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Here's a sneak peek of something new for LSPTPod Season Four ;) We believe that storytelling is the essential skill that makes us human, and we invite you continue this journey with us. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @LSPTPod and LinkedIn.

How do you bring a centuries-old tradition to a modern audience? How did Gorav keep up a 1800+ day (and counting) meditation streak? What do "unexpected" partners add to your brand story? Is there a simple way to cope with our ever-restless minds? For Season 3 Finale, we chat with Morgan Selzer, Chief Content Officer at Headspace, to understand the Headspace story.

How did a TV film save the world from nuclear destruction? What do we miss out on if we dismiss social media? Why do we have so many dystopian sci-fi stories but few in the opposite light? This week, we talk to David Craig, Clinical Professor of Communication at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. An expert on Hollywood and social media entertainment, David's new book Apocalypse Television accounts an important period in TV and world history around The Day After: a film that contributed to what historians describe as "Reagan's Reversal” in the 1980s, which led to the end of the Atomic Arms Race. As Disney CEO Bob Iger wrote in the book's foreword, "those who tell the stories may save the world."

Why is college NOT the best years of your life? Why do people like horror & crime stories? What goes into deciding what to omit from a half-memoir? What do sci-fi and rom-com have in common? What does it mean to "break the story"? For the 3-year anniversary of LSPTPod, we rewind the tape to bring you some bonus content: fun stories where we went off a tangent that didn't make it into our released episodes. We're diving back into some bonus content from our chat this season with Dr. Drea Letamendi, Craig Thompson, and Mark Chavez. We're glad and grateful that you've been with us on this journey of exploring storytelling for so long. Here's to many more!

At this point, you've probably heard so much about ChatGPT and language model AI, but can it actually write a book? How is an AI-written novel really created? Amid all the craze and myths of the recent "AI boom", we chat with Stephen Marche, a novelist who created a 95%-AI-generated novel, Death of an Author, to really understand the capabilities and limits of language model AI / linguistic AI, and how we should treat this tool. Stephen Marche is a nvelist and essayist. He has written features and essays for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic and many others. He has collaborated with artificial intelligence on the first AI-generated novel reviewed in The New York Times, Death of an Author.

How do you create master classes with some of the most influential people in the world? How do "golden moments" shape our lives and stories? How do we decide what to leave out of a story vs. what to keep in? This week, we chat with Davis Carter, former Director of Content at MasterClass. Davis has worked as Director of Content at MasterClass, where he oversaw more than 20 projects including classes with President Bill Clinton, Metallica, Amy Tan, Neil Gaiman, and Chris Voss.

Why is the American agriculture story relevant to you (yes, you)? Is comic book a genre or a medium? Why should you care about where your food comes from? How does the story of an herbal root connect the United States and China? This week, we chat with graphic novelist Craig Thompson about his latest autobiographical comic book series Ginseng Roots. Kevin stumbled upon an issue in the series and got super curious - what could an American artist possibly say about Northeastern China and an herbal root best known in Chinese medicine? He ended up loving the entire series. Ginseng Roots explores class divide, agriculture, holistic healing, the 300-year-long trade relationship between China and North America, childhood labor, and the bond between two brothers. Craig Thompson is a cartoonist and the author of the award-winning books Blankets; Good-bye, Chunky Rice; and Habibi. He grew up in a rural farming community in Marathon, Wisconsin, world capital of ginseng.

How do a channel's advertisement and content creation fuel each other to strengthen its story? How does the late night / day time / prime time distinction affect content styles on cable? What is cable TV's legacy to entertainment and storytelling? This week, we finish up our conversation with Doug Herzog, delving into more questions we have about cable as a storytelling medium. Following his illustrious career as President of Viacom (MTV and Comedy Central), Doug now co-host the Basic! podcast, where he documents the history of basic cable TV and its impact on American lives.

What are the stories of MTV and Comedy Central? How has The Daily Show changed through different eras (Craig Kilborn, Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah)? What will become of late night TV? This week, we welcome to our show Doug Herzog, former President of Viacom. Following his illustrious career of bringing MTV and Comedy Central to their respective primes, Doug now co-host the Basic! podcast, where he documents the history of basic cable TV and its impact on American lives.

