Best David Spector Podcasts (2025)

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Outsider Perspective, Clean Tech Breakthrough with Nick Holland 44:18

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🔋 Growth Capital Podcast — Episode 40 🔋 What happens when an oil & gas user sets out to electrify one of the most overlooked parts of aviation? In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Nick Holland, Co-Founder & CEO of VIRV, to explore how an outsider’s perspective uncovered a massive opportunity: bringing swappabl…

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Gustavo Dudamel, conductor 51:19

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Gustavo Dudamel is a Venezuelan conductor, violinist and composer. He is known for bringing humour and joy to the podium. He is currently director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra and in 2026 will take up the post of music director of the New York Philharmonic, following in the footsteps of Gustav Mahler and …

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“The Gilded Age as We Have Found It” with Kelli O’Hara, Dr. Stanley Burns, and John Carrafa 1:08:56

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In this special bonus episode, hosts Alicia Malone and Tom Meyers round out season three of The Gilded Age with their favorite moments and historical tidbits. Later, Kelli O’Hara joins the show to talk about Aurora’s encounter with divorce. Finally, medical consultant Dr. Stanley Burns and choreographer John Carrafa give a behind the scenes peek at…

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From Forgettable to Essential: One Founder’s Pivot Story with Trevor Lee 38:37

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💡 Growth Capital Podcast - Episode 39 💡 What happens when your product is good—but not good enough? In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with Trevor Lee, Co-founder & CEO of Myko AI, to unpack the hard-earned lessons behind one of the smartest pivots in early-stage tech. Originally a financial modeling tool, My…

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How a Single Source of Information Can Seem Like Several 28:36

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You've probably been in situations where multiple friends recommend the same product. It must be great, if everyone is talking about it, right? But then you find out that those friends had all just seen the same product on a popular TV show. What seemed like independent recommendations really came from a single source. In this episode of Choiceolog…

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“My Mind is Made Up” with Louisa Jacobson, Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector, and Sallie Richardson-Whitfield 1:08:19

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Hosts Alicia Malone and Tom Meyers get into all the drama of the season finale. The pair speak with Louisa Jacobson about Marian’s lovelorn arc, then Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector on what it took to bring George Russell’s surgery to the screen. Finally, executive producer and director Salli Richardson-Whitfield joins the show to talk about season …

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Ash Atalla, producer 50:03

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Ash Atalla is a television producer whose first hit was the BBC sitcom The Office, starring Ricky Gervais. He followed it up with the IT Crowd, People Just Do Nothing, Big Boys and Stath Lets Flats. His haul of awards from these programmes include six BAFTAs, four Royal Television Society awards, a Golden Globe and an Emmy. Ash was born in Cairo an…

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Betting on Yourself and Building What Matters with Téa Phillips 50:46

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🧩 Growth Capital Podcast - Episode 38 🧩 What does it really take to launch a medical device company without outside funding? In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Téa Phillips, Founder & CEO of ATS Innovations, to share her remarkable journey from engineering student to first-time founder—and what it meant to ri…

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“Ex-Communicated” with Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon, Jordan Donica, and Sonja Warfield 1:10:00

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Hosts Alicia Malone and Tom Meyers circle back with Gilded Age veterans Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon, then hear what it’s like to be a newcomer to the show from Jordan Donica (Dr. William Kirkland). Lastly, the two talk with series writer and executive producer Sonja Warfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho…

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Carol Klein, gardener 50:47

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Carol Klein is a gardener, broadcaster and longtime contributor to BBC Gardeners’ World. She is a six time Chelsea Flower Show gold medal winner, a certified RHS Horticultural Hero and was awarded the RHS Victoria Medal of Honour. Born in 1945 in Lancashire, Carol was the eldest of three children and her love of gardening was evident when she used …

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Avner Spector of Curespec 35:11

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Avner Spector is the founder of Curespec, a MedTech company that developed a non-invasive device using low-intensity acoustic shockwaves to restore kidney function and lower blood pressure. Avner brings over 30 years of medical technology experience and has led advanced R&D in leading medical instrument companies worldwide.Avraham and sat down with…

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Raising Capital vs. Raising a Business: Know the Difference with Adam Spector 51:17

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📉 Growth Capital Podcast - Episode 37 📉 Is venture capital always the right move? Or is it just a shortcut to pressure, burn, and misalignment? In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with four-time founder and prolific angel investor Adam Spector, now Founder & CEO of Chore, a bootstrapped startup helping founder…

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Coming Soon: A New Season of Choiceology 1:35

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It's a new season of Choiceology, an original podcast from Charles Schwab. New episodes arrive every two weeks, so please follow us in your favorite podcasting app. Important Disclosures The comments, views, and opinions expressed in the podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of Charles Schwab. Data contained h…

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“If You Want to Cook an Omelette” with Harry Richardson, David Crockett, and Deborah Kampmeier 1:13:10

