TaleWind

Jan 30 2025 12 ep. 36 mins 1
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The TaleWind pod features interviews with authors of books related to science, technology, and business.

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Focus: The ASML Way by Marc Hijink

Jan 30 2025 40 mins  
For decades the most valuable technology company in Europe operated in the shadows. The chips manufactured by its machines, power our smartphones and AI assistants, make our coffee and drive our cars and even guide cruise missiles. In fact, roughly 90% of all chips worldwide are made with ASML’s machines. In recent years, the Dutch manufacturing company has found itself in the sp

Pattern Breakers by Mike Maples Jr. and Peter Ziebelman

Jan 22 2025 37 mins  
A conversation with Mike Maples Jr. about the book he co-authored, Pattern Breakers: Why Some Start-Ups Change the Future. Based on extensive research and real-world examples, this book upends accepted wisdom about how to achieve success when launching a startup or creating a new product.The breakthrough concepts of Pattern Breakers come from the observations of Mike Maples Jr., a

An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal

Nov 18 2024 35 mins  
A New York Times bestseller in 2017, An American Sickness reveals the inner workings of the US healthcare system. Elisabeth Rosenthal explores why US healthcare costs are so high, and suggests ways to improve the system. This episode was recorded in Mid-October, 2024. From Penguin Random House:Breaking down this monolithic business into the individual industries—the hospitals, do

The Essays of Warren Buffett by Lawrence A. Cunningham

Nov 07 2024 41 mins  
Lawrence A. Cunningham is the Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware. He currently serves as a Director for several publicly-traded companies: Markel Group (NYSE: MKL), Kelly Partners Group Holdings Limited (ASX: KPG), and Constellation Software (TSX: CSU), where he serves as Vice Chairman. Before becoming a professor, Cunning

The Highest Calling by David Rubenstein

Oct 18 2024 32 mins  
Special family episode this week featuring my father, David Rubenstein, on his new book, The Highest Calling. From Simon and Schuster:For years, bestselling author David M. Rubenstein has distilled the contours of American democracy through conversations with noted leaders and historians. In The Highest Calling, he offers an enlightening overview of arguably the single most importa

When the Heavens Went on Sale by Ashlee Vance

Aug 13 2024 40 mins  
Disclaimer: The content in this episode should not be considered financial or investment advice. Although this could change in the future, at the time of recording and releasing, the host did not own shares in any of the companies discussed. In When the Heavens Went on Sale, Ashlee Vance illuminates our future and unveils the next big technology story of our time: welcome to the Wi

Cheaper, Faster, Better by Tom Steyer

Aug 07 2024 23 mins  
The consequences of climate change—rising waters, extreme weather, record temperatures—are transforming our lives, as global warming accelerates more rapidly than scientists predicted even a few years ago. At the same time, the clean energy revolution is forging ahead faster than nearly anyone anticipated. As Tom Steyer sees it, these two trends together create a moment like th

How Life Works by Philip Ball

Aug 05 2024 38 mins  
Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Several aspects of the standard picture of how life works—the idea of the genome as a blueprint, of genes as instructions for building an organism, of proteins as precisely tailored molecular machines, of cells as entities with fixed identities, and more—have been exposed as incomplete, misleading, or wrong.In How Life

Boom and Bust by William Quinn and John D. Turner

Jul 25 2024 36 mins  
A conversation with William Quinn about Boom and Bust, which he co-authored alongside John D. Turner. Published in 2020, Boom and Bust explores financial bubbles across a number of different markets, geographies, and time periods. Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently. In orde

Lessons from the Titans by Rob Wertheimer, Scott Davis, and Carter Copeland

Jun 06 2024 45 mins  
A conversation with Rob Wertheimer about the book he co-authored in 2020, Lessons from the Titans: What Companies in the New Economy Can Learn from the Great Industrial Giants to Drive Sustainable Success. The conversation focuses particularly on the chapters that Rob authored in which he analyzes Caterpillar, Stanley Black & Decker, and United Rentals. In Lessons from the Tita