Exponential with Amanda Lang Podcast
208 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsExponential with Amanda Lang explores the worlds of business, technology, sociology and art, delving into how they intertwine with each other. Lang has been covering business news in North America for 20 years, beginning her journalism career at The Globe and Mail and then the National Post, before moving into television with ROBTV, CNN and BNN.
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Episodes
Exponential: Evelyn Forget, part 2
August 12, 2018 20:26 - 7 minutes - 7.11 MBAmanda asks Evelyn to explain what the “Dauphin Experiment” was?
Exponential: Evelyn Forget, part 4
August 12, 2018 20:26 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBAmanda talks more with Evelyn about the recent cancellation of a similar pilot program in Ontario
Exponential: Jonathan Ballesteros, CEO of the Geyser System, part 4
August 05, 2018 20:23 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBAmanda talks more with Jonathan about his decision to move beyond his career in medical/bio design and where his adventurous nature has taken him
Exponential: Jonathan Ballesteros, CEO of the Geyser System, part 3
August 05, 2018 20:22 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBAmanda chats with Jonathan about any interest from some of the big investors out there? And his career before Geyser…
Exponential: Jonathan Ballesteros, CEO of the Geyser System, part 1
August 05, 2018 20:22 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBAmanda asks Jonathan Ballesteros, CEO/Founder of the Geyser System, about the Geyser System, and what lead him to invent it
Exponential: Jonathan Ballesteros, CEO of the Geyser System, part 2
August 05, 2018 20:22 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBAmanda asks Jonathan about whether he considered a global application for his new invention?
Exponential: Ride Sharing Panel, part 4
July 29, 2018 20:19 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBAmanda converses with the panel about some of the issues these services might cause in markets across Canada moving forward…
Exponential: Ride Sharing Panel, part 3
July 29, 2018 20:19 - 9 minutes - 8.94 MBAmanda talks to the panel about the theory behind the “Trojan Horse” approach behind ride sharing platforms
Exponential: Ride Sharing Panel, part 1
July 29, 2018 20:19 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBAmanda talks to the panel on where we are in the the game on ride sharing in Canadian markets
Exponential: Ride Sharing Panel, part 2
July 29, 2018 20:19 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBAmanda chats with the panel about the politics of acceptance in some markets across Canada
Exponential: Sylvain Charlebois, The Food Professor, part 1
July 22, 2018 20:16 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBSylvain Charlebois – “The Food Professor” Canadian researcher in food and policy for Dalhousie University explains what the acronym GMO is and how it applies to our food industry
Exponential: Sylvain Charlebois, The Food Professor, part 4
July 22, 2018 20:16 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBSylvain Charlebois discusses the “science” behind the production and modification of our food
Exponential: Sylvain Charlebois, The Food Professor, part 3
July 22, 2018 20:16 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBSylvain Charlebois describes how difficult it will be moving forward when it comes to labelling GMO products for consumers
Exponential: Sylvain Charlebois, The Food Professor, part 2
July 22, 2018 20:16 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBSylvain Charlebois talks about the difference in GMO testing with animals oppose to produce
Exponential: Joseph Heath, Professor of Philosophy U of T, part 4
July 15, 2018 20:13 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBJoseph Heath describes how big companies doesn’t always correlate into better ethics and how a company’s “brand” plays into the equation
Exponential: Joseph Heath, Professor of Philosophy U of T, part 2
July 15, 2018 20:12 - 7 minutes - 7.11 MBJoseph Heath talks about the framework that business ethics takes in North America
Exponential: Joseph Heath, Professor of Philosophy U of T, part 1
July 15, 2018 20:12 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBJoseph Heath explains what “business ethics” are and why companies have them
Exponential: Joseph Heath, Professor of Philosophy U of T, part 3
July 15, 2018 20:12 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBJoseph Heath explains how incentives in large companies can blur the lines on ethics in business
Exponential: Paul Martin, Former Prime Minister of Canada, part 1
July 08, 2018 20:07 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBPaul Martin, Former Prime Minister of Canada, discusses where his awareness of Indigenous/First Nation began
Exponential: Paul Martin, Former Prime Minister of Canada, part 2
July 08, 2018 20:07 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBPaul Martin talks about his confusion over Steven Harper’s decision on the Kelowna process/negotiations
Exponential: Paul Martin, Former Prime Minister of Canada, part 3
July 08, 2018 20:07 - 9 minutes - 8.94 MBPaul Martin shares his honest opinion on how he feels about our current relationship with our indigenous people
Exponential: Paul Martin, Former Prime Minister of Canada, part 4
July 08, 2018 20:07 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBPaul Martin explains why he believes the “apology” is imperative, and what reconciliation really is
Exponential: Tim Nash, Founder of Good Investing, part 1
July 01, 2018 20:01 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBTim Nash, Founder of Good Investing, teaching people to invest in socially responsible and green funds, explains what a “Green Bond” is?
