{"id":127294,"date":"2026-06-30T11:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/?p=127294"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:15:50","slug":"before-applause-podcast-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/magazin\/before-applause-podcast-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Applause &#8211; Podcast Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Listening to a podcast and drawing inspiration from it is really exciting and often very informative. But for that to happen, the presenter and host need to put together questions that are topical and relevant.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday was Podcast Day again, and I had invited five fascinating guests to discuss a range of current topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prof. Reto Knutti \u2013 Professor at ETH Zurich \u2013 Heat and climate change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Rolf Pfister \u2013 Robotics (he is co-organiser of the Davos Tech Summit)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pascal Kaufmann \u2013 Artificial Intelligence (do individual countries need self-sufficient hosting capabilities?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dani Nieth \u2013 Communication and storytelling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dominik Neidhart \u2013 Sailor, winner of the America\u2019s Cup (leadership, teamwork and collaboration \u2013 America\u2019s Cup 2027)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The interviews always lasted about an hour and featured some fascinating discussions. 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