Kai Ryssdal’s Conversations From the Corner Office brings you inside the room with the business and cultural leaders transforming our economy. In this business leadership podcast, Ryssdal interviews experts and entrepreneurs on a wide range of topics from the news of the day, successes, failures and what’s next.
Latest episodes
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22 min
United States of Work
What do a small town doctor, a hair stylist, and the executive director of an independent movie theater have in common? They all run businesses that play key roles in their local e…
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20 min
Running a contemporary art museum is a balancing act
Joanne Heyler, founding director of the Los Angeles contemporary art museum The Broad, takes Kai on a tour of the vaults where the collection that’s not on display is kept. They di…
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28 min
Janet Yellen and David Malpass on global economic slowdown
Despite unprecedented economic expansion in the U.S., the global economy is slowing down. On today’s episode, a wide-ranging conversation on what’s standing in the way of economic…
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16 min
AMC’s Sarah Barnett on legacy TV in the streaming era
This season, you have a record 532 scripted TV shows to choose from. Netflix, Apple and cable networks are spending billions on marquee talent, intellectual property and reboots, s…
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13 min
How Feeding America provides 4 billion meals a year
About one in nine Americans lacked access to affordable nutrition last year, according to the USDA. Enter Feeding America, a network of tens of thousands of food banks, meals progr…
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14 min
Habitat for Humanity’s Jonathan Reckford on the business of helping
Since Jonathan Reckford became the CEO for Habitat for Humanity in 2005, the nonprofit housing organization has grown to help nearly 30 million people improve their housing conditi…
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15 min
How Baby2Baby turned one photo into thousands of diapers
Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein knew they wanted their nonprofit, Baby2Baby, to do big things to help kids living in poverty. But they didn’t realize that a photo featuri…
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16 min
For Lisa Kaz, the LA Auto Show is a family business
Not long after Lisa Kaz graduated college with a computer science degree, she joined her grandfather in the auto show business. Today she’s the CEO of the LA Auto Show and the conf…
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12 min
David Nussbaum of America’s Test Kitchen on working with cooking superstars
David Nussbaum knows whatever he’s doing with “America’s Test Kitchen” is working when he attends events with hosts Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison. “You’d think I was w…
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26 min
Ford and Jim Hackett’s big bet on an electric Mustang
When Jim Hackett became CEO of Ford Motor Co. in 2017, he pledged to make the automaker leaner and invest more in electrics and hybrids. The Mach-E, an electric Mustang SUV, is the…
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29 min
For “The Walking Dead’s” Scott Gimple, a story needs sadness to make the happiness real
Scott Gimple was the showrunner for five seasons of “The Walking Dead” before becoming chief content officer for the entire franchise. And in that time, the series has become a con…
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14 min
Powerhouse producer Eva Price on the business of Broadway
Eva Price quit her job at ABC News at 26 to chase her dream of becoming a theater producer. Fifteen years later, with three Tony Awards, more than 18 Broadway credits and a place o…
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14 min
Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Ed Stack on taking a stand
When Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack took over the family business, it was only two stores. Now the company has over 700 stores, making it one of the biggest sports retailers in…
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18 min
Dany Garcia runs one of the most influential companies you probably haven’t heard of
Competitive bodybuilding, The Rock, and how you build an enterprise around a person: a conversation with Dany Garcia, CEO of The Garcia Companies.
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13 min
What if all learning happened online?
Coursera is one of the largest companies offering “MOOCs” — that is, massive open online courses. Launched in 2012 by two Stanford professors, Coursera partnered with universities…
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25 min
How the CEO of Slack uses Slack
Slack is a workplace messaging platform that allows users to communicate with co-workers across the country, share files instantaneously and react to news about free doughnuts with…
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15 min
Would you drink whiskey made by Pabst?
Pabst Brewing company is perhaps best known for Pabst Blue Ribbon or PBR, a beer the 175-year-old company has sold for over a century. But while the beer name and its signature blu…
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19 min
Hearst’s Steven Swartz on going digital and diversifying
Hearst was founded in 1887 by William Randolph Hearst, it started out as a single newspaper, the San Francisco Examiner. Now, Hearst is one of the largest media companies in the wo…
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12 min
Poshmark’s Manish Chandra talks resale at scale
Poshmark is an app where you can either buy items from other users or try to sell unwanted items like clothes, handbags, shoes, or home decor. Think of eBay, but with more social a…
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13 min
How to build a streetwear brand without selling out
The word “streetwear” might summon a few images in your head — Kanye West and his high-end Yeezy sneakers, stylish Supreme T-shirts and more. But once upon a time, streetwear was l…