For the Curious Mind, Fun and Culture - 8 of Best Podcasts in 2021
Welcome to September! We have had a very productive and exciting summer so far, we announced our expansion in the Asia Pacific region including Japan Exchange, Bursa Malaysia and most recently Hong Kong Exchange. We also made significant strides on our Regime research, and we can’t wait for the exciting announcements and QuantBrains Webinars we have planned for this fall.
Monday marks the unofficial end of the summer season in the US, and while many of us may be taking a break to enjoy the long Labor Day weekend with family, Team QB wanted to share some of our favorite podcasts for your entertainment and/or personal growth. We split it up into two sections: “Curious Mind” and “Fun & Culture”.
Let us know your thoughts and we look forward to chatting with you about QB’s trading algorithms and workflow solutions after your short break until then, contact us here!
For The Curious Mind:
“I think the QB Culture is very curious - and this podcast keeps me up to date with worldly affairs.”
About This Podcast: Each weekday, Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood make today make sense. Along with our supersmart listeners, we break down happenings in tech, the economy and culture. Every Tuesday we bring on a guest to dive deeper into one important topic. Because none of us is as smart as all of us.
2. EconTalk
About This Podcast: Conversations for the Curious is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem. The eclectic guest list includes authors, doctors, psychologists, historians, philosophers, economists, and more. Learn how the health care system really works, the serenity that comes from humility, the challenge of interpreting data, how potato chips are made, what it's like to run an upscale Manhattan restaurant, what caused the 2008 financial crisis, the nature of consciousness, and more. EconTalk has been taking the Monday out of Mondays since 2006. All 800+ episodes are available in the archive.
3. How I Built This
“Guy always has interesting entrepreneurs on his show, I take away many valuable lessons and apply to my work here at QB”
About This Podcast: Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best-known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists—and the movements they built.
4. Freakonomics
About This Podcast: Each week, Freakonomics Radio tells you things you always thought you knew (but didn’t) and things you never thought you wanted to know (but do) — from the economics of sleep to how to become great at just about anything. Dubner speaks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, intellectuals and entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers.
For Fun and Culture:
5. The Happiness Lab
“It’s based on a course at Yale, I’m so glad they made it into digestible episodes”
About This Podcast: You might think more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations would make you happy. You’re dead wrong. In "The Happiness Lab" podcast, Yale professor Dr Laurie Santos will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will forever alter the way you think about happiness. She's changed the lives of thousands of people through her class "Psychology and the Good Life," and she'll change yours, too.
6. The BS (Bill Simmons) Podcast
About This Podcast: HBO’s Bill Simmons relaunches the most downloaded sports podcast of all-time with a rotating crew of celebrities, athletes and media members, as well as mainstays like Cousin Sal, Joe House and other friends and family members who always happen to be suspiciously available.
7. The Office Ladies
“Who doesn’t love The Office! This is a good time podcast.”
About This Podcast: The Office co-stars and best friends, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, are doing the ultimate The Office re-watch podcast for you. Each week Jenna and Angela will break down an episode of The Office and give exclusive behind the scene stories that only two people who were there, can tell you.
8. The School of Greatness
About This Podcast: Lewis Howes is a New York Times best-selling author, 2x All-American athlete, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur. The School of Greatness shares inspiring interviews from the most successful people on the planet—world-renowned leaders in business, entertainment, sports, science, health, and literature—to inspire YOU to unlock your inner greatness and live your best life.
