While others pursued Wall Street, Ladi Balogun built Nigeria’s 7th largest bank - unpacking how he scaled to 15M customers, navigated CEO term limits, and built a $5B institution by betting on Africa’s financial future.Ladi Balogun is t...

Former Morgan Stanley MD turned startup CFO explains why the rise of AI marks a once-in-a-generation shift—and how it’s forcing Wall Street and Silicon Valley to collide like never before.Ted Tobiason is CFO of Vimo and former CFO of el...

Two 22-year-old founders reveal how they’re risking everything to build Scran, the TikTok-inspired app revolutionizing London’s dining scene before Big Tech takes over.Maisie Roberts and Bertie Kinnings, UX Design graduates from Loughbo...

Riya Jain who turned her childhood health struggles into a movement reveals how to transform personal pain into purpose and build a business that changes livesRiya Jain is the founder and CEO of The Land of Can, a children's media compa...

From NFL sidelines to global stages, Nathan Whitaker, bestselling author and ex-NFL insider, unleashes lessons on why character outshines athleticism, how Super Bowl legends like Tony Dungy and Jon Gruden forged winning cultures, and why embrac...

Seth Radwell exposes the lie behind America’s political divide - and the urgent fix before it’s too late.Seth David Radwell is the Harvard-trained CEO (Proactiv, Scholastic) who revealed how America's founding clashes created today's cr...

Today marks two years since my mother passed away from cancer In this video I talk about grief, the lessons she taught me & how my family and I have progressed since then In this episode, Harvey reveals:◽️ What...

A Duke Professor & Wall Street Billion-Dollar Dealmaker Reveals the truth about About Billion-Dollar Pitches, Startup Survival, and What Investors Really WantEd Tiryakian stands at the unique intersection of high finance, profession...

Omnicom’s Asia President Exposes the Lies About Creativity, Brand Building, and What Really Wins in Advertising TodaySean Donovan is the disruptive force behind Asia’s largest creative collective as President of Omnicom Advertising Grou...

Dr. Aria is a clinical psychologist who works with some of the world’s highest performers — from Oscar-winning actors and global entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 CEOs. In this conversation, we break down what true resilience means, the hidden strug...

In this episode of Personable, Harvey Bracken-Smith sits down with Laurent Morali, CEO of Kushner — a firm managing over 22,000 apartments and 13 million square feet of commercial space across the U.S.From his roots in France to his ris...

Nina Bull Jørgensen is a seasoned journalist and communications specialist with experience spanning Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK), the United Nations, and Norad. Her reporting has taken her across the Nordic region, Afghanistan, Mozambique, and ...

I made a podcast with two of my best friends. In this episode of Personable, I sit down with Gabe Cooper and Jayden Lewis—two of the closest people in my life here at Duke. We talk about what college is really like: from imposter syndrome and r...

Ashley Aufderheide is an actress on Netflix’s That '90s Show. She’s starred in films like Infinitely Polar Bear alongside Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana, and played Morgan Freeman’s granddaughter in Going in Style. In this episode, A...

Meet Ismail Radwan — a globally respected economist who has spent over two decades shaping economies from the ground up. A graduate of Oxford and UPenn, Ismail served as Lead Economist at the World Bank for 22 years, helping rebuild post-war na...

Katie Xu is not your average college student. She’s the President of Creator Lab at Duke University, an Investment Partner at Dorm Room Fund, and an online creator with over 100,000 followers on TikTok — all before graduating. But it wasn’t unt...

Vijay Chattha is the Founder and General Partner of VSC Ventures, a venture capital firm born from a decade of storytelling excellence and deep-rooted relationships in Silicon Valley. Before launching the fund, Vijay built VSC, an award-winning...

Lucy Baldwin is a Managing Director and Global Head of Research at Citi. Lucy is responsible for managing Citi’s global independent research across all asset classes.Lucy joined Citigroup in April 2021 from Credit Suisse, where she was G...

Tim Throsby is the Former CEO of Barclays Bank Plc and President of Barclays International, whose extraordinary career has seen him hold leadership positions at some of the most prestigious financial institutions in the world. At Goldman Sachs,...

Olu Brown is the Founder and Lead Pastor of Impact United Methodist Church and a candidate for Governor of Georgia in 2026. With experience in leadership, community engagement, and organizational development, he has worked in various capacities...

Dr. Aaron Dinin is a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke University, where he teaches entrepreneurship with a focus on social marketing and personal brand building. With a PhD in English and 400K+ followers across platforms like TikTok, Instagram, ...

Teddy Solomon is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fizz an anonymous posting app that is transforming the way college communities connect, engage and sell online. The app is operating on 240 college campuses and the team has expanded to 30 full-time st...

Michael Gorman is a seasoned venture capitalist and entrepreneur, the former Managing Director of St. Paul Venture Capital, and the founder of Split Rock Partners, an investment firm focused on technology and healthcare. He is also the co-found...

Keith Gill is the Commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference, Vice Chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for the 2024-25 season and Chair of the group for the 2025-26 campaign.Personable is a podcast dedicated to helping ...

Tulio Sasaya, a senior at Duke University, has built an impressive social media presence, amassing 630k followers on Instagram and 690k on TikTok. Since his sophomore year, he has dedicated himself to content creation, using his platforms to ex...