What’s Your Problem?

  • Using Pokémon Go to Map the World

    Maps have gotten much better over the past few decades. But they’re still mostly two dimensional, and they struggle to keep up with a world that is always changing. Brian McClendon is the Chief Technology…

  • The Company Where Everyone Has Their Own AI Agent

    Dan Shipper is the co-founder and CEO of Every, a company that publishes newsletters about AI, develops AI-related software, and helps other companies use AI. Dan has two problems. One, how do you build a…

  • Inventing a Better Apple

    The apples you can buy at the grocery store have gotten profoundly better over the past few decades. It’s a kind of everyday, hiding-in-plain sight innovation. Kate Evans is an apple breeder and professor at…

  • Welcome to Carbon Cowboys | From Drilled

    Drilled, a new addition to the Pushkin network, is a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate corruption and political operatives built decades of climate denial and delay. Award-winning investigative journalist Amy Westervelt unravels evidence…

  • Building a Business on the Moon

    Rob Meyerson is the co-founder and CEO of Interlune. Rob’s problem is this: How do you help build an economy on the moon? Eventually, Rob hopes Interlune will help build a moon base. For now,…

  • Building a Robot People Actually Want

    Aaron Edsinger left his job as director of robotics at Google to start a company called Hello Robot. Aaron’s problem is this: How do you build an affordable robot that people can use to solve…

  • Turning Waste Wood Into Buildings

    Ben Christensen is the co-founder and CEO of Cambium, the largest seller of salvaged wood in America. Ben’s problem is this: How can we turn the trees that are falling to the ground all around…

  • The Great Fusion Debate: How Far Away Are We Really?

    Investors are pouring billions of dollars into nuclear fusion companies. The dream: transform human civilization (and power AI data centers) by providing cheap, abundant energy. But nobody’s figured out how to make it work yet.…

  • How SharkNinja Keeps Going Viral

    Mark Barrocas is the CEO of SharkNinja, a company that sells everything from vacuums, to blenders, to beauty products. Mark’s problem is this: How do you invent new products that people want to rave about…

  • From Here We Go Again With Kal Penn: Will Technology Replace Us? with Jacob Goldstein

    Hello What’s Your Problem? listeners! We’d like to introduce you to a show we think you might like. Here We Go Again is a brand-new podcast, where actor, author, comedian, and former White House staffer…

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