Rapid Response

Airbnb’s bet on an IRL future, with Brian Chesky

This episode of Rapid Response first aired in 2025. Live on stage at Masters of Scale Summit in San Francisco, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky explores what role

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

Meet Tilly Norwood and her creator: AI "actor," death threats, and new Hollywood

What happens when you interview an AI? Bob Safian found out, and while it didn't break out into Cantonese, it was stranger than he expected. This episode is split in two:

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

Chobani & Patagonia CEOs break down where values meet profit

This episode of Rapid Response first aired in 2025. Live on stage at Masters of Scale Summit in San Francisco, Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert and Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya

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

Pioneers of AI: The deep AI shifts that will reshape our lives

For nearly two decades, Amy Webb's annual Tech Trends Report was required reading for anyone trying to keep up with technology. But this year, Webb killed the report and

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

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

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

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

Masters of Scale: Always be the challenger, with Savannah Bananas founder Jesse Cole

Jesse Cole loved baseball. He also knew most people thought it was too long and boring. So he disrupted America’s pastime by putting on a yellow tux - and an incredible s

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

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

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

This episode originally aired on Rapid Response in April 2026. With the ongoing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and fuel prices still elevated, few auto executives ar

How Snoop Dogg, Comic-Con, and cold calls are growing USA Fencing

Fencing is one of the oldest sports in Olympic history. It's also one of the least watched domestically. Phil Andrews, CEO of USA Fencing, is on a mission to change that,

What the jobs report isn't telling you about AI & the workforce, with Upwork’s Hayden Brown

Few leaders have a better real-time read on how AI is actually reshaping the workforce than Hayden Brown. As CEO of Upwork, the platform where 18 million freelancers meet

Masters of Scale: Author Jim Collins on unlocking your potential

Jim Collins is the author of some of the most important business books of all time, like Good to Great and Built to Last. For his latest project, instead of profiling ico

Speed vs. accuracy, scale vs. soul: Watch Duty's toughest fire season yet

It's only mid-August, and Watch Duty CEO John Mills says it's only going to get worse. With British Columbia under a province-wide state of emergency and Spokane still re

Google’s exodus, Spider-Man’s odyssey, Taco “Hell”, and more

What’s the business story of the summer thus far? SpaceX’s stumble post-IPO? AI security breaches? Ongoing tension surrounding the Strait of Hormuz? Host Bob Safian sits