Best Rather Inventive Podcasts (2025)

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Boring History For Sleep | The 12 Days of Tudor Christmas: Feasting, Flexing & Full Madness 🏰🔥 3:57:53

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🎄🏰 In Tudor England, Christmas wasn’t just a day — it was twelve long nights of feasting, mischief, music, and rituals that blended faith with folklore. Lords, servants, and villagers all took part in traditions that ranged from joyful to downright strange, turning winter darkness into celebration and chaos. Tonight, close your eyes and wander into…

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Boring History For Sleep | How the Vanderbilts Built — and Lost — an American Empire 💰🏛️ 4:01:44

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💼🏛️ The Vanderbilt family rose from a modest ferry business to become one of the richest and most powerful dynasties in American history. Their world of mansions, railroads, rivalries, glittering parties, and quiet scandals shaped the Gilded Age and transformed the United States forever. Tonight, close your eyes and drift into the story of wealth b…

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3517: How AWS and the PGA Tour Are Changing Live Sports Technology 26:27

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How do you capture every moment of a golf tournament spread across hundreds of acres, tens of thousands of shots, and dozens of players competing at the same time? That question sits at the heart of this conversation recorded at AWS re:Invent, where I sat down with Eric Hansen, VP of Product at the PGA Tour, and Elaine Chiasson, who leads the globa…

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3516: Twilio's Vision For AI First Engagement And The Rise Of Context Driven Interactions 28:37

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How do you make sense of an industry that is changing at a pace few predicted, especially with SIGNAL London still fresh in our minds and Twilio unveiling the next stage of its vision for customer engagement? That question sits at the heart of today's conversation with Peter Bell, VP of Marketing for EMEA at Twilio, who joined me to unpack what the…

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Boring History For Sleep | Victorian Women’s Real Daily Routines (Prepare to Be Surprised) 🎀👀 3:45:31

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🌸🕯️ Victorian women lived in a world of strict rules, endless chores, and carefully managed appearances — far less glamorous than the novels make it seem. From morning routines filled with laundry, letter-writing, and social etiquette to afternoons spent sewing, hosting, or simply trying not to violate any of society’s unspoken rules, their days we…

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3515: How Portnox Connects Cognitive Science With Access Control 30:25

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Why do smart people still click when every instinct tells them they should pause first? That question sits at the heart of this conversation with Denny LeCompte, CEO of Portnox and a rare cybersecurity leader who brings a background in cognitive psychology to identity, trust, and human error. It is a discussion that pulls back the curtain on the ha…

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How to Make Billions When the Bubble Bursts: Lessons from 1929 47:58

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The stock market was once a Wild West free-for-all. There were few rules or regulations. Investors were more or less gambling, or manipulating stocks to make a profit. This is the world Jesse Livermore came to dominate. He would often bet against the market, making money when businesses failed. By 1929, Livermore was rich and famous. And then the W…

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Boring History For Sleep | Why So Many Ancient Civilizations Suddenly Collapsed 🌑🏺 3:21:01

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🏺🕯️ From droughts and invasions to mysterious disappearances, ancient civilizations fell for reasons as dramatic as their rise. Some were undone by nature, others by war, and some vanished so completely that the earth swallowed their stories. Tonight, drift into the ruins and echoes of the world’s greatest lost cultures.…

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3514: How JLL Is Reshaping Commercial Real Estate Through AI 34:34

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to run technology for one of the largest commercial real estate companies in the world? That question shapes my conversation with Yao Morin, Global CTO at JLL, as we look at how AI is changing the places where we work, shop, and gather. Real estate may seem traditional from the outside, yet inside JLL the pace i…

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Boring History For Sleep | How Ancient People Built Shelter to Survive Freezing Winters ❄️🏔️ 4:00:09

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❄️🔥 Long before central heating and insulated walls, surviving winter was a battle between humans and the cold itself. People built shelters from snow, earth, wood, animal skins, and whatever nature offered, relying on ingenuity to stay alive when temperatures fell dangerously low. Tonight, close your eyes and step into the quiet world of early win…

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3513: How Dropbox Is Rethinking Work With AI And Dropbox Dash 38:46

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Did you ever stop and wonder how many hours you lose each week hunting for files, tabs, links, or half-written ideas scattered across your apps? It is a familiar frustration, and it sits at the center of today's conversation with Dropbox VP of Engineering, Josh Clemm. Josh has spent two decades building products shaped around scale, personalisation…

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Why the War on Christmas Won’t Die 20:49

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Every December, a loud minority swear they’re being hunted by carollers, coffee cups, and secular toddlers armed with “Happy Holidays.” So is the War on Christmas real, or just a profitable bit of political theatre? We drag the opportunistic pundits, the purity-culture merchants, and the mall Santas who think they’re frontline soldiers—because this…

