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MIT TALKS

MIT TALKS

MIT Club of Boston

MIT TALKS sets out to bring you the stories that shape the people of MIT. Have you ever wondered what brought someone to MIT, to do the work they do, what challenges they might have faced, and what influenced them along the way? Co-hosts Dana Attar, Vyda Bielkus, and Sarah Trice bring you their stories on this engaging and inspiring podcast series. Tune In! Listen! Learn! Grow!
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best MIT TALKS episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to MIT TALKS for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite MIT TALKS episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

In this episode, Ayr Muir the founder of Clover Food Lab shares his journey from graduating from MIT with a Bachelor's and Master's in Materials Science & Engineering to becoming a leading food entrepreneur. Ayr is the founder of Clover Food Lab, a fast, casual, vegetarian food chain that continues to grow. Clover was inspired by Ayr's desire to make lasting positive improvement on the environment. Listen and learn how a purpose driven mission built an incredible business and life.

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In this episode, Andrew Lo shares some insights from his journey with innovation. Through his work, Lo utilizes financial engineering to tackle some of the greatest challenges we are facing today such as Cancer, Climate Change, the Financial Markets, the Pandemic and its associated economic challenges and opportunities.

Andrew W. Lo is the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor, a Professor of Finance, and the Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

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MIT TALKS - Martin Trust Center
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03/14/20 • 26 min

Host Gayatri Aryan talks to Dr. Trish Cotter, Executive Director at Martin Trust Center and Carly Chase, Founding Managing Director at NYC Startup Studio (an extension of MTC).

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Guests: Trish Cotter and Carly Chase
Produced by: Dave Lishansky
Artwork by: Vibha Verma
Music by: Marco Valentino

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Dr. Angelique Adams is an engineer with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing, operations, strategy, and innovation most recently serving as the Chief Innovation Officer at multi-billion dollar European steelmaker, Aperam. She has a Ph.D. from Penn State and an MBA from MIT. In this episode Dr. Adams discuss her book "Women in STEM" and her personal journey.

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In this episode, James Rhee discusses how we can drive both positive revenue and positive social impact through conscious compassion and empowering people. James is an impact investor, CEO, senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management and has recently been appointed Johnson Chair of Entrepreneurship as well as Senior Adviser to the newly endowed Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership at Howard University.

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MIT TALKS - Andrew McAfee

Andrew McAfee

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04/07/21 • 36 min

Andrew McAfee is the Co-Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management. In this episode of MIT TALKS, he shares his experience of what it was like for him to speak at TED, what his new revealing book is about, and what he does to challenge himself in his downtime!

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MIT TALKS - How can a building make you healthier?
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04/07/21 • 19 min

Sonal Singh & Jim Peranio Founders of Spatio Metrics share their personal and professional journey of being an entrepreneur. Architecture affects our health. Spatio Metrics generate spatial data, visualize it, and reveal ways to improve operational efficiency and well-being.

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MIT TALKS - Season Two:  MIT TALKS Season Intro
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04/02/21 • 7 min

Introduction to MIT TALKS new season and co-hosts

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MIT TALKS - Prof Ed Roberts: An MIT Lifer
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05/15/20 • 35 min

Host Gayatri Aryan talks to Prof. Ed Roberts. Pronounced as "Godfather of Entrepreneurship" now, he helped establish Entrepreneurship as a branch of science that could be taught.
Prof. Roberts has recently published a book: Celebrating Entrepreneurs. All the author proceeds from this book will be donated to the MIT Entrepreneurship Program.
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Guests: Prof. Ed Roberts
Produced by: Dave Lishansky
Artwork by: Vibha Verma
Music by: Marco Valentino

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Michael Hecht, Associate Director for Research Management at the MIT Haystack Observatory and the Principal Investigator for the MOXIE oxygen ISRU demonstration experiment on NASA’s Mars 2020 (Perseverance) talks about MIT Haystack’s Observatory and the fascinating work being conducted including the efforts that went in to capture an image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy and how the observatory team is helping make oxygen on Mars for future planned missions to the red planet. Tune in for this out of this world chat hosted by Vyda Bielkus.

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FAQ

How many episodes does MIT TALKS have?

MIT TALKS currently has 19 episodes available.

What topics does MIT TALKS cover?

The podcast is about Stories, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Podcasts, Technology, Education, Talk, Science, Business and Innovation.

What is the most popular episode on MIT TALKS?

The episode title 'Michael Hecht talks space and how MIT is involved photographing black holes and making oxygen on Mars!' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on MIT TALKS?

The average episode length on MIT TALKS is 30 minutes.

How often are episodes of MIT TALKS released?

Episodes of MIT TALKS are typically released every 33 days, 9 hours.

When was the first episode of MIT TALKS?

The first episode of MIT TALKS was released on Nov 8, 2019.

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