The Sydcast
The Sydcast is all about intimate and informative conversations with fascinating people you may not know. Until now. Because everyone has a story.
Listen in as Syd talks to entrepreneurs, community leaders, professional athletes, politicians, academics, authors, musicians, and many more about who they are and how they got there.
Sydney Finkelstein is an award winning professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and a best-selling author of Superbosses and 25 other books. He’s written for the Harvard Business Review, the BBC, Fortune, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, and more academic journals than you’d care to know about. He spends his time asking questions, and sometimes, even answering them.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 155
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
Jim Campbell, and the Truth about Bernie Madoff
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Episode Summary
Jim Campbell, author of Madoff Talks: Uncovering the Untold Story Behind the Most Notorious Ponzi Scheme in History, retur…
01:03:06 |
Mon 21 Jun 2021
Reverend Leah Daughtry: A Surprising Life in Religion and Politics
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Episode Summary
Syd and his guest Reverend Leah Daughtry break all the rules of polite conversation to discuss faith an…
00:58:18 |
Mon 14 Jun 2021
Henry Cisneros: A Life of Service, from the Barrio to the Mayor's Office to Clinton's Cabinet
TSC 92: Henry Cisneros: A Life of Service, from the Barrio to the Mayor's Office to Clinton's Cabinet
Episode Summary
The Honorable Henry Cisneros, former mayor of San Antonio and HUD Secretary,…
00:58:40 |
Mon 07 Jun 2021
Tom Mendoza: Technology and Culture from a Silicon Valley Pioneer
Meet Tom Mendoza, story-teller, teacher, and evangelist for building strong corporate cultures and how to do it (“Catch Someone Doing Something Right”).
01:15:50 |
Mon 31 May 2021
How to Find the Next Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, With Investor Eric Jackson
Finding the right place to start when it comes to investing in companies can appear mind-boggling, especially when times are constantly changing.
01:01:06 |
Mon 22 Feb 2021
Sid Ganis: My Life in Hollywood with Lucas, Coppola, and Spielberg
Take a trip through time with Sid Ganis as he shares how a couple of rejection letters shaped his amazing and long career as a motion picture executive and producer. Movie buffs will revel in his st…
00:51:55 |
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Introverts, Extroverts, and Leadership, with Karl Moore
Would we be happier and more effective at work and at home if we didn’t succumb to an innate tendency toward extroversion or introversion, but instead adjusted to each situation we were in?
01:04:06 |
Mon 08 Feb 2021
Art and Money, with Professor Chad Elias
Chad Elias combines an art history lecture with a business seminar to provide a comprehensive lesson on the ways art adds value beyond its beauty.
01:05:37 |
Mon 01 Feb 2021
Moj Mahdara: Beauty, Brands, and Business
Change is the catalyst that propels each new generation to make an impact and leave their mark on civilization and Moj Mahdara has secured her legacy with the launch of Beautycon, a diverse and inclu…
00:51:45 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
From Clerk to CEO with Sara Mathew
Sara Mathew would describe herself as an accidental CEO, someone more lucky than good, but luck isn’t what propelled Sara from clerk to vice president at Procter and Gamble, it was because Sara gets …
01:00:39 |
Mon 18 Jan 2021
Christine Spadafor: Crafting a Career of Impact
With indomitable spirit and intellectual restlessness, Christine Spadafor shares her insights on how to craft a career of impact.
00:56:12 |
Mon 11 Jan 2021
Women and Leadership with Stephanie Mitchko-Beale
Powered by a voracious curiosity to learn how things work, Stephanie Mitchko-Beale blazed a trail through the world of engineering at a time when women in STEM were an anomaly.
01:00:37 |
Mon 04 Jan 2021
From Journalist to Startup CEO, with Jeff Kofman
How many Emmy-award winning journalists working in war zones in the Middle East do you know who go on to become startup CEO of a hot new media company? Meet Jeff Kofman.
00:55:57 |
Mon 28 Dec 2020
Kim Prince: Bringing "Nashville Hot Chicken" to Los Angeles
Kim Prince carries on the family tradition with her restaurant Hotville and has been scorching tastebuds and the competition in Los Angeles.
01:03:13 |
Mon 21 Dec 2020
Dr. Kevin Hand - Is There Life Beyond Earth?
Dr. Kevin Hand, an astrobiologist at NASA, has traveled to the far reaches of our own planet, including to the bottom of the ocean with James Cameron, to learn what life might be like on another plan…
01:03:05 |
Mon 14 Dec 2020
Fleet Maull: The Story of the Drug Smuggler Who Became a Buddhist Dharma Teacher
In a search to live freely, Fleet Maull made regrettable choices that caused his life to take a dramatic turn, but also provided the impetus for a spiritual awakening.
01:07:33 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
A Journey from Chez Panisse with Charles and Lindsey Shere
Influenced by the politics and art of Berkeley in the 1960s, Charles and Lindsey found their niche for unconventional thinkers and doers and they continue to live their life by following their hearts…
00:56:24 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
A Personal Life in Journalism with the Wall Street Journal’s Rachel Feintzeig
After quitting her college paper, Rachel Feintzeig thought she was done with reporting and now she has her own column, Work & Life, in the Wall Street Journal.
01:04:40 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
Blair LaCorte: Master Class on Leadership in Business and Technology
From military logistics to self-driving cars, Blair LaCorte has been involved in growing many fledgling companies but would never describe himself as an entrepreneur.
01:10:06 |
Mon 16 Nov 2020
Comedy and Tragedy with Second City's Kelly Leonard
When the world continues to throw new challenges your way, improv might be the most important life skill you’ve never learned.
01:03:47 |
Mon 09 Nov 2020
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