Best Andres Sanchez Podcasts (2025)

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Leadership Reflects Identity with Daniel Rosales 53:16

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for an uplifting conversation with his featured guest — Daniel Rosales. Daniel embodies a leadership story rooted in profound personal experience growing up with an immigrant father and migrant mother. His journey highlights how his leadership is a direct reflection of his identity. Daniel is the superintendent of schools for …

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2025 James Beard Awards Outstanding Restaurant co-owner and master sommelier Bobby Stuckey on featuring amazing food from an Italian region few people have ever heard of 40:05

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Bobby Stuckey entered the culinary world as a teenaged dishwasherand worked his way up through a range of front of the house positions until he achieved the rarely awarded rank of Master Sommelier and became a multi-award-winning restaurateur. The centerpiece of the restaurant group he co-owns, Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder, Colorado, which holds…

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2025 James Beard Best New Restaurant Award winners Jeanie Janas Ritter and Chef Adam Ritter on combining French techniques with Minnesota ingredients and risking everything to open a restaurant where others ... 48:37

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Classically trained chefs Jeanie Janas Ritter and Adam Ritter shared a culinary journey working at great and Michelin-starred restaurants throughout the US and internationally before coming back to their midwestern roots and working in Minneapolis, first for someone else, then taking the risk of opening a place of their own. Their venture, Bûcheron…

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Developing Latinx Leaders with Ronald Cabrera 1:05:49

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for a fascinating conversation with his featured guest — Ronald Cabrera. Ron has been a public education teacher, principal, and senior leader. He currently consults as an executive coach, working with school leaders at all levels. Ron also serves as the executive director of the 4 Corners Latinx Leadership Academy, developing…

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Portland Chef Cathy Whims on the secrets to cooking in Italy, being tutored by the legendary Marcella Hazan, and helping turn Portland, Oregon into a culinary force 39:43

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Chef Cathy Whims was at the forefront of the culinary revolution in Portland, Oregon and decades later she retains that position there. Her Nostrana Italian restaurant continues to dish up the kind of regional cooking truly enjoyed in the small towns and villages of Italy, bolstered by great Oregon ingredients, and her pizza is listed among America…

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Moral Compass with Ramona Esparza-Stoffregan 54:30

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for a thoughtful conversation with his featured guest — Ramona Esparza-Stoffregan. Ramona is a servant leader and educational consultant, having been an educator and administrator for almost three decades. She is a co-founder of the Nevada Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (NVALAS). Ramona currently is s…

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Ep 46 — Turning a Dead NFT Collection into a $50M Empire ft. Luca Netz 1:00:57

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In this episode, Luca Netz shares how he took a failing NFT collection and turned it into one of the fastest-growing Web3 brands. We dive into his three-pillar model of ecosystem, attention, and revenue; and explore how Pudgy has sold over 1.5M toys through Walmart and Target, signed 45+ licensing deals, and built a business where culture and cash …

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2025 James Beard Best Chef-Texas Thomas Bille on creating great food through the lens of a first generation Mexican American, risking everything on a dream, and rebuilding after losing it all 37:29

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Chef Thomas Bille describes his cooking at his suburban Houston restaurant Belly of the Beast as driven by “a love for food that warms your soul and speaks to our ancestors.” A child of Mexican immigrants, Bille grew up with great food – his father was a professional chef and his mother a fabulous home cook – and as a self-described latchkey kid he…

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School Law with Derlys Gutiérrez 52:16

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for an enriching conversation with his featured guest — Derlys Gutiérrez. Derlys is a Cuban American lawyer and author. She was born in Havana, Cuba, and emigrated to the United States with her parents in 1968. Derlys has focused her legal practice on education, labor, and employment law. 1:03 - Introduction 1:50 - My Leadersh…

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Bonus Episode - A visit to Brennan's for the art and theatre of Banana's Foster 21:57

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This special bonus episode comes from the folks at Gravy, a production of the Southern Foodways Alliance. Gravy shares stories of the changingAmerican South, and in this episode, producer Eve Troeh takes us to Brennan’s, an iconic restaurant in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter, where spectacle and tradition come together over a flambé pan. …

