Best Anneka Podcasts (2026)

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Episode 93: Danielle Young - Breaking the Silence: Healing and Empowering Women After Domestic Abuse 27:59

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On our latest episode, we have a powerful discussion about the harrowing yet inspiring story of Danielle Young, a domestic violence survivor turned advocate. Danielle shares her personal story of surviving abuse and her mission to empower other women to reclaim their lives and transform their pain into purpose. With over 20 years of experience navi…

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Stonepeak's Cyrus Gentry - bringing infrastructure investing to the wealth channel 49:52

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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode brings infrastructure investing to life — literally. We sat down in and walked through one of Stonepeak’s data center assets with Managing Director and CEO of SP+ INFRA, Cyrus Gentry. Cyrus has played an integral role in Stonepeak’s rapid ascent as a firm and the growth of its wealth …

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Engineering Around Extreme S3 Scale with R. Tyler Croy 33:39

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R. Tyler Croy, a principal engineer at Scribd, joins Corey Quinn to explain what happens when simple tasks cost $100,000. Checking if files are damaged? $100K. Using newer S3 tools? Way too expensive. Normal solutions don't work anymore. Tyler shares how with this much data, you can't just throw money at the problem, but rather you have to engineer…

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Spitfire pilot Jeffrey Quill picked by astronaut Tim Peake 27:44

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"It was brilliant to read some of the old techniques the Spitfire test pilots were using, and in some respects test pilot flying isn't that different today, but we don't have to do everything by notebook and pencil and stopwatch." Tim Peake Jeffrey Quill was born in 1913, and flew the Spitfire prototype in 1936. Tim Peake was born in 1972 and was l…

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Avery Pennarun on Tailscale's Evolution: From Mesh VPN to AI Security Gateway 44:19

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Corey Quinn sits down with Avery Pennarun, co-founder and CEO of Tailscale, for a deep dive into how the company is reinventing networking for the modern era. From finally making VPNs behave the way they should to tackling AI security with zero-click authentication, Avery shares candid insights on building infrastructure people actually love using,…

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Miro CEO on Leading AI Product Expansion Without Losing Focus | Andrey Khusid | E282 28:17

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In this episode, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia interviews Andrey Khusid, Co-founder and CEO of Miro, the visual collaboration platform valued at an estimated $17 billion with over 100 million users. Andrey reveals how Miro transformed from a simple browser whiteboard into a central hub for innovation, serving 250,000 customers worldwide. He disc…

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Blue Owl's Sean Connor - a growth company in a growth industry that is investing in megatrends 59:39

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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode takes us inside the world of wealth from the perspective of one of the industry’s largest alternative asset managers that has made the wealth channel core to its firm’s DNA from the beginning. We sat down with Sean Connor, Senior Managing Director and the President & CEO of Global Pri…

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How Grokability Built a Profitable Open Source Business with Jeremy Price 30:38

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Most open source companies do the same thing. They take investor money, lock their best features behind paywalls, sell the company, and disappoint everyone. Grokability did something different. Jeremy Price, VP of Technology at Grokability talks with Corey Quinn about how they built a business that makes enough money without chasing endless growth.…

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Episode 92: Catherine Buck Clarenbach- Finding Light in Darkness: A Journey with Bipolar Disorder 41:30

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On the latest episode of The Meade Musings Podcast, we welcome Catherine Buck Clarenbach , an ordained minister of Stone Circle , who shares her profound journey through mental health and spirituality. Living with bipolar disorder since childhood, Catherine opens up about her struggles with depression, suicidal thoughts, and the challenges of being…

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EQT's Jean Eric Salata - reflections on leadership, culture, and values from one of the world's largest investment firms 32:03

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It all comes back to the DNA. The firms that know who they are will know who to be. You can learn a lot about an investment firm by listening to what they say. Alt Goes Mainstream’s AGM Originals Series - The DNA: Capturing Culture - is dedicated to capturing the DNA of a firm by listening to what they say. The first season of The DNA stars EQT. In…

