Life at Intuit Now Playing: See What Podcasts Our Intuit Family Is Listening To Everyone needs a quick break from the real world to recharge. When running a small business, planning your finances, or simply looking to relax and escape the day-to-day hustle and bustle, a little motivation, escape, and entertainment goes a long way. In the spirit of National Podcast Day, we asked what some of our senior Written by Intuit Blog Team Published Sep 30, 2018 - [Updated Nov 7, 2022] 3 min read Everyone needs a quick break from the real world to recharge. When running a small business, planning your finances, or simply looking to relax and escape the day-to-day hustle and bustle, a little motivation, escape, and entertainment goes a long way. In the spirit of National Podcast Day, we asked what some of our senior leadership what they’ve been listening to lately. ++++ Bharath Kadaba SVP & Chief Innovation Officer A16Z The a16z Podcast discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future — especially as “software eats the world”. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world. Bharath: “I love the collection of experts that show up to discuss a broad range of topics relevant to Silicon Valley technology companies: leadership challenges in tech companies, China, security, GDPR, VC investments trends, blockchain and, my favorite – AI/ML topics.” Talking Machines Talking Machines provides a window into the world of machine learning. Its hosts, Katherine Gorman and Neil Lawrence, provide a forum for clear conversations with experts in the field, insightful discussions of industry news, and useful answers to questions. Bharath: “This podcast is narrowly focused on AI/ML topics with experts. They usually start off by sharing personal stories about how they got their start in the field. Talking Machines also covers key conferences around the world.” Ashok Srivastava SVP & Chief Data Officer Retropod Retropod is a show for history lovers, featuring stories about the past, rediscovered. Reporter Mike Rosenwald introduces you to history’s most colorful characters – forgotten heroes, overlooked villains, dreamers, explorers, world changers. Ashok: “This podcast provides 5-minute segments on topics from history. It gives an excellent view of historical events which provides context for current – and even future – events.” – Ashok Srivastava This American Life This American Life is a weekly public radio program and podcast. Each week they choose a theme and put together different kinds of stories on that theme. Ashok: “One of the best podcasts to learn about the world around us through superb storytelling.” Marianna Tessel Chief Product Development Officer, Small Business & Self-Employed (and incoming CTO) How I Built This Host 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. Marianna: “I am always fascinated hearing entrepreneurs telling their stories. They are always so different and insightful with many unexpected twists and turns.” Masters of Scale Masters of Scale is an original podcast hosted by Reid Hoffman, Co-founder of LinkedIn and Investor at Greylock. In each episode, Reid shows how companies grow from zero to a gazillion, testing his theories with legendary leaders. Marianna: “Industry leaders, founders and other giants reveal some of their secrets. There is so much to learn I need to often rewind.” Revisionist History Revisionist History is a podcast from Malcolm Gladwell and Panoply. The podcast looks back and reinterpret something from the past: an event, a person, an idea. Something overlooked. Something misunderstood. Marianna: “So interesting to discover a new piece of forgotten history every time. Plus Malcolm is such a good story teller. I often think about the stories days to come.” ++++ What podcasts have YOU been listening to lately? Previous Post Coding With Compassion: Q&A with Intuit Accessibility Leads Ted Drake… Next Post We Rise, She Soars: Inside Intuit India’s Girl Child Project Written by Intuit Blog Team More from Intuit Blog Team Browse Related Articles Social Responsibility Intuit partners with The Farmlink Project to address climate change and combat food waste Life at Intuit How to become a better trans+ and non-binary ally Life at Intuit Here’s how women at Intuit inspire inclusion Taxpayer Empowerment Powering prosperity for women means addressing gender inequities in the tax code Job Readiness Powering prosperity, one community at a time Taxpayer Empowerment Setting the record straight on tax preparation Small Business Intuit acquires IP and hires talent from Proper Finance Canada Growing with Intuit Social Responsibility Intuit and Khan Academy team up to offer free financial education to students and teachers Innovative Thinking A new tool to make taxes more transparent