MANUFACTURING HOPE IN A SCARY WORLD.
The Future Optimist Podcast
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I explore the people and organizations building the world of tomorrow.
"Future Optimist" is a play on words—it either means one who is optimistic about the future or one who is not yet an optimist.
For me, that about sums it up.
Our world is changing rapidly. Will our ingenuity save us? Or are we doomed?
ALL Future Optimist EPISODES:
(Formerly Beat the Often Path®)
Jhillika Kumar: Activating the Neurodiverse Workforce of Tomorrow – EP. 174
Alison Hirukawa: The Insane Future of Gene Editing – EP. 173
Sharon Kan: The CEO & Co-Founder of Pepperlane On the Hard Decision to Stop Her Start-up [Live in Boston] – EP. 172
Adam Molnar: Headphones That Read Your Mind [Live in Boston] – EP. 171
Sridhar Iyengar: The CEO of Elemental Machines on Life After a $260 Million Exit – EP. 170
Bolis Ibrahim: Building the DC-Powered Future of Electricity – EP. 169
Maeve Wang: Revolutionizing Footwear with AI-Powered Custom Shoes – EP. 168
Michael Johnson: Building Software for the Maturing Cannabis Market – EP. 167
Jo Norris: A Truly Brilliant 3-in-1 Solution for Carbon Capture – EP. 166
Deniz Kent: CEO of a Mind-blowing BioTech Company That’s Raised over $40 Million – Ep. 200
Lin Kayser: The Insane World of AI-assisted “Computational Engineering” – Ep. 199
Gastón Paladini: What is Piggy Sooy? Turning Soy Into Pork at a molecular level – Ep. 198
Niklas Kluger: Ingenious Rock Powder that Regenerates Soil and Removes CO₂ from the Atmosphere! – Ep. 197
Saman Farid: Legendary AI Investor and CEO of Formic Technologies Talks Building the Future of Robotic Automation – Ep. 196
Paul Shapiro: Best-Selling Author of “Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World” – Ep. 195
Ramiro Velasco: Is Amazon Latin America a “Blue Ocean”? (For Lovers of Get-Rich-Quick Schemes!) – Ep. 194
Matt Rogers: A Truly Brilliant In-Home Solution for Reducing Food Waste from the Co-Founder of Nest – Ep. 193