How do American Sign Language and improv comedy make you a better family physician? This week, we sit down and chat with Dr. G (Deborah Gilboa)! Dr. G is a family physician, keynote speaker on stress and resilience, and ASL interpreter. She shares with us her fascinating life journey between theater, ASL interpretation, improv comedy with Steve Carrell and Stephen Colbert in their early days, and path to a medical doctor career. We also chat about stress as the innate mechanism through which we respond to bad things and good things, and how to navigate the kaleidoscope of fantastic lives we see on social media.

How does Christie's lead charity auctioneer utilize storytelling in her work? How did a young woman who looked nothing like an auctioneer become Christie's top charity auctioneer? How do you claim your confidence? This week, we chat with Lydia Fenet, Christie's Ambassador who has led auctions to raise over half a billion dollars total for nonprofits globally, to talk about her fascinating career and her new book, Claim Your Confidence. Lydia is author of The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You and Claim Your Confidence: Unlock Your Superpower and Create the Life You Want. She also hosts the Claim Your Confidence podcast.

For our 50th episode, we welcome back a dear friend and unlock a new character for our show. Together, we reflect on the stories we created since we first met, as well as our notion of being "cool". To our listeners, expert storytellers, and friends, thank you for being a part of this milestone. --- The following music was used for this media project: Music: Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3891-hyperfun License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

How do you produce a children's TV show in post-Soviet Russia? What's the secret to Sesame Street's international success? This we, we chat with Natasha Lance Rogoff, producer of the Russian Sesame Street (Ulitsa Sezam), about her unexpected crazy true story detailed in her book Muppets in Moscow. Natasha Lance Rogoff is an is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist and the TV producer/director who, with her team, brought Sesame Street to Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

How do you make a sci-fi or a rom-com? Why do genres and formulas of a story work? How do comedians tell a story? This week, we chat with Mark Chavez, a comedian who made a sci-fi and a rom-com with his co-hosts and made a podcast about the process. Mark Chavez is co-host of CBC's Let's Make a Sci-Fi (Let's Make a Rom-Com) podcast, and part of the comedy duo the Pajama Men.

"What if we did nothing and got nothing out of it?" For this Storytime, we welcome back productivity expert Dr. Sahar Yousef and talk about NOTHING - for all our obsession with productivity, achievements, and outcomes, what if "doing nothing" is exactly what's missing from our lives? This episode is about nothing, for nothing, celebrating nothing. It's re-shaping our perspectives on life (seriously), and you should really listen to it. Visit https://shop.becomingsuperhuman.science/ and use code: “LSPT” for 10% off physical products. All proceeds go to supporting ongoing scientific research. Featured in Forbes, Business Insider, and the Headspace App, Dr. Sahar Yousef is a cognitive neuroscientist, a lecturer at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and founder of Becoming Superhuman. Her 10-plus years of research on “making superhumans” sheds light on how to improve focus, memory, and overall human performance.

What stories is the city of Los Angeles brewing? Why do we need better friendship stories? We welcome back good friend of the show Kirthana Ramisetti and talk about the storytelling choices in her new novel, Advika and the Hollywood Wives. Kirthana Ramisetti is author of Dava Shastri's Last Day, a novel selected a Good Morning America Book Club selection, and is currently in development as a television series for HBO Max. Her second novel, Advika and the Hollywood Wives, comes out in April 2023.

What's unique about game as a storytelling medium? How can games succeed/fail at film / TV adaptations? Is playing games storytelling? This week, we sit down with Joshua Lu to talk about one of the most interactive and immersive form of storytelling. From competitive gaming, to product management, and now as an Investing Partner at a16z Games (Andreessen Horowitz), Josh has journeyed across many roles and genres throughout his career in gaming.

How does storytelling affect the essence of products and brands? What does neuroscience have to do with Marketing? This week, we chat with Dr. Matt Johnson, a marketing professor, a neuroscientist, and author of Branding that Means Business: Building Enduring Bonds between Brands, Consumers & Markets. With a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience from Princeton University, Matt's journey is full of interesting intersections: academia x corporate, the U.S. x China, and psychology x neuroscience x marketing.

