MIT TALKS
MIT TALKS sets out to bring you the stories that shape the people of MIT. Have you ever wondered what brought someone to MIT, to do the work they do, what challenges they might have faced, and what influenced them along the way? Co-hosts Dana Attar, Vyda Bielkus, and Sarah Trice bring you their stories on this engaging and inspiring podcast series. Tune In! Listen! Learn! Grow!
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 19
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2022
Michael Hecht talks space and how MIT is involved photographing black holes and making oxygen on Mars!
Michael Hecht, Associate Director for Research Management at the MIT Haystack Observatory and the Principal Investigator for the MOXIE oxygen ISRU demonstration experiment on NASA’s Mars 2020 (Persev…
Frank Schilbach: On the fascinating study of behavior and economics
Professor Frank Schilbach talks about his work at MIT in the field of behavioral economics, including his recent work in India on sleep and its impact on productivity, working to help the poor and ot…
Heather Kosakowski: From Growing Up in Foster Care to Unlocking Cognition in Baby Brains
In this episode, Heather Kosakowski shares details about her current work at the MIT Brain and Congitive Sciences Department where she is a PhD candidate. Her dissertation research focuses on the dev…
Neil Rasmussen: High School Tinkerer, Fortune 500 Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist
In this episode, Neil Rasmussen takes us on his life journey starting as a high school student who had an insatiable appetite for fixing things, then completing bachelors and masters degrees in elect…
Clover Food Lab Founder Ayr Muir: Saving the Planet, One Meal at a Time!
In this episode, Ayr Muir the founder of Clover Food Lab shares his journey from graduating from MIT with a Bachelor's and Master's in Materials Science & Engineering to becoming a leading food entre…
Regina Barzilay : “Oncology Meets AI - a Personal Journey”
In this episode of MIT Talks, the highly celebrated professor Regina Barzilay discusses her inspiring personal journey that shaped her career.
Regina is a Delta Electronics professor in the Departmen…
Andrew Lo: ”Finance doesn't always have to be a zero - sum game. We can all do well by doing good”
In this episode, Andrew Lo shares some insights from his journey with innovation. Through his work, Lo utilizes financial engineering to tackle some of the greatest challenges we are facing today suc…
Kindness & Math for Transformative Leadership
In this episode, James Rhee discusses how we can drive both positive revenue and positive social impact through conscious compassion and empowering people. James is an impact investor, CEO, senior le…
Women in STEM: You're More Than a Diversity Hire
Dr. Angelique Adams is an engineer with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing, operations, strategy, and innovation most recently serving as the Chief Innovation Officer at multi-billion dolla…
Andrew McAfee
Andrew McAfee is the Co-Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management. In this episode of MIT TALKS, he shares his ex…
How can a building make you healthier?
Sonal Singh & Jim Peranio Founders of Spatio Metrics share their personal and professional journey of being an entrepreneur. Architecture affects our health. Spatio Metrics generate spatial data, …
Season Two: MIT TALKS Season Intro
Introduction to MIT TALKS new season and co-hosts
Prof Ed Roberts: An MIT Lifer
Host Gayatri Aryan talks to Prof. Ed Roberts. Pronounced as "Godfather of Entrepreneurship" now, he helped establish Entrepreneurship as a branch of science that could be taught.
Prof. Roberts has rec…
COVID-19 Pandemic and Layoffs
Host Gayatri Aryan talks to Paul Levy. As CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), one of nation's preeminent academic medical center, Paul received national attention in 2009 for leadin…
Martin Trust Center
Host Gayatri Aryan talks to Dr. Trish Cotter, Executive Director at Martin Trust Center and Carly Chase, Founding Managing Director at NYC Startup Studio (an extension of MTC).
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Guests: Trish Cot…
TB Innovations
Host Gayatri Aryan talks to Dr. Eric Miller and Dr. Malvika Verma about their moonshot to deal with world's leading infectious cause of death: Tuberculosis. While Eric is focused on streamlining the…
Self-Awareness in Entrepreneurship
Host Gayatri Aryan talks to Kathleen Stetson. CEO and coach, Kathleen helps many-hats-wearing people better understand themselves and the world around them.
Kathleen led the first self-awareness progr…
MIT Energy Initiative
Host Gayatri Aryan talks to Dr. Diane Rigos, Executive Director at MIT Tata Center for Technology & Design. Tata Center is part of MIT Energy Initiative, MIT’s hub for energy research, education and …
Meet the MIT Club of Boston
Host Gayatri Aryan introduces MIT Club of Boston, its mission and the goal for this podcast series.
Produced by: Dave Lishansky
Artwork by: Vibha Verma
Music by: Marco Valentino