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Sunday Pick: Tech Solutions (#3): How one of China’s biggest tech companies is tackling carbon removal (with Xu Hao)

Tencent is one of China’s biggest tech companies, running the popular Chinese messaging app WeChat and the world’s largest video game vendor. Now, it’s also an up-and-coming force in the field of carbon removal. Xu Hao, the vice president of Sustainable Social Value at Tencent, o ... Show More

24m 1s

Nov 29

Can AI uplift entrepreneurs that traditional banks reject? | Mercedes Bidart

Can AI help people without a traditional credit history get access to fair loans? Impact entrepreneur Mercedes Bidart shows how AI is letting informal entrepreneurs in Latin America transform "invisible data" on their phones into a financial identity, helping them get credit and ... Show More

16m 47s

Nov 28

"The minister of loneliness" | Sarah Kay

Sarah Kay performs "The minister of loneliness," a heartwarming poem imagining what life would look like if homes were connected with tin-can telephone strings, creating a universe of curiosity, joy and connection. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6m 6s

Aug 2025

The Brilliance of Boredom with creative polymath Elle Cordova

We’re wired to chase the next spark - scrolling, swiping, refreshing - but some of our brightest ideas sneak in when we stop chasing, let boredom settle in and give our minds room to wander.Elle Cordova knows the power of that pause. When the pandemic hit pause on her l ... Show More

1h 5m

Jun 2020

Whitney Houston: Behold, the Everlasting Star!

We are living in Andy Warhol's vision of the future. It’s a time when anyone can TikTok their way to 15 minutes of fame, only to disappear 15 seconds later. But there’s a strange effect to all these stars and this new galaxy: We’re all so siloed as fans that it’s easy to f ... Show More

35m 57s

Sep 2023

Mark Ronson on His Instant Connection with Amy Winehouse, Producing the Music for "Barbie", and Staying Relevant

Mark Ronson’s work has found its way into tons of the biggest pop hits in the world over the past two decades. And in that time he became a new kind of artist: a producer whose style is so distinct that his name became the marquee name. In this episode, Guy talks with Mark about ... Show More

1h 7m

May 2020

Whitney Houston: Whitney's Billboard Run Contains Multitudes

It's hard to underestimate <a href="https://consequenceofsound.net/artist/whitney-houston/" rel="nofollow">Whitney Houston</a>’s stardom. For better and for worse, the world knows so much more about the late diva than we do about most artists from her era. Houston&# ... Show More

33m 8s

Sep 2024

How Trump and Harris Are Courting Pop Stars (Very Differently)

A discussion about the ways in which musicians and social media stars, both mainstream and more obscure, have figured into the current presidential campaign.Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytim ... Show More

40m 51s

Dec 2023

The Year of Concerts and Being Outside

On today’s episode, Candice Lim is joined by culture journalist Cat Sposato to run down this year in concerts, from the Renaissance alien to the perils of standing room only. They get into the value of concert films, how internet standom translates to venue fandom and why pop sta ... Show More

43m 36s

May 2021

Sinéad O'Connor

I chat with singer and songwriter Sinéad O'Connor/ Shuhada’ Sadaqat about her new book "Rememberings" We speak about art, the creative process, and religion.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener nor ... Show More

1h 19m

Sep 2024

045 - DJ Deer Jade

In this episode of Think Tank, Robert sits down with world-renowned DJ Deer Jade to reflect on their incredible 11 months together, during which their relationship has profoundly transformed both of them. They describe this time as the most transformative of their lives, each ... Show More

1h 28m

Oct 2019

Episode 20: Big Odalisque Energy

There are lots of different types of bodies in the world, but artist Fernando Botero focuses on the rounder kind--in this episode, Allyson tells you about Botero's 1998 painting L'Odalisque, and talks about how it relates to body image and ideas of the "other."

29m 20s

Sep 2024

Music of My Mind from 'The Wonder of Stevie'

Renegades listeners! We'd like to share the first episode of an exciting new Audible Original podcast. It's called The Wonder of Stevie. You might think you know Stevie Wonder. You might think you know his music. But you’ve never heard it like this. Host Wesley Morris is taking y ... Show More

59m 21s

Poetry and music that reaches across the...