CBS Please Unmute Yourself

On this Valentine's Day special episode, Catherine Hicks (CBS '24) chats with Zoya Agarwal (CBS '24) about the importance of... doing what you love! Listen to hear Zoya's thoughts on the power of passion and how following your heart not only opens up pathways for yourself, but also blazes the trail for those who follow. Interested in being part of the podcast? Reach out to the podcast team on Instagram @pleaseunmuteyourself or at [email protected] Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

Catherine Hicks (CBS '24) chats with Maggie Monahan (CBS '24) about her work experience in theatre and politics and how both roads led her to Columbia Business School. Tune in to hear her thoughts on the power of words, the inherent overlap between art and science, and how a liberal arts background provides a unique strength for business school students. Interested in being part of the podcast? Reach out to the podcast team on Instagram @pleaseunmuteyourself or at [email protected] Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

Catherine Hicks (CBS '24) chats with Jack Raines (CBS '24) about his careers in finance and writing and how both paths led him to Columbia Business School. Tune in to hear more about his finance blog, "Young Money;" his travels around the world prior to business school, his newfound love for rugby; and his philosophy on why we shouldn't chase optionality for optionality's sake. Interested in being a part of the podcast? Reach out to the podcast team on Instagram @pleaseunmuteyourself or at [email protected] Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

Catherine Hicks (CBS '24) chats with Julien Souffrant (CBS '24) about his life and career to-date and how a passion for social impact led him to business school.  Tune in to hear his thoughts about working in the social impact space, pivoting to banking to open pathways to a career in sustainability, and managing the recruiting process as a first year at Columbia Business School. Interested in being part of the podcast? Reach out to the podcast team on Instagram @pleaseunmuteyourself or at [email protected] Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

Cindy Xinying Yao (CBS '23) and Catherine Hicks (CBS '24) chat with Ines Fernandez Larrea (CBS '23) about her pivot from strategy consulting to the tech industry and what that process has been like as an international student. Come hear her thoughts on working in tech, what she thinks the differences are between working at a large multinational vs. an early-phase startup, and why she thinks public speaking is one of the most important skills we could learn at Columbia Business School. Interested in being part of the podcast? Reach out to the podcast team on Instagram @pleaseunmuteyourself or at [email protected] Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

Cindy Xinying Yao (CBS '23) chats with Jack Yen-Chu Tu (CBS '23)  about his decision to go to BCG, the consulting recruiting process, and why he transitioned from engineering to Consulting at Columbia Business School.  Come learn about his passion for entrepreneurship and involvement in InSITE - a highly competitive leadership development program comprised of exceptional graduate students at top universities. Learn more about InSITE Fellowship on their website - https://www.insitefellows.org/ Interested in being part of the podcast? Reach out to the podcast team on instagram @pleaseunmuteyourself or at [email protected] Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

Nicoline Bach (CBS '22) and Camille Hutt (CBS '22) talk with Professor Dan Wang about his childhood, his decision to get his PhD, and how he developed his teaching style. He also talks about his recent promotion to the Faculty Co-Director of the Tamer Center and what he plans to do in this new role. Listen in to  learn more about his current research, where you can find him on a Friday night, and how he and his wife named their dog.  Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

Cindy Yao (CBS '23) and Nicoline Bach (CBS '22) talk with Ed Moroni and Janet Horan who work in CBS administration and were involved in the Manhattanville move. Listen in to hear about the planning behind this big transition, the challenges faced, and what the future holds for Manhattanville's newest resident. Learn about why the gym equipment is still not set up, what feature of the campus was almost not built, where the business school was originally planned to go, and about the market coming to campus! Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

Michelle Dhansinghani (CBS '22) talks with Nicoline Bach (CBS '22) about working in Washington D.C. and how her experience lead her to found her own business development firm raising capital for private sector investments, national non profits, and political campaigns and growing the company into Latin America. She also talks about her journey to venture capital and investing in fintech, her commitment to increasing diversity in the VC industry, and her experience studying abroad at London Business School. Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

Des Berdini (CBS '22) talks with Nicoline Bach (CBS '22) about growing up in Italy and his experience moving to the United States. Des is involved with planning Forever Week to listen in to hear about the planning process, the series of amazing events, and to learn more about the meaning of the theme "Avant Garde: Breaking Form!"  Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"