What makes super villains' stories important? Can you grieve something that didn't actually happen? Are you still a hero if you've never won a single battle? Welcome back to Season Three! To kick off an outstanding season, we welcome back a good friend of our show, Dr. Drea Letamendi, to chat about The Joker, Loki, WandaVision, and unpacking the "could've been"s during the pandemic. Dr. Drea Letamendi is a licensed psychologist and behavioral health consultant who educates the world on mental health through the lens of pop culture, specializing in trauma work, crisis response, and suicide prevention. She hosts the Arkham Sessions podcast; she helps studios create fictional characters with authentic psyches. She's really cool.

Welcome back! Take a sneak peek of what's to come our Season Three, premiering March 9th, 2023 -- lots of great stories coming your way. We believe that storytelling is the essential skill that makes us human, and we invite you continue this journey with us. Follow us on Instagram @LSPTPod and LinkedIn.

For our final bonus episode of Season Two, we bring out an unreleased part of our conversation with musician Greg Pliska, where we talk about the different storytelling choices a musician has to make when scoring a movie/play. Greg is a composer, conductor and orchestrator whose diverse career includes award-winning work in theater, film, TV, podcasts, etc. (CBS Evening News and Face the Nation, IMAX, HBO Feature Presentation, Hulu, Manhattan Night, Trust).

In the spirit of holiday season, we'd like to take you on a rewind and listen back to our conversation with Dr. Sahar Yousef back in Season One, an important conversation about our stress and internal storytelling. We hope it will help us all understand and cope with our stress and internal voices better. --- We ALL have racing thoughts and narratives about ourselves that we can't shut down - our "identity-based beliefs". How do we use that to our advantage? What is "stress" physiologically speaking? Is "video fatigue" real, and why are Botox sales through the roof since COVID? This week, we unpack it all with Dr. Sahar Yousef. Dr. Sahar Yousef is a cognitive neuroscientist as well as faculty at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. She has conducted research on brain plasticity, human performance enhancement, and cognitive training. Outside of the academic world, Sahar runs “Becoming Superhuman”, a training and consulting firm which teaches busy professionals who think for a living how to get their most important work done, in less time, with less stress. Her work has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and Business Insider.

What does "AI" really look like in businesses today? What is a Prediction Machine, and what is AI Economics? This week, we chat with Dr. Avi Goldfarb, author of Prediction Machines and Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence. Through a sequence of fascinating stories, Avi helps us demystify the stigma around artificial intelligence, and he helps us understand how AI has transformed and can transform business and industry the way electricity transformed steam-powered factories. Avi is the Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare and a professor of marketing at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Chief Data Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab and the CDL Rapid Screening Consortium.

What have happened to Gorav and Kevin in the past year? What was the original idea Gorav and Kevin had about starting a podcast? How would we describe each of our guests in one word? What changes have we made in Season Two, and what's coming in Season Three? As we celebrate LSPTPod's 2-Year anniversary, we sit down, look back, look around, then look forward to this journey we've been on with you, and we're so thankful for it.

We dive deep into more of your random wine questions! Do you really need a decanter for wine? What are you supposed to do when you order a bottle of wine at a restaurant, and your server pours out a sip for you to taste it? Why do some wine labels never tell you what's in the bottle? For this bonus episode with wine journalist Erin Kirschenmann, we find answers to some of our (and probably your) biggest questions about wine drinking.

Storytelling and wine. Don't think they're related? Think again. This week, we chat with Erin Kirschenmann, Managing Editor at Wine Business Monthly and Kevin's wine tasting instructor (Yes, Kevin's now professionally certified in wine tasting). Erin shares with us plenty of stories about the history and culture of wine, why wine tasting is a thing, Prohibition's impact on the wine landscape in the United States, why the wine industry is in dire need of a new story.

Let's tackle the big question: what is love? Better yet, how do the things we love affect our stories and identities? Why do we love something, and what do we actually love about it? This week, we chat with Dr. Aaron Ahuvia, the world's leading academic expert on non-interpersonal love. Dr. Ahuvia is Professor of Marketing at the University of Michigan-Dearborn College of Business, who has pioneered the research on love since 1990. He shares with us what it means to love, how the things we love add to our stories and identities, and how products and brands can foster brand love among customers.

