Masters of Scale

Rich Roll’s ‘crash course’ in entrepreneurship

Rich Roll’s popular podcast recently passed 1,000 episodes. He sat down with host Jeff Berman to discuss his growing podcast network, why he’s ignoring the algorithm, and

The AI race to save American science and reshape medicine forever

Renee Wegrzyn spent her career building the future of American science — including ARPA-H, the White House agency created to accelerate health breakthroughs. Then the Tru

Pioneers of AI: OpenAI’s Tibo Sottiaux doesn’t want humans to be an ‘afterthought’

Thibault “Tibo” Sottiaux is OpenAI’s head of Product & Platform, making him responsible for the AI tools used by more than a billion users worldwide. Rana el Kaliouby spo

Building a marketplace from scratch, with Hipcamp founder Alyssa Ravasio

Alyssa Ravasio loves using ‘coyote trickster energy’ to get more people to put down their technology. Her camping marketplace, Hipcamp, has grown into the largest source

Kalshi vs. Everyone: Co-Founder Luana Lopes Lara on the lawsuits and the long game

Prediction markets incentivize truth. Everything else incentivizes clickbait. That's the core argument Luana Lopes Lara makes for Kalshi — the prediction market platform

Don't be boring: KCRW's Jennifer Ferro on building a brand people love

Jennifer Ferro is the former board chair of NPR and president of Southern California’s iconic public radio organization: KCRW. Ferro talks with host Jeff Berman about how

Halloween meets GLP-1s: Hershey’s candy Super Bowl, with CEO Kirk Tanner

The second a brand like Hershey stops being culturally relevant, says its CEO Kirk Tanner, you should be worried. He joins Rapid Response to explain exactly what he's doi

Rapid Response: Stop creating businesses. Buy one instead, with Codie Sanchez

Own or be owned. That's Codie Sanchez's ultimatum for anyone serious about their financial future. The founder of Contrarian Thinking and author of the new book Own or Be

How to build a billion-dollar sports team from scratch, with Golden State Valkyries’ Jess Smith

When Jess Smith became employee number one for the Bay Area’s WNBA expansion team, the future was a blank slate. Now, the Golden State Valkyries brand is boasting a unico

Rebranding in a war zone, with Prosper Global (formerly Mercy Corps)

The world has never faced so many humanitarian crises at once, and the systems built to respond to them are fraying. Tjada McKenna, CEO of Prosper Global — the organizati

Brené Brown & Reid Hoffman on the skills every leader needs now

Author and researcher Brené Brown joined host Reid Hoffman on stage last year in San Francisco for the 2025 Masters of Scale Summit. She reveals insights about how to lea

Let’s Kill Sh*t: Axios CEO on simplifying your work-life in the AI era

AI isn't simplifying your life… Yet. It's mass-producing more options, more decisions, and more noise. Axios CEO Jim VandeHei returns to Rapid Response to make the case t

Rapid Response: On's 16-year overnight success: Zendaya, Federer, and outrunning competition

On built a $4 billion sports brand in 16 years with a garden hose, a Roger Federer dinner in Zurich, and a young designer who watched a Halloween YouTube video. Co-founde

From high school dropout to CEO, with Autodesk’s Andrew Anagnost

Autodesk is the massive public software company at the heart of designing almost everything around you, from cars to buildings to video games. CEO Andrew Anagnost talks w

NFL Kickoff: the science gets more damning, but the money keeps growing

The NFL is the world's most valuable sports business, and it keeps growing. But is the growth sustainable? Sports journalist Michele Steele joins Rapid Response to kick o

Angela Duckworth on why grit isn’t enough

With the highly anticipated follow up to her bestseller “Grit”, psychologist and author Angela Duckworth offers a new framework for achieving excellence. She talks with h

When AI agents do your shopping, everything changes, with Shopify’s Jess Hertz

For decades, e-commerce rewarded the biggest brands who could buy their way to the top of search results. AI is changing that. Shopify COO Jess Hertz joins Rapid Response

Pioneers of AI: Designing AI for people and the planet, with Aza Raskin

AI is rapidly changing what it means to be human, but is AI development truly human-centered? According to Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, the

Chicago Fed President on inflation, recession, and Trump’s attacks

The economy is strong, prices are still too high, and the job market is sending mixed signals. The Federal Reserve is navigating all of it while fending off the most over

Ford's Jim Farley on beating China, and the storm nobody sees coming

With the ongoing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and fuel prices still elevated, few auto executives are feeling the pressure more acutely than Ford Motor Company CEO