Tao of Chao: Conversations Across Disciplines

Inspired by the principles of ancient Chinese philosophy, Tao of Chao is a podcast series born from Philip Chao’s wide-ranging curiosity and conviction that the most useful insights often emerge at the intersection of disciplines. Each episode is a conversation with a thinker, practitioner, or leader whose perspective Philip finds genuinely illuminating — and worth sharing.

The guest list is deliberately eclectic.  What unites these conversations is not a single subject but a shared approach: each episode examines where a topic stands today, how it came to be that way, and where it may plausibly be heading. It can be educational, informative, offering perspective that is unique, and often fun.  The aim is not to offer answers, but to surface frameworks, lived experience, and ways of thinking that listeners can carry into their own work and decisions.

Tao of Chao is, in the end, an invitation — to slow down, listen carefully, and consider the world through someone else’s lens.