How can we create happier memories for ourselves with the power of storytelling? How do we make sure to savor moments of joy and not take them for granted? How many things can we get done within your limited hours in a day, and how many more things could we get done if we learn the happiest way to manage our time? We continue our conversation with Dr. Cassie Holmes, award-winning Professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, researcher of time and happiness, and author of Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most.

What makes us happy, and what will make us happier? How can the story we tell ourselves about time affect our happiness level? In a world that easily makes us feel "time poor", how do we make the most of our limited time? This week, we chat with Dr. Cassie Holmes, award-winning Professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, researcher of time and happiness, and author of Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most.

How did Steve Jobs transform Apple with storytelling, and how did he become a master storyteller? How does Twitter work as a storytelling platform, and how has storytelling turned Formula 1 into the fastest-growing sport in the U.S.? This week, we talk to Nathan Baugh, a storytelling influencer. From Batman to sports, Nathan chats with us about how storytelling transforms businesses and ideas, obvious or not. He shares with us one of the simplest actionable step we can all take to sharpen our storytelling minds, and why it's easier than we'd think.

Why isn't Kevin a sneakerhead? Gorav raises this question as he ponders buying a pair of sneakers. To answer this question, we first visit the stories that designer clothing tells and how those stories make us feel. Then we get sidetracked, as we try to journey into a little history lesson about suits. In a bizarre sequence of events, Gorav sets out on his self-instigated debate on whether he should buy an expensive pair of sneakers, and Sophia jumps in to tell us her take on it. Instead of our usual lessons of the craft of storytelling, we went spontaneous and decided to share some stories of our own.

What does storytelling have to do with Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, and what risks and opportunities do these stories create? While we do not explore investments or financial advice on this podcast, we are surely interested in understanding the storytelling involved in such assets. This week, we talk to Stephen Cole, an angel investor in Bitcoin. Stephen shares with us the role of storytelling plays in popularizing a technology, separating the story of a technology leader from the technology itself (i.e. "Bitcoin" vs. "crypto"), and what "money" has meant to societies across different ages.

Yes, you know who Batman is, but did you know how Batman's (and Joker's) stories became the dark, serious cultural icons today? We kick off the second half of Season Two with the Executive Producer of EVERY Batman/Joker movie you've ever heard of. Michael Uslan spent 10 years of his life to convince Hollywood to produce the Batman that we know and love--from Batman (1989), The Dark Knight trilogy, to Joker (2019) and The Batman (2022), Michael reveals to us Batman's legacy on film-making and our culture throughout the decades.

Why are we good at preparing a story but bad at practicing it? How do you establish your physical presence when speaking in a remote meeting? How do you keep your audience engaged? This week, we talk to Mark Dannenberg, an actor and storytelling coach about the acting techniques we can all borrow to apply to our storytelling. From Shakespeare and musical theater to standup comedy and TV, Mark has a colorful acting career, and he has been translating the skills that allowed him to succeed in theater into actionable advice to the business world.

What is an NFT, and how can NFTs bring changes to TV, film, and animation? This week, we talk with Sarah Cole, Co-Creator of the star-studded NFT show Stoner Cats, about the origin and future of this unconventional animated show. Before making the bold jump from studio to NFT content creation, Sarah has worked as an Editor for animated features across well-known studio such as Sony Pictures (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Netflix, and Paramount. We chat all about the NFT space: the community-driven style of storytelling, the relationship between studios and NFT content (now and future), and some intriguing fact about female presence in the NFT space.

What is it like to take over a company from its founder? What is the best approach to interviewing? What was it like to work with Adam Neumann? This week, we chat with David Siegel, CEO of Meetup and author of Decide & Conquer: 44 Decisions That Make or Break All Leaders. Through his career stories and his book, David shares with us how he led Meetup's culture of resilience to evolve and used it to lead the company through the infamous WeWork IPO and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why are we so drawn towards fictions when they're not "real"? What does your name mean, and what legacy does it carry? What should representation in fictions look like? This week, we chat with Kirthana Ramisetti, author of the much-anticipated novel Dava Shastri's Last Day, a Good Morning America and Lilly's Library Book Club Pick. Kirthana shares with us the stories behind creating Dava, the unconventional protagonist who is a celebrity, a billionaire, a woman, a wife, a mother/grandmother, a second-gen Indian immigrant. As a former entertainment reporter for Newsday and the New York Daily News, Kirthana has written her fair share of stories about the lives (and deaths) of the rich and famous.