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Boring History For Sleep | The Napoleonic Wars (1805–1814) ⚔️🇫🇷 3:44:43

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⚔️ Napoleon’s rise reshaped Europe, rewriting borders and rewriting destiny through brilliance, ambition, and catastrophic miscalculations. Battles raged from Spain to Russia, but the empire’s collapse was as sudden as its rise. Tonight, drift across battlefields, palaces, and snowy roads as the world changes under one man’s ambition.…

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3512: How D2L's Rob Telfer Sees Universities Adapting to an AI First World 29:30

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What does learning look like when technology shifts faster than most university systems can adapt? That question shaped my conversation with Rob Telfer, who leads education strategy for D2L across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Rob returned to the show with a clear view of how AI is transforming higher education and why so many institutions a…

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3511: BCG on Closing the Gap Between AI Experiments and Real Business Impact 25:15

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*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" tabindex="-1" data-turn-id= "request-WEB:221c7553-c733-4456-a06c-c66c0626b35b-7" data-testid= "conversation-turn-16" data-scroll-anchor="true" data-turn= "assistant"> How do you guide a workforce through the fastest shift in technology most of us ha…

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Boring History For Sleep | The First Crusade: A Journey of Faith, Fear & Fire 🌙⚔️ 3:31:39

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🕯️⚔️ In 1095, a single speech in France sparked one of the most dramatic movements in medieval history — a march of thousands toward a distant and holy city. Knights, peasants, pilgrims, and wanderers crossed continents, driven by faith, fear, opportunity, and rumor, shaping a conflict far bigger than they understood. Tonight, close your eyes and f…

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3510: Orange Business and the Rise of Digital Innovation Across IMEA 23:30

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Did you know that when many people hear "Orange," they still ask if it involves SIM cards? That was the perfect place to begin my conversation with Sahem Azzam, President for IMEA and Inner Asia at Orange Business. Once we cleared that up, it opened the door to a much richer story about what enterprise innovation looks like across one of the fastes…

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Boring History For Sleep | How Three Cities Designed the Modern World 🌍💡 3:36:52

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🌍🕯️ Long before modern nations existed, three extraordinary cities laid the foundations of how we think, rule, build, and live today. From law and writing to democracy, astronomy, roads, maps, and architecture — these ancient centers shaped human civilization in ways that still echo through every city on Earth. Tonight, close your eyes and wander t…

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Boring History For Sleep | How Medieval People Celebrated Christmas 🎄🕯️ (Feasts, Frost & Holy Days) 3:51:16

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🎄🕯️ In the Middle Ages, Christmas wasn’t just a single day — it was a long season of feasting, fasting, carols, and traditions that blended faith with winter survival. Villagers filled cold stone churches with candlelight, nobles hosted noisy banquets, and entire towns paused their work to enjoy rare warmth, food, and community. Tonight, close your…

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Boring History For Sleep | The Hidden LGBTQ+ Stories of British Royal History 👑🕯️ 3:08:21

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👑🌈 For centuries, royal biographers whispered about relationships, letters, and friendships that didn’t fit the strict expectations of the British court. In an era when LGBTQ+ people faced secrecy and danger, some royals lived lives full of coded affection, hidden emotions, and quiet rebellion against the world around them. Tonight, close your eyes…

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3509: What AWS re:Invent Revealed About the Acceleration of Agentic AI 25:40

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Did you ever walk into a conference session thinking you were ready for the week, only to realise the announcements were coming so fast that you almost needed an agent of your own to keep up? That was the mood across Las Vegas, and it was the backdrop for my conversation with Madhu Parthasarathy, the general manager for Agent Core at AWS. He has sp…

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Joining Impact100 Supercharges Women to Help their Community in a Big Way 18:50

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Each one of us can spread a little love in the world with just a smile or a kind word. And when we join together with other like-minded individuals, our positive influence grows exponentially. That's the effect that Impact100 has in communities throughout the U.S. and in England, Australia and New Zealand. You can learn about Impact100 in this inte…

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Boring History For Sleep | The Global Saga of Cannabis: Thousands of Years in One Story 🌍🔥 3:43:19

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🌿🕯️ Long before modern debates, cannabis quietly traveled across continents, serving as medicine, fiber, ritual incense, and an everyday household plant. From ancient China and India to the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas, civilizations used it for healing, textiles, rope, food, and ceremony long before anyone argued about it. Tonight, close …

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3508: Movember at re:Invent, A Conversation on Tech and Men's Health 24:12