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The North Pole Unwrapped - Russell Kane, Felicity Aston and Lloyd Peck 42:22

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In this Christmas episode of The Infinite Monkey Cage, Brian Cox and Robin Ince head to the North Pole to explore the dazzling science behind the northern lights, the extreme adaptations that help animals - and even Santa Claus - survive the Arctic cold, and how the Earth’s magnetic field might just guide him home. Joining the monkeys are comedian …

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Webflow CPO on How Product Leaders at AI-Native Companies Act as Individual Contributors | Rachel Wolan | E281 45:01

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In this episode, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia speaks with Rachel Wolan, CPO at Webflow, the visual development platform valued at $4 billion that empowers over 3.5 million designers worldwide. Rachel discusses Webflow’s bold strategy to evolve into an AI-native experience platform with the launch of AppGen, a tool bridging the critical gap betw…

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Alts Pulse Ep. 18: Taking the pulse of private markets with iCapital Chairman & CEO Lawrence Calcano 18:53

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Welcome to the 18th episode of the Alts Pulse, a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. In the latest episode of the Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, Lawrence and I go global. We discussed his recent trip to Asia to peer into the nuances of the different wealth managemen…

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EQT's Conni Jonsson - building a global private equity firm the Nordic way 25:53

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It all comes back to the DNA. The firms that know who they are will know who to be. You can learn a lot about an investment firm by listening to what they say. Alt Goes Mainstream’s AGM Originals Series - The DNA: Capturing Culture - is dedicated to capturing the DNA of a firm by listening to what they say. The first season of The DNA stars EQT. In…

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Monkey Business - Robin Dunbar, Dave Gorman and Jo Setchell 42:30

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In perhaps the monkiest Infinite Monkey Cage episode there’s ever been, Brian Cox and Robin Ince attempt to uncover the secrets of love, lust and friendship in primates. Swinging by to offer a hand (or tail) are evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar, anthropologist Jo Setchell, and comedian Dave Gorman. Together the panel explores Dunbar’s number …

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The AI Productivity Gap with Keith Townsend 41:23

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Corey Quinn reconnects with Keith Townsend, founder of The CTO Advisor, for a candid conversation about the massive gap between AI hype and enterprise reality. Keith shares why a biopharma company gave Microsoft Copilot a hard no, and why AI has genuinely 10x’d his personal productivity while Fortune 500 companies treat it like radioactive material…

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Vista Equity Partners' David Breach - building a software investing powerhouse in the age of AI 51:58

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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into the nuances of enterprise software and how to build a scaled specialist alternative asset manager. We sat down in Vista’s NYC office with David Breach, Vista’s President and Chief Operating Officer. David sits on Vista’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing and decisio…

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Vercel V0 GM on Transforming Developer Workflows to Ship Faster | Zeb Hermann | E280 46:34

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In this episode, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia interviews Zeb Hermann, General Manager, v0 at Vercel, the AI cloud platform recently valued at $9.3 billion. Zeb oversees v0, which has grown to 3.5 million unique users by fundamentally changing how developers and PMs build software. Zeb dives into the operational shifts required to transform deve…

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Head in the Clouds - Owain Wyn Evans, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Amanda Maycock 42:24

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Robin Ince and Brian Cox look up to the heavens as they try to ‘de-mistify’ the foggy science of clouds. They’re joined by Cloud Appreciation Society founder Gavin Pretor-Pinney, climate scientist Amanda Maycock, and former weather presenter and drummer Owain Wyn Evans, for a whirlwind tour of our too often-overlooked aerial realm. The panel explor…

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ING's Anneka Treon and Johan Kloeze - lessons learned from building a private markets platform for private wealth clients in Europe 47:29

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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode was filmed at ING’s HQ in Amsterdam, right after ING held its Private Markets Day. The firm has been actively building out its private markets capabilities to serve its private wealth clients so it was a treat to interview two of the people responsible for running ING’s wealth managem…