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EP 45 — Making Debt Move Faster with Androo and Andy from HypurrFi 1:05:12

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We sit down with Androo and Andy from HypurrFi who are building at the intersection of on-chain credit and real-world usability.While most DeFi protocols treat borrowing as a one-time action, HypurrFi is making debt dynamic. Think refinancing, real-time spending, and routing capital across markets—without closing your position. We cover: — Why Hypu…

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Pitmaster Ali Clem on winning a Michelin star for her barbecue restaurant, and her remarkable rise from selling her barbecue from a trailer 36:00

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Ali Clem says she was shocked when her La Barbecue restaurant in Austin, TX was recently awarded a Michelin star. She was mentored by members of a legendary Texas barbecue family, the Muellers of Louis Mueller Barbecue in Taylor, Texas and married founder Louis Mueller’s granddaughter, LeAnn Mueller. They worked together until Mueller’suntimely dea…

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Multilingual Future with Rolando Merchán 53:34

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for an inspiring conversation with his featured guest — Rolando Merchán. Rolando was born in Bogotá, Colombia, and he began his career in education as a bilingual teacher. He is passionate about fostering biliteracy and supporting multilingual students. Rolando serves as the president of the Houston Area Association for Biling…

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2025 James Beard Award winner Nando Chang on Peruvian-Japanese cuisine, the threat to immigrants in the food world, and how hip-hop changed his life 40:55

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The Chang siblings, born in Peru, emigrated to the U.S. as children, and now living in Miami, have locked up the James Beard award for Best Chef South for two straight years. Valerie won last year for her cooking at her Peruvian restaurant, Maty’s. Her older brother and co-owner Nando just won the 2025 award for what he does at his restaurant withi…

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ALAS Leadership with Ulysses Navarrete 38:40

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for an enlightening conversation with his featured guest — Ulysses Navarrete. Ulysses is the executive director of ALAS, the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents. He is a seasoned business leader, a first-generation son of Mexican immigrants, and is dedicated to prioritizing the needs of students and admini…

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Chef and restaurateur Nicholas Fanucci on his career at legendary Michelin-starred restaurants and his journey from the top to a food truck to a restaurant of his own 39:56

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Born in Cannes, France, and raised in a food-centric French-Italian family, Nicholas Fanucci has run some of the greatest and best-known restaurants in America, including the French Laundry, Bouchon, Le Cirque, Le Bec-Fin, and more. Previously, he worked in Europe at legendary establishments including Alain Ducasse’s Louis XV. The restaurants he ha…

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Chef Yotaka “Sunny” Martin and her partner/husband on bringing her Thai cuisine to America and, with no restaurant experience, winning the 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef Southwest 42:21

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Chef Yotaka Martin had never heard of the James Beard awards until she was nominated for the 2024 competition. She grew up in a small village in the north of Thailand and has only been in the U.S a few years. But she is well aware now. She didn’t win last year but she was just named the 2025 James Beard Best Chef Southwest for her cooking at the Ph…

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De Dos Mundos with Jeannette Allen 42:57

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for an amazing conversation with his featured guest — Jeannette Allen. Jeannette is the principal of Arlington Community High School in Virginia. She has over 20 years of experience in education and a strong focus on equity, student success, and community engagement. Jeannette is a bilingual leader and a passionate advocate fo…

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Ep 44 — How to Stake HYPE Permissionlessly with Omnia from Kinetiq 1:11:05

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Kinetiq co-founder and Hyperliquid contributor Omnia joins to unpack how Hyperliquid evolved from a DEX into a liquidity layer, what HIPs unlock, and why apps like Phantom and Kinetiq are treating it as default. Chapters — 00:00 Podcast Opening & Disclaimer 00:19 Kinetic's Launch & Market Context 03:20 Hyperliquid's Core Thesis 11:33 Hyperliquid Te…