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Have you ever wondered how an idea that begins with two friends in a pub ends up shaping conversations about health all over the world? That was on my mind as I met Graham Link & Timothy Gnaneswaran from Movember on the show floor at AWS re:Invent. Their story has grown far beyond the mustache that everyone recognises. What started with a simple ge…

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The Man who Sued Major League Baseball (Rather than go to Philly) 51:33

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Curt Flood was the best center fielder in baseball and one of the game's highest payed players. He helped the St Louis Cardinals reach the 1968 World Series... but then got traded. The rules said he had no say in the decision. He either could go to Philly, or quit the sport. So Curt decided to sue. Curt argued that Major League Baseball should act …

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Boring History For Sleep | Rise & Fall of the Soviet Union 🕯️🟥 (1917–1991) 3:53:34

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🌍🕯️ The story of the Soviet Union spans revolutions, leaders, wars, and a political experiment that reshaped the entire world. From the fall of the Romanovs to Lenin’s rise, Stalin’s terror, Cold War tensions, and the final collapse in 1991, the USSR’s history is both extraordinary and deeply tragic. Tonight, close your eyes and drift through the q…

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AWS re:Invent: Ruth Buscombe on How AWS Helps F1 Engineers Read a Million Data Points a Second 26:18

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Did you know a single Formula 1 car produces 1.1 million data points every second from hundreds of sensors? That number alone sets the tone for this conversation with Ruth Buscombe, an F1 strategist, analyst, and F1TV presenter whose work sits at the meeting point of engineering precision and real time storytelling. We met at AWS re:Invent in Las V…

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Boring History For Sleep | Housewives, Doctors & Pills: The Tranquilizer Era 😴💊 3:59:12

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💊📺 In the 1950s and 60s, America fell under the spell of a new promise — a pill that could smooth emotions, erase anxiety, and make life feel effortlessly calm. Doctors handed out tranquilizers like candy, advertisements glamorized them, and millions of people quietly slipped into dependency before anyone realized the cost. Tonight, close your eyes…

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3506: How Marriott International Builds Digital Fluency at Global Scale, 24:48

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Have you ever wondered how a company with nearly a million associates across continents keeps everyone learning, aligned, and prepared for constant change? That question sat at the heart of my conversation with Victor Arguelles, the VP of Global Learning Design and Development at Marriott International. Victor began his career as a high-school educ…

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Boring History For Sleep | Pompeii: When an Entire City Became a Memory 💀🔥 4:06:55

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🌋🕯️ On a warm morning in 79 CE, the people of Pompeii lived ordinary lives beneath a mountain they believed was harmless. When Vesuvius erupted, everything stopped at once, preserving homes, streets, and final moments in layers of ash thicker than memory. Tonight, close your eyes and wander through a silent city where time froze — a place where anc…

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3505: When Home Improvement Meets Real-Time Intelligence 30:57

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Have you ever wondered how an industry known for delays and uncertainty suddenly starts operating with the pace of a tech company? That thought stayed with me as I spoke with Eppie Vojt, the Chief Digital and AI Officer at West Shore Home. His team is bringing applied AI into home remodeling in a way that feels practical, grounded, and surprisingly…

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Boring History For Sleep | When Syphilis First Hit Europe: The 1495 Epidemic 🕯️💀 3:58:39

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📜🕯️ In 1495, a mysterious new disease swept through Europe, spreading fear faster than any army could march. Doctors were baffled, soldiers were terrified, and cities struggled to understand an illness unlike anything they had ever seen. Tonight, drift into the quieter corners of this historical crisis — a moment when medicine was powerless, rumors…

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3504: Building Software for a Cross Platform World 38:31

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What does it really mean to run a company that aims to be "good" before it ever thinks about becoming "great"? That was the question sitting with me as I sat down with Appfire's CEO, Matt Dircks. The conversation took us straight into the heart of modern leadership, purpose, and the realities of running a global SaaS business during a period of cha…

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3503: The Next Security Challenge Created by AI Coding Tools 31:45

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What happens when AI adoption surges inside companies faster than anyone can track, and the data that fuels those systems quietly slips out of sight? That question sat at the front of my mind as I spoke with Cyberhaven CEO Nishant Doshi, fresh from publishing one of the most detailed looks at real-world AI usage I have seen. This wasn't a report bu…

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Boring History For Sleep | The AIDS Crisis: The People, the Science, the Fight 🕯️💊 4:06:31

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🧬🌍 The AIDS epidemic reshaped the world — medically, socially, and emotionally — beginning in the early 1980s and leaving a legacy that still echoes today. Scientists fought to understand a mysterious new virus, communities battled fear and stigma, and people around the world faced unimaginable loss while demanding action and compassion. Close your…