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Live from New York with Oaktree's Armen Panossian - "don't reach for risk to deliver the right return" 54:28

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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode was filmed live at an event during a Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions RIA Council meeting in New York. Armen Panossian, the Co-CEO and Head of Performing Credit at Oaktree, and I sat down for a conversation in a Brookfield-owned building with a group of RIAs in the audience. Armen,…

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AI Agents, Enterprise Risk, and the Future of Recovery: Rubrik’s Vision with Dev Rishi 36:26

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In this episode of Screaming in the Cloud, Corey Quinn sits down with Rubrik’s GM of AI, Dev Rishi, to unpack the real story behind enterprise AI adoption, the rise of agentic systems, and why most organizations are still stuck in read-only mode. Dev breaks down how Rubrik’s Agent Rewind brings safety, observability, and resilience to AI-driven act…

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Fusion – Ria Lina, Yasmin Andrew and Howard Wilson 42:14

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Robin Ince and Brian Cox get all fired up, overcome their natural repulsion and come together for this stellar episode on nuclear fusion. They’re joined by plasma physicist Yasmin Andrew, fusion scientist Howard Wilson and comedian Ria Lina to uncover the secrets of star-making here on our planet. Together the panel discovers how the sun fuses atom…

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Franklin Templeton's George Stephan - bringing public and private together 51:56

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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode brings the perspective of an asset management veteran who has sat on both sides of the table. We sat down in Franklin Templeton’s New York City office with George Stephan, COO of Global Wealth Management Alternatives at Franklin Templeton. George joined Franklin to continue the buildo…

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Lovable Head of Growth on The New AI-Native Growth Playbook | Elena Verna | E279 43:21

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In this episode, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia interviews Elena Verna, Head of Growth at Lovable—the fastest-growing AI startup to ever surpass $100M in ARR, hitting the milestone in just eight months. With a proven track record leading growth at Miro, Amplitude, Superhuman, and Dropbox, Elena brings unparalleled expertise in driving sustainable…

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What’s the deal with eels? – Lucy Porter, David Righton and Caroline Durif 42:26

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Fishing rods at the ready, Brian Cox and Robin Ince attempt to reel in a creature that has baffled scientists since Aristotle: the eel. Wriggling in to help them uncover the mysteries of one of nature’s slimiest subjects are marine scientists David Righton and Caroline Durif, and comedian Lucy Porter. How do eels navigate such vast distances so dee…

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Episode 91: Diana Winkler - Life After Abuse: A Journey of Empowerment and Healing for Women 28:54

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In this powerful episode of Meademusings Podcast, we welcome Diana Winkler, an empowerment coach dedicated to helping women heal from abusive relationships. Diana shares her personal journey as a survivor of emotional, psychological, and spiritual abuse, revealing the challenges she faced within a controlling marriage and the toxic environment of a…

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iAltA's Bill Crager - from building Envestnet to a "transformational moment" in wealth management 53:48

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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s interview is with a wealth management entrepreneur who created one of the most consequential wealth management technology companies that has helped to shape the industry into what it is today. Bill Crager is the Co-Founder of Envestnet, which he and his co-founder, the late Jud Bergman, grew …

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What’s the time? - Marcus Brigstocke, Leon Lobo, Louise Devoy 42:18

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Robin Ince and Brian Cox wind up at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich – arguably the centre of time – to uncoil the mysteries of what time is and how on Earth (…and on moon) we keep track of it. Taking the time to join them are comedian Marcus Brigstocke, curator of the Royal Observatory Louise Devoy, and Head of the National Timing Centre Leon Lo…

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Hims & Hers CPO on Building Delightful Products in Regulated Markets | Dheerja Kaur | E278 41:59

