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The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal

Founded 6.5+ years ago by Vidit Agarwal, The High Flyers Podcast is a global top ranked show exploring the personal and professional journeys behind the most relatable role models shaping our world. Enjoy 275+ in-depth (and often rare) conversations with the world’s most influential and relatable role models in business, tech, finance, government and sport -- going beyond the headlines to explore their life and work including their formative years, inflection points, industry insights, and how they think, lead and build. Episodes are listened to by CEOs, C-Suite Executives, Investors, Founders, and Government Leaders across Australia, USA, India, UK, Singapore, Canada and New Zealand. Alongside the podcast, we host an annual High Flyers Growth Summit in Sydney and San Francisco. This podcast is one of five products under our parent company, Curiosity Centre. We're proud that more than 60% of our 275+ guests have trusted us for their first-ever public interview — or to go in-depth on their personal story for the first time. These include: Malcolm Turnbull (Prime Minister of Australia), Jason Collins (CEO, BlackRock, Asia Pacific), Brad Banducci (CEO, Woolworths), Keith Rabois (MD, Khosla Ventures), Aleks Spaseska (CEO, Kmart), Michael Schneider (CEO, Bunnings), Elena Verna (Head of Growth, Lovable), David Haber (a16z Partner), David Schneider (Growth Fund Co-Lead Partner, Cotaue), Vandita Pant (CFO, BHP), Jodie Auster (Uber's Global Head of Travel), Shiv Rao (CEO, Abridge), Ryan Beiermeister (Partner, Founders Fund), Jesse Zhag (CEO, Decagon), Rob Giglio (CCO, Canva), Gautam Chari (Head of Capital Commitments, Bank of America), Mel Silva (Managing Director, Google), Jean-Michel Limieux (CTO, Shopify and Atlassian), David Eckstein (CFO, Legora), Stevie Case (CRO, Vanta), John Haddock (CBO, Harvey), Mark Suster (Partner, Upfront Ventures), Niki Scevak (Partner, Blackbird), Craig Tiley (CEO, USA Tennis), Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (COO, Vercel), Paul Bassat (Partner, Square Peg), Bowen Pan (Creator, Facebook Marketplace), Sam Sicilia (CIO, Hostplus), Jack Zhang (CEO, Airwallex), Tim Doyle (CEO, Eucalyptus), Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (CEO, Xero), Sanjeev Gandhi (CEO, Orica), Philip Green (Australia's Ambassador to India), Vivek Bhatia (CEO, MUFG), Cristina Cordova (COO, Linear) and more. Engage with us via: Email: [email protected] Website: https://highflyerspodcast.com X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vidags10 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehighflyers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehighflyerspodcast/ Follow us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Episodes

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#245 Jodie Auster: Uber’s Global Travel Lead on Being Yourself, Leadership in Practice and the Questions That Scale Teams

24 Feb 2026
1h 9m
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#244 Sukhinder Singh Cassidy: Xero's CEO on Intensity as Superpower + Kryptonite, Father’s Influence & Xero's 3×3 strategy in the AI era

17 Feb 2026
1h 3m
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#243 Tushar Apte: From Sydney to Broke in Hollywood to Producing Global Hits for Nicki Minaj, Steve Aoki & Chris Brown

10 Feb 2026
1h 19m
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#242 Mark Suster: Jewish-Latino Roots, Building Upfront & LA’s Tech Scene, Selling to Salesforce, Why Timing Beats Brilliance

03 Feb 2026
1h 11m
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#241 Startup collapse to $21M a16z raise: Sphere's Nick Rudder on Aussie Grit in the US, Selling to CFOs and Superhero wife

27 Jan 2026
1h 3m
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#240 Philip Green: Australia’s Most Senior Diplomat in India — High Commissioner to India (Special series w Australian Government)

20 Jan 2026
1h 4m
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#239 Eucalyptus’ Tim Doyle & Alex Badran Debate Data vs Judgement, Building Without Paralysis and Dreamers vs Leavers

06 Jan 2026
55m
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#238 Inside a Top LP’s Mind: Beezer Clarkson’s Path to Sapphire and Why Legendary VCs Started Small

30 Dec 2025
1h 8m
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#237 Brendan Dowling: Deputy Secretary of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure, Australian Government

22 Dec 2025
1h 18m
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#236 Matteo Franceschetti: Starting Eight Sleep, High Performance, Helping Elon Musk Sleep Better, Learning English at 20

16 Dec 2025
1h 4m
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#235 Steve Hind: Forging Lorikeet’s Exponential Growth With Unlearnings from Bridgewater, Stripe and Debating

09 Dec 2025
1h 23m
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#234 John Haddock: Rare Interview with Harvey’s CBO — Phoenix Desert Trails, Decade Scaling Stripe, AI in Law

02 Dec 2025
1h 22m
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#233 Peter Varghese: "One of the most influential architects of foreign policy" (special series with the Australian Government)

25 Nov 2025
1h 20m
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#232 Jason Collins: Leading BlackRock with Empathy — From Professional Tennis Aspirations to Sweden to Global Finance

18 Nov 2025
1h 0m
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#231 Sweta Mehra: Executive GM at NAB; ex-Chief Marketing Officer at ANZ (special series with the Australian Government)

11 Nov 2025
1h 13m
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#230 Bowen Pan: The creator of Facebook Marketplace — Immigrant Upbringing, Working w Zuck, unpacking world class product building

04 Nov 2025
1h 27m
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#229 Jack Zhang: The Relentless Founder of Airwallex — From Rural China to Building a $8B FinTech Powerhouse

21 Oct 2025
54m
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#228 Sam Wong: The Blackbird Partner Redefining VC — Lessons on Identity, Courage and Building a Venture Fund While Pregnant

14 Oct 2025
1h 1m
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#227 Richard Joffe: The Founder Who Wouldn’t Quit — 3 Startups, 300 Rejections, a Divorce, and a $1B+ Legacy

07 Oct 2025
56m
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#226 Bharat Sundaresan: Sports Commentator, Writer & Storyteller (special series with the Australian Government)

30 Sep 2025
1h 13m
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