Inside the ICE House
Inside the ICE House, a podcast produced by Intercontinental Exchange, takes listeners behind the historic façade of the New York Stock Exchange and inside the global financial marketplace. The episodes, recorded in the Library of the NYSE, features conversations with leaders, entrepreneurs and visionaries who walk through our doors with a dream of building businesses and changing the world. Their stories have made the NYSE, now part of ICE’s ecosystem of markets, clearing houses, data provider, and listings services, an indispensable institution for over 234 years.
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Episode 566: Sceye CEO Mikkel Vestergaard on Stratospheric Infrastructure Linking the World
<p>Sceye is building infrastructure in the stratosphere, a calm layer 60,000 to 70,000 feet up that offers geostationary coverage without the cost of orbit. CEO Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen goes Inside the ICE House to discuss the company’s world-first demonstration with SoftBank, flying from New Mexico to Japan. He explains why high altitude platforms and low Earth orbit satellites work best as complementary layers in a 6G-ready network. Frandsen shares how the technology could transform wildfire detection and methane monitoring. He also reflects on his work building LifeStraw and Vestergaard and his vision for more equitable connectivity.</p>
ETF Central: A Conversation with State Street Investment Management CBO Anna Paglia
<p>Anna Paglia, Chief Business Officer at State Street Investment Management, joins Lance Glinn on ETF Central to discuss how the ETF industry has evolved and where it is headed. She explains how the ETF wrapper has opened markets to small investors and how growing retail participation, now about 25% of flows, is shaping product development and client education. They discuss AI, which Paglia says will make professionals better at their jobs but cannot replace human judgment. They also cover innovation in active, income, and buffered ETFs and how State Street balances its legacy with new launches.</p>
Midterm Markets in Focus: Phil Rosen on election season, AI, & the road to 2027
<p>Midterm election years bring plenty of political noise, yet history shows the fourth quarter and the year that follows have tended to deliver above-average stock returns. Phil Rosen goes Inside the ICE House to unpack these seasonal patterns, including the strength that has typically followed October lows. He also weighs whether AI has created a new market regime that could make decades of historical data less reliable. The conversation explores why October carries a reputation for crashes even though the month has averaged a gain. Rosen closes with his case for energy heading into 2027.</p>
Episode 558: Hershey's Stacy Taffet on Keeping Nostalgia Sweet While Modernizing a Legacy
<p>Hershey is entering a new era of growth by reimagining a 130-year-old legacy for the next generation of snackers. Chief Growth and Marketing Officer Stacy Taffet goes Inside the ICE House to discuss how the company balances bold innovation with the tried-and-true brands consumers grew up loving. She explores how AI-powered insights, premiumization, and category expansion are reshaping Hershey's portfolio. Taffet also breaks down the outsized importance of Halloween and how brand storytelling, consumer curiosity, and a willingness to refresh iconic products will drive Hershey's next chapter.</p>
Episode 565: Federated Hermes CEO Chris Donahue on AI, Liquidity + Why Trust Powers Progress
<p>After 50 years at Federated Hermes and 28 as CEO, Chris Donahue says the culture its founders built in Pittsburgh is still the engine behind the firm’s staying power. He goes Inside the ICE House to discuss why clients value daily liquidity at par above all else and how the firm’s $700 billion liquidity business acts as ballast for the entire enterprise. Donahue explains why he approaches AI with enthusiasm and caution, and why he believes it will raise the quality of the work rather than reduce jobs. He also covers tokenized money market funds, the central role of trust in d...
Episode 564: Diary of A CEO's Steven Bartlett on Embarrassment, Obsession, and the Human Edge
<p>Steven Bartlett has built Diary of a CEO into one of the largest podcasts in the world, with over 20 million YouTube subscribers, and he believes the future of media belongs to what is irreplaceably human. The Diary of a CEO host goes Inside the ICE House to discuss why obsession is the common thread among the 600 to 700 leaders he has interviewed. He explains why betting on what won’t change, such as the need for human connection, matters more than predicting the future in an era of AI-generated content. Bartlett shares how his team focuses on rapid experimentation, owning th...
ETF Central: An Introduction to the Schwab International Bond ETF
<p>Riz Hussain, investment strategist and portfolio consultant, and John Greves, managing director and head of multi-asset strategy at Schwab Asset Management, join Bilal Little on ETF Central to discuss Schwab’s new international bond index, built in partnership with ICE. They walk through how the index is constructed, including its focus on investment-grade bonds from developed markets and its approach to currency exposure. The conversation covers the current interest rate environment, differences in central bank policy around the world, and how the index fits into the broader portfolio construction process at Schwab. They also address common questions about international bo...
Episode 563: Genius Sports CEO Mark Locke on Prediction Markets and the Data Behind the Game
<p>Genius Sports supplies official data to sportsbooks, market makers, and prediction markets fighting for the same customers. CEO Mark Locke goes Inside the ICE House to discuss why regulation will evolve while demand for wagering endures. He explains why official league data is becoming the standard for settlement and what drove the launch of Prediction.com. Locke also shares how partnerships with Chris Paul and the NFL are bringing AI-powered data to fans.</p>
Episode 562: Centrus CEO Amir Vexler on Nuclear’s Comeback and the Fuel Powering Its Future
<p>Nuclear is back at the center of the energy conversation, and Centrus is racing to rebuild America’s domestic fuel supply chain. CEO Amir Vexler goes Inside the ICE House to discuss how the war in Ukraine, surging power demand, and the push for energy independence have reshaped the industry. He breaks down HALEU, the dense fuel powering next-generation microreactors, and why traditional LEU enrichment will remain the market’s backbone. Vexler also explains how Centrus, the only American company manufacturing its own centrifuges, is preparing to meet both commercial and national security needs.</p>
Episode 561: Circle CCO Kash Razzaghi on Arc, AI Agents and the Race to Make Money Instant
<p>Circle has launched Arc Mainnet, which CEO Jeremy Allaire calls the company’s most significant launch since USDC itself. CCO Kash Razzaghi goes Inside the ICE House to discuss how the institutional-grade blockchain, backed by founding validators including ICE, Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock, and DTCC, is built around privacy, trust, and instant settlement. He explains why AI agents will transact very differently than humans, with micropayments reaching volumes that dwarf human activity. Kash makes the case that sending money is headed toward near-zero cost and near-zero time, just like texts and email. </p>