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Chef and restaurateur Tyler Akin on re-opening his family’s favorite restaurant from his childhood and cooking a world of cuisines 39:15

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Acclaimed Philadelphia restaurateur Tyler Akin recreated his childhood memories by re-opening the restaurant where his family celebrated big occasions—the Green Room, in the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington,Delaware. He grew up watching his southern grandmother in the kitchen. He went to law school (his father was a lawyer and later a judge) but dropped …

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By the Grace of God with Ana York 42:42

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for a gripping conversation with his featured guest — Ana York. Ana is an assistant professor in the Teacher Education Department at California State University, Stanislaus. She has been a public school teacher and induction mentor for more than 25 years, and she is passionate about supporting students, increasing access to te…

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Two Michelin star winning chef Suzette Gresham on battling restaurant world misogyny and finding the soul of a cuisine 51:49

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Chef Suzette Gresham has been a pioneer in fighting for the place of women in the long-male-dominated world of high-end cooking for forty years. And she’s also one of the greatest chefs working today. She holds two Michelin stars at her San Francisco restaurant Acquerello, where her seasonal tasing menus sparkle with the freshest, often unusual, di…

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Jolt: Helping Latinos Vote with Jackie Bastard 33:28

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for a delightful conversation with his featured guest — Jackie Bastard. Jackie is the executive director of Jolt, a Texas-based civic engagement organization that builds the political power and influence of Latinos. She is the daughter of Mexican American migrant parents. Jackie has played a pivotal role in fostering leadershi…

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Hampus Törnskog: Ängsbacka - A story of Transformation, Community and Trust | #081 1:36:01

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In this heartfelt episode, we dive deep into a story of transformation, community, and the search for a meaningful life. Hampus shares his journey from a traditional Swedish upbringing and a successful career in business to embracing inner transformation and becoming a community leader at one of Europe’s most unique intentional living spaces. You’l…

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Third generation Seattle restaurant owner Mark Canlis, on keeping the highest standards while remaining fresh after 75 years 38:35

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On Food and Wine’s list of America’s top restaurants for 2025, Canlis came in at number two. That, after decades as a Seattle landmark and a nationally known pinnacle of fine dining. It is also a time of great challenge for Canlis – a new Executive Chef; the departure of Mark’s brother, who had been his business partner for twenty years; and the to…

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Culture of Well-Being with James Martinez 1:03:32

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for a revealing conversation with his featured guest — James Martinez. James is a PreK-12 education leader with 35 years of experience specializing in special education, school counseling, and leadership development. He is an award-winning administrator and executive coach who advocates for equity, student success, and mental …

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Michelin award winning chef Julia Momosé on creating the tastes she grew up with in Japan at her Chicago restaurant Kumiko, and the mixology that just won her a James Beard award 41:41

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Born and raised in Japan, Chef Julia Momosé developed a respect and love for hospitality watching her mother entertain at home. Her motivation for entering the culinary world was a visit she made to a bar in Kyoto watching the bartender hand making ice spheres for use in drinks. She pursued that newfound passion while attending college in the U.S.,…

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Phenomenally Latina with Michelle Seijas 43:52

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for a powerful conversation with his featured guest — Michelle Seijas. Michelle is a certified coach on a mission to support leaders to value their strengths, grow their confidence, build a clear vision for their life and career, and find sustainability in leadership. She has navigated what it means to be a leader in various c…

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Classically trained boundary-shattering chef Jordan Kahn on simultaneously holding Michelin stars at two different restaurants, and his singular approach to storytelling through food 53:47

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Pioneering chef Jordan Kahn holds Michelin stars at two different Los Angeles area restaurants— two stars at Vespertine, and one star at Meteora. Appropriately, the Michelin Guide calls his rise in the food world “meteoric.” Kahn worked under legendary chefs Thomas Keller and Grant Achatz before striking out on his own, He is known for crafting not…

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Identify, Educate, and Mobilize with Montserrat Garibay 1:02:21

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for a heartfelt conversation with his featured guest — Montserrat Garibay. Montserrat has spent the past 25 years as a dedicated educator and advocate for public education and labor rights. She most recently served as the Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director of the Office of English Language Acquisition at the United States…

