CBS Please Unmute Yourself

On this Valentine's Day special episode, Catherine Hicks (CBS '24) chats with Zoya Agarwal (CBS '24) about the importance of... doing what you love! Listen to hear Zoya's thoughts on the power of passion and how following your heart not only opens up pathways for yourself, but also blazes the trail for those who follow. Interested in being part of the podcast? Reach out to the podc...

Catherine Hicks (CBS '24) chats with Maggie Monahan (CBS '24) about her work experience in theatre and politics and how both roads led her to Columbia Business School. Tune in to hear her thoughts on the power of words, the inherent overlap between art and science, and how a liberal arts background provides a unique strength for business school students. Interested in being part of the pod...

Catherine Hicks (CBS '24) chats with Jack Raines (CBS '24) about his careers in finance and writing and how both paths led him to Columbia Business School. Tune in to hear more about his finance blog, "Young Money;" his travels around the world prior to business school, his newfound love for rugby; and his philosophy on why we shouldn't chase optionality for optionality's...

Catherine Hicks (CBS '24) chats with Julien Souffrant (CBS '24) about his life and career to-date and how a passion for social impact led him to business school.  Tune in to hear his thoughts about working in the social impact space, pivoting to banking to open pathways to a career in sustainability, and managing the recruiting process as a first year at Columbia Business School. Interested i...

Cindy Xinying Yao (CBS '23) and Catherine Hicks (CBS '24) chat with Ines Fernandez Larrea (CBS '23) about her pivot from strategy consulting to the tech industry and what that process has been like as an international student. Come hear her thoughts on working in tech, what she thinks the differences are between working at a large multinational vs. an early-phase startup, and why she thinks public...

Cindy Xinying Yao (CBS '23) chats with Jack Yen-Chu Tu (CBS '23)  about his decision to go to BCG, the consulting recruiting process, and why he transitioned from engineering to Consulting at Columbia Business School.  Come learn about his passion for entrepreneurship and involvement in InSITE - a highly competitive leadership development program comprised of exceptional graduate student...

Nicoline Bach (CBS '22) and Camille Hutt (CBS '22) talk with Professor Dan Wang about his childhood, his decision to get his PhD, and how he developed his teaching style. He also talks about his recent promotion to the Faculty Co-Director of the Tamer Center and what he plans to do in this new role. Listen in to  learn more about his current research, where you can find him on a Friday night,...

Cindy Yao (CBS '23) and Nicoline Bach (CBS '22) talk with Ed Moroni and Janet Horan who work in CBS administration and were involved in the Manhattanville move. Listen in to hear about the planning behind this big transition, the challenges faced, and what the future holds for Manhattanville's newest resident. Learn about why the gym equipment is still not set up, what feature of the campus was al...

Michelle Dhansinghani (CBS '22) talks with Nicoline Bach (CBS '22) about working in Washington D.C. and how her experience lead her to found her own business development firm raising capital for private sector investments, national non profits, and political campaigns and growing the company into Latin America. She also talks about her journey to venture capital and investing in fintech, her commi...

Des Berdini (CBS '22) talks with Nicoline Bach (CBS '22) about growing up in Italy and his experience moving to the United States. Des is involved with planning Forever Week to listen in to hear about the planning process, the series of amazing events, and to learn more about the meaning of the theme "Avant Garde: Breaking Form!"  Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Exten...

Matt Rosenbaum (CBS '22) used to work in journalism, but after reconnecting with a former classmate, he became the co-founder for Generation Conscious, a sustainable personal care and laundry company. Listen in to learn more about how he made this transition, why he is passionate about addressing climate change, and how he and Generation Conscious' CEO Greg Genco tackled the laundry market on coll...

Columbia Business School has a new club -- the Cannabis Business Association! Listen to Cindy Yao (CBS '23) talk with Nicole Ziegler (CBS '22), the Co-President of CBA, about Nicole's passion for the growing cannabis industry, the potential for an equitable and social justice movement in the industry, and how students can get involved in the new club.  Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Tit...

Gigi Roseney (CBS '22) and Nicoline Bach (CBS '22) interview Camille Kapaun (CBS '22) about her and Austin Paley's (CBS '22) company, Nightingale. Camille discusses what gave her the idea for Nightingale and what the future holds. Listen in to learn more about Camille's entrepreneurship journey, how CBS has supported her along the way, and how Nightingale can make an impact in the lives of love on...

Cindy (Xinying) Yao (CBS '23) interviews Tamara Hache, a PhD student at Columbia University, to learn more about the student worker strikes on campus. Listen in to learn more about the details behind the strike and get an update of where the negotiations stand.  You can help support student workers by donating to the Hardship Fund for Columbia Student Workers: https://opencollective.com/withh...

Elisa Hu (CBS '22) and Jason Cincotta (CBS '23) interview CBS co-presidents Sid Bishnoi and Owen Odigie about their personal backgrounds and their experience in leadership roles during a year with unending transitions. Listen in to learn more about what inspired them to run for student body and how they have worked as a complementary team to navigate this year's twists and turns through COVID, cha...

Georgina Colquhoun (CBS '22) interviews Please Unmute Yourself founder, Nicoline Bach (CBS '22), to learn more about her background and what inspired her to create a student-run podcast at CBS.  Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

Please Unmute Yourself has grown and expanded beyond Cluster A to now include and represent members from the entire Columbia Business School community. Get a sneak peak of what's to come this season. Music Credit: Hiroki Komine CBS '23; Title: "Turning Off Extended"

As one of the final episodes from the 2020-2021 school year, Nicoline Bach interviews Levente Merczel about growing up in Hungary, his love of politics, and his professional pit stops before working in private equity. Listen in to learn about how Levente was almost the Hungarian John Oliver, his stint as a model, how he became passionate about politics, and what he misses the most from Hungarian c...

Anna-Kaye Barrett interviews Jonah Travis about what sparked him to start his own company, Knoow, and his his passion for entrepreneurship. Listen in to learn what drives Jonah, what his first job was, who he looks up to, and what is next for Knoow! 

Nicoline Bach interviews Jenny Ding about her family, her poker playing expertise and her stint on reality tv. Check it out to hear about Jenny's first experience arriving to New York City, her opinion on how poker is portrayed in movies, and how she scored a free trip to the Maldives!

Nicoline Bach interviews the incomparable Nick Szuch about his hobbies, travels, and experience as DEI Chair for our business school cluster. Listen in to get his candid take on exiting the comfort zone, why he loves New York City and his life lessons learned while working in the kitchen.

Nicoline Bach interviews Makrand Mahalley about his family and who he looks up to. Learn more about where he grew his love of cooking and how his first meal he prepared on his own was for 1,000 people!

"Please Unmute Yourself" is a Columbia Business School Cluster A '22 podcast where we interview each other to learn more about each other while we wait out the, you know, global pandemic.