Earn The Right Podcast

Recessions are not caused by booms. They are triggered by shocks. That is the conclusion Tyler Goodspeed reached after studying data across four centuries. Most of what we believe about economic downturns does not survive the evidence. Tyler is Chief Economist at ExxonMobil, former acting Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and holds dual PhDs from Harvard and Cambridge. His...

JoAnn Stonier has been ahead of every major wave in data, AI governance, and AI safety. Formerly Mastercard's first Chief Data Officer and American Express's first Chief Privacy Officer, she now advises governments and corporations on responsible AI, enterprise AI adoption, and how to scale AI without losing control. As President of Cantellus Group, she works with Fortune 500 boards on AI...

Kathy Kay has led technology through some of America's biggest crises. From the Great Recession to California wildfires to a global pandemic, she was the person building systems that kept companies and people afloat. As EVP and CIO at Principal Financial Group, she brings a battle-tested instinct for building technology through disruption. She has done it at General Motors, PG&E, Comerica, and...

Thirty years ago, a rejection letter changed internet history. Randy Milch never planned to be a General Counsel. He wanted to be Secretary of State. When President Reagan fired all 300 diplomats-in-waiting on his first day in office, Randy went to law school instead. What followed was two decades at the center of American corporate history. As General Counsel of Verizon, Randy navigated the MCI m...

What does it take to protect the world’s most powerful financial institution for nearly three decades? In the fifth episode of Earn The Right , Apoorv Agarwal sits down with Greg Palm , the legendary former General Counsel of Goldman Sachs . The story of this small-town bred lawyer is a striking departure from the typical Wall Street pedigree.  Growing up in Chenango Bridge, New York, Greg was the...

Teresa Barreira leads marketing at Publicis Sapient, with prior tenures at IBM, Accenture, and Deloitte. She has seen every major technology shift. AI is different. In this episode of Earn The Right , Apoorv Agarwal sits down with Teresa Barreira , Global Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Publicis Sapient , to unpack how AI is fundamentally reshaping marketing, leadership, and the futu...

What does it take to lead when systems fail? Timothy Mayopoulos has spent his career answering that question. In episode three of Earn The Right, Apoorv Agarwal speaks with one of the most trusted crisis leaders in American finance. Tim served as CEO of Fannie Mae and later stepped in as the FDIC-appointed CEO of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank during its 2023 collapse. He is also a lawyer who built hi...

How do we power the world without blackouts? The answer may be green ammonia. On the second episode of Earn The Right , we’re joined by Joel Moser , CEO of First Ammonia . His climate tech firm is at the forefront of producing green ammonia , a sustainable fuel crucial for solving the biggest challenges in renewable energy . This is a conversation about what’s next : for Earth , for technology and...

The first episode of Earn The Right features Marla Persky , former General Counsel at Baxter International and Boehringer Ingelheim , two of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Now the CEO and President of WOMN LLC , she helps lawyers and business professionals build stronger leadership and commercial acumen. She joins host Apoorv Agarwal , an AI scientist and entrepreneur (Text IQ, acqu...