Risky Behavior

Sweta and Taylor talk to Alessandra Sollberger, an impact investor, entrepreneur and general force of nature! She is the founder and CEO of Top Tier Impact, a global, private network of high impact and sustainability leaders and investors. Alessa describes how global impact and sustainability can grow faster and better, and recognizes the urgency for action while looking forward to ushering in a thriving future. She is a globally r...

Sweta and Taylor interview the Head of Anatomy at Kings College London and BrainFacts.org Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Richard Wingate. As a developmental neurobiologist, Richard’s research looks at locating and identifying neurons in the brain and their relationship to development and evolution. This sounds technical, and it is! but Richard is passionate about cross-collaborating with artists and those in media to make science more access...

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Sweta and Taylor interview Columbia University Neuroscientist Dr. Bianca Marlin Jones who breaks down the “love drug” oxytocin and its role in relationships, care, and behavior. Bianca explains the science behind how love transcends biological bonds, evident in the ease in which adoptive and foster parents love their non-biological children. Even dogs have developed evolutionary adaptive traits to make sure we continue to release o...

In this episode, Sweta and Taylor talk to Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing), a Harvard trained epidemiologist and former candidate for Congress! Eric has been an advocate for evidence-based public health policies since the outbreak of COVID-19 and continues to emphasize the need to come together as a community to squash disease outbreaks. He’s been retweeted by AOC, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), and the President...

In the premiere episode of Season 2, Sweta and Taylor wine down with legendary musician, DJ, and author: Moby! Surprisingly, this episode doesn't focus on music, or even philosophy (listen in to hear how Moby almost became a philosophy prof!), but rather the trio dive into Moby's true calling as an animal rights activist. We explore what Moby has learned in terms of leveraging his platform and status as a celebrity, to draw attenti...

Dear Listeners,

We were really excited to launch Season 2 of Risky Behavior today, Jan. 7th. But yesterday, following Georgia flipping the US Senate to Democrat, protests in Washington DC turned violent—resulting in an armed insurrection of the Capitol building, a woman shot and killed, and the Mayor of Washington imposing a 6 PM curfew to prevent further escalations. Because of this, we’ve decided to postpone our first episode’s r...

Taylor and Sweta welcome former NYC Public Defender, Mike Starr Hopkins. He is the founding partner of Northern Starr Strategies who also served on the Democratic presidential campaigns for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Delaney. They candidly discuss what brought America to this racial justice tipping point in history, and what evidence there is for effective equitability policies going forward. If Mike sounds f...

Sweta and Taylor invite fitness extraordinaire and founder of all things wellness “MiFitSpot,” Michaela Brown, to talk about keeping mentally and physically fit during COVID-19. Michaela drops a bombshell: she hates working out! What hope is there for the rest of us if a woman who can regularly hold herself up horizontally on a pole dislikes breaking a sweat?! Sweta and Taylor get to the bottom how to get motivated to get active (e...

In this episode, Sweta and Taylor talk to Nancy Colleton, the President of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, which aims to leverage earth observation resources to better understand our planet. Nancy is driven by her love for nature, with an added bit of support and collaboration from NASA, NOAA, the National Science Foundation and other top-notch agencies and institutions dedicated to protecting our collective home...