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Recent Episodes
Episode 034: Coleen BaikAsking the Dumb Questions

Coleen is a designer and multidisciplinary artist. She is currently the founding designer at Braintrust, a new enterprise-grade stack for building AI products.
We talked about impostor syndrome, the early days of Twitter Design, her experience helping early-stage startups at Sequoia, and what she looks forward to in her new role.
September 26, 2023
Episode 033: Nathan Sharp and Ryan OlsonA Big, Beautiful Retrospective


Nathan and Ryan are the co-founders of Retro, “a friends-only photo journal for moments big and small.”
We talked about the origin story of how they met, how they ended up founding their startup together, how they look at the social media landscape, and what they hope to achieve with their company and product.
September 5, 2023
Episode 032: Behzod SirjaniPersonal Trainer for Your Organization

Behzod is a researcher, consultant, and advisor who focuses on helping organizations and teams make better decisions.
We talked about his career path from being a TA to his formative roles at Facebook and Slack, and how he’s evolved his consulting practice to support leaders at companies of all sizes. At the end, he shared some of his thoughts on how AI can support the research practice.
August 29, 2023
Episode 031: Frankie GawFun Little Side Quests

Frankie is a former digital product designer turned food writer and photographer. He’s the author of First Generation: Recipes from My Taiwanese American Home and founder of the food blog Little Fat Boy.
We talked about his path, from studying industrial design to unexpectedly landing a job as a digital product designer, and from there taking a side quest to leave tech and fully focus on food.
August 22, 2023
Episode 030: Alex Cornell and George Kedenburg IIIZoom in Real Life


Alex and George are two very talented designers with very complementary skillsets whose paths intersected at Facebook.
We sat down to talk about design, careers, technology, and all the things.
August 15, 2023