Giant Ideas
by Giant Ventures
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Philosopher Roman Krznaric: Legacy Isn't About Being Remembered
Philosopher Roman Krznaric: Legacy Isn't About Being Remembered
About this podcast
Giant Ideas invites leading minds from tech, business, politics, and beyond to explore the giant ideas changing our world. Giant Ventures, founded by Cameron McLain and Tommy Stadlen, backs purpose-driven founders shaping civilisation.
Episodes
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- Philosopher Roman Krznaric: Legacy Isn't About Being Remembered · 21 min · Season 3 Episode 10How will you be remembered? Does it matter? Last week Roman made the case for long-term thinking across society. This time he shares what it looks like in your own life. Today…
- Philosopher Roman Krznaric: Are You a Good or Bad Ancestor? · 25 min · Season 3 Episode 9How can you be a better ancestor? Today, we're joined by Roman Krznaric, the public philosopher and author of The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World…
- $11B Airwallex Founder Jack Zhang's Crazy Journey: Choosing Happiness Over Valuation, Turning 1M into 500M, and Saying No to >$3B of Stripe Stock · 42 min · Season 3 Episode 8What did it take to build an $11 billion company, Airwallex? Jack moved from rural northeast China to Melbourne at 15 and now runs Airwallex, the global payments and business…
- “Dive Headfirst”: Isomorphic Labs President Max Jaderberg on his Biggest Decision · 24 min · Season 4 Episode 6Today, we're back with Max Jaderberg, president of Isomorphic Labs, to talk about his life lessons. After years at DeepMind working on deep learning, generative models and…
- Isomorphic Labs President Max Jaderberg: Can AI Solve All Disease? · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 5Today, we're joined by Max Jaderberg, President of Isomorphic Labs. Isomorphic Labs, the Alphabet-backed company spun out of DeepMind, is using AI to design new medicines, with…
- What Traits Do the BEST Founders Share? Tommy & Cameron's Reflections · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 4After more than 50 episodes interviewing founders, investors and leaders, Giant co-founders Tommy Stadlen and Cameron McLain turn the mic on themselves to ask what the best…
- AOL Co-founder, Steve Case: AI Lessons from the Internet Boom · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 3Today, we're joined by Steve Case, the co-founder of AOL, to talk about what the first internet boom can tell us about this one. Steve started AOL in 1985, when 3% of people were…
- Does "Financial Gravity" Corrupt? - Lean Startup author Eric Ries on staying Incorruptible · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 3Today, we're joined by Eric Ries, the author of The Lean Startup and the founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange. Eric wrote the book that taught a generation of founders how to…
- Ex-Sequoia Chair, Michael Moritz - on Modern America & His New Book Ausländer · 22 min · Season 4 Episode 2Today, we're back with Michael Moritz, the Sequoia investor who backed Google, Yahoo and PayPal, to talk about his family and his latest book. Moritz has written a memoir…
- Former Sequoia Chair Michael Moritz on Assessing Founders: "It's All About the First 15 or 16 Years of Life" · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 1Today, we're joined by Michael Moritz, the former chairman of Sequoia Capital, one of the most successful venture capitalists of all time. Michael Moritz is a venture capitalist…
- "Run Towards Growth" Career Advice From ex-YC COO and Applied Intuition CEO Qasar Younis · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 28Today, we're back for our FINAL episode before a 3 week summer break! We're back the first week of September. Today we're joined by Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO of Applied…
- Applied Intuition CEO, Qasar Younis: Why He Raised ~$1B but Never Spent a Dollar · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 27Today, we're joined by Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, a physical AI company valued at $15 billion that builds the models and simulation tools behind…
- "I Think of It More as Seduction": CNN Host Fareed Zakaria, on the Art of the Interview · 17 min · Season 3 Episode 26Today, we're back with Fareed Zakaria, the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, to talk about his lessons about how to do a great interview. Fareed Zakaria has interviewed people…
- CNN Host, Fareed Zakaria: Is the Post-War World Order Collapsing? · 24 min · Season 3 Episode 25Today, we're joined by Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN's flagship foreign affairs show and author of The Post-American World. Cameron McLain and Tommy Stadlen talk to Fareed about…
- "We Hire For Default Optimism": Deel Co-founder & CEO, Alex Bouaziz on Arsenal, His Father, and Video Games · 16 min · Season 3 Episode 24Today, we're back with Alex Bouaziz, co-founder and CEO of Deel, to talk about his life lessons. Alex Bouaziz is the co-founder and CEO of Deel, the global payroll and HR…
- Deel Speed: From $1M to $100M in Less Than 2 Years - Deel Co-founder, Alex Bouaziz · 35 min · Season 3 Episode 23Today, we're joined by Alex Bouaziz, co-founder and CEO of Deel, the global HR and payroll platform now serving companies across 150+ countries with more than $1 billion in…
- Cityblock Co-Founder, Toyin Ajayi: What Happens When You Treat Healthcare as a Right, Not a Transaction? · 42 min · Season 3 Episode 22Today, we're joined by Toyin Ajayi, co-founder and CEO of Cityblock Health and a former doctor who trained in the NHS before taking on the US healthcare. Toyin built Cityblock to…
- iPod & iPhone Inventor, Tony Fadell: Why Saying No Was Steve Jobs' Biggest Skill · 22 min · Season 3 Episode 21Today, we're joined by Tony Fadell, the inventor of the iPod and co-inventor of the iPhone. Tony is the founder of Nest (the smart thermostat acquired by Google) and the New York…
- "We Had to Kill the Ipod To Save Apple" - iPod & iPhone Inventor, Tony Fadell · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 20Today, we're joined by Tony Fadell, inventor of the iPod, co-inventor of the iPhone, and founder of Nest, acquired by Google. He's also the New York Times bestselling author of…
- Twilio & Inertia Co-founder, Jeff Lawson: Is Nuclear Fusion The Holy Grail of Energy? · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 19Today, we're joined by Jeff Lawson - co-founder of Twilio and now founder of Inertia, a fusion energy company commercialising the Lawrence Livermore fusion breakthrough (the…
