The AI that Might Take My Job (And Yours) Andrew Mason is the founder and CEO of Descript. Descript’s software has made editing audio and video much simpler.  The co […]

The Hottest Thing In Energy Storage Andrew Ponec is co-founder and CEO of the energy storage company Antora Energy.  Andrew’s problem is this: How can you store re […]

Using Bacteria to Dye Jeans Tammy Hsu and Michelle Zhu are the cofounders of Huue.  Their problem is this: how do you get bacteria to produce indigo dye? And how […]

The Quest for the Factory-Built House Today’s show is about a problem people have been trying to solve for a hundred years: how can we mass produce houses, like w […]

Building Houses Like Tesla Builds Cars Alexis Rivas is the co-founder and CEO of Cover. His problem is: How do you build houses in a factory, the way you build […]

Human Bones, Made In the Lab Nina Tandon is the co-founder and CEO of a tissue engineering company called EpiBone. Her problem is this: How do you grow custom bone […]

Tiny Chips, Giant Stakes Microchips are the most important driver of technological progress in the modern world, and governments are fighting over who gets to make […]

Problems Solved: Drones, Bananas and Real Estate* It’s our first anniversary and—almost 50 episodes in—Jacob Goldstein checks in with three past guests. Drone delive […]

Faster, Cheaper Drugs with AI Alice Zhang is the co-founder and CEO of Verge Genomics. Alice’s problem is this: How do you use artificial intelligence to drive d […]

Creating the Uncrashable Car When Austin Russell was 17 years old, he founded Luminar Technologies to work on a remote sensing technology called Lidar.  Today, […]

The Electric Truck that Went Viral on TikTok Chace Barber is the co-founder of Edison Motors. Chace’s problem is this: How do you build electric logging trucks i […]

Introducing Other People’s Pockets: Mistress Marley, Financial Dominatrix Here’s a bonus episode of a new show from Pushkin, Other People’s Pockets. Have you ever won […]

Running in Recycled Shoes Caspar Coppetti is the co-founder of On, a company that makes athletic shoes. Caspar’s problem is this: How can you sell tens of m […]

Turning Garbage Into Food Matt Rogers is the co-founder of Mill. Matt’s problem is this: How do you turn garbage into food?Before Mill, Matt co-founded Nest, a sm […]

The Fake-Meat Frontier Jacob Goldstein co-hosts today’s show with Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful. Jacob and Dan eat their way through the history of fake meat — […]

From Impossible Burgers to Fake Steak Pat Brown is the founder of Impossible Foods. Pat’s problem is this: How can you make meat without animals? Pat’s goal isn […]

Small Pizza Shops Want a Bigger Slice Ilir Sela is the co-founder and CEO of Slice. His problem: How do you bring the technological revolution to thousands of tiny […]

Turning Waves Into Electricity Tim Mundon is chief technology officer at Oscilla Power. Tim’s problem is this: How do you turn waves into electrical power? You c […]

From Some of My Best Friends Are: Everything Dope Comes from Chicago While we’re off celebrating the new year, here’s an episode from another Pushkin show: Some of […]

Flying on Battery Power Anders Forslund is the co-founder and CEO of Heart Aerospace. Anders’ problem is this: How do you build a commercial airplane that can f […]