What I See: Conversations with Visionaries, Innovators and Entrepreneurs with Mark O’Donnell and Lewis Schiff

Episode 015: Strikes + Robots + Disruption

The hosts of What I See take on the strikes — auto workers and Hollywood writers — that are threatening to halt two of America's most beloved industries. Why are these strikes happening now? What's really going on in American business that has led to such discord between workers, managers and customers? Find out on this episode of What I See.

Episode 014: Economic Booms and Busts + Financial indicators for the end of the world

Akhil Patel's family suffered economically in the 1990s and 2008-9. That got this Oxford-educated thinker to wonder, how can we predict economic cycles better? The result of that is his book, Secret Wealth Advantage, which outlines a historical economic cycle argument that allows its followers to predict booms and busts.

Episode 013: Oliver Anthony + Rich Men + Hit Song Summer 2023

Every summer has a hit song. In 2023, it's Rich Men North of Richmond by Oliver Anthony, a previously unknown artist who's song about the forgotten American has managed to put words and music to the politics of the moment. We came across this song when Sam Klemens, the writer wrote about it in his newsletter, the Unhedged Capitalist back when the song was just introduced. We wanted to understand Sam how this song had become such a viral sensation in such a short period of time and what it tells us about America today.

Episode 012: Affirmative Action + Supreme Court + Education + Employment

In 2023, the United States Supreme Court ended the affirmative action protections in place for nearly 50 years in a case against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. We asked Dr. Ephraim Isaac, a civil rights pioneer and a global conflict resolution expert, who was at Harvard University when affirmative action was enacted, for his take on this landmark rule and its demise.

Episode 011: Augmented Reality + Future of Work + Apple

For years, augmented + virtual reality promised use cases beyond gaming. But no one--not Facebook, Microsoft or Google--has been able to turn AR/VR into mainstream tools for the workplace. Now, after 7 years and billions of dollars, Apple is getting into the game. They're no strangers to the "changing everything" game, having changed how we live our lives through iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches. Will they do it again?