Chris Wright, Chair and CEO of Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT), thinks we are under valuing threats to global energy supply and its potential impact on our quality of life. Chris began his career developing the science behind fracking, allowing the United States to tap the resources to become a net positive energy producer. He is now mapping out how climate first policies by finance and politics will affect the world.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Successful companies, both private and public, depend on their boards of directors to help leadership teams navigate the perils of running  modern companies. Few people are more qualified than Betsy Atkins, a three-time CEO whose expertise in corporate governance has led nearly 20 companies to add her to their board. Betsy says companies need to expand the aperture for potential board members to respond to a new of governance challenges. Betsy has distilled her life lessons into a book, “Be Board Ready: The Secrets to Landing a Board Seat and Being a Great Director.” Get an electronic copy, and learn more about Betsy’s work, at betsyatkins.com.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

In a data and technology driven world, it is hard to connect with the human on either side of the business transaction. This is where UserTesting (NYSE:USER) is able to help. The company’s CEO and Chair Andy MacMillan joins the podcast to explain how he is using human insight to inform digital solutions, the importance of empathy, and how UserTesting is giving clients a first-person understanding of their target audiences. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Dwight Chapin, author of THE PRESIDENT’S MAN: The Memoirs of Nixon’s Trusted Aide, helped lay out and execute President Richard Nixon’s historic trip to China in 1972. A half century later, he’s one of the few members of the traveling delegation still alive to tell the story of how it happened, and what went down on the ground when Nixon met with Mao. Fifty years after Air Force One left Shanghai, Chapin considers what the trip means in today’s context, and where the bilateral relationship might be heading.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Bob Pisani, Senior Markets Correspondent for CNBC, has spent a quarter century on the NYSE Trading Floor covering the companies, people, and global events shaping the markets. His book, “SHUT UP & KEEP TALKING:  Lessons on Life and Investing From the Floor of the New York Stock Exchange” confirms him as a master storyteller as well. In our conversation, Bob’s perspective spans the investing world, the battles between stock picking superstars, and the transition to the new age of behavioral finance.

Francesco Starace, CEO of Enel Group, has a simple answer for the complex problem of how the energy giant will combat climate change. He shares his vision for complete decarbonization and how the technology already exists to make that possible. Francesco has helped Enel become one of the Green Giants by investing in a portfolio of renewable resources. He has set his sights on not just fighting climate change, but sees sustainable energy as the way to create equitable economies across the globe. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

ICE is partnering with GreenTrees to put a real value on nature by hosting a carbon credit auction, each representing the removal of the equivalent of 250,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. GreenTrees' co-founder, Chandler Van Voorhis. joins us fresh off the stage of ICE Climate & Capital Conference to talk about the tandem strategies of reducing emissions while looking to nature to offset the humanimpact on the planet. He explains the science of carbon sequestration, the economics of pricing nature and the solutions that ICE and his company are bringing to the market.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Our episode with Lis Smith continues our conversation on politics and the media that began on the other side of the aisle with former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. Smith, political strategist and now author of “Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story,” helped launch Pete Buttigieg from small city mayor to Presidential candidate. She has worked on over twenty campaigns during her career, but it was her journey with Mayor Pete that reminded her why she got into the business in the first place.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

In his latest book, HOW TO INVEST: Masters on the Craft, author David Rubinstein, the co-Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, combines his own experience in thousands of Carlyle investment committee meetings with new interviews with the world’s most successful investors. The result is a multi-stop journey through the minds of those who’ve made a mint in mainstream, alterative, and cutting edge investments. In his return visit to Inside the ICE House, David talks about what’s been keeping him busy, from Carlyle to his TV show, and a few thoughts on investing in pro sports teams…   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

On the 21st anniversary of 9/11, former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer shares his memories of the day and explains why he has retired his traditional Twitter timeline of the experience. In the weeks that followed the attacks, President Bush’s leadership was praised by both sides of the aisle. In recent years, Ari argues that our discourse has become binary, with right or left taking sides, with the middle disappearing, particularly in the media. It’s a thesis he lays out in new book -- Suppression, Deception, Snobbery and Bias: Why the Press Gets So Much Wrong -- And Just Doesn’t Care.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house