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Inventing a Vaccine for Bees
Season 1 Episode 109
Dalial Freitak and Annette Kleiser are the co-founders of Dalan Animal Health, a company that has brought to market the first vaccine for insects. Th…
2 years ago
A Better Way to Make the Chemicals in Everything
Season 1 Episode 108
Sean Hunt is the co-founder and CTO of Solugen, a company that sells around $100 million a year of industrial chemicals. Sean's problem is this: How …
2 years, 1 month ago
How Refrigeration Changed the World
Season 1 Episode 107
Refrigeration is an underrated technology. It completely transformed what billions of people eat every day.
Today’s guest, Nicola Twilley, tells the…
2 years, 1 month ago
Detecting Deepfakes With AI
Season 1 Episode 106
As generative AI tools improve, it is becoming easier to digitally manipulate content and harder to tell when it has been tampered with. Today we are…
2 years, 2 months ago
Turning Old Cans Into Clean Energy
Season 1 Episode 105
Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust. It’s cheap, ubiquitous, and surprisingly energy dense. Peter Godart is the co-founder and C…
2 years, 2 months ago
Moneyball, Soccer, and the Gap Between Analytics and the Real World
Season 1 Episode 104
Sarah Rudd is the co-founder and CEO of the soccer analytics company src | ftbl (It’s pronounced “Source Football.”) Sarah’s problem is this: How do …
2 years, 2 months ago
Using Computer Vision to See What Coaches Can’t
Season 1 Episode 103
Jimmy Buffi is the CEO and co-founder of Reboot Motion, which uses biomechanics to help athletes in Major League Baseball and the NBA. Jimmy's proble…
2 years, 2 months ago
Scanning Every Muscle to Help Olympians Get Stronger
Season 1 Episode 102
On the next few episodes of What's Your Problem, Jacob Goldstein is talking with people working at the frontiers of technology to help elite athletes…
2 years, 2 months ago
Making Blood Vessels in a Factory
Season 1 Episode 101
Laura Niklason is the co-founder and CEO of Humacyte. Laura's problem is this: How can you use human cells to create blood vessels that surgeons can …
2 years, 3 months ago
Creating the Second Atomic Age
Season 1 Episode 100
As demand for clean energy grows, engineers around the U.S. are working on a new generation of nuclear reactors. These designs reflect how nuclear en…
2 years, 3 months ago