon of Iran", shares her experiences and broader observations about the startup ecosystem and tech infrastructure in Iran with gue...

Duncan Trussell is a stand-up comedian, and host of his own podcast “The Duncan Trussell Family Hour” available on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment discusses the crisis with editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius.

Neal Brennan is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer, director and producer. He is known for co-creating and co-writing "Chappelle's Show" with Dave Chappelle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the most active and fastest growing open source big data cluster computing projects is Apache Spark, which was originally developed at U.C. Berkeley's AMPLab and is now used by internet giants and other companies around the world. Including, a...

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Investing to make a return both financial AND societal isn't new, but the opportunities to reach and build businesses in communities that have been underserved by tech are larger than ever. One example is the business opportunity presented by hairsty...