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Ep 71: Surviving A Suicide Attempt & Thriving | Sabrina Ooi (Co-Founder, Calm Collective Asia)

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Sabrina Ooi is the co-founder and CEO of Calm Collective Asia – a community that was established during Singapore’s first circuit breaker to talk about all things mental health in Asia. She is a mental health expert by experience, having achieved personal recovery and well-being through her journey with bipolar disorder.

Sabrina regularly hosts Calm Collective’s community engagement talks and peer support circles. She has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, Tatler, and CNA, and was named a Gen.T Honouree in 2021.

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Nnenna Nwakanma - Chief Web Advocate, World Wide Web Foundation

Ep 69: Creating a Free & Open Internet for All – Nnenna Nwakanma (Chief Web Advocate & former Interim Director, World Wide Web Foundation)

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Nnenna Nwakanma is the Chief Web Advocate at the World Wide Web Foundation.

She is also a Nigerian FOSS activist, community organiser, co-founder of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa. In 2018, she was chosen as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in the field of digital government and has over 15 years of experience working with the UN in areas such as the information society, gender and digital equality.

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STIMY Ep 68: Neal Freyman - Managing Editor, Morning Brew media company & podcast & newsletter

Ep 68: Creating Content for 3+ million Subscribers | Neal Freyman (Managing Editor, Morning Brew)

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Neal Freyman is the Managing Editor at Morning Brew, a new media company that provides informative and digestive business news to over 3 million subscribers. He oversees Morning Brew’s flagship product – a daily newsletter, as well as the weekend light Roast edition and native advertisements.

The Morning Brew happens to be one of my favourite newsletters so I was excited to dive into the behind-the-scenes with Neal!

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Lauren Hom - Artist, Designer, Illustrator,

Ep 66: The Business of Lettering | Lauren Hom (Designer, Illustrator & Hand Lettering Artist)

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Lauren Hom is a California-born designer, illustrator & hand lettering artist with a 250k strong following on Instagram. She is known for her use of bright colour palettes & playful letterings and has worked for clients such as Starbucks, YouTube, TIME Magazine, Google and AT&T. She has also been recognised by Communications Arts, the Art Directors Club, the One Club, the Type Directors Club and the Webby Awards.

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Ansgar Koene - Global AI Ethics & Regulatory Leader EY London

Ep 65: How AI is “manipulating” our behaviour & how we should regulate it

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Ansgar Koene is the Global AI Ethics & Regulatory Leader at EY, Senior Research Fellow at Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute at the University of Nottingham, a Trustee at 5Rights and chair of the IEEE Working Group P7003 Standard for Algorithm Bias Considerations.

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Esther Wojcicki

Ep 64: The “T.R.I.C.K.” to Raising Successful People | Esther Wojcicki

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Esther Wojcicki is an author, journalist, educator, vice-chair of the Creative Commons Advisory Council and founder of the highly regarded Palo Alto High School Media Arts program (the largest journalism program in the States). 

She is also known as the “Godmother of Silicon Valley”. And has raised 3 daughters, regarded as some of the most successful women in Silicon Valley. 
– Susan, the CEO of YouTube;
– Janet, a Fulbright-winning anthropologist & professor of pediatrics at the University of California; and
– Anne – co-founder of 23andme, who was listed as number 93 in Forbes List of World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2020!

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