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“A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world” (San Francisco Chronicle) In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as it looks from a new perspective: with the evolution of the Muslim community at the center. His story...

Business is an everyday thing, but everyday things can have untold stories - the stories about the things we never stopped to think about. Anyone can pay attention to financial ratios and textbook principles, but the best information lives in the stories that happen. What are the stories others have created with their business challenges? From starting a new business from scratch to reinventing oneself for their second third act, this show explores how these personal stories translate into the business context. Everybody loves a good fraud story. Everybody loves a good war story. We can ...

Kindbody, one of the largest fertility companies in the US, sought to disrupt egg freezing and IVF by combining spa vibes with Silicon Valley efficiency. The startup raised millions, opened dozens of clinics, and became a billion-dollar unicorn. But its ambition came with consequences. In IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story, reporter Jackie Davalos takes listeners beyond Kindbody’s millennial-friendly waiting rooms and into the clinics themselves, showing the sometimes-heartbreaking consequences of bringing the "move fast and break things" mentality to the business of creating life. Read ...

The Big Screen: How COVID-19 Disrupted and Reshaped Cancer Prevention is a limited educational series about the past, present, and future of cancer detection and its role in improving treatment and health outcomes. Each episode dives deep into the history and value of screening technology, inequities in who gets screened, the role of the pandemic in disrupting early detection, and how improved access and technological advancements in screening will save more lives.The Big Screen is sponsored in part by Bristol Myers Squibb: Creating a Better Future for People with Cancer. Bristol Myers Squibb...