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Rapid Response

The pace of change in our culture is unprecedented and shows no signs of slowing. So what is most important to pay attention to when striving to innovate, create, and lead? From the team behind Masters of Scale, Rapid Response features candid conversations with today's top business leaders navigating real-time challenges. Hosted by the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company, Bob Safian.

The world’s largest drone delivery service comes for retail, with Zipline’s Keller Cliffton

34 mins; May 02, 2025

Marc Lore wants an AI superapp to plan all your meals

26 mins; April 29, 2025

Pioneers of AI: Your next manager could be powered by AI, with Katherine von Jan

37 mins; April 25, 2025

From warzones to boardrooms: José Andrés on leadership learned in the kitchen

32 mins; April 22, 2025

Resurrecting dire wolves is just the beginning for Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm

33 mins; April 18, 2025

Finding opportunity in volatility, with GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik

30 mins; April 15, 2025

From Signalgate to wild tariff swings, with The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson

37 mins; April 11, 2025

When powerful law firms don’t defend themselves against Trump, with ex-Skadden associate Rachel Cohen

27 mins; April 08, 2025

Facing a blitz of government attacks, with Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson

27 mins; April 04, 2025

From data breach scandal to AI darling, with Snowflake’s CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy

28 mins; April 01, 2025

The new meaning of patriotism in business, with The Honest Company’s Carla Vernón

30 mins; March 28, 2025

Public radio vs. DOGE: NPR CEO Katherine Maher previews her testimony

31 mins; March 25, 2025

Anger, frustration & tariffs: Inside global trade disruption, with Flexport’s Ryan Petersen

31 mins; March 21, 2025

From 'Trump bump' to 'Trump slump,' with Betterment CEO Sarah Levy

27 mins; March 18, 2025

Connecting to a fractured audience, with Food52 CEO Erika Ayers Badan

27 mins; March 14, 2025

Nonprofits navigate Trump’s drastic funding cuts, with The Chronicle of Philanthropy CEO Stacy Palmer

27 mins; March 11, 2025

Can the NWSL make women’s soccer bigger than the NFL? with Commissioner Jessica Berman

32 mins; March 07, 2025

What the Oscars tell us about streamers, studios, and Hollywood’s future with The Ankler's Janice Min

26 mins; March 04, 2025

Leveraging celebrity culture to sustain an iconic brand, with The Apollo’s Michelle Ebanks

25 mins; February 28, 2025

Egg prices, avian flu & golden yolks, with Vital Farms CEO Russell Diez-Canseco

29 mins; February 25, 2025

Fixable: Can kindness (and a little math) be all it takes to save a struggling company?

31 mins; February 22, 2025

Kickstarter 2.0: Expanding far beyond crowdfunding, with CEO Everette Taylor

28 mins; February 21, 2025

Can Rivian avoid the EV speed bumps? with founder and CEO RJ Scaringe

31 mins; February 18, 2025

Musk’s DOGE agency and the real need to declutter government, with Jen Pahlka

25 mins; February 14, 2025

From Nike to Bud Light to Tubi: Lessons from the Super Bowl 2025 ads, with Autodesk's Dara Treseder

28 mins; February 11, 2025

Return-to-office: What leaders are getting wrong, with Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei

26 mins; February 07, 2025

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is here to put the brand back on top

30 mins; February 04, 2025

Brian Chesky on Airbnb's emerging reinvention

37 mins; January 31, 2025

Reid Hoffman on AI ‘Superagency'

26 mins; January 28, 2025

Netflix’s wins, Meta’s shifts, and Changemakers, with CNBC’s Julia Boorstin

27 mins; January 24, 2025

Redefining work-life balance, with Neha Ruch

29 mins; January 21, 2025

The business world braces for Trump’s inauguration, with Zeno Group’s Barby Siegel

28 mins; January 17, 2025

When disaster strikes: On the ground amid LA wildfires

30 mins; January 14, 2025

The luxury crisis rocking the fashion world, with The Business of Fashion’s Imran Amed

33 mins; January 10, 2025

5 bold AI predictions for 2025, with Pioneers of AI host Dr. Rana El Kaliouby

30 mins; January 07, 2025

The best time for a full reset? It’s now, with Dan Heath

28 mins; January 03, 2025

Replay: Plant-based foods need a makeover, with Peter McGuinness

29 mins; December 31, 2024

Replay: How Barstool Sports’ ex-CEO cooks up attention, with Food52’s Erika Ayers Badan

31 mins; December 24, 2024

Big Tech trends shaping 2025, with The Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson

32 mins; December 20, 2024

Six lessons of Rapid Response for 2025

28 mins; December 17, 2024

Juan Soto, media deals, and more sports business, with Pablo Torre

36 mins; December 13, 2024

Bluesky’s bold plan beyond the ‘X-odus’, with COO Rose Wang

32 mins; December 10, 2024

An epic energy shift is underway, with Cipher News’ Amy Harder

31 mins; December 06, 2024

How Cost Plus Drugs is revolutionizing pharma, with CEO Alex Oshmyansky

28 mins; December 03, 2024

Why Apple defies gravity and AI is God, with Guy Kawasaki, host of Remarkable People

25 mins; November 26, 2024

What a Trump second term means for business, with Ian Bremmer

37 mins; November 22, 2024

Iggy Azalea on crypto’s biggest myths and mistakes

31 mins; November 19, 2024

The mirage of workplace meritocracy, with Hello Monday’s Jessi Hempel, Meta’s Maxine Williams, Lean In’s Rachel Thomas, and Girls Who Code’s Reshma Saujani

28 mins; November 15, 2024

Cultivate loyalty at every level, with Chewy’s Sumit Singh and former Exos CEO Sarah Robb O’Hagan

21 mins; November 12, 2024

Reid Hoffman on Trump's election and what's next

31 mins; November 08, 2024

Rapid fire fun: Slutty Vegan’s Pinky Cole + ocean educator Philippe Cousteau Jr., live from the Masters of Scale Summit

29 mins; November 05, 2024

Fighting for privacy, with Signal’s Meredith Whittaker

18 mins; November 01, 2024

Lessons from Gaza & Israel, with World Central Kitchen’s Erin Gore and Builders Movement's Daniel Lubetzky

38 mins; October 29, 2024

How to build wealth in 2024, with Contrarian Thinking’s Codie Sanchez

28 mins; October 25, 2024

Ken Burns on Leonardo da Vinci, AI, and the future of storytelling

28 mins; October 22, 2024

From tipping to AI, a new era for restaurants, with Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer

27 mins; October 18, 2024

How Wikipedia will survive AI with CEO Maryana Iskander

27 mins; October 15, 2024

Marc Benioff says Salesforce can beat Microsoft in AI, here’s why

29 mins; October 11, 2024

How mobile voting can save democracy, with Bradley Tusk of Tusk Ventures

26 mins; October 08, 2024

Why social media’s not solely behind the loneliness epidemic, with Charlie Health's Carter Barnhart

25 mins; October 04, 2024

A new script for the book biz and Hollywood, with The Black List’s Franklin Leonard

26 mins; October 01, 2024

From users to investors, how Google’s ad trial impacts you, with Arielle Garcia

27 mins; September 27, 2024

EA’s march to 1 billion gamers, with CEO Andrew Wilson

25 mins; September 24, 2024

Rapid Response Introduces: Pioneers of AI with Dr. Rana el Kaliouby

42 mins; September 20, 2024

From Taylor Swift to the Emmys, lessons in celebrity, with The Ankler’s Janice Min

26 mins; September 17, 2024

Why I’m trying to buy TikTok, with Project Liberty's Frank McCourt

23 mins; September 13, 2024

2024 is the most significant time in human history (Encore)

30 mins; September 10, 2024

What Gen Z craves now, with noplace CEO Tiffany Zhong

22 mins; September 06, 2024

Will.i.am is using AI to re-make radio

29 mins; September 03, 2024

Athletic Brewing cracks open the non-alcoholic beer market, with CEO Bill Shufelt

29 mins; August 30, 2024

How Campus won over Sam Altman & Shaq, with founder Tade Oyerinde

23 mins; August 27, 2024

Turning Peacock’s summer of glory into gold, with President Kelly Campbell

25 mins; August 23, 2024

CNN’s Van Jones on Kamala’s glow-up, AI “wetware,” Elon Musk, and more

27 mins; August 20, 2024

How to spot a deepfake, with Adobe's Scott Belsky

28 mins; August 16, 2024

Wild summer travel tales from Boeing to CrowdStrike, with The Points Guy, Brian Kelly

24 mins; August 13, 2024

A new era in the ‘meat culture wars,’ with Impossible Foods' Peter McGuinness

29 mins; August 09, 2024

Menopause is having a hot moment, with Midi Health’s Joanna Strober

27 mins; August 06, 2024

Angel City FC: Building the most valuable women’s sports team ever (Encore)

33 mins; August 02, 2024

How Barstool Sports’ ex-CEO cooks up attention, with Food52’s Erika Ayers Badan

31 mins; July 30, 2024

Reid Hoffman on the business impacts of Trump vs. Harris

25 mins; July 24, 2024

What the Democrats' campaign changeup means for business, with Axios’ Alex Thompson

24 mins; July 23, 2024

Creating a new NBA experience, with Steve Ballmer and AT&T’s John Stankey

29 mins; July 19, 2024

What’s the next Barbenheimer? with The Ankler’s Janice Min

25 mins; July 16, 2024

Hinge’s summer of love, with CEO Justin McLeod

23 mins; July 12, 2024

Team USA’s bold plan for Paris, with US Olympic & Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland

26 mins; July 09, 2024

GaryVee wants your attention, with VaynerMedia’s Gary Vaynerchuk (re-release)

33 mins; July 05, 2024

Why the fashion industry needs a makeover, with Imran Amed

29 mins; July 02, 2024

Sea adventures that can save the planet, with Philippe Cousteau Jr.

29 mins; June 28, 2024

Slutty Vegan wants to be the next Shake Shack, with founder Pinky Cole

23 mins; June 25, 2024

The inside buzz from Cannes Lions, w/Autodesk’s Dara Treseder

22 mins; June 21, 2024

Power moves for the planet, w/GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik

23 mins; June 18, 2024

Inside Apple’s big week, w/Fast Company’s Yasmin Gagne

20 mins; June 14, 2024

Taking over when tragedy strikes, w/Guild's Bijal Shah

23 mins; June 11, 2024

Humanoid robots enter the workforce, w/Agility Robotics CEO Peggy Johnson

21 mins; June 07, 2024

Crypto’s new chapter, w/Crypto Council for Innovation’s Sheila Warren

25 mins; June 04, 2024

What the longevity craze means for the workplace, w/EXOS CEO Sarah Robb O’Hagan

24 mins; May 31, 2024

Robinhood confronts a GameStop sequel, w/CEO Vlad Tenev

24 mins; May 28, 2024

How women saved the economy, w/Ellevest's Sallie Krawcheck

25 mins; May 24, 2024

What campus protests mean for business, w/Ken Frazier and Ken Chenault

30 mins; May 21, 2024

Airbnb’s radical AI future (Part 2), w/CEO Brian Chesky

28 mins; May 17, 2024

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