Catalyze
Hosted by Aadya Gattu and Ali Slack and Stella Smolowitz · Morehead-Cain
5.0from 30 ratings
- 151
- Episodes
- 24
- Transcribed
- 30
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 86K
- YouTube views
About Catalyze
This is Catalyze, a podcast from the Morehead-Cain Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Inspired by our namesake chemist benefactors, Catalyze reflects the energy of transformation, action, and momentum. Each episode features conversations with Morehead-Cain Alumni and Scholars who are shaping their communities, industries, and the world. From formative moments at Carolina to career pivots, leadership philosophies, and personal values, we explore the stories behind the people who lead with character and purpose.
- Publisher
- Morehead-Cain
- Category
- business · business · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Aug 2018
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
24 of 151 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
College as It Should Be: How to create a gym membership for your mind, with Morehead-Cain President Chris Bradford and Isaac Watkins ’27
2 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Kemp Gouldin ’02, founder of Because Baseball, on building connection through sport
19 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Meet the inaugural class of Morehead-Cain Global Fellows: Güneş Tuğcu ’26 of Boğaziçi University
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College as It Should Be: How to create a gym membership for your mind, with Morehead-Cain President Chris Bradford and Isaac Watkins ’27
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I Chris, can you share just why you think that Isaac illustrates this so well for our guests? Before Isaac came here to Carolina, he decided to take a gap year. And he did a highly unusual thing on his gap year, which was he sort of had the full Thoreau Walden experience, right? We very memorably received typewritten letters from Isaac here at the foundation in which he described his gap year experience because he was living a in nature, reading books, and contemplating big questions about the world. And while he did many other things on his gap year as well, what I observed was that Isaac arrived in college with having built a practice of cloistered thinking that I think has caused him to grow into someone that we all admire for the way in which he steps away from technology and contemplates big, deep questions about life in the world. […]
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- Chris Bradford
- Isaac Watkins
- Kemp Gouldin
- Güneş Tuğcu
- Rotdalmwa Joan Dimka
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 86,450
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 22 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 8 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 91
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Questions about Catalyze
Who hosts Catalyze?
Aadya Gattu and Ali Slack and Stella Smolowitz host the show. Published by Morehead-Cain.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Catalyze take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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