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Ep 43 — Why it's not NAV but Native Yield with Leah and Max from Sol Strategies 43:50

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While everyone's been copying MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy, Sol Strategies took a different approach. CEO Leah Wald and CTO Max Kaplan join me to discuss why they're building actual infrastructure around Solana instead of just holding tokens. Sol Strategies is a publicly listed company (CSE: HODL) - formerly Cypherpunk Holdings - that transform…

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Chef Anita Jaisinghani on creating a wildly successful Indian diner in Houston, Texas 34:41

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Chef Anita Jaisinghani grew up in India and, while she loved food, she didn’t make it a career at first. She became a microbiologist, worked in that field when she and her husband moved to Canada, and only decided to enter the restaurant business when they moved to Houston. There, she opened what she describes as an Indian diner, Pondicheri, and in…

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In the Arena, Striving Valiantly with Margarita Tovar 48:11

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for an engaging conversation with his featured guest — Margarita Tovar. Margarita is the Chief Talent Officer at the Colorado Department of Education. She is a proud Houston native, a first-generation college graduate, and the daughter of immigrant parents. Margarita is committed to breaking down barriers and empowering studen…

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Michelin star winning chef Laurent Tourondel on his restaurant blowing up on Tik Tok 30:32

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Laurent Tourondel is a Michelin star winning French chef who opened an affordable New York steakhouse, Skirt Steak, that became a Tik Tok sensation. Born in Auvergne, France, he has worked all over the world in astoried 40-year career (and even says his time in Moscow was a great culinary learning experience). He has earned a Michelin star, three s…

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Mija, Say Something with Tracie Trinidad 1:03:02

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for an authentic conversation with his featured guest — Tracie Trinidad. Tracie passionately advocates for educational justice. Her research uses critical methodologies to investigate youth abolitionist resistance, Chicana leadership, and the Chicane educational pipeline. Tracie embraces her Chicana identity as a chola scholar…

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Chef Marisa Baggett on shattering expectations as a female, Black, Jewish sushi chef, and redefining sushi her way 38:06

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Marisa Baggett had never seen sushi, never tasted sushi, when a customer asked for it at her Starkville Mississippi café. And that launched her quest to master the age old Japanese culinary tradition, graduating from the California Sushi Academy, and championing creativity that remains true to the fresh and local soul of sushi, such as her southern…

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Neurosequential Model in Education with Dinorah Bores 34:08

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for a meaningful conversation with his featured guest — Dinorah Bores. Dinorah is an accomplished educational leader with over 20 years of experience in revitalizing schools and strengthening communities. She is an expert in strategic program development and compassionate leadership, which has led to significant improvements i…

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EP 42 — Avoiding the Hidden Tax of DeFi with Nikita from BarterSwap 46:57

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What actually happens after you hit “swap”? In this episode, Saurabh is joined by Nikita Ovchinnik, founder of BarterSwap, to break down the mechanics of routing, MEV, solvers, and the invisible infrastructure that powers billions in DeFi volume. They explore:– Why AMMs leak value and how orderbooks are making a comeback– The role of solvers, searc…

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Chef Eric Levine on turning Brooklyn favorites like hot dogs and knishes into elevated culinary masterpieces— and on achieving celebrity and success while repeatedly battling cancer 39:15

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Chef Eric LeVine was so taken by cooking that before he even attended culinary school, he wrote a letter to groundbreaking chef David Burke at the legendary River Café in New York – and got hired. He credits Chef Burke with setting him on the path to culinary achievement and, after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Chef LeVine cook…

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K-12 Leadership Diagnostics with Laura Stout 1:02:50

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for an informative conversation with his featured guest — Laura Stout. Laura is an experienced and effective educational leader with a counseling and executive leadership background and a 26-year track record of success. She has held cabinet-level positions at Houston, Austin, and Corpus Christi independent school districts in…

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EP 41 — Inside Dune with Mats Olsen 43:18

