# baum (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover baum. Page: Feed: --- ## [Book Review: 'Regime Change'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-08-13/book-review-regime-change) _2026-08-13 · Baum on Books_ Regime Change, by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, is the result of 3 arduous years of meticulous investigation into the second Trump presidency. What they discover is an unmoored administration focused on retribution and profit. WSHU’s Book Critic Joan Baum says the book earned its top spot on the New York Times bestsellers list. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/08/regiem-for-web.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'Someone Else's Husband'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-07-30/book-review-someone-elses-husband) _2026-07-30 · Baum on Books_ A team of climbers journeys up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, but they don’t all make it back down. The fallout from their expedition follows the team back home with dreadful consequences. Kimberly McCreight’s new novel, Someone Else’s Husband, takes readers on a wild, suspenseful trip to discover what happened on the mountain and who is responsible for the murder. Here's Joan Baum's review. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/07/husband-for-web.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'Aristotle - The First Teacher'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-07-15/aristotle-the-first-teacher) _2026-07-15 · Baum on Books_ What is happiness? Why do we need art? What is virtue? Aristotle had answers to these deep questions. Now a new book, Aristotle - The First Teacher by Philip Freeman, takes a closer look at the Greek philosopher and how his 2000-year old ideas still resonate today. WSHU’s Joan Baum has this review. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/07/aristotle-for-web-2.mp3) ## [Bam Azizi: The Pivot That Created a Unicorn](https://share.transistor.fm/s/dbb43ae1) _2026-07-06 · Florida Funders · Skin in the Game VC Podcast_ In this episode of Skin in the Game, Saxon Baum sits down with Bam Azizi, founder and CEO of Mesh and the first unicorn founder in the FLF portfolio. Bam's story is one of grit, resilience, and relentless execution. They talk about his journey from growing up in Iran to immigrating to the U.S., earning a PhD, launching and selling his first company, NoPassword, and eventually building Mesh into… [Listen](https://media.transistor.fm/dbb43ae1/359d697e.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'London Falling'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-07-02/book-review-london-falling) _2026-07-02 · Baum on Books_ A British teen falls to his death from an apartment in London. Was it an accident? Suicide? Murder? His grieving parents seek answers. WSHU's Book Critic Joan Baum read The New Yorker Staff Writer Patrick Radden Keefe's latest work, London Falling. Here's her review. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/07/falling-for-web.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'A Fair Corpse'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-06-18/book-review) _2026-06-18 · Baum on Books_ It’s 1939, and Flushing, Queens, is buzzing with preparations for The World’s Fair. But the festive energy takes a grim turn when one of the mural artists is found dead. Police Officer Brian Fitzgerald is on the case. But who among the artists, politicians, and dignitaries could be a murderer? WSHU's Book Critic Joan Baum says author Helen Harrison's latest mystery novel A Fair Corpse immerses the… [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/06/a-fair-corpse-for-web-fix.mp3) ## [Marshall Sandman: How Showing Up Built a Venture Fund](https://share.transistor.fm/s/ed6c7478) _2026-06-18 · Florida Funders · Skin in the Game VC Podcast_ In this episode of Skin in the Game, Saxon Baum sits down with Marshall Sandman, Managing Partner of Animal Capital, for a conversation that covers everything from venture capital and founder relationships to content creation and the future of innovation. Marshall shares his journey from investment banking and WarnerMedia to launching Animal Capital, a venture firm that has backed companies like… [Listen](https://media.transistor.fm/ed6c7478/c1a949b5.mp3) ## [Chad Bronstein: He Built a Sports League in Less Than a Year](https://share.transistor.fm/s/a7038c03) _2026-06-08 · Florida Funders · Skin in the Game VC Podcast_ In this episode of Skin in the Game, Saxon Baum sits down with entrepreneur Chad Bronstein to discuss the journey that took him from selling Beanie Babies as a kid to building one of the fastest-growing sports leagues in America. Chad shares how an early obsession with sales and entrepreneurship shaped his career, leading him through the adtech world, multiple successful ventures, and eventually… [Listen](https://media.transistor.fm/a7038c03/63385cd4.mp3) ## [Commencing your life: A few reflections by Joan Baum](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-06-04/commencing-your-life-a-few-reflections-by-joan-baum) _2026-06-04 · Baum on Books_ The diplomas have been dispersed. The caps have been tossed. The last semester has been paid for. College life is now over. But WSHU’s Joan Baum says now is when the education begins. Joan shares some reflections on taking responsibility for your own erudition. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/06/commence-for-web-2.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'A Journey North'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-05-21/book-review-a-journey-north) _2026-05-21 · Baum on Books_ Historian Louis Masur’s A Journey North follows Thomas Jefferson and James Madison on a 1791 horseback trip through New York and New England during a tense political moment. