Rapid Response

William Shockley was a brilliant inventor and Nobel Prize winner, but he was a terrible boss. Paranoid, cruel, and obsessed with micromanaging, he drove away the team of young engineers — later called “The Traitorous Eight” — he had assembled in Northern California. They went on to pioneer silicon chips, create companies like Intel and AMD, and fund tech giants like Google and Slack. This episode from Business History, hosted by former Planet Money hosts Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith, tells the story of how one bad boss accidentally sparked the tech revolution that became Silicon Valley.
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On this episode of Rapid Response, Ro CEO Zach Reitano joins the show to talk about what happens when a breakout drug becomes a full-blown market force. Since first appearing at the height of the Ozempic-Wegovy-Zepbound boom, Reitano has helped scale Ro into a leading provider of branded GLP-1s — grabbing headlines with a Super Bowl ad featuring Serena Williams and landing a major partnership with Novo Nordisk for the new pill version of Wegovy. He also takes on the tougher questions: the long-term health unknowns, the cultural backlash to “Ozempic face,” and what this wave of disruption could mean not just for pharma, but for the future of healthcare.
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Career disruption is accelerating across the economy — and few people have navigated it more boldly than Maryam Banikarim. The former CMO of Univision, Gannett, and Hyatt, and host of The Messy Parts podcast, Banikarim joins Rapid Response to share hard-won wisdom about C-suite politics, and ultimately betting on yourself. Growing up in Iran during the time of revolution, Banikarim offers a unique perspective on the current Middle East conflict — and her determined search for hope amid the chaos.
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Hollywood's biggest night is more than a spectacle — it's a stress test for an industry in freefall. Janice Min, CEO of The Ankler, joins Rapid Response to break down her Oscars predictions and what the show's upcoming move to YouTube signals about the future of mainstream media. Min also unpacks the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal that caught everyone off guard, what David Ellison's arrival really means for Hollywood, and why a viral AI video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise has the entertainment world more rattled than any box office bomb.
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AI disruption and geopolitical upheaval are forcing business leaders to make high-stakes decisions — fast. Accenture CEO Julie Sweet joins Rapid Response host Bob Safian to share what she's hearing from her 9,000 clients and the hard-won advice she's giving them. Sweet reveals why AI proficiency is now a requirement for promotion at Accenture, why she's doubling down on entry-level hiring amid the automation wave, and why tension in the C-suite may be the most underrated leadership advantage right now. Plus, Sweet unpacks the hidden power of "leader-led learning", and makes the case for why preparing society for an AI future is not just a government job, but a business imperative.
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