Shows
populyst2022 French Elections, With Axel Gyldén Senior Reporter at L'Express, 16 April 2022Between the two rounds of the French Presidential election, Sami J. Karam speaks to Axel Gyldén, senior reporter at L'Express, France's leading weekly. Topics include analysis of the first round results, President Emmanuel Macron's popularity, Marine Le Pen's probability of winning and what such a victory would mean for France and Europe.
2022-04-1633 minpopulystWith Eduardo Mufarej, Founder of Renova, 17 March 2022What makes an effective politician? Politicians come from all walks of life but the vast majority of them do not have formal politician training. Renova, an innovative non-partisan non-profit organization in Brazil, seeks to change that and to also improve governance, by training aspiring political candidates. In this podcast, Sami J. Karam speaks to founder and chairman Eduardo Mufarej about Renova's mission, its training curriculum and its prospects.
2022-03-2626 minpopulystYou Are What You Risk, With Michele Wucker, 19 April 2021Sami J. Karam welcomes back best-selling author and strategist Michele Wucker to discuss her new book "You Are What You Risk". Michele explains the concepts of a "risk fingerprint" and of a "personal risk portfolio" among others.
0:00 Introduction of Michele Wucker
2:13 Thesis of 'You Are What You Risk'
5:20 How much of attitude to risk is innate vs. acquired through experience
10:40 Taking a risk vs. following a path; Risk and entrepreneurship
14:10 About each person's risk fingerprint
19:45 Taking risk as the only woman in the room
24:40 "Risk is value-neutral"
33:00 Matching risk fingerprints in interactions; Measuring risk
38:20 The personal risk portfolio
42:25 Remembering the...
2021-04-2352 min
populystLebanon in Crisis, With Joe Issa El Khoury, 10 April 2021Sami J. Karam speaks with Joe Issa El Khoury, a Beirut-based financier, about the tragic events that have unfolded in Lebanon since 2019. Issa El Khoury explains the sequence of events that led to the present, and offers a possible way forward.
0:00 Introduction of Joe Issa El Khoury
2:25 What is it like right now on the ground in Beirut?
8:33 Why did Lebanon have a golden period in 1945-75; why was it later so prone to crisis?
17:40 The Rafik Hariri era and the return of growth 1990-2005
20:00 What explains the weakness of the Lebanese state: geography and demographics
26:30 Lebanon's diversity as a...
2021-04-111h 11populystThe Pandemic as a Gray Rhino Event, With Michele Wucker, 25 March 2020Sami J. Karam speaks to best-selling author Michele Wucker about her 2016 book The Gray Rhino and how its method and lessons apply to the coronavirus pandemic.
Topics include:
0:00 Introduction of Michele Wucker
1:05 When will we be able to travel to Asia or Europe again?
3:10 Explaining the concept and examples of Gray Rhino events
9:00 Various reactions to the spread of the pandemic
15:50 Was the virus predictable?
19:20 Why should we have been readier for the virus when it is so rare?
22:00 Why we ignore what is "over there". Did it start "over there" or over here?
25:35 How could we have prepared for...
2020-03-261h 01
populystWednesday Briefs - 25 March 2020 - Coronavirus NumbersCoronavirus numbers. Sami J. Karam suggests an approach to estimate the number of cases in every country.
2020-03-2500 minpopulystTalking About Cities With Aaron Renn, 18 September 2019Aaron Renn, a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, talks to Sami J. Karam about US cities. What makes coastal cities so successful? What are the prospects for mid-sized and smaller cities in the rust belt? What is the future of transit? What role does immigration play in the future of cities?
2019-09-191h 05populystOutsmarting Crime Together: CityCop CEO Nadim Curi, 23 March 2017Sami J. Karam speaks to CEO Nadim Curi of CityCop about the company's plans to roll out its anti-crime app and social platform for community watch across US and international cities.
2017-03-2813 minpopulystOn White Collar Prosecutions, with Jesse Eisinger, 28 September 2016Sami J. Karam speaks with Jesse Eisinger, a Pulitzer Prize winning Senior Reporter at ProPublica and former Wall Street Journal reporter. Eisinger talks about his forthcoming book on white collar prosecutions and other issues.
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2016-09-3045 minpopulystHow Demographics Explain the Economy, 14 July 2016Aaron Renn, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, talks with Sami J. Karam, founder of populyst and creator of the populyst Index™. Among several topics on demographics and economics, Karam describes the construction and uses of the index.
2016-07-1525 minpopulystLearning from Medellín with Alejandro Echeverri, 28 June 2016Sami J. Karam speaks with Colombian architect Alejandro Echeverri about his role in the transformation of Medellín. In his position as Medellín’s Director of Urban Projects under Mayor Sergio Fajardo, Echeverri set out with his team to bring real improvements through a strategy of “social urbanism” which included large and small projects in the most troubled parts of the city.
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2016-07-0250 min
populystTalking about Brexit with Andrew Stuttaford, 17 June 2016Sami Karam speaks with Andrew Stuttaford, a contributing editor at National Review, about next week's Brexit referendum in the UK. Stuttaford makes the case in favor of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.
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2016-06-1849 min
populystThe Case for Agricultural ETFs: A Conversation with Sal Gilbertie, 18 Feb 2015Sami Karam speaks with Sal Gilbertie, President of Teucrium Trading LLC.
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2015-04-1642 minpopulystManhattan Real Estate: A Conversation with Lisa Larson, 9 Apr 2015Sami Karam speaks with Manhattan's Lisa Larson, a licensed associate real estate broker with Warburg Realty and a REBNY Deal of the Year award recipient. Topics include the state of the residential market and the boom in supertall tower construction, from the real to the surreal.
2015-04-1650 min