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The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
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Leading scholars in History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (HPS) introduce contemporary topics for a general audience. Developed by graduate students from the HPS program at the University of Melbourne. Hosted by Thomas Spiteri (2025) and Samara Greenwood (2023-2024). Season Five LAUNCHING SOON - episodes are currently being recorded. More information on the podcast can be found at hpsunimelb.org
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West Indian (American) point of view, culture, and heritage, from the lunatics behind Hot Peppa Sauce.
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Audience Faves: Daston & Harrison on 'Scientists and History'
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30:57In the lead up to the launch of Season 5, we at The HPS Podcast are re-releasing some favourite episodes from our collection. In this episode Professors Lorraine Daston and Peter Harrison talk to Samara Greenwood on the often complex, sometimes fraught relationship between practicing scientists and the history of science. This episode was originall…
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2025 Current Credit Market Trends with HPS Governing Partners Purnima Puri and Mike Patterson
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29:40Each season, we devote one episode to a discussion of current credit market trends. This week, host Colbert Cannon is joined by Purnima Puri, an HPS Governing Partner and Head of Public Credit, and Mike Patterson, an HPS Governing Partner and Co-Head of Private Credit. With the magnitude of market volatility currently, the discussion focuses on wha…
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To close out Season 12 of The HPScast, host Colbert Cannon revisits some of this season's most memorable moments. We brought on some heavy hitters from across industries, and the country, including: a former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, a Chief Investment Officer of a South Carolina retirement system, a CNBC reporter extraordina…
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Audience Faves: Kristian Camilleri on 'The Disunity of Science'
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24:30In the lead up to the launch of Season 5, we at The HPS Podcast are re-releasing some favourite episodes from our collection. First, we have Dr Kristian Camilleri talking with Samara Greenwood about the relatively recent realisation that this thing we call 'Science' is a less unified phenomena then is typically supposed. The 'disunity' becomes clea…
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Audience Faves: Hasok Chang on 'Epistemic Iteration'
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35:05In the lead up to the launch of Season 5, we at The HPS Podcast are re-releasing some favourite episodes from our collection. In this episode, Professor Hasok Chang talks with Samara Greenwood about his concept of 'Epistemic Iteration', the idea that scientific inquiries do not start from a solid foundation, but rather begin from an imperfect posit…
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Audience Faves: Rachael Brown on 'Values in Science'
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25:25In the lead up to the launch of Season 5, we at The HPS Podcast are re-releasing some favourite episodes from our collection. In this episode we have Dr Rachael Brown talking to Samara Greenwood on challenge the common idea that Science is (and should be) 'Value-Free'. At a practical level, in choosing which phenomena to study, and how best to stud…
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Geoffrey Berg - Chief Investment Officer of the South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission
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32:17This week, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Geoffrey Berg, Chief Investment Officer of the South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission, to discuss his strategic leadership of the system's approximately $50 billion investment portfolio and share insights into private credit as an early adopter of the asset class among peers. Then, we fi…
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Madelaine O'Connell - Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners
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26:13Host Colbert Cannon sits down with Madelaine O'Connell, a leader in HPS's private high-grade business to discuss the evolution of the private placement market and the nuances of private versus public high grade debt. She also talks about her transition from leading the private placements business at Goldman Sachs to joining HPS, and shares her visi…
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Robert Kaplan - Former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Partner & Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs
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30:34This week, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Robert Kaplan, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, to discuss his career spanning finance and public service. Kaplan reflects on the evolution of Goldman Sachs, his transition from deal-making to management, and the valuable lessons he learned from …
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Mike Van Konynenburg and David Lehman Discuss the Real Estate Market
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25:43This week, we are looking at trends in the US real estate market, where the delta between debt and equity returns is as small as it’s been in 15 years. Mike Van Konynenburg, President of Eastdil Secured, oversees large, real estate transactions including financings, capital raises, sales, and investment banking transactions for institutional real e…
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Shawn Ury - Executive Director and Head of Alternatives at USAA
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25:19On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Shawn Ury, Executive Director and Head of Alternatives at USAA, a financial services company providing insurance and banking products to members of the military, veterans, and their families. Shawn’s team oversees 13 different asset portfolios and two charitable foundations. We discuss Shaw…
