Riyad Shahjahan and Adam Grimm from Michigan State University, and Ryan Allen from Soka University of America speak on the problems of affect generated by commercial rankers in global higher education. This presentation was hosted by Anatoly V. Oleksiyenko at the Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC) of the University of Hong Kong on October 13, 2021. The presenters published a paper at the Higher Education journal afterward. This podcast was later developed under sponsorship of the Community of International Higher Education (CIHE) at the Education University of Hong Kong (EDUHK).