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Serious audio on global issues, business, education, careers, economics, technology and the kinds of questions ambitious students actually need help thinking through.
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The Academic
Conversations on learning, high performance, school systems, and academic strategy.
Learning, school systems, and the craft of high performance.
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Career Paths+
Deep dives into professions, recruitment, pathways, and what the work is actually like.
A serious guide to professions, recruiting, and work itself.
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Uncommon
Conversations with unusual thinkers, operators, and people with non-standard trajectories.
Unusual people, uncommon trajectories, and differentiated thinking.
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Interesting Stuff
Sharp, curiosity-driven episodes on economics, society, incentives, and emerging ideas.
Economics, incentives, and curiosity with editorial discipline.
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Making the Most of Your Internship Opportunities
Christian Hansen speaks with Adi Shah about his upcoming internships, his interest in finance and wealth management, and how students can approach early work experience with curiosity, professionalism, and initiative.
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Consulting
Consulting before consulting: high school, university, and early positioning
How students should think about consulting early, what to study, and how to build useful signal before recruiting begins.
Economics
Economics early: what to study, how to think, and what the field really demands
How students should think about economics in high school and university, and how to build a serious foundation early.
Investment Banking
Investment banking early: what students should know before recruiting starts
How to think about banking before university recruiting intensifies, and what students should build early.
Quantitative Finance
Quantitative finance early: the mathematics, coding, and university preparation that matter
How students should think about quant finance before recruiting begins, and what kind of preparation actually compounds.
Education
Mastering the IB
A conversation on building study systems, improving retention, and thinking more clearly under academic pressure.
Consulting
Consulting internships, summer conversion, and earning the return offer
What consulting internships actually test, how interns are evaluated, and what drives a strong return-offer outcome.
Economics
Economics internships: research, policy, think tanks, and early proof of fit
How economics students should think about internships, research assistant work, and testing the path before committing deeply.
Investment Banking
Banking internships and return offers: what actually gets noticed
How summer analysts are evaluated and what separates interns who convert from those who do not.