Podcast Episodes

🚀 Faster, Please! — The Podcast #5

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Almost 50 years ago, in December 1972, the Apollo 17 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Apollo program. In the half-century since, no crewed mission — not Americans…

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Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

🚀 Faster, Please! — The Podcast #3

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What if the Roman Empire had experienced an Industrial Revolution? That's the compelling hook of Helen Dale's two-part novel, Kingdom of the Wicked: Rules and Order. Drawing on economics and legal hi…

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Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

🚀 Faster, Please! — The Podcast #2

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What is progress and how do we get more of it? It's a core question here at Faster, Please! and something Jason Crawford thinks a lot about. Jason is the founder of The Roots of Progress, a nonprofit…

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Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

🚀 Faster, Please! — The Podcast #1

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Ali Hajimiri is the Bren Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology. He is also co-director of the Space Solar Power Project, which is devel…

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Published on 3 years, 3 months ago