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Hosts Alicia Malone and Tom Meyers chat with Harry Richardson about what it’s been like playing Larry Russell, then hear more about the season’s arc from executive producer David Crockett. Later, the two get the behind the scenes scoop on shooting major moments with director Deborah Kampmeier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.…

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Sir Gregory Doran, director 53:01

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Sir Gregory Doran is the former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He spent a total of thirty five years with the RSC directing fifty productions in the UK and abroad. He’s been called “one of the great Shakespeareans of his age” and has won multiple awards for his work. Born in 1958, Greg was brought up near Preston and played a n…

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From Firefighting to Forecasting: How Systems Create Scale with David Forster 41:23

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🔧 Growth Capital Podcast - Episode 36 🔧 Most founders in the trades don’t hit a ceiling because of demand—they stall because the business depends entirely on them. In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon is joined by David Forster, Founder and CEO of Systems Over Sweat, a strategic advisory firm helping home service businesses e…

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“A Different World” with Ben Ahlers, Bob Shaw, and Douglas Purver 1:14:05

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Ben Ahlers joins the show to give his insight on Jack’s rise through the ranks. Later, hosts Alicia Malone and Tom Meyers hear from production designer Bob Shaw and visual effects supervisor Douglas Purver on all that went into bringing Gilded Age New York, Newport, and Sidmouth Castle to life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices…

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Norma Percy, film-maker 51:06

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Norma Percy is a documentary film-maker. She has been making programmes for over three decades and her productions have featured a range of political leaders from Tony Blair and Bill Clinton to Mikhail Gorbachev and Slobodan Milošević. Her film-making method, which she developed alongside her colleague Brian Lapping, tells the stories of our times …

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How AI Is Helping Sales Teams Sell Smarter, Not Harder with Steven Atkins 41:35

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🧠 Growth Capital Podcast - Episode 35 🧠 In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with Steven Atkins, Co-Founder & CEO of Ease AI, a sales enablement platform using AI to upskill reps and optimize the sales journey, without relying on massive teams or external funding. Steven shares his journey from high-performing …

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“Marriage is a Gamble” with Taissa Farmiga and Kasia Walicka Maimone 1:06:07

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Taissa Farmiga joins hosts Alicia Malone and Tom Meyers to talk about what it takes to bring Gladys’ marriage arc to life. Later, costume designer Kasia Walicka Maimone sits down with the two to give insight into all that went into dressing the cast for the wedding day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Lord Alf Dubs, politician and campaigner 52:38

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Lord Alf Dubs is a Labour peer and former MP. He came to the UK from Prague in 1939 on one of the Kindertransport trains organised by Sir Nicholas Winton which rescued mostly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Alf was born in Prague in 1932. His father was from a Jewish background and was brought up in what was then Northern Bohemia…

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Fix the Experience, Grow the Business: A New SaaS Playbook with Evan Steele 37:05

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🧠 Growth Capital Podcast - Episode 34 🧠 What if your biggest growth opportunity is hiding in plain sight—inside the customer experience? In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with Evan Steele, Founder & CEO of Rater8, to explore how real-time feedback and reputation management are reshaping the way healthcare pr…

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“Love Is Never Easy” with Denée Benton and Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar 1:08:01

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Hosts Alicia Malone and Tom Meyers talk with Denée Benton about Peggy’s evolving storyline, and what it’s like to portray this era of Black history. Then, co-executive producer Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar joins the pair to talk about the history behind what gets shown onscreen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Professor Lucy Easthope, emergency planner 51:36

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Professor Lucy Easthope is an adviser on disaster recovery and planning. She’s an expert in planning for and reacting to major incidents: natural disaster, terrorist attacks, pandemics and fires, and is the visiting Professor of Mass Fatalities and Pandemics at the University of Bath. Born in Merseyside in 1978, Lucy cites the impact of watching th…

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From Deck to Dollars: Mastering the Fundraise Flow with Jeffrey Fidelman 50:35

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💸 Growth Capital Podcast - Episode 33 💸 What separates a founder who pitches from one who closes? In this episode of the Growth Capital Podcast, host Justin Dixon sits down with Jeffrey Fidelman, Founder & CEO of Fidelman & Co., to decode what it really takes to raise money from investors in today’s market. From creating pitch decks that resonate, …

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“What the Papers Say” with Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, and Michael Engler 1:08:31

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Hosts Alicia Malone and Tom Meyers talk with Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector about the tensions in the Russell household and what’s driving their characters. Then, executive producer and director Michael Engler joins the show to talk about this season of The Gilded Age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Romesh Ranganathan, comedian and broadcaster 50:23

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Romesh Ranganathan is a comedian and BAFTA-winning broadcaster who has been a fixture on British television screens for the past decade. In addition to his TV shows and stand-up tours he presents the Weakest Link on BBC One, Radio Two’s Saturday morning show and another weekly Radio Two programme in which he shares his passion for hip hop music. Ro…

