Rapid Response

Rapid Response

Hosted by Bob Safian · WaitWhat

4.9from 79 ratings

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86Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
461
Episodes
113
Transcribed
79
Ratings
Weekly
Cadence
2020
First episode
1M
YouTube views

About Rapid Response

The pace of change in our culture is unprecedented and shows no signs of slowing. So what is most important to pay attention to when striving to innovate, create, and lead? From the team behind Masters of Scale, Rapid Response features candid conversations with today's top business leaders navigating real-time challenges. Hosted by the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company, Bob Safian.

Publisher
WaitWhat
Category
business · news
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
4 Apr 2020
Latest episode
20 Oct 2026
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Latest episodes

113 of 461 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    REI’s secrets to sustaining a beloved brand and touching grass

  2. 16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    You’re a media company now. Whether you know it or not.

  3. 13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    The AI race to save American science and reshape medicine forever

Inside a recent episode

REI’s secrets to sustaining a beloved brand and touching grass

Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Totally. It's a totally nonpartisan way to just come together. And community is so important to us at REI. We spend a lot of our efforts of like, how do we create the right bridges and the right access points for people into the outdoors to really, you know, help their mental health, their emotional health, you know, their physical health. It's really is a shared experience. And I think that's why people love, you know, doing it in community too. And having the conversations with our Green Fest and our stores because they have shared a lot of those experiences and the emotion that comes with being outdoors is just really powerful. […]

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Who has been a guest on Rapid Response

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

  • Mary Beth Laughton
  • Barbara Peng
  • Renee Wegrzyn
  • Luana Lopes Lara
  • Tilly Norwood

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views
1,065,746
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.9 / 5
43 ratings
Spotify
4.8 / 5
36 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100

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Quality
95
Social presence
97
YouTube
93
Engagement
51

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Who hosts Rapid Response?

Bob Safian host the show. Published by WaitWhat.

How often do new episodes come out?

The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.

Does Rapid Response take guests?

Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.

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