floating questions
'floating questions' is a podcast where curiosity guides conversations, venturing into unknown destinations. It's a gateway to inquire and learn more about an array of subjects, including tech, AI, business, investing, and dashes of philosophy, spirituality, and art.
Join thinkers, innovators, and storytellers as they share insights and tales. This podcast is your invitation to share in the joy of spontaneous discovery, wherever that might lead. Subscribe to float along on this journey.
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- Update frequency
- every 26 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 13
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Joshua Pulsifer: Encountering Life, Death, and Art Through Video Games
In this episode, we are joined by Joshua Pulsifer - narrative designer and co-director at Zipit! Games, an indie studio in New York. Joshua and his partner Ben are building The Wide Open Sky is Runni…
Chad Sanderson: Fixing Broken Data Culture, One Contract at a Time
Data breaks. AI models go crazy. Downstream teams scramble to put out the fire.
In this episode, I talk with Chad Sanderson, CEO and co-founder of Gable - a startup rebuilding data quality and governa…
Stephanie Franklin: The Role of Data in Making Education Policy Count - and the Challenges Behind It
How do you measure whether an education policy is actually working?
In this episode, I talk with Stephanie Franklin, Deputy Associate Commissioner of Strategy and Analytics at one of the largest educa…
Sean Chen: From Google to the Streets - Startup Hustler & Content Creator
In this episode, we sit down with Sean Chen - a former data scientist at Google and one of the first AI product managers at Walmart/Sam’s Club - to unpack his whirlwind journey through tech and start…
Clarence Chio: Hacking, Risk x AI, Building with Pragmatism, and the Fine Line Between Delusion and Persistence
From a hacker's perspective, what are some of the most overlooked - yet critical - problems in tech?
In this episode, Clarence Chio shares his journey from giving DEFCON talks on adversarial AI before…
Ashish Ranjan Jha: Founder of Nativ (a16z Speedrun), Former AI Lead at Revolut - An Unscripted Journey
Floating Questions welcomes Ashish Ranjan Jha - former AI lead at Revolut, author of Fight Fraud with Machine Learning, and now founder of Nativ.
In this episode, we trace Ashish’s journey across thre…
Matt LeMay: Practical Wisdom, Business Impact, and Ethical Dilemmas in Product Management
Floating Questions welcomes Matt LeMay, a product leader, musician, and author of two books: Impact First Product Teams and Product Management in Practice. With experience at Spotify, Mailchimp, Bitl…
Nivedita Gaur: From Space to Silicon - A Trailblazing Journey of Ambition, Family, and Empowerment
Floating Questions welcomes Nivedita Gaur, whose extraordinary journey spans from India's Space Applications Centre to shaping the future of augmented reality (AR) as a Silicon Architect at Meta, whe…
Brian Hsu: Definition & Assumption Behind AI Ethics, Shift in AI Talents & Career Choice
What is even fairness in AI? Is there such a thing as too much diversity in AI output? Should AI reflect the world as it is, or the world we wish it to be?
In this episode of Floating Questions, Bria…
Amine Bennouna: From Morocco to MIT, From International Maths Olympiad to NGO, and From Research to Teaching
In this episode of Floating Questions, we sit down with Amine Bennouna, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT and soon-to-be professor at the Kellogg School of Management. We explore his childhood in Moro…
Daniel Kofman: Challenges in Solar, Ethics in Defense Tech, Spirituality in Science, and the Paradoxes in Human Nature
In this episode of Floating Questions, we sit down with Daniel Kofman, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded a solar panel company and started a defense technology startup recently, with a lifelong fa…
Shane Weisberg: Hiking, Creative Writing, and Navigating Data Science in MLB & Climate Policy
In this episode of Floating Questions, we sit down with Shane Weisberg, an MIT graduate, hiking in the woods and dabbling in creative writing. Our conversation delves into Shane’s passion for sci-fi …
Tristan Aubert's Journey Beyond Borders: From Childhood to Social Forestry and Data Science
Dive into our debut episode of "Floating Questions" where we explore the intersections of data science, social enterprise, and personal history with Tristan Aubert.
From his early years moving across…