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Rinat Hitelman of Wide Therapy 29:17

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Rinat Hitelman is the Co-Founder of Wide Therapy an online platform that empowers neurodiverse children to practice and master life skills—like potty training, transitions, or medical checkups—by seeing themselves succeed in personalized digital simulations before applying those behaviors in real life.Avraham sat down with Rinat in the offices of J…

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How to Finish More by Starting Less with Steven Puri 48:17

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What if the key to productivity wasn’t doing more, but choosing less? In this episode of Growth Capital Podcast, Justin Dixon sits down with Steven Puri—former Hollywood executive turned tech founder of The Sukha Company, a productivity platform designed to help people and teams find focus and flow. Steven shares what he learned from two failed sta…

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“Who Is in Charge Here?” with Julian Fellowes, Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon 1:20:34

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It’s 1884, and New York society is the wild west — competitive betrothals, divorces, and business deals aplenty. Join hosts Alicia Malone and Tom Meyers as they unravel the power dynamics at play on 61st Street. The two sit down with Aunts Ada and Agnes, Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski themselves, as well as the mind behind it all, Lord Julian…

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Abdulrazak Gurnah, writer 51:17

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Abdulrazak Gurnah is emeritus Professor of Post-Colonial Literatures at the University of Kent and the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Literature. Born in Zanzibar in 1948, the second of six children, Abdulrazak grew up in the dying days of the island’s status as a British protectorate before independence was declared in 1963. The revolution which follo…

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Scaling Secure: Building Smarter, Safer Tech Companies with Rekha Shenoy 39:40

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🛡️ Growth Capital Podcast – Episode 31 🛡️ In this episode, we sit down with Rekha Shenoy to explore Scaling Secure: Building Smarter, Safer Tech Companies. Rekha shares her deep expertise in cybersecurity, data privacy, and scaling tech ventures with security built into the foundation—not as an afterthought. We dive into how today’s fastest-growing…

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Coming Soon: The Official Gilded Age Podcast Season 3 1:29

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The HBO Original Series The Gilded Age is back, and so is The Official Gilded Age Podcast. Join hosts Alicia Malone (TCM) and Tom Meyers (The Bowery Boys) as they parse through characters’ storylines – and the real history that inspired them. Hear from cast and crew about what it takes to bring this slice of Gilded Age society to life. Learn more a…

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Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu, scientist 50:58

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Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu is Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College London and President of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. She has devoted her career to harnessing the potential of nanoparticles – which are less than a thousandth of the width of a human hair - to take medicines to hard-to-reach areas of the bod…

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Charging the Future: Autonomous Power at Every Parking Spot with Madhav Ayygari 39:34

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🔋 Growth Capital Podcast – Episode 30 🔋 In this electrifying episode, we’re joined by Madhav Ayygari, Co-Founder and CEO of Inductive Robotics, to explore Charging the Future: Autonomous Power at Every Parking Spot. Madhav shares how his team is redefining the EV charging experience with fully autonomous, wireless power delivery—turning every parki…

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Danny Dyer, actor 49:54

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Actor Danny Dyer became a household name when he joined the cast of EastEnders as Mick Carter, landlord of the Queen Victoria pub. He recently stole the show from some stiff competition playing Freddie Jones in the television adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel Rivals which won him a Royal Television Society Award for Best Supporting Actor. Danny wa…

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Boiling Point: Innovating an Industry Left Behind with Brad Medford 38:59

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🔥 Growth Capital Podcast – Episode 29 🔥 In this episode, we sit down with Brad Medford, CEO and Co-Founder of Imperium Technologies, Inc., to explore Boiling Point: Innovating an Industry Left Behind. Brad shares how he's tackling one of the most overlooked sectors—industrial water heating—with breakthrough technology and bold vision. We discuss th…

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Little Bits of Happiness: With Guests Sally Millington & Ellen Evers 28:27

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Were you the kind of kid who devoured all your Halloween candy in one sitting—or savored it daily until, somehow, it was Easter? And when it comes to bad news, do you prefer it all at once or with some time in between? Turns out, the way we bundle or separate life's highs and lows can influence our happiness. In this episode of Choiceology with Kat…

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Fabian Trumper of Arrakis Bio 22:41

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Fabian Trumper is the Co-founder and CEO of Arrakis Bio (arrakis.bio) an Israeli Startup company which is making human collagen, the most important human regenerative protein, from engineered cells, to give greater access to high quality collagen for use in the medical and esthetic industries.Avraham sat down with Fabian in the offices of JMB Davis…

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Disrupting the Grid, Redefining the Game with Scott Wharton 47:12

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⚡ Growth Capital Podcast – Episode 28 ⚡ In this episode, we’re joined by Scott Wharton, CEO of Tandem PV, to explore Disrupting the Grid, Redefining the Game. Scott dives into how Tandem PV is reimagining the future of solar energy with cutting-edge technology that challenges the status quo of traditional power systems. We talk innovation, sustaina…