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Sara Eisen - Co-Anchor of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” & “Money Movers”
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26:31Welcome to Season 12 of The HPScast. Join host Colbert Cannon for a conversation with Sara Eisen, co-anchor of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” & “Money Movers”. She shares how preparation met opportunity on her path to national television—and how taking a chance on forex market coverage gave her a competitive edge in her early days as a financial rep…
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To wrap up Season 11 of the HPScast, host Colbert Cannon revisits some of his favorite moments. We heard from mavericks across a range of industries: from Hollywood, to brick-and-mortar retail, to bankruptcy and restructurings. We also featured deep dives into the private and public credit markets with esteemed colleagues in finance. The HPScast te…
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Bradley Beman - Head of Fixed Income at Nationwide
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24:29On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Bradley Beman, Head of Fixed Income Asset Management at Nationwide, one of the nation's largest insurance and financial services companies. We discuss Bradley’s transition from the investing side to managing portfolios—and how private credit fits into Nationwide’s portfolio. Learn more abou…
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S4 Ep 12 - Joshua Eisenthal et al. on 'Philosophy of Science in Practice'
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28:42Today we have not one, not two, but five fabulous guests who all presented at this year’s conference for the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice, or SPSP24 for short. Many philosophers of science we have featured on the podcast, including Hasok Chang, Rachel Ankeny and Sabina Leonelli, were founding members of SPSP. Also, our earlier epis…
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Johnny Chow - Chief Investment Officer for Legal & General Institutional Retirement Division
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20:23On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Johnny Chow, Chief Investment Officer for Legal & General Institutional Retirement Division, one of the UK's largest insurance and asset management businesses. We discuss his decision to join L&G after an eight-year tenure at J.P. Morgan, working across a range of credit trading businesses.…
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S4 Ep 11 - Redux: Fiona Fidler on 'Collective Objectivity'
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20:41"It wouldn’t make sense to leave the entire burden of upholding objectivity in science on the shoulders of fallible individuals, right?" Prof. Fiona Fidler Today, we return to one of our favourite episodes, with the person who first came up with the idea for our podcast – Professor Fiona Fidler. Fiona is head of our History and Philosophy of Scienc…
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S4 Ep 10 - Erika Milam on 'Colloquial Science'
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30:02"These conversations are the focus of fierce debate, not because scientists lack authority, but because these are the intellectual battles worth fighting. These are the stakes on which modern society depends" Our guest today is Erika Milam, Charles C. and Emily R. Gillispie Professor in the History of Science at Princeton University. Through her re…
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Current Credit Market Trends with HPS Managing Directors’ Vikas Keswani and Scott Crocombe
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28:41This week’s podcast focuses on current trends in the private and public credit markets. We discuss interest rates, credit spreads, M&A activity, and sectors that have our attention. Host Colbert Cannon sits down with two of HPS’s senior investment leaders: Vikas Keswani, a Managing Director and Head of North American Specialty Direct Lending, and S…
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S4 Ep 9 - Holden Thorp on 'Teach History and Philosophy of Science'
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30:35“This is Holden Thorp. I'm the Editor in Chief of Science and thanks to Sam and Carmelina for all they're doing to get the word out about the history and philosophy of science” Today's guest is Holden Thorp, professor of chemistry at George Washington University and Editor-in-Chief of the Science family of journals. In April of this year, Holden pu…
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James H.M. Sprayregen - Vice Chairman at Hilco Global
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29:20On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with James “Jamie” Sprayregen, Vice Chairman at Hilco Global, a financial services firm focused on asset valuations, monetization, and disposition services. We discuss Jamie’s 31-year tenure growing Kirkland & Ellis’ restructuring and bankruptcy law practices globally. He shares insights on some…
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S4 Ep 8 - Nicole C. Nelson on 'Ethnographies of Science'
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27:28Today, Carmelina is joined by Dr. Nicole C. Nelson, Associate Professor in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Nicole is an ethnographer of science and a familiar face to many within both Science and Technology Studies, and Metascience. Today, Nicole explains how ethnographic studies can help us t…
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S4 Ep 7 - Naomi Oreskes on 'Writing on Ignorance'
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35:41"In response to that article, I was getting hate mail. I was getting attacked. I thought, these people have a script. This is a story that people need to understand. This isn't just something of academic interest. This is something that has real political and cultural consequences." Today's very special guest is acclaimed historian of science, Prof…
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Steven Silverstein - Chief Executive Officer at Spencer Spirit Holdings, Inc.
