Curiosity Class

I'm Jeff, and Curiosity Class is pretty much what it sounds like - me getting way too into some topic and then trying to explain it so it actually clicks.One week it's money or real estate. The next it's mindfulness, or AI, or some book I won't shut up about. Sometimes it's just me thinking out loud for 20 minutes. Other times I drag on someone who actually knows what they're talking about and have them walk me through it.Simple, not easy. New episode every Friday.

Curiosity Class is a education podcast hosted by Jeff Albaum, with 68 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Jeff Albaum hosts Curiosity Class, a education show with 68 episodes published.

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  He Gets Paid to Go to Games: Inside Sports Social Media w/ Mason Platt (Ep #69)

  Oct 2, 202646 min

  Here's the part that messes with me: one touchdown video, with a sponsor's logo sitting quietly in the corner of the frame, got turned into a sixty five thousand dollar line item. For one post. Mason Platt has run social media for the San Antonio Spurs, New York Mets, Oakland A's, and Dallas Cowboys (twenty million followers across their platforms), and now leads it for Cal's athletics department. What you'll take away: The actual math a sports team uses to tell a sponsor like Pepsi a single touchdown post is worth sixty five thousand dollars, and why the logo in the corner matters more than the play itself Why the exact same clip has to get rebuilt five different ways for X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and LinkedIn, down to the order you post it in The Best Buy parking lot moment that made a broke college kid buy a camera he couldn't afford, and how it accidentally built his entire career Links mentioned: Mason’s LinkedIn Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website Interested in sponsoring? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@curiosityclass.co

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  Why Chasing Money Made Her Worse At It w/ Gabi Rosen (Ep #68)

  Sep 25, 202645 min

  She was closing $25 million deals at Spotify by her mid-twenties. And she'll tell you she was at her worst every time she focused on the money. Gabi Rosen went from the youngest client partner at Spotify to building her own thing, then closed 34 clients in 18 months and joined the founders of the company she now helps run. What you'll take away: The 5 questions she asked friends to test a business idea before building anything (including the one that reveals if they'll actually pay) The anchor move that made a $200-a-month price feel like a gift Why she thinks about a story about a rock and a locked door every single day Links mentioned: Website: heyeocworks.com Gabi's email: gabi@eocworks.com Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠curiosityclasspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

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  Why More Views Isn't the Win w/ Josh Stabinsky (Ep #67)

  Sep 18, 202658 min

  Every time someone presses play, they hand you an hour of their life they can never get back. Josh Stabinsky thinks about that math for a living, and it changed how he builds. Josh Stabinsky is a data scientist at Spotify who works on podcast and creator growth, and the host of the Unit Economics podcast, which he has grown to 60 episodes in a year without missing a single week. What you'll take away: Why asking someone to press play is a bigger favor than it sounds The two-episodes-a-week experiment that burned him out, and what he does now Why an introvert who felt sick posting on LinkedIn does it anyway The one question he asks every guest that keeps his lineup full Links mentioned: Website: uepod.com Instagram: ue.pod LinkedIn: Josh Stabinsky Substack: uepod.substack.com Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring? ⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@curiosityclass.co

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  Why AI Makes Math More Important, Not Less w/ Chris Roberts (Ep #66)

  Sep 11, 202638 min

  Chris Roberts spent 30 years writing software. He says the class that actually trained him for it was not computer science. It was 10th grade geometry, and he did not figure out why until decades later. Chris holds degrees in both math and music education, taught math from the classroom to the college level, spent three decades in software development, and wrote "Math Education in the Age of AI." He now builds free math-fluency tools for students through his nonprofit. What you'll take away: The 10th grade class Chris says trained him for every software project of his career (it was not coding) What "math fluency" actually is, and the exact wall it saved his 120 remedial algebra students from hitting The 1970s California classroom that let a 2nd grader take 5th grade math, and why almost no school does it now Why he wants a multiplication bee to be bigger than a spelling bee, and how one teacher can run one alone What stays valuable when AI can compute any answer instantly Links mentioned: Chris’ book: Math Education in the Age of AI Chris’ website: https://classicmathgames.com/ Multiplication Game: https://whattimeswhat.com/ Chris’ LinkedIn: Chris Roberts Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring? ⁠⁠⁠curiosityclasspod@gmail.com⁠⁠

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  Why Billion-Dollar Companies Will Have 2 Employees w/ David Currant (Ep #65)

  Sep 4, 202648 min

  David thinks that within ten years there will be billion-dollar companies run by one or two people. Not a team of 500. Two. David Currant has founded four companies, been through Y Combinator (same batch as DoorDash), sold two, buried one, and is now building MX Pilot, an AI "marketing brain" for small businesses. What you'll take away: Why David tells his own kids to skip the normal job entirely, and what he teaches them instead The 15 percent number at Y Combinator that quietly turns a startup into a unicorn in two years How to test a business idea for 1,000 dollars instead of 20 million, even for a product nobody knows they want yet Links mentioned: MX Pilot: https://mxpilot.ai Mustard (David's prior company): https://www.mustard.love Reach David: David@mxpilot.ai (reach out for free marketing spend for qualifying CPG / e-commerce brands, or if you’re a tech founder looking for guidance) David’s LinkedIn Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring? ⁠⁠curiosityclasspod@gmail.com⁠

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