Do you judge a book by its cover? How do you avoid "proposing at first sight"? Why does our audience most often not care about what we do, and how do we effectively communicate with them anyways? What do data-oriented and technical-oriented people's unique advantages to storytelling? This week, we chat with Neil Hoyne, he who strategizes measurements at Google. Having graduated from UCLA Anderson with his MBA in the post-2008 financial crisis world, Neil entered the field of data analytics, then found his way into Google, and now works as Chief Measurement Strategist, leading meaningful consumer engagments with the world's biggest advertisers. Neil's intriguing data book, Converted: The Data-Driven Way to Win Customers' Hearts, has come out in Feb. 2022.

Thinking can be cool, but how do you induce real, cool thinking? What makes for a good partnership that leads to phenomenal storytelling? What is the creator economy, and how will that shape storytelling? For Episode TWO of Season TWO, we talk with TWO guests who make an exciting podcasting / content creation DUO: Kinsey Grant, host of the Thinking is Cool podcast, and Josh Kaplan, CEO of Smooth Ops. Together, they have co-founded Thinking is Cool and Smooth Ops and are bringing exciting changes to podcast storytelling and the creator economy. Prior to Thinking Is Cool and Smooth Ops, the duo created the Business Casual podcast by Morning Brew, with Kinsey being the host of the Business Casual podcast and a Business Editor, and Josh being the Product Manager.

What is behavioral economics? What is “the voltage effect”? How do you know if your business/policy idea will scale? We kick off Season Two with Professor John List, one of the most renowned behavioral economists out there, to chat about storytelling in his impactful work, his new book The Voltage Effect, and how we've been approaching scalability the wrong way. If you've lived in the United States, John's work has probably had an impact on your life — he is Chief Economist at Lyft, Distinguished Service Professor at University of Chicago, formerly Chief Economist at Uber (Ubernomics). He also served in the White House on the Council of Economic Advisers from 2002-2003 and on Behavioral Insights teams at governments around the world. John's new book, The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale, has come out on Feb. 1, 2022.

Welcome back to LSPTPod Season Two! With an informative and fulfilling Season One in the books, we are continuing on our journey to become better storytellers by learning from a wide range of expert, unconventional storytellers. We believe that storytelling is the essential skill that makes us human, and we invite you continue this journey with us. Follow us on Instagram @LSPTPod and LinkedIn.

What is Kevin's story? What is Gorav's? What is Linen Suit & Plastic Tie's story? What should we (and you) take away from Season One? What's a word that describes every one of our expert storytellers? As we conclude this wonderful Season One of LSPTPod, we look back and forward to the amazing show that you are building with us. Thank you for an amazing Season One, and here's to an exciting Season Two ❤️ 感谢您的收听。

On Nov. 4th, 2020, Gorav Menon and Kevin Liu embarked on their storytelling journey with the first episode of Linen Suit & Plastic Tie. On Nov. 4th, 2021, we celebrate our 1-year anniversary of this journey with the expert storyteller who started it all with us, Dr. Tara Prescott-Johnson. How have we changed? What have we learned? How is this podcast impacting our lives? If you were a ghost and could possess people, what would you make them do? After a whole year of incredible stories, the three of us get to sit down and catch up on how our stories have evolved through this time. To our amazing expert storytellers and our listeners, thank you for riding along.

We ALL have racing thoughts and narratives about ourselves that we can't shut down - our "identity-based beliefs". How do we use that to our advantage? What is "stress" physiologically speaking? Is "video fatigue" real, and why are Botox sales through the roof since COVID? This week, we unpack it all with Dr. Sahar Yousef. Dr. Sahar Yousef is a cognitive neuroscientist as well as faculty at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. She has conducted research on brain plasticity, human performance enhancement, and cognitive training. Outside of the academic world, Sahar runs “Becoming Superhuman”, a training and consulting firm which teaches busy professionals who think for a living how to get their most important work done, in less time, with less stress.  Her work has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and Business Insider.

