Sarah Smith, a NASA intern, interviews students who were recently selected to fly their experiments to the International Space Station as part of the program under NASA’s STEM on Station initiative called Student Payload Opportunity with Citizen Science, or SPOCS. HWHAP Episode 201.
For centuries, humans have relied on the oceans for resources and food… but even the deepest sea has its limits. This hour, TED speakers discuss how we can save our seas to save our planet. Guests include marine biologists Asha de Vos, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, and Alasdair Harris, and oceanographer Sylvia Earle.
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What do you get when you combine Berkshire Hathaway’s approach with early-stage venture capital? Altos Ventures. We’re joined by Altos’s wonderful Ho Nam to discuss their highly unusual approach to VC, which has resulted in them becoming significant shareholders in great companies like Roblox, Coupang, Woowa Brothers and Krafton (makers of PUBG). This episode is an absolute must-listen for anyone in our industry — Ho is one of the best and most under-the-radar thinkers in Silicon Valley, and has many lessons to offer us all!
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- Altos’s 13-year+ journey with Roblox, and how they deployed over $400m into the company out of an $86m fund
- Altos’s heritage in Jack McDonald’s Investments class at Stanford GSB, and the influence of Jack, Phil Fisher and Warren & Charlie
- How Altos successfully “value invests” in venture capital, and reconciling cashflow potential with growth
- “Good fundraisers” vs. “bad fundraisers” and correlation with returns
- Altos’s unique fund structure and how they’re architected to stay with companies longer than a typical venture capital firm
- Ho’s Twitter presence and how (and why) he went from de minimus followers to one of the top FinTwit accounts in a few months
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Dan Huot, public affairs officer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, shares his experiences working on the first episodes of Houston We Have a Podcast, his work at NASA, and broadcasting the first humans to launch from American soil since 2011. HWHAP Episode 200.
We need water to live. But with rising seas and so many lacking clean water — water is in crisis and so are we. This hour, TED speakers explore ideas around restoring our relationship with water. Guests on the show include legal scholar Kelsey Leonard, artist LaToya Ruby Frazier, and community organizer Colette Pichon Battle.
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Shaneequa Vereen, public affairs specialist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, speaks with NASA interns as they recount their journey with NASA, sharing their backgrounds and experiences they had before and during their time with the agency. HWHAP Episode 199.
Oceans cover nearly 75% of the Earth. While they seem vast and frightening, they’re also enchanting and whimsical. This hour, TED speakers dive into stories of connection — and even love — in the sea. Guests include adventurer Catherine Mohr, marine biologists Marah Hardt and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and venom scientist Mandë Holford.
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Ever since he started shooting home movies with his family’s bulky video camera, Jon M. Chu knew he wanted to be a filmmaker. But after directing several Hollywood blockbuster films like G.I. Joe: Retaliation and Now You See Me 2, Jon felt uninspired by the stories he was bringing to the silver screen. In 2018, he directed Crazy Rich Asians — the first Hollywood film with a majority Asian cast in 25 years — and in 2021, Lin Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights. We featured Jon M. Chu in TED Radio Hour’s recent episode The Artist’s Voice.
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It’s time. We wrap our Berkshire Hathaway trilogy with Warren and Charlie entering a new era: the age of the internet. Can they and Berkshire adapt to this brave new world? We find out. And, after 9+ hours, we render our final judgments on Berkshire and Warren’s career. Is “Never bet against America” still the right longterm approach? Or is there another, even bigger Snowball out there that Warren may be missing?
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NASA experts Robyn Gatens, Jennifer Fogarty, and Laura Shaw explore how the International Space Station has enabled scientific and technological advancement that has benefitted humanity on Earth and framed the future of space exploration to the Moon and then Mars. HWHAP Episode 198.