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27:15On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Steven Silverstein, Chief Executive Officer at Spencer Spirit Holdings, Inc, which operates two distinct experiential lifestyle brands, Spencer’s and Spirit Halloween. We discuss what pushed Steven to pursue a career in brick-and-mortar retail, his foundational lessons in crafting memorable…
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S4 Ep 6 - Jen Martin on 'Communicating Science'
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28:30"Doing the thing is not the whole thing, it's also the sharing it with the audiences who either need it or are simply interested in it...science isn't finished until it's communicated" Our guest today is Associate Professor Jen Martin. Jen leads the University of Melbourne’s acclaimed Science Communication Teaching program and is passionate about h…
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Current Macro and Credit Market Outlook with Goldman Sachs' Lotfi Karoui
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26:54This week, we welcome Lotfi Karoui, Chief Credit Strategist and Head of Credit and Mortgage Strategy Research at Goldman Sachs. Lotfi shares his macro and credit market outlook on the HPScast with host Colbert Cannon.Av colbert cannon, lotfi karoui
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S4 Ep 5 - Edouard Machery on 'Experimental Philosophy'
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28:14Today our guest presenter Thomas Spiteri is joined by Professor Edouard Machery, Distinguished Professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s HPS department and director of the Center for Philosophy of Science. Edouard, a leading figure in experimental philosophy (X-Phi), shares insights into the X-Phi movement, which integrates empirical methods into…
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Franklin Leonard - Founder & CEO of The Black List
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28:23Welcome to Season 11 of the HPScast. To kick us off, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Franklin Leonard, the founder & CEO of The Black List, an online marketplace that connects writers and their scripts to television & filmmakers looking to develop their next project. We discuss how Franklin navigated the “whisper network” to break into Hollywood…
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S4 Ep 4 - Darrin Durant on 'Expertise'
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28:18Today Carmelina is joined by Dr Darrin Durant a Senior Lecturer in HPS at the University of Melbourne specialising in Science and Technology studies. Darrin's research covers two seemingly distinct areas: nuclear energy and expertise. Yet nuclear energy and other contested public policy issues are informed by experts on both sides of the debate. As…
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S4 Ep 3 - Simon Schaffer on 'Leviathan and the Air-Pump: 40 years later' (Part 2)
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26:27This episode forms Part 2 of our extended interview with the celebrated historian of science, and master communicator, Professor Simon Schaffer. Today, we continue to focus our discussion on the book Simon co-wrote with Steven Shapin in the early 1980s, Leviathan and the Air-Pump. Simon reveals fascinating insights into the production of the book, …
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S4 Ep 2 - Simon Schaffer on 'Leviathan and the Air-Pump: 40 years later' (Part 1)
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26:39This episode is the first of two in which the celebrated Professor of History of Science, Simon Schaffer, discusses the famous HPS publication, Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle and the Experimental Life, which Simon co-wrote with another esteemed HPS scholar, Steven Shapin, in the early 1980s. The book went on to become one of the most wel…
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S4 Ep 1 - Sam and Carmelina on 'Studying Humanities and Science'
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20:52Welcome back to The HPS Podcast for Season 4. In today's episode, Carmelina and Samara touch on a variety of topics, but a core theme is 'how we study science through the lens of the humanities'. Both Sam and Carmelina believe the skills and perspectives developed through disciplines such as history, sociology, and philosophy are crucial to resolvi…
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Working Fathers Mini-series. Ep 5 - What's Next?
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37:15We are pleased to bring you a special five episode podcast series Working Fathers created by Professor in HPS Cordelia Fine, political philosopher Associate Professor Dan Halliday, social psychologist, Dr Melissa Wheeler and historian Dr Annabelle Baldwin. What’s next for Australian fathers? In this final episode of the mini-series, we look at the …
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Working Fathers Mini-series. Ep 4 - Give Dads a Break
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39:40We are pleased to bring you a special five episode podcast series Working Fathers created by Professor in HPS Cordelia Fine, political philosopher Associate Professor Dan Halliday, social psychologist, Dr Melissa Wheeler and historian Dr Annabelle Baldwin. In Episode 4, Give Dads a Break, we look at more of the pressures that prevent fathers from b…
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Working Fathers Mini-series. Ep 3 - Are Fathers Free?
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46:24We are pleased to bring you a special five episode podcast series Working Fathers created by Professor in HPS Cordelia Fine, political philosopher Associate Professor Dan Halliday, social psychologist, Dr Melissa Wheeler and historian Dr Annabelle Baldwin. How much freedom do fathers have? Do fathers have real choices about how to divide their time…
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Working Fathers Mini-series. Ep 2 - What Gave Rise to the Breadwinner?
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36:48We are pleased to bring you a special five episode podcast series Working Fathers created by Professor in HPS Cordelia Fine, political philosopher Associate Professor Dan Halliday, social psychologist, Dr Melissa Wheeler and historian Dr Annabelle Baldwin. How people divide labour within and beyond the family unit has changed throughout human histo…
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Working Fathers Mini-series. Ep 1 - Where's Dad?
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27:43We are pleased to bring you a special five episode podcast series created by Professor in HPS Cordelia Fine, political philosopher Associate Professor Dan Halliday, social psychologist, Dr Melissa Wheeler and historian Dr Annabelle Baldwin. The series is called Working Fathers, and explores the varied roles fathers play in contemporary Australia an…
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Working Fathers Mini-Series. Introduction.
