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CBS Please Unmute Yourself

by Columbia Business School's Student Run Podcast

CBS Please Unmute Yourself is a Columbia Business School student-run podcast where we interview members of the community to learn more about each other.

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Episodes

  1. Do What You Love!

    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…

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  2. Maggie Monahan's Next Act

    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…

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  3. The Write Way to Do Business School

    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…

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  4. The Business (School) Case for Social Impact

    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...

  5. Shifting into the Tech Industry

    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...

  6. How to get into Consulting and tell if it’s right for you?

    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...

  7. Getting to know Professor Dan Wang

    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...

  8. The Move to Manhattanville

    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...

  9. Michelle Dhansinghani's journey to Venture

    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...

  10. Des Berdini on Breaking Form

    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...

  11. How Matt Rosenbaum transitioned from journalism to sustainability entrepreneurship

    Matt Rosenbaum (CBS '22) used to work in journalism, but after reconnecting with a former classmate, he became the co-founder for Generation Conscious, a sustainable personal care and laundry company. Listen in to learn more about how he made this transition, why he is passionate about addressing...

  12. Introducing the Cannabis Business Association

    Columbia Business School has a new club -- the Cannabis Business Association! Listen to Cindy Yao (CBS '23) talk with Nicole Ziegler (CBS '22), the Co-President of CBA, about Nicole's passion for the growing cannabis industry, the potential for an equitable and social justice movement in the...

  13. How Camille Kapaun made lemonade out of lemons

    Gigi Roseney (CBS '22) and Nicoline Bach (CBS '22) interview Camille Kapaun (CBS '22) about her and Austin Paley's (CBS '22) company, Nightingale. Camille discusses what gave her the idea for Nightingale and what the future holds. Listen in to learn more about Camille's entrepreneurship journey,...

  14. What is Going On With the Student Strikes on Campus?

    Cindy (Xinying) Yao (CBS '23) interviews Tamara Hache, a PhD student at Columbia University, to learn more about the student worker strikes on campus. Listen in to learn more about the details behind the strike and get an update of where the negotiations stand. You can help support student…

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  15. A Conversation with CBS Co-Presidents Sid & Owen

    Elisa Hu (CBS '22) and Jason Cincotta (CBS '23) interview CBS co-presidents Sid Bishnoi and Owen Odigie about their personal backgrounds and their experience in leadership roles during a year with unending transitions. Listen in to learn more about what inspired them to run for student body and…

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  16. The Story Behind Please Unmute Yourself

    Georgina Colquhoun (CBS '22) interviews Please Unmute Yourself founder, Nicoline Bach (CBS '22), to learn more about her background and what inspired her to create a student-run podcast at CBS. Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

  17. Season 2 Trailer

    Please Unmute Yourself has grown and expanded beyond Cluster A to now include and represent members from the entire Columbia Business School community. Get a sneak peak of what's to come this season. Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

  18. Meeting #5: Levente Merczel

    As one of the final episodes from the 2020-2021 school year, Nicoline Bach interviews Levente Merczel about growing up in Hungary, his love of politics, and his professional pit stops before working in private equity. Listen in to learn about how Levente was almost the Hungarian John Oliver, his...

  19. Meeting #4: Jonah Travis

    Anna-Kaye Barrett interviews Jonah Travis about what sparked him to start his own company, Knoow, and his his passion for entrepreneurship. Listen in to learn what drives Jonah, what his first job was, who he looks up to, and what is next for Knoow!

  20. Meeting #3: Jenny Ding

    Nicoline Bach interviews Jenny Ding about her family, her poker playing expertise and her stint on reality tv. Check it out to hear about Jenny's first experience arriving to New York City, her opinion on how poker is portrayed in movies, and how she scored a free trip to the Maldives!

  21. Meeting #2: Nick Szuch

    Nicoline Bach interviews the incomparable Nick Szuch about his hobbies, travels, and experience as DEI Chair for our business school cluster. Listen in to get his candid take on exiting the comfort zone, why he loves New York City and his life lessons learned while working in the kitchen.

  22. Meeting #1: Makrand Mahalley

    Nicoline Bach interviews Makrand Mahalley about his family and who he looks up to. Learn more about where he grew his love of cooking and how his first meal he prepared on his own was for 1,000 people!

  23. Meeting Invitation

    "Please Unmute Yourself" is a Columbia Business School Cluster A '22 podcast where we interview each other to learn more about each other while we wait out the, you know, global pandemic.

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CBS Please Unmute Yourself is a Columbia Business School student-run podcast where we interview members of the community to learn more about each other.

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Columbia Business School's Student Run Podcast

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