Midnight at the Casablanca

About Midnight at the Casablanca

Free Flowing Conversations About Scholarly Publishing and Technology

Publisher

Paul Peters and Lauren Kane

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

30 Sept 2024

Latest episode

13 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Jan 2026

   Liz Ferguson

   Liz Ferguson, Senior Vice President at Wiley, discusses the evolution of open access, research integrity, and Wiley's Research Exchange platform in an interview with Paul and Lauren.

2. 

   16 Dec 2025

   Rebecca McLeod

   Rebecca McLeod, Managing Director of the Harvard Data Science Review, discusses academy-led innovation, race and class divides, and wartime leadership with Lauren Kane in this interview.

3. 

   24 Nov 2025

   Christian Grubak

   Christian Grubak speaks with Lauren Kane about his journey from coding to CEO, startup culture, and the acquisition of ChronosHub by the American Chemical Society in this interview.

Who has been a guest on Midnight at the Casablanca

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Liz Ferguson
• Rebecca McLeod
• Christian Grubak
• Abhi Arun
• Thane Kerner

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

436,335,436

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

61

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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