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 op

Maggie Monahan's Next Act

May 23rd, 2023 26m 37s

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 bet

The Write Way to Do Business School

Apr 19th, 2023 46m 29s

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 wor

The Business (School) Case for Social Impact

Dec 13th, 2022 37m 31s

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 t

Shifting into the Tech Industry

Nov 2nd, 2022 24m 51s

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 tho

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

Oct 18th, 2022 32m 56s

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 pass

Getting to know Professor Dan Wang

Apr 27th, 2022 46m 13s

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 th

The Move to Manhattanville

Apr 22nd, 2022 28m 33s

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 fac

Michelle Dhansinghani's journey to Venture

Apr 20th, 2022 36m 35s

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,

Des Berdini on Breaking Form

Apr 14th, 2022 35m 27s

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

How Matt Rosenbaum transitioned from journalism to sustainability entrepreneurship

Apr 4th, 2022 34m 31s

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 t

Introducing the Cannabis Business Association

Mar 29th, 2022 30m 3s

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

How Camille Kapaun made lemonade out of lemons

Jan 24th, 2022 34m 28s

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

What is Going On With the Student Strikes on Campus?

Dec 16th, 2021 28m 47s

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 ne

A Conversation with CBS Co-Presidents Sid & Owen

Dec 16th, 2021 35m 24s

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 a

The Story Behind Please Unmute Yourself

Dec 16th, 2021 25m 52s

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: "Tur

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Season 2 Trailer

Dec 2nd, 2021 2m

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:

Meeting #5: Levente Merczel

May 2nd, 2021 30m 7s

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 h

Meeting #4: Jonah Travis

Mar 23rd, 2021 27m 32s

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 K

Meeting #3: Jenny Ding

Mar 10th, 2021 24m 13s

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 h

Meeting #2: Nick Szuch

Feb 1st, 2021 21m 10s

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

Meeting #1: Makrand Mahalley

Dec 8th, 2020 18m 10s

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!

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Meeting Invitation

Dec 8th, 2020 1m 9s

"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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