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/05/jeff-and-mad-for-web.mp3) ## [Find what they just said (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dJLSVj7TU6CO) _2026-05-21 · **Sponsored**_ Surface recent public signals so you can send policy-aware, relevant outreach ## [Book Review: 'Flesh'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-05-07/book-review-flesh) _2026-05-07 · Baum on Books_ A young Hungarian man simply flows with the random events that shape his life for him. This profound feeling of detachment guides the main character of the novel Flesh. Author David Szalay won the 2025 Booker Prize for his work. It stood out so far from the other entries that judges of the Prize said they never read anything quite like it. WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum read it, and she agrees. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/05/flesh-for-web-2.mp3) ## [Steven Walchek: Why the Barrier to Building Tech is Gone](https://share.transistor.fm/s/b4ec7463) _2026-05-06 · Florida Funders · Skin in the Game VC Podcast_ In this episode of Skin in the Game, Saxon Baum sits down with Steven Walchek, Founder & CEO of Liminal, to unpack one of the most unique founder journeys in tech. Steven shares how he went from launching his first company in college—faxing loan documents by hand to building and exiting a venture-backed fintech business alongside his father. But what makes his story different is what came next:… [Listen](https://media.transistor.fm/b4ec7463/d2051755.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'The Correspondent'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-04-23/book-review-the-correspondent) _2026-04-23 · Baum on Books_ An older woman learns that her eyesight is waning. That prompts her to start writing letters while she still can. Lots of letters. And these letters make up the novel that’s a sleeper hit this year. WSHU’s Book Critic Joan Baum reviews The Correspondent. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/04/correspondent-for-web-2.mp3) ## [Eric Ries: The Dark Side of AI and Why Vibe Coding Could Be the Next Chernobyl](https://share.transistor.fm/s/9d4a338d) _2026-04-10 · Florida Funders · Skin in the Game VC Podcast_ In this episode of Skin in the Game, hosts Saxon Baum and Tom Wallace sit down with Eric Ries, the founder and author of the Lean Startup Methodology, one of the most influential business frameworks in modern entrepreneurship. Eric shares his journey from coding in his parents' basement, to dropping out of Yale for a failed startup, to eventually developing the principles that would change how the… [Listen](https://media.transistor.fm/9d4a338d/35423c41.mp3) ## [Book Review: 'Illusions of Trust'](https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2026-04-09/book-review-illusions-of-trust) _2026-04-09 · Baum on Books_ A no-nonsense lawyer takes on a dubious divorce case. Big mistake. He soon becomes embroiled in a Big Pharma scandal and murder. This is not a story from the daily headlines but the latest legal thriller by attorney Jeffrey Stephens. WSHU’s Book Critic Joan Baum says Illusions of Trust reads like 21st-century noir. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s610/audio/2026/04/illusions-for-web2.mp3) ## [Abe Smith on Building Zoom to $4.1B, WebEx's Rise, and Why AI Is Bigger Than the Internet](https://share.transistor.fm/s/e0d2224e) _2026-03-19 · Florida Funders · Skin in the Game VC Podcast_ What does it actually feel like to be inside a company growing faster than anything the world had ever seen? Abe Smith knows. As one of the key leaders at Zoom during the pandemic, he watched the company go from $600M to $4.1B in revenue in just 24 months and 10 million to 300 million active users in four months. Yeah. Four months. In this episode of the FLF Skin in the Game Podcast, Saxon sits… [Listen](https://media.transistor.fm/e0d2224e/8c364de2.mp3) ## [Brian Hollins: From Stanford & Goldman Sachs to Raising an Institutional Venture Fund](https://share.transistor.fm/s/8f68c7ee) _2026-02-12 · Florida Funders · Skin in the Game VC Podcast_ In this episode of Skin in the Game, Saxon Baum sits down with Brian Hollins, co-founder of Collide Capital, for a wide ranging conversation on venture capital, institutional fundraising, and the mindset required to build a differentiated early-stage firm. Brian’s story begins just outside Washington, D.C., where he grew up as the oldest of three brothers in a disciplined and competitive… [Listen](https://media.transistor.fm/8f68c7ee/d8c5efc9.mp3) ## [Suneera Madhani: The $1B Playbook They Never Taught Women](https://share.transistor.fm/s/0e0fa29a) _2026-01-26 · Florida Funders · Skin in the Game VC Podcast_ The founder behind Orlando's first unicorn, Stax, and now, Worth AI, join sus on a new episode of Skin in the Game. Suneera Madhani shares her scrappy story of turning a dream into a billion-dollar fintech business with her brother, exiting their first company together, and how they landed on the idea for their latest venture, an AI-based onboarding & underwriting workflow automation platform,… [Listen](https://media.transistor.fm/0e0fa29a/07acb24e.mp3) ## [Investing on the Bleeding Edge with Felix Hartmann](https://share.transistor.fm/s/171660cc) _2026-01-14 · Florida Funders · Skin in the Game VC Podcast_ This episode of Skin in the Game features a deep, candid conversation with Felix Hartmann, founder of Hartmann Capital on what it really means to build and invest at the frontier of technology. Felix’s story starts long before hedge funds and venture capital. He moved to the U.S. from Germany during the 2008 financial crisis, initially planning to stay for just a year. That plan changed quickly.… [Listen](https://media.transistor.fm/171660cc/653d95ba.mp3) ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4NQY9VrHo0mg) _2026-01-14 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [The VC Model Most Firms Get Wrong - Mike Collins Explains](https://share.transistor.fm/s/96c0dd14) _2025-12-16 · Florida Funders · Skin in the Game VC Podcast_ In this episode, we sit down with Mike Collins, Founder and CEO of Alumni Ventures, to explore how venture capital is evolving and why network-driven investing is becoming increasingly powerful. Mike shares the origin story of Alumni Ventures and how it grew from a small alumni-based experiment into one of the most active venture platforms in the world, backing hundreds of companies across stages,… [Listen](https://media.transistor.fm/96c0dd14/99d282c5.mp3)