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Behind The Tech with Kevin Scott - Podcast

Behind The Tech with Kevin Scott

Behind the Tech invites listeners to geek out with an amazing line-up of tech heroes, inventors and innovators. Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott takes tech enthusiasts behind-the-scenes to meet AI experts, computer scientists, authors, musicians, digital leaders, bioengineers and neuroscientists who have made discoveries, built tools, and literally helped make our modern world possible.

Tech Technology Education
Update frequency
every 32 days
Average duration
59 minutes
Episodes
72
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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Rana el Kaliouby, Founder of Affectiva, Deputy CEO of Smart Eye, and Emotion AI Pioneer

Rana el Kaliouby, Founder of Affectiva, Deputy CEO of Smart Eye, and Emotion AI Pioneer

Empathy and emotions are at the center of how we connect and communicate as humans—in fact, 93 percent of how we communicate is accomplished through non-verbal means. Emotion AI (a subset of AI that …

00:56:30  |   Tue 14 Feb 2023
Tobi Lütke: CEO and Founder, Shopify

Tobi Lütke: CEO and Founder, Shopify

Tobi Lütke, CEO and founder of the Canadian multinational e-commerce platform Shopify, is always looking for the tools he can use to build a better company. Since his early days running an online sno…

01:01:07  |   Tue 03 Jan 2023
Year in Review 2022

Year in Review 2022

As 2022 winds down, we revisit some of the year’s most inspirational and fascinating conversations with makers, engineers, award-winning sci-fi authors, and tech leaders—discussing topics ranging fr…

00:49:01  |   Tue 20 Dec 2022
Randall Munroe: XKCD Cartoonist, Author, & Physicist

Randall Munroe: XKCD Cartoonist, Author, & Physicist

XKCD is one of our favorite webcomics - and it started out as doodles in Randall Munroe's college notebooks. Munroe describes his work as “a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.” In this…

01:10:26  |   Mon 05 Sep 2022
Sam Schillace: Deputy CTO, Microsoft

Sam Schillace: Deputy CTO, Microsoft

Have you ever wondered who was behind the creation of Google Docs? Kevin talks with Sam Schillace, one of the people who launched the transformational – and at the time controversial – idea 16 years …

01:04:49  |   Wed 10 Aug 2022
Simone Giertz: Inventor, entrepreneur & robotics enthusiast

Simone Giertz: Inventor, entrepreneur & robotics enthusiast

This 31-year old YouTube phenom constantly pushes the envelope with her unique inventions – from her Every Day Calendar or a screwdriver ring to the world’s ‘worst’ jigsaw puzzle. Kevin talks with Si…

00:57:44  |   Tue 05 Jul 2022
Phil Spencer: CEO, Microsoft Gaming

Phil Spencer: CEO, Microsoft Gaming

Producing a blockbuster video game like Halo can be even more complex, creative, - and costly - than making a major motion picture. Kevin talks with Phil Spencer, a 34-year veteran of Microsoft, abou…
01:05:26  |   Mon 06 Jun 2022
David Baszucki: Co-Founder and CEO, Roblox

David Baszucki: Co-Founder and CEO, Roblox

Imagine what more than 50 million daily users on a gaming platform can create! David Baszucki is an entrepreneur, engineer and inventor who co-founded Roblox. Anyone with kids likely knows that Roblo…

00:58:09  |   Mon 09 May 2022
Alexis Ohanian: Reddit Co-Founder and CEO of 776

Alexis Ohanian: Reddit Co-Founder and CEO of 776

In this candid interview Alexis Ohanian, the enigmatic co-founder of Reddit, tells the story of how he created the company and talks with Kevin about his early days with Y-Combinator, how he taps int…

00:53:43  |   Mon 11 Apr 2022
Irma Olguin: CEO & Co-Founder of Bitwise Industries

Irma Olguin: CEO & Co-Founder of Bitwise Industries

This inspirational entrepreneur is building economies in underserved communities around the U.S by democratizing opportunities that technology can provide. Olguin raised one of the largest Series A r…

01:00:28  |   Mon 14 Mar 2022
Neal Stephenson, Award-winning science fiction author

Neal Stephenson, Award-winning science fiction author

Meet one of Kevin’s favorite sci-fi authors who influenced him as a kid growing up in rural Virginia. Kevin and this award-winning writer talk about metaverse and misinformation, as well as ways to c…

00:59:32  |   Tue 08 Feb 2022
Dr. Daniela Rus, Director of MIT Computer Science and AI Lab

Dr. Daniela Rus, Director of MIT Computer Science and AI Lab

Imagine nature inspiring us to create robots of the future! Kevin explores the future with Dr. Daniela Rus, who heads MIT’s CSAIL program. Hear about the latest research on everything from AI & ML to…

00:55:01  |   Tue 18 Jan 2022
Year in Review 2021

Year in Review 2021

It's time for our annual episode that revisits inspirational guests, including AI experts, bioengineers, Grammy winners, entrepreneurs and digital influencers. Topics range from research on AI and pr…

01:04:17  |   Mon 13 Dec 2021
Dr. Steven Pinker:  Psychologist, psycholinguist and author

Dr. Steven Pinker: Psychologist, psycholinguist and author

What could be more interesting than the human mind? Pinker is a best-selling author interested in all aspects of language and human nature. Kevin talks with this Harvard professor about the human min…

01:08:24  |   Mon 29 Nov 2021
Justine Ezarik:  Digital influencer, author, and actress

Justine Ezarik: Digital influencer, author, and actress

iJustine – popular techie, gamer, and YouTube tech reviewer – has nearly 7 million subscribers across YouTube. Kevin talks with Justine about her career path, tapping tech to help build your own onli…

01:06:14  |   Mon 18 Oct 2021
Dr. Peter Lee: Microsoft Research & Incubations

Dr. Peter Lee: Microsoft Research & Incubations

Kevin talks with Peter Lee about critical response scientific research, deep learning and neural networks – all related to Covid-19 and Microsoft’s growing healthcare and life sciences initiative. Li…

01:09:48  |   Wed 22 Sep 2021
Steven Bathiche: Microsoft Technical Fellow

Steven Bathiche: Microsoft Technical Fellow

Steven Bathiche, who’s behind some of the most innovative Microsoft products, shares his philosophy of life and talks about new computing form factors from AI and machine learning to robotics. Listen…

00:45:00  |   Mon 19 Jul 2021
Chase Jarvis:  Entrepreneur, artist and photographer

Chase Jarvis: Entrepreneur, artist and photographer

Join Kevin for a fascinating conversation with Chase Jarvis – CEO and Founder of CreativeLive. The CreativeLive platform gives millions of people ways to discover their passions. Find out how explori…

00:58:59  |   Mon 21 Jun 2021
Dr. David Baker: Director of the Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington

Dr. David Baker: Director of the Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington

Technology is influencing protein design research in ways that would have been science fiction a decade ago. Find out how engineering and biology are working together today to improve our health and …

00:46:48  |   Mon 24 May 2021
Kimberly Bryant: CEO & Founder of Black Girls Code

Kimberly Bryant: CEO & Founder of Black Girls Code

This charismatic leader talks about untapped potential – and why encouraging young people to study computer science is critical for the future of technology. Find out how Kimberly’s efforts are impac…

01:02:43  |   Tue 27 Apr 2021
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