Episodes
Ep 5: Fei-Fei Li: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li has been nicknamed the "godmother of AI." She recently wrote a memoir about her childhood in China, struggles as an immigrant in New Jersey, and the curiosity ...
Ep 4: Catherine the Great: German Girl Turned Russian Tsar
We unpack how Catherine, born a minor German princess, won the love of the Russian public and overthrew her husband to become Tsarina of Russia. We also examine how she became one of only 3 Russian r...
Ep 3: Lady Bird Johnson: Attaining Power By Being #2
In this episode, we do something different: we cover a woman whose power was entirely derived from her husband. We discuss how Lady Bird achieved her ambitions by fighting hard for her marriage to th...
Ep 2: Angela Merkel: How To Be Both Machiavellian And Modest
Angela Merkel started her life as a research scientist in East Germany. At 35, within a year of entering politics, she was elected to Parliament, and went on to serve as Chancellor of Germany for 16 ...
Ep 1: Anna Wintour: The Devil Who Wears Prada
We analyze the motivations and machinations of the media mogul and fashion icon who inspired The Devil Wears Prada . Sources: Anna: The Biography , by Amy Odell Front Row: Anna Wintour: The Coo...