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In this episode, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia interviews Dheerja Kaur, Chief Product Officer at Hims & Hers, the publicly traded health and wellness platform with a market cap of over $10 billion and more than 3 million active users across its Hims and Hers consumer brands. At Hims & Hers, Dheerja is building the future of preventative care by …

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From Code to Cash: How André Arko Builds Better Tools and Gets Paid for Open Source 40:42

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André Arko, CEO of Spinel Cooperative and longtime Bundler maintainer, joins Corey Quinn to introduce RV, a new Ruby tool that installs Ruby in one second instead of 10-40 minutes by using precompiled binaries. Inspired by Python's UV, RV aims to simplify Ruby dependency management without the complexity of older tools like RVM and rbenv. They talk…

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Vista Equity Partners' Robert F. Smith - on who will benefit from AI 53:19

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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode welcomes a pioneer and visionary in enterprise software investing to Alt Goes Mainstream. Robert F. Smith is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of $100B AUM Vista Equity Partners. He sits on the firm’s Investment Committees for Vista’s Flagship, Foundation, Endeavor, and Perennial Funds a…

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Mind-reading Computers – Phil Wang, Anne Vanhoestenberghe and Luke Bashford 42:42

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For once, Brian Cox and Robin Ince are on the same wavelength – with thinking caps firmly on, they plug into the science of brain-computer interfaces. Helping them decode the tech are neuroscientist Luke Bashford, biomedical engineer Anne Vanhoestenberghe, and comedian Phil Wang. Together the panel switches on to the possibilities of using implante…

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Nomura Capital Management's Robert Stark - building a private credit business within a global bank 55:03

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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into private credit and building an asset management business inside of a leading global bank. We sat down in Nomura’s NYC office with Robert Stark, the CEO of Nomura Capital Management LLC (NCM) and Head of Investment Management in the Americas for the Nomura Group. Robert brin…

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PGIM's Dominick Carlino - operating at the intersection of asset management, insurance, and wealth management 38:11

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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with an experienced private markets and distribution executive who has been educating the wealth channel and distributing private markets investment solutions at some of the industry’s largest investment platforms. We sat down in Prudential’s Newark studio with PGIM’s Global Head o…

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Oliver Postgate 27:39

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"Postgate's work is deep inside me and I think that's true for so many of my generation...His work represents nothing less than a touchstone for our national imagination and in that sense it's profoundly important" Andrew Davenport, writer, composer, and creator of Teletubbies and In the Night Garden, nominates Oliver Postgate, who, along with his …

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Cyber Resilience Beyond Prevention with Anneka Gupta 34:14

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When attackers are smart enough to hit your backups, recovery becomes your best defense. Rubrik’s Chief Product Officer, Anneka Gupta, joins host Corey Quinn to break down what true cyber resilience looks like in today’s multi-cloud world. From AI-driven recovery to surviving ransomware with your data (and reputation) intact, this episode covers wh…

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Cisco President & CPO on Building Security-by-Design in AI Products | Jeetu Patel | E277 30:00

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In this episode, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia interviews Jeetu Patel, Chief Product Officer at Cisco, as he explores the critical intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and collaboration. Jeetu shares how Cisco is designing next-generation security products to protect enterprise systems in an AI-driven world. He discusses the balancing act between …

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Sylvia Plath 27:06

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Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence, chooses the writer Sylvia Plath. Sylvia Plath was a precocious, prize-winning child,. Her mother had high expectations for her. Her father had died when she was 8 (but could have been saved if only he'd gone to see a doctor). When she was well, Plath was energetic, fun, bright, attractive, funny and incredibly sma…

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Episode 90: Celebrating Black History Month - Mental Health Journey in Pageantry Contestants 24:57

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In this special Black History Month episode of The Meademusing's Podcast,We explore the inspiring journeys of two incredible contestants from the recently concluded Mr. Africa UK pageant, Michael Nyabako and Calvin. Both men share their stories, challenges, and achievements as they champion mental health and disabilities, breaking barriers along th…