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®)
Greg Johnson: Crazy Water-Permeable Sustainable Concrete – Ep. 201
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
Guanhao Wu: Building a Personal Flying Jetpack Suit – EP. 184
Amber Rivas: Solving the Housing Crisis in LA – EP. 183
Candice Smith: From $6 to a Thriving PR Business – EP. 182
Morgan Mercer: The Human-Centered Future of Virtual Reality – EP. 181
Martin Schichtel: A Genuinely Brilliant Solution for Sustainable Energy – EP. 180
Johnny Palmer: On the Intersection of Entrepreneurship, Activism, and Creativity – EP. 179
Khatantuul Zorig: The Intersection of Business, AI, Fashion, and Filmmaking – EP. 178
Pablo Navarro: Building a $26 Million VC Fund in Colombia – EP. 177