Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey: Fawn Weaver (2021)
In 2016, Fawn Weaver became fixated on a New York Times article telling the little-known story of Nearest Green, a formerly enslaved man who taught Jack Daniel—yes, that Jack Daniel—how to make Tennes...
4 Mar 20241h 12min
The peril (and promise) of AI with Tristan Harris: Part 2
What if you could no longer trust the things you see and hear?Because the signature on a check, the documents or videos presented in court, the footage you see on the news, the calls you receive from ...
29 Feb 202432min
Poshmark: Manish Chandra
When the iPhone 4 was released in 2010, Manish Chandra was dazzled by its picture quality, and saw an opportunity for a new type of mobile marketplace. A year later, he and three co-founders launched ...
26 Feb 20241h 6min
The peril (and promise) of AI with Tristan Harris: Part 1
When Tristan Harris co-founded the Center for Humane Technology in 2018, he was trying to educate tech leaders and policymakers about the harms of social media.But today, he’s sounding the alarm about...
22 Feb 202428min
Sonos: John MacFarlane
In 2002, John MacFarlane and his co-founders began tinkering on what was then an ambitious idea: create a new way to enjoy music throughout the home, without wires. At the time, streaming and the iPod...
19 Feb 20241h
Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors (2023)
There’s a new car coming to market that will probably make its owners search out the sunniest spots in the parking lot… Aptera Motors is designing and manufacturing this car: a plug-in electric hybrid...
15 Feb 202439min
Magic Spoon & Exo: Gabi Lewis and Greg Sewitz
Gabi Lewis and Greg Sewitz founded Magic Spoon to create a sugary breakfast cereal without the sugar. If that sounds daunting, consider their first business: protein bars made with cricket flour. Riff...
12 Feb 20241h 11min
Building a decarbonization army with Shashank Samala of Heirloom
Cutting emissions alone will not be enough. To avoid the worst effects of global climate change, Heirloom CEO and co-founder Shashank Samala believes we’ll also need to pull a lot of carbon out of the...
8 Feb 202427min