Exponential: Tim Nash, Founder of Good Investing, part 4
July 01, 2018 20:01 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBTim Nash chats about his vision for people to take control of their own finances with an eye on investing in green bonds
Exponential: Tim Nash, Founder of Good Investing, part 2
July 01, 2018 20:01 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBTim Nash talks about how certain countries are starting to derail the conversation around the benefit of “going green”
Exponential: Tim Nash, Founder of Good Investing, part 3
July 01, 2018 20:01 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBTim Nash discusses how each of us need to make our own decisions on what kind of carbon footprint we want to leave
Exponential: June 24 2018, part 4
June 24, 2018 19:52 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBSam Sebastian talks about the challenges of leading a creative workforce at Google in comparison to The Weather Network
Exponential: June 24 2018, part 3
June 24, 2018 19:52 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBSam Sebastian touches on what changes in mindset he’s implementing at the Weather Network to improve the business mode
Exponential: June 24 2018, part 2
June 24, 2018 19:51 - 7 minutes - 7.11 MBSam Sebastian discusses why we “love” talking about the weather
Exponential: June 24 2018, part 1
June 24, 2018 19:50 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBSam Sebastian, CEO Pelmorex Corp (The Weather Network), talks about why he left a forward company like Google, to take over at The Weather Network
Exponential: June 17 2018, part 4
June 17, 2018 19:47 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBJoseph Aoun explains how higher education must offer opportunities/courses that will impact the learner positively in a robotic world
Exponential: June 17 2018, part 2
June 17, 2018 19:45 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBJoseph Aoun says we must adapt our educational curriculums to artificial intelligence
Exponential: June 17 2018, part 3
June 17, 2018 19:45 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBJoseph Aoun helps walk us through our Cognitive capacities (the human qualities that computers cannot apply…yet)
Exponential: June 17 2018, part 1
June 17, 2018 19:44 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBAmanda Lang talks with Joseph Aoun, North Eastern University President, author of the book “Robot Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”. Joseph Aoun explains what is Exponential Learning?
Exponential: June 10 2018, part 4
June 10, 2018 19:41 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBStephen Poloz talks about how a hot housing market and possible trade war, leaves for many tough decisions for Canada moving forward
Exponential: June 10 2018, part 3
June 10, 2018 19:41 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBPaul Martin, Former Prime Minister of Canada, has strong views of the rhetoric around global trade and trade wars in general
Exponential: June 10 2018, part 2
June 10, 2018 19:40 - 7 minutes - 7.13 MBAngel Gurria, Head of the OECD, talks about how when critiquing the different economies around the globe, it’s all about the facts
Exponential: June 10 2018, part 1
June 10, 2018 19:39 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBBill Morneau, Canada’s Finance Minister, discusses how the conversation at the G7 was hijacked by “tariff talk”
Exponential: June 3 2018, part 4
June 03, 2018 19:38 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBBarry talks about how he helps people and organizations apply change
Exponential: June 3 2018, part 3
June 03, 2018 19:37 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBDan talks more about ‘Behavioral Economics’ and how we’re not actually in control of our own decisions
Exponential: June 3 2018, part 2
June 03, 2018 19:37 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBDan Arielly, Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and is the founder of The Center for Advanced Hindsight, explains why we are “naturally” resistant to change…and the behaviors we exercise to stay away from change
Exponential: June 3 2018, part 1
June 03, 2018 19:35 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBAmanda Lang sits down with Barry Pokroy, Partner at Farber and co-founder of Circle and Square. Barry talks about our psychological weaknesses as human beings…and how we often resist change; good and bad
Exponential: May 27 2018, part 4
May 27, 2018 19:33 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBCanada is a world leader in quantum Mechanics, how do we retain that momentum?
Exponential: May 27 2018, part 3
May 27, 2018 19:32 - 9 minutes - 8.96 MBWhere does religion fit into the field of theoretical physics?
Exponential: May 27 2018, part 2
May 27, 2018 19:31 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBWhat draws people to the world of theoretical physics?
Exponential: May 27 2018, part 1
May 27, 2018 19:30 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBWhat is Theoretical Physics? Neil Turok - South African physicist, and the Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, walks Amanda through it all
Exponential: May 20 2018, part 4
May 20, 2018 19:28 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBIs the success of these programs/bonds solely attached to private market investment/interest? Who receives the windfall and who gets left out?
Exponential: May 20 2018, part 3
May 20, 2018 19:28 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBOntario has dabbled in Social Impact bonds. Who should fund and run such programs? Government or private funding?
Exponential: May 20 2018, part 2
May 20, 2018 19:27 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBMost of the investors involved are philanthropic by nature
Exponential: May 20 2018, part 1
May 20, 2018 19:27 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBWhat is a Social Impact Bond? Its purpose? The costs involved…and the justification for that cost. Amanda Lang talks with Nadine Pequeneza - Director/Producer of the film titled “The Invisible Heart”. Delving into the complex and unorthodox marriage of charity and capitalism with the use of Social Impact Bonds