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4:28In a break from our usual format, we are pleased to bring you a special five episode podcast series created by Professor in HPS Cordelia Fine, political philosopher Associate Professor Dan Halliday, social psychologist, Dr Melissa Wheeler and historian Dr Annabelle Baldwin. The series is called Working Fathers, and explores the varied roles fathers…
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Today marks the end of Season 10 of The HPScast. Join host Colbert Cannon for a listen back to some of our best moments this season. We had the great pleasure of hearing from insightful voices across health care, law, media and finance — including some of our own colleagues here at HPS. The HPScast team is grateful to all of our guests for taking t…
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Robert Carlock - Showrunner for 30 Rock & Emmy Award-Winning Writer & Producer
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28:48This week, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Robert Carlock, Emmy Award-winning writer and producer best known for his work as showrunner on Tina Fey's acclaimed sitcom, 30 Rock. We hear how Robert cut his teeth producing Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” and first met Tina. Robert discusses the professional partnership and friendship that he…
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Chris Stainton - Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners
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24:44This week, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Chris Stainton, a Managing Director in HPS’ London office focused on direct lending and special situations investing. We talk about Chris’s early career at Bain Capital and how sitting across the negotiation table with HPS led to his eventual decision to join the firm. We also do a deep dive into the ev…
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S3 Ep 12 - Sabina Leonelli on 'The Philosophy of Open Science'
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39:34Our guest today is Professor of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Exeter, Sabina Leonelli. Sabina recently released a book in the Cambridge Elements Philosophy of Science series on The Philosophy of Open Science. In her book, Sabina offers a stimulating perspective on the Open Science movement, discussing both its strengths and…
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Gareth Mee - Chief Investment Officer of Private Markets at Legal & General Capital
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25:35On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Gareth Mee, Chief Investment Officer of Private Markets at Legal & General Capital, the investing arm of one of the UK's largest insurance and asset management businesses. We talk about Gareth’s early career working as a consultant and eventual partner at Ernst & Young and his transition to…
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Jonathan Stromseth - Professor of the Practice at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy
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21:37On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Jonathan Stromseth, Professor of the Practice at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Jonathan teaches and researches globalization, foreign aid and governance reform work in Asia. We talk about Jonathan’s time spent across Asia working for the U.S. international development o…
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S3 Ep 11 - Uljana Feest on 'What is Missing in Replication Debates'
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28:11Today Carmelina is joined by Professor Uljana Feest, Philosopher of Psychology and Chair for Philosophy of Social Science and Social Philosophy at the Leibniz University of Hannover. In this episode, Uljana discusses her work on the philosophy and history of psychology as it relates to the replication crisis. In a recent article ‘What is the Replic…
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S3 Ep 10 - Aja Watkins & Miguel Ohnesorge on 'Philosophy of the Geosciences'
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26:22Today we are joined by Miguel Ohnesorge and Aja Watkins to talk about a new subfield of HPS - The Philosophy of the Geosciences. Miguel and Aja recently co-authored an article titled 'What is the Philosophy of the Geosciences?' In today's episode, we discuss many of the themes introduced in the paper, including common problems found across such div…
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Jared Solomon - Co-Founder and CEO of Five Iron Golf
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23:48On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Jared Solomon, Co-Founder and CEO of Five Iron Golf, an indoor golf simulator and events & entertainment business catering to urban centers. We talk about Jared’s first foray into entrepreneurship with Flux Stables, a poker staking business he started in law school. And he shares how he’s c…
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S3 Ep 9 - Emma Kowal on 'Haunting Biology'
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26:29How are we to understand Indigenous biological difference in the twenty-first century? Is it a racist ruse, a stubborn residue of racial pseudoscience? Or is it a potentially empowering force that can be unlocked by newly accurate science? Or by being under Indigenous control? Today’s guest is Deakin Distinguished Professor Emma Kowal. Emma first t…
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Current Credit Market Trends with HPS Governing Partners Purnima Puri and Mike Patterson
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22:18This week’s episode features a discussion of current credit market trends with HPS Governing Partners Purnima Puri and Mike Patterson joining host Colbert Cannon.Av purnima puri, colbert cannon, mike patterson, hps, hps investment partners
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Jay Goffman - Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Smith Goffman Partners
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25:00On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Jay Goffman, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Smith Goffman Partners, a restructuring advisory firm with a merchant bank component. We talk about Jay’s early start in bankruptcy law, his journey to becoming partner at Skadden and the origin of Smith Goffman Partners. Learn more about Jay’s Best Ide…
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