Numbers And Narrative

Dan Mindus -- Founder and CEO of NextGen Angels Summary: Dan Mindus and his team rebuilt early-stage funding from the ground up. Dan leads a NextGen Angels, a fast-growing group of entrepreneurial investors.

Ajay Kori - Co-founder of UrbanStems Summary: Ajay Kori is leading UrbanStems on their mission to deliver happiness one flower bouquet at a time. While doing so, he is upending the flower delivery business.

Sisi Wei and Annie Waldman of Pro Publica  Summary: Joe visits Sisi Wei and Annie Waldman of Pro Publica to talk about their data-driven story on elite colleges and student debt, and data-dive a bit on using federal data for public interest journsalism. 

Chloe Zhao - Producer Summary: Joe talks with Chloe Zhao, writer and director of the critically acclaimed Sundance and Cannes-screened film Songs My Brothers Taught Me, about making independent movies, entrepreneurship, and the beauty of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Jennifer Fitzgerald - Co-Founder and CEO of PolicyGenius Summary: Jennifer Fitzgerald and her co-founder saw a gap in finance technology innovation - the insurance industry. They're growing fast and they even offer pet insurance

Jamin Warren -- Founder of Kill Screen Magazine Summary: Founder of video game magazine Kill Screen Jamin Warren talks with Joe about creative startups, curating at MoMa, and leaving the Wall Street Journal for a dream.

Justin McLeod -- Founder and CEO of Hinge Summary: Justin McLeod and his team at dating app Hinge offer a modern twist on a classic way to meet - through friends you trust.

Prof. Susan McGregor -- Data Viz Expert Summary: Data Visualization expert Susan McGregor of Columbia Journalism School's Tow Center for Digital Journalism talks about bridging the gap between stories and numbers, journalism in the digital age, and a very special date in music video history 

Eliza Gray -- Staff Writer at Time Magazine Summary: Eliza Gray discusses her Time cover story "Questions to Answer in the Age of Optimized Hiring" and goes in-depth on what personality testing for hiring means for job-seekers and society at-large

Lou Howe -- Director of the movie 'Gabriel' Summary: Lou Howe discusses how directing a film is similar to leading a startup.

Mike Baird -- Founder and CEO of Avizia Summary: Mike Baird and his company Avizia are at the forefront of telemedicine and in a period of hyper-growth. Avizia's timing is tremendous and their goals are noble: to reduce costs associated with getting to a doctor and to provide patients with more immediate care. 

Nik Hawks -- PaleoTreats Summary: Joe talks to Nik Hawks, all around renaissance man and co-founder of PaleoTreats snack bars.

Owen Murphy -- 5th Grade sports metric creator Summary: In this special 4th of July episode, Joe does a brief interview with Owen Murphy, an 11 year old Bronx native who invented his own metric to measure NFL quarterback performance for a class project. Joe also shouts out N&N guest Jesse Andrews' fantastic new movie Me and Early and The Dying Girl. Go out and see it!

Steven Ujifusa -- Naval Historian Summary: Joe Flood discusses Steven's book, "A Man and his Ship," which was chosen by The Wall Street Journal as one of the top ten non fiction books of 2012 and received accolades from BookList, Publishers Weekly (starred review), The New York Times, National Public Radio, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Kristi Riordan -- COO of The Flatiron School Summary: Kristi Riordan and Flatiron School aim to align education with reality by providing an intense 12-week program for people to learn to code. Flatiron School is at the forefront of the changing nature of how people are taught and what they learn. 

Dan Rosenheck - Professional Services Correspondent at The Economist Summary: Sports and Data editor at the Economist Dan Rosenheck joins Joe to talk NBA Finals, quantifying Lebron James, and the story Joe wrote for Dan on NBA home court advantage, questionable trends, and the perils of frequentism.

Donna Khalife -- CEO and Co-Founder of Surprise Ride Summary: Donna Khalife, daughter of an artist and former banker, started a company with her sister Rosy, to foster creativity in kids. Many children, adults and the sharks from Shark Tank love their monthly subscription box of fun activities. 

Erica Berger-- Founder of Mileage Media and new media platform, Catchpool Summary:  Erica Berger, writer, reporter and founder of social media curation tool Catchpool talks about her path to the startup world. Special Catchpool membership offer for our listeners: http://www.catchpool.com/numbersandnarrative.

Will Ackerly -- Founder and CTO of Virtru Summary:  Will Ackerly, former NSA security architect, founded a company to bring privacy to how people communicate digitally, starting with email.

Frida Polli -- CEO and co-founder of Pymetrics Summary: Frida Polli, a PhD in neuroscience, created a company - Pymetrics - that she calls 'Myers-Briggs for the 21st century'