Podcasts by BCG

Reflecting the depth and diversity of the firm’s expertise, BCG’s podcasts dive into lively conversations that cover today’s trending topics.

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The So What from BCG

In this series, award-winning journalist Georgie Frost interviews the leading thinkers and doers at BCG on the trends, developments, and ideas that will shape and disrupt the future. Topics range from global warming, COVID-19, business resilience, and social inequity to the influence of digital technology on everything.
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Rethinking Global Trade from the South Up
BCG’s Aparna Bharadwaj explores how the Global South is stepping into a bolder role on the world stage.
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AI Agents: The Truth Behind the Hype
BCG’s Nicolas De Bellefonds breaks down what AI agents really are—and why most companies are missing the point.
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Does Your Business Know Where Its Money Is Going?
BCG’s Karin von Funck explains how to make cost transformation work for organizations, not against them.
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Sci-Fi on the Factory Floor
BCG’s Tibor Merey describes why extended reality headsets could be as common as hard hats on job sites.

Imagine This...

What would you have done differently if you had anticipated the rise of hybrid work or the explosion of generative AI? This podcast helps CEOs consider possible futures for our world—and their businesses.
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Bringing Zombie Cities Back to Life
BCG’s Santiago Ferrer explains how cities can revive downtown areas with repurposed buildings and people-centric mobility options.
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When Layoffs Are a Thing of the Past
BCG’s Kevin Kelley explores how companies can redeploy people as needed rather than incurring the cost of replacing them.
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When Indian Consumers Shape Global Trends
BCG’s Kanika Sanghi imagines how India’s rising consumer class could change the global economy.
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When Traditional Advertising Is Dead
BCG’s Neal Zuckerman imagines a world where every business has a Chief Content Officer.

Me, Myself, and AI

This series from BCG and MIT Sloan Management Review connects with business leaders who have achieved big wins with their AI initiatives and—through straightforward, engaging conversation—finds out how they’ve done it.
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Overcoming AI Hallucinations: Truist’s Chandra Kapireddy
The financial services executive shares how his organization implements traditional and generative AI.
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Speed, Ease, and Expertise With AI: Lenovo’s Linda Yao
The global technology company shifts from developing products to offering services for AI implementation.
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Reskilling the Workforce With AI: Harvard Business School’s Raffaella Sadun
A professor shares some recent research she has conducted on human-machine collaboration for innovation.
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How a 160-Year-Old Startup Uses AI: The Heineken Company’s Ronald den Elzen
A beverage company thinks like a startup to maintain a closer connection with its customers.

Thinkers and Ideas

This podcast from the BCG Henderson Institute (BHI) unearths inspiring and thought-provoking insights from leading thinkers about influential ideas on business, technology, economics, and science. Martin Reeves, chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, and Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, global chief economist of BCG, host the series.
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Chokepoints with Edward Fishman
In Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare, Edward Fishman argues that the nature of international power has fundamentally shifted from military might to economic statecraft.
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There's Nothing Like This with Kevin Evers
In There’s Nothing Like This: The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift, Kevin Evers examines the singer-songwriter’s remarkable career success from a business strategy perspective.
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Space to Grow with Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau
In Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier, Matthew C. Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau discuss the discuss the history, the present, and the future of the space economy.
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The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century with John Kay
In The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (Almost) Everything We Are Told About Business Is Wrong, John Kay provides a novel perspective on the evolution of the contemporary corporation.

Climate Vision 2050

BCG's most imaginative podcast yet is set in the year 2050, yet it is not a work of fantasy. We're exploring how the world radically reduced carbon emissions and saved itself from climate change catastrophe. Immerse yourself in the climate action journey that makes this net-zero world possible.
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Driven to Adapt
Electric vehicles have revolutionized the automotive industry and created a sustainable circular economy. Today in 2050, the internal combustion engine is a relic of the past. At the Paulista Grand Prix in São Paulo, race car driver Bela Tanaka goes neck and neck with Rahul Gonzalez for a chance at the top 5.
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Green is the New Black
Clothing recycling along with second-hand and rental markets have significantly decreased waste in the fashion industry. Today in 2050, every garment tells a story. This transparency about an item’s provenance empowers consumers to make responsible choices. At Tokyo Fashion Week, model Emiko Ikeda must decide if they should take a stand against unethical clothing manufacturing.
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The Mangrove Manifesto
In 2050, mangrove forests are thriving across Southeast Asia’s shorelines, protecting coastal communities from flooding and erosion. The region is a world leader in nature-based solutions to climate challenges. Environmental scientist Danilo Manolo travels through a protected mangrove forest in a national park in Malaysia to halt an illegal logging operation.
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From Future to Fork
Controlled-environment agriculture allows farmers to grow fruits and vegetables indoors all over the world and even on Mars. Vertical farms are interwoven into the fabric of our cities, and produce is grown in greenhouses in less densely populated areas. Farmer Louisette Thibault must contain a pest outbreak at indoor farming facilities in and around Montreal, Canada.

American Metamorphosis

Is the US a country in flux? Emmy-nominated journalist Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani digs into America’s most complex challenges in this podcast from BCG and Atlantic Re:Think. Through deep storytelling, episodes explore transformative insights and ways to repair our country’s cracks.
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The Way Forward
Christoph Schweizer, BCG's Global CEO, Kristen Kish, Iron Chef co-host, and Seth Dobrin, the president of the Responsible AI Institute, discuss how to build our future with empathy, from the kitchen to the data lab.
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Transform to Perform
We hear from an Olympic marathon runner and a former fMRI brain researcher about how to stay composed under pressure, and learn how these insights can be applied to the energy sector as it strives to meet the demands of a greener future.
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Recover and Discover
Emerge from setbacks with a new perspective.
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The F Word
Jacqueline Novogratz, the CEO and founder of the Acumen Fund, Julie King, a best-selling author, and Juliet Grabowski, a managing director and partner at BCG, discuss how we can learn to embrace failure.

In Her Ellement

AI and digital expert Suchi Srinivasan and fintech leader Kamila Rakhimova, both Managing Directors and Partners at BCG, talk to women at the forefront of business, digital, and technology. They explore the pivotal moments that shaped these leaders’ journeys, from breakthrough wins to the realities of balancing personal responsibilities. At the heart of each episode is one question: When did you realize you weren’t just getting there, you had arrived? That’s when you’re in your element.
Bringing Your Whole Self to Work with Port of Rotterdam’s Saskia Mureau
Saskia Mureau, Director of Customer Digital at the Port of Rotterdam, shares her experience navigating IVF while in a leadership role. She discusses how workplaces should foster cultures where people feel safe, supported, and able to fully engage as their authentic selves.
Shaping the Future of Leadership with Praxis Lab’s Elise Smith
Elise Smith, co-founder and CEO of Praxis Labs, shares how working at the intersection of AI, equity, and immersive learning is transforming leadership development and helping to build more inclusive workplaces.
What are the Most Important Issues Affecting Women in the Workplace?
Our podcast co-hosts kick off season four by unpacking today's workplace trends: economic volatility, AI's job impact, and return-to-office mandates. Suchi and Kamila share personal stories and actionable advice, empowering young professionals to master continuous learning, sharpen self-evaluation, and grow without burnout.
Finding Meaning with Former CSO of IKEA Pia Heidenmark Cook
Pia Heidenmark Cook, former Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA and co-author of Embedding Sustainability: How to Drive Organizational Transformation, discusses how integrating sustainability into core operations is transforming business strategy. Pia shares what it means to lead with purpose while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

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