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Most discussions about crypto UX revolve around decentralisation and ease of use. Mats Olson, co-founder and CTO of Dune, dives deeper into the overlooked importance of real-time data infrastructure. Mats explains why blockchains, built as write-optimised databases, make data retrieval challenging and how Dune is solving this critical problem. We e…

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Owner Amy Mills on secrets behind the iconic barbecue restaurant founded by her father, a barbecue legend 43:58

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Amy Mills grew up surrounded by barbecue. Her father Mike Mills owned 17th St. Barbecue in Murphysboro, Illinois and was the first pitmaster ever named Grand Champion three times at the “super bowl of swine,” the Memphis in May barbecue competition. Her father passed away a few years back and Amy now runs the growing operation which includes two re…

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Random Acts of Kindness with Marvene Lobato 1:08:46

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for a kindhearted conversation with his featured guest — Marvene Lobato. Marvene has more than 40 years of experience as a public educator in Arizona and Colorado. Her career included positions in the instruction and business side of school districts. Marvene believes that every student should be provided with opportunities th…

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James Beard award winning chef Alon Shaya on making a splash in new Orleans—not with Cajun or Creole cooking, but with Israeli food—and on becoming a sweet-tea-loving southerner 37:43

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James Beard Award winning chef Alon Shaya, born in Israel and raised in Philadelphia, was cooking for his family at the age of seven. When he began getting into trouble as a teen, his high school home economics teacher intervened, getting him his first fine-dining cooking job when he was just 16. He says she saved his life. He went on the Culinary …

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Artificial Intelligence y el Futuro with Joshua Varela 1:05:49

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for a unique conversation with his featured guest — Joshua Varela. Joshua is a New York City Public Schools Nuyorican who leads access in AI education at Lirvana Labs. His journey began as a teen on the Panel for Education Policy, which led to the creation of STEM programs across the United States and the co-founding NeuroMake…

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Chef Alycia Wahn Martindale on Michelin recognizing her new Toronto restaurant; cooking Creole, Caribbean, and Latin American flavors north of the border; and why she’s scratch-making her own butter and ... 34:20

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Chef Alycia Wahn Martindale is cooking up southern flavors north of the border at Conejo Negro (Black Rabbit in Spanish), the massively popular Toronto restaurant she owns with her husband and their good friend. The menu is a combination of Creole, Caribbean, and Latin American cooking. And she is making everything possible from scratch— bacon, but…

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Offering Hope at the Christi Center with Jocelyn Chamra-Barrera 1:07:17

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for a benevolent conversation with his featured guest — Jocelyn Chamra-Barrera. Jocelyn is the executive and clinical director of the Christi Center in Texas, a nonprofit organization that offers hope after the death of a loved one. She is a bilingual licensed clinical social worker with expertise in mental health, child abuse…

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Katz’s Deli owner Jake Dell with the inside story of the 137 year-old American institution and having Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal back to re-do their famous movie scene 37:47

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Often cited as America’s best deli, Katz’s has been a lower East Side institution in New York for more than 137 years this month. Owner Jake Dell’s father and uncle bought the deli from the original Katz family in 1988. Jake joined in 2009. He refuses to change anything about the customer experience there—from the ancient decor to the scratch made …

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Reimagine, Innovate, and Transform with Adrian Bustillos 47:56

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Join host Pablo Muñoz for an outstanding conversation with his featured guest — Adrian Bustillos. Adrian is a passionate and collaborative educational leader with a proven track record of improving student outcomes. Currently, he serves as the chief transformation officer at the Aldine Independent School District in Texas, where he is creating new …

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EP 40 — Exploring DeFi, AI Agents, and the Future of On-Chain Forecasting with James Ross 44:14

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Forecasting and prediction tools are missing links in DeFi and Mode Network is trying to fill that gap. In this episode, James Ross (co-founder of Mode and Synthdata) talks about building smarter forecasting systems for DeFi. We dig into how Mode is using BitTensor’s decentralised AI network to power real-time risk analysis, how agents could drive …