David Kring and Julie Stopar detail interesting lunar research and how they’re preparing for continued lunar surface exploration through the Artemis program. HWHAP Episode 236.
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Listen Again: Warped Reality (2020)
Original broadcast date: October 30, 2020. False information on the internet makes it harder and harder to know what’s true, and the consequences have been devastating. This hour, TED speakers explore ideas around technology and deception. Guests include law professor Danielle Citron, journalist Andrew Marantz, and computer scientist Joy Buolamwini.
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Altimeter (with Brad Gerstner)
We hear a lot these days about hedge funds becoming venture firms, and venture firms becoming hedge funds. But a decade before either of those approaches became mainstream, a tiny $3m fund in Boston named Altimeter Capital set out simply to invest in a concentrated portfolio of America’s very best technology companies, regardless if they were public or private. Today that tiny firm has grown to nearly $15B under management and become a premier “capital partner” to founders at all but the very earliest stages — companies like Snowflake, Facebook, Roblox, Plaid, Grab and Acquired fan-favorite Modern Treasury. We sit down with founder & CEO Brad Gerstner to dive into the story behind Altimeter’s meteoric rise.
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Carve Outs:
- Brad’s Twitter thread on Invest America: https://twitter.com/altcap/status/1347454947583950849?s=20&t=gM5zJMcq9p96GcjEHZw56w
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Scouting an Asteroid
Les Johnson and Julie Castillo-Rogez describe an experiment that will be deployed from the Artemis I mission to explore a near-Earth asteroid. HWHAP Episode 235.
What Lies Beneath
From our planet’s underwater caves to its ancient soils, there are entire worlds right beneath our feet. This hour, we explore the subterranean forces that shape our lives above the ground. Guests include cave diver Jill Heinerth, death care advocate Katrina Spade, soil scientist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, and paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim.
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SONY
Born in the unlikeliest of places — the terrible, wasteland-like aftermath of post WWII Japan — Sony rose to capture the imaginations (and wallets) of consumers and engineers around the world. The company produced hit after hit after hit: portable transistor radios, CDs, the Walkman, the PlayStation, DVDs, life insurance(!!)… and yet ultimately fell behind its greatest American admirer, Steve Jobs and Apple. This is the incredible story of Sony’s human and technological optimism in the face of overwhelming odds — a story that, given recent world events, remains as relevant today as ever.
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Links:
- Steve Jobs’ Tribute to Akio Morita: https://youtu.be/Drwkvf76Cls
- Planet Money on Sony and Spider-Man: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/28/1076531156/the-spider-man-problem
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Carve Outs:
- How This All Happened by Morgan Housel: https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/how-this-all-happened/
- The Model 3 is AWESOME: https://www.tesla.com/model3
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SLS
John Blevins details NASA’s Space Launch System rocket ahead of the Artemis I mission. HWHAP Episode 234.
Listen Again: Migration
Original broadcast date: April 30, 2021. Migration is a part of everyone’s history. This hour, TED speakers explore ideas about places we call home — and how these experiences continue to reshape our culture, countries, and species. Guests include bioarchaeologist Carolyn Freiwald, journalist Isabel Wilkerson, comedian Maeve Higgins, and ecologist Sonia Altizer.
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How NASA Communicates Space
NASA communicators describe the various ways that the agency connects with mass audiences. HWHAP Episode 233.
Listen Again: Jason Reynolds – The Antidote To Hopelessness
Original broadcast date: September 17, 2021. Jason Reynolds is an award-winning author and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. This hour, Jason speaks with Manoush about reaching kids through stories that let them feel understood.
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