The Great Communicators
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Episode 23 – Rebecca Taft (MIT Graduate Student) Reflects On Episodes 20-22
We sit down with a former MIT student to unpack the previous episodes. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Rebecca Taft, Software Engineer at Cockroach Labs & MIT Computer Science Ph.D. Recpient Produced & Hosted by Adam Greenfield Executive Produced by Pat...
Episode 22 [Unedited | Rebroadcast]
This is a rebroadcast of the the full, unedited interview with Yang Shao-Horn. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episodes of Yang’s interview yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one.
Episode 22 – Yang Shao-Horn On Publishing As The Beginning Of A Conversation
There’s an understanding that just because research has been published, that doesn’t mean it’s some kind of final answer to a question. And Professor Shao-Horn takes comfort in this, this sort of ever-changing landscape of knowledge and information.
Episode 21 [Unedited | Rebroadcast]
This is a rebroadcast of the the full, unedited interview with Scott Lewis. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episodes of Scott’s interview yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one.
Episode 21 – Scott Lewis On Arranging Facts To Tell A Story
Communicating something to someone shouldn’t just be a laundry list of facts. Scott Lewis used the recent political season to illustrate this point, that it’s important for the audience to leave your talk or finish reading your written communication an...
Episode 20 [Unedited]
This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Jim Ruland. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined.
Episode 20 – Jim Ruland On Using Conflict To Engage Audiences
According to Author Jim Ruland, it’s important to have intentions and goals in mind of what you’re trying to communicate. That’s a good starting point to knowing what is extraneous information and can be left on the cutting room floor,
Episode 19 [Unedited]
This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Eric Lander. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined.
Episode 19 – Eric Lander On Using Performance To Educate Your Audience
You, the speaker, have all the data and knowledge and understanding of the subject you’re speaking about. But if you can’t convey its significance and why it’s deserving of all this attention, it lessens not just the importance of the data but the audi...
Episode 18 [Unedited | Rebroadcast]
This is a rebroadcast of the the full, unedited interview with Sage Rosenfels. If you havent listened to the fully produced episodes of Sages interview yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before