Why do we need a new story & a better story? What story do people tell over and over across different cultures and times? Why can NFT sound like such an intriguing idea? This is Part 2 of our conversation with John Bucher, a Mythologist and professional storyteller, where we discuss the stories we keep retelling and the stories we need for the future. John is Creative Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation and is also an author, podcaster, and speaker. He has worked with companies including HBO, DC Comics, The History Channel, A24 Films, The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation and served as a consultant and writer for numerous film, television, and Virtual Reality projects. John holds a PhD in Mythology and Depth Psychology and has spoken on 5 continents about using the power of story and myth to reframe how individuals, organizations, cultures, and nations are viewed.

It's so important to tell stories that are true, but why are some stories "more than true"? This is Part 1 of our conversation with John Bucher, a Mythologist and professional storyteller, where we discuss what storytelling is at a high level then deep dive into its significance, starting from the oldest stories we have. John is Creative Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation and is also an author, podcaster, and speaker. He has worked with companies including HBO, DC Comics, The History Channel, A24 Films, The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation and served as a consultant and writer for numerous film, television, and Virtual Reality projects. John holds a PhD in Mythology and Depth Psychology and has spoken on 5 continents about using the power of story and myth to reframe how individuals, organizations, cultures, and nations are viewed.

But actually, have you ever listened to yourself talk? What do podcasters and cartoonists have in common? Why do podcasters' voices drop? Can storytelling be used for evil.. cough... con(fidence) men... cough; This week, we talk to Avery Trufelman, Producer/Host for award-winning podcasts about the interesting things we have noticed about our own voices as we listen to them, among other things. Avery Trufelman's work features popular podcasts such as The Cut, Nice Try!, 99% Invisible, and Articles of Interest. She is an extremely experienced podcaster and storyteller, who asks questions like "Is Disney a Utopia?" It is a truly fascinating conversation about the intersection of storytelling and podcasting.

What goes into creating scores for films and theater plays? Remember IMAX theaters and that epic countdown before the movie starts? Why is music NOT the universal language? Come find out about all of these things with Greg Pliska! Greg is a composer, conductor and orchestrator whose diverse career includes award-winning work in theater, film, TV, podcasts, etc. (CBS Evening News and Face the Nation, IMAX, HBO Feature Presentation, Hulu, Manhattan Night, Trust). Through stories from his diverse music work, Greg introduces us to storytelling in music, how music helps storytelling in film or theater, and why music, like many other storytelling forms, connect us as humans.

What is Product Marketing? Why is storytelling crucial to it? How has remote working changed storytelling and the way we communicate? This week, we do a deep dive into all these things Carolina Arguelles Navas, Group Product Marketing Manager at Snap Inc. Through Carolina's lens, we look into how we can better connect with others while in front of our cameras, understand why and how to "listen", and learn to tell stories that are relatable, honest, and true.

Just what is the F in FinFluencer? This week, we talk to Austin Hankwitz, a personal finance & investment influencer on TikTok. Having kicked off his influencer career in Feb. 2020, Austin now has almost half a million followers on TikTok. Through Austin's lens, we get to learn what storytelling means within TikTok's unique platform and format, his goals and vision as an investment influencer, why anyone can and should look into investing, and how content creators can more effectively connect brands with audiences in a relevant, storytelling-based way.

The LSPTPod is excited to host our first live podcast with UCLA Anderson's MSBA program & Snapchat Sr. Financial Analyst, Sarah Nooravi! With 30K+ LinkedIn followers, Sarah has many titles, including Sr. Financial Analyst at Snap, LinkedIn Top Voice in Analytics & Data Science, a Women in Big Data leader, Teacher, Mentor, and many more. We learn about her career journey, her insights on data storytelling, her advice to aspiring data professionals, and how to thrive in today's tech world. Our UCLA MSBA live audience also joins in on the conversation by asking insightful questions of their own. This is not one you want to miss!