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Bold Types | Ross Chanowski
Ross Chanowski has created a new way to help launch local businesses. And it couldn’t come at a better time. (Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Produced & edited by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Reporting by Janelle Nanos/Globe Staff, Camera: Lucie McCormick/Special to the Globe, Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff)

Ross Chanowski

Ross Chanowski has created a new way to help launch local businesses. And it couldn’t come at a better time.
Bold Types | Jae’da Turner
Jae’da Turner, founder of Black Owned Bos., is hosting a holiday pop-up, featuring more than 30 Black-owned vendors in a store just steps from Copley Square. (Camera: Lucie McCormick / Special to the Globe, Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Reporting by Janelle Nanos/Globe Staff, Edited by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff)

Jae’da Turner

Jae’da Turner, founder of Black Owned Bos., is hosting a holiday pop-up, featuring more than 30 Black-owned vendors in a store just steps from Copley Square.
Bold Types | Hadley & TJ Douglas
TJ and Hadley Douglas of the Urban Grape said sharing their experiences running a Black and woman-owned business has deepened their connection with customers. (Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Reporting by Janelle Nanos/Globe Staff, Edited by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Camera: Lucie McCormick/Special to the Globe, Baolong Song/Special to the Globe)

TJ and Hadley Douglas

TJ and Hadley Douglas of the Ubran Grape said sharing their experiences running a Black and woman-owned business has deepened their connection with customers.
Bold Types | Rach Junard & Jaylee Momplaisir
Rach Junard and Jaylee Momplaisir cofounded You Good Sis, a wellness collective that aims to create a space for mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. (Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Reporting by Janelle Nanos/Globe Staff, Camera: Lucie McCormick/Special to the Globe, Baolong Song/Special to the Globe)

Rach Junard and Jaylee Momplaisir

You Good Sis is a Boston wellness collective that aims to create a space for mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.
Bold Types | Maria Camila Vasco
Maria Camila Vasco shares the story of how she built her company Uvida, Boston’s first zero-waste store, while still an undergrad at UMass Boston. (Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Reporting by Janelle Nanos/Globe Staff, Edited by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Camera: Shelby Lum/Globe Staff, Lucie McCormick/Special to the Globe)

Maria Camila Vasco

The 23-year-old is the owner of Boston’s first zero-waste store, Uvida in the North End, which opened last year during pandemic. Vasco wants to change how we shop, one toothbrush at a time.
Bold Types|Tracy Chang
Chang speaks about creating two nonprofits during the pandemic to help feed frontline workers and to deliver groceries to restaurant workers in need. (Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Edited by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Camera: Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Shelby Lum/Globe Staff)

Tracy Chang

Tracy Chang is the owner and chef at Pagu, a Japanese tapas restaurant in Cambridge. Chang speaks about creating two nonprofits during the pandemic to help feed frontline workers and to deliver groceries to restaurant workers in need.

About Janelle Nanos

Janelle is a business reporter at the Boston Globe, covering retail, restaurants, and consumer culture. She thrives on diving deep into the ideas, people, and businesses that drive Boston’s economy.

Season 2

Bold Types|Bob Rivers
Rivers discusses why he’s placed social justice issues at the center of Eastern Bank’s mission. (Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Edited by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Camera work by Anush Elbakyan, Caitlin Healy, Shelby Lum/Globe Staff)

Bob Rivers

Bob Rivers is the chair and chief executive officer of Eastern Bank, the largest and oldest mutual bank in the U.S. Rivers discusses why he’s placed social justice issues at the center of the bank’s mission.
Bold Types|David Howse
David Howse is the executive director of ArtsEmerson, which produces and presents theatrical performances with an emphasis on cultural and contemporary works. (Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Edited by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Camera work by Anush Elbakyan, Caitlin Healy, Shelby Lum/Globe Staff)

David Howse

David Howse is the executive director of ArtsEmerson, which produces and presents theatrical performances with an emphasis on cultural and contemporary works. Howse speaks about his efforts to cultivate conversation and promote diversity through the organization’s programming.
Bold Types | Lyndia Downie
Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff. Edited by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Camera work by Anush Elbakyan, Caitlin Healy, Shelby Lum/Globe Staff

Lyndia Downie

Lyndia Downie has devoted her career to the Pine Street Inn, which serves Boston’s homeless population, and has been the organization's president since 2000. As Pine Street Inn celebrates its 50th anniversary, Downie discusses its future and its focus on finding permanent housing for its guests.
Bold Types | Niraj Shah
Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff. Edited by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff., Camera work by Anush Elbakyan, Caitlin Healy, Shelby Lum/Globe Staff

Niraj Shah

Niraj Shah is the cofounder and CEO of the online housewares giant Wayfair. He discusses how the fast-growing e-commerce site, with more than 14,000 employees and annual sales of $1.8 billion, is looking to the future and the challenges ahead.
Bold Types | Vikki Spruill
Vikki Spruill, chief executive of the New England Aquarium, shares her vision for how she plans to expand the organization. (Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff. Edited by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff., Camera work by Anush Elbakyan, Caitlin Healy, Mark Gartsbeyn)

Vikki Spruill

Vikki Spruill is the new president and CEO of the New England Aquarium. Spruill shares her vision for how she plans to expand the organization from a tourist destination to a leader on ocean conservation advocacy.
Bold Types | Amy Latimer
Amy Latimer discusses how the new Hub on Causeway mixed-use development will transform both the fan experience and the neighborhood’s streetscape. (Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff. Edited by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff., Camera work by Anush Elbakyan, Caitlin Healy, Shelby Lum/Globe Staff)

Amy Latimer

Amy Latimer is the president of TD Garden, overseeing the programming at the arena and its recent $100 million, 50,000-square-foot expansion. Latimer discusses how the new Hub on Causeway mixed-use development will transform both the fan experience and the neighborhood’s streetscape.

Season 1

Bold Types: Greg Shell
Janelle Nanos sits down with leaders in the city’s business community to talk about their career paths, work and accomplishments. (Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff)

Greg Shell

Greg Shell is the managing director of the Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, where he works to identify and fund companies that offer profitable models for addressing critical social problems.
Bold Types: John Fish
As CEO of Suffolk, John Fish leads one of the biggest players in the booming construction industry in Boston. (Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff)

John Fish

As CEO of Suffolk, John Fish leads one of the biggest players in the booming construction industry in Boston.
Bold Types: Andrew Dreyfus
Andrew Dreyfus on his father’s career path, the challenges facing health care, and more (Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff)

Andrew Dreyfus

As chief executive of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Dreyfus’ career in health care has been defined by his willingness to embrace disruption: His leadership helped spearhead the rollout of the state-level plan for universal health insurance.
Bold Types: Joanne Chang
Conversation with Boston business leaders. (Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff)

Joanne Chang

As chef-owner of eight Flour bakery cafes and the modern Chinese restaurant Myers + Chang, Joanne Chang oversees a staff of several hundred employees, spends time on the line at her restaurant, and is often shuttling between bakery locations.