Podcast Episodes

Putting a Car on the Moon

Season 1 Episode 2

On this bonus episode of What’s Your Problem? Jacob Goldstein talks with Eddie Alterman, former editor of Car and Driver and host of the new podcast Car Show!

In this episode, Eddie investigates the …

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Sam Bankman-Fried Wants to Save the World

Season 1 Episode 12

Sam Bankman-Fried is the founder and CEO of the crypto exchange FTX. His problem: How to spend billions of dollars to save humanity.

Sam is one of the most interesting people in crypto -- in large pa…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

The Quest for the Perfect Avocado

Season 1 Episode 11

Katherine Sizov is the founder and CEO of Strella Biotech.

Her problem: Tons of food is wasted before it ever gets to the consumer.

Katherine started working on this problem in 2018, when she was a j…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Making Electronics Better

Season 1 Episode 10

Anna Katrina Shedletsky is co-founder and CEO of Instrumental. Her problem: How do you make electronics manufacturing more efficient and less wasteful? 

Anna started her career as a design engineer a…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

From Slate Money: 37.8% Scammier

Season 1 Episode 1

Today we're sharing a preview from another podcast we love, Slate Money. Every week, Felix Salmon of Axios is joined by Emily Peck, also of Axios, and Slate Pay Dirt columnist Elizabeth Spiers to cha…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Turning Cells into Tiny Factories

Season 1 Episode 9

Reshma Shetty is co-founder and chief operations officer of Ginkgo Bioworks. Her problem: How do you turn cutting-edge science into a sustainable business?

Ginkgo is a synthetic biology company. The …

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Seeing Data From Space

Season 1 Episode 8

Will Marshall is the co-founder and CEO of Planet, a private company with a fleet of tiny satellites that takes photos of the entire Earth every day. Will’s problem: How do you turn all those images …

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Growing a Weed Business

Season 1 Episode 7

Joy and Raft Hollingsworth run The Hollingsworth Cannabis Company. Their problem: How do you help more Black people get into the legal weed industry?

They faced this problem from the very beginning as…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Building a Company that Builds Companies

Season 1 Episode 6

Noubar Afeyan is the co-founder of Moderna and the founder of Flagship Pioneering. His problem: How do you turn the chaotic hero's journey of entrepreneurship into a repeatable, systematic process?

N…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Delivering Everything Right Now

Season 1 Episode 5

Rafael Ilishayev is the co-founder of the instant delivery company Gopuff. His problem: How do you deliver everything from bananas to hot coffee in around 30 minutes -- and still make a profit?

On tod…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago