Flux
Summary: Flux is a podcast about the pioneers building companies at the frontier of technology. This series of interviews goes beyond the soundbites, allowing some of the most interesting players in technology to share their insider expertise and explain the challenges they face in building the future. Hosted by Alice Lloyd George.
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Podcasts:
30: Noor Siddiqui —Predicting Your Future Child’s Health Just Got Easier
29: Kevin Caldwell — A Bio Bank for the Future
28: Adam Arrigo—The Show Must Go Beyond
27: Alex Bisignano — Decoding Pandemic Genetics
26: Andy Coravos — A Brave New World of Digital Medicine
25: LaTurbo Avedon — the Avatar That Grew up in Cyberspace
24: Matt Cauble—Soylent’s Co-Founder Goes After Alcohol
23: Eric Marcotulli—Bottling the Fountain of Youth
22: Isaac Cohen —An XR Trailblazer on how to Build Humane Technology
21: Alban Denoyel—One Billion 3D Views and Counting
20: Thomas Reardon—Building an API for the Brain
19: Assaf Glazer—Solving the Mystery of Sleep
Austin Woolridge is the co-founder and CEO of Players Lounge, a site that allows casual gamers to compete against each other and win money in games like FIFA, Fortnight, Madden, NBA 2K, MLB, NHL, and Call of Duty. We get into how Y Combinator had such an impact on the team, why New York had the special ingredients necessary to start his company, how the site handles user liquidity and adding new titles, and how they have navigated the regulatory climate.
Dean Kamen is an engineer, businessman and inventor who holds over 400 patents. He is the man behind the Segway as well as the first wearable infusion pump. Through his R&D company DEKA he has continued to deliver one innovation after the other, from the Slingshot water purifier to the Stirling generator. In this episode we get into Dean's thoughts on inventing, why he thinks we have a cultural crisis in education, and DEKA's recent dive into biology and the world of regenerative medicine.
Keller Rinaudo is the CEO of Zipline, a company building instant delivery that currently supplies 20% of Rwanda's national blood supply via drone. We get into the future of autonomous infrastructure, the importance of government risk-taking when it comes to innovation, and what he thinks it will take for the U.S. to regain its entrepreneurial spirit. Keller also shares his thoughts on designing a full-stack hardware product and service and how his parents impacted his ability to be an entrepreneur.
