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While alt-meat and plant-based milks have seen an explosion in great products the past few years, plant-based cheese space hasn't seen the same level of new and exciting products. That might change soon as Ground Foods brings its cauliflower and hemp based cheese products to the masses. We talk with Veronica Fil, the CEO of Grounded Foods, on the story behind their product that has many in the plant-based food world excited about cheese.

As you can probably tell, I'm not great at saying goodbye. Instead, when it comes to podcasts, I often just move on. Which is dumb and kinda sad since I had such a good time creating the NextMarket podcast and interacting with many of the listeners. Because of that, I thought I'd say goodbye, tell you why I've moved on, and introduce you to the Smart Kitchen Show where we're talking about many of the same things (like the future of media), only through a food lens. So take a listen. And thanks for listening. I enjoyed many conversations with so many of you. And while you're at it, join me and subscribe to my new show as I build a new company focused on food, cooking and technology.

Ahti Heinla brought the world closer together when he helped build Skype as the founding engineer, but now he's moved onto another way to shrink space and time: sidewalk robots. Mike walks to Ahti about how he got the idea to start a sidewalk robot company and asks how exactly the system works, how truly autonomous they are and how many robots Ahti expects to have on sidewalks a year from now. Check out Starship at www.starship.xyz Find more NextMarket podcasts at www.technology.fm

The NextMarket Podcast is back after a long hiatus! The guest for this episode is Mark Cuban, who joins Mike to discuss: -The state of the 2016 Presidential campaign -Why he decided to discuss Donald Trump's wealth -The efforts by political insiders to recruit Cuban to make a third party run -Whether he would consider running for president in the future -Hillary's weaknesses as a candidate -His work with others to create a possible new political party -His investment history and record on Shark Tank -Why he does Shark Tank -Whether he regrets missing the success stories he doesn't invest in -The success of the Amazon Echo and invisible interfaces -The rise of artificial intelligence and the long-term impact on labor markets -More! This is a great conversation so check it out and subscribe to the podcast. You can find more podcasts at http://www.technology.fm/nextmarketpodcast/ Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf

Hey Everyone! I am pretty excited to announce a new podcast called Smart Kitchen Show. I know, I need to work on more original names, but I'm pretty proud of this new show. It's got great stories from makers in the foodtech and smart kitchen space and also will be the story of us putting together a little thing called the Smart Kitchen Summit. It's like the Startup podcast, but for smart home and food tech. If you like the deep dives we did for NextMarket, you'll like this show. Please check it out and subscribe to it on iTunes itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart…how/id1037600142 or using RSS feeds.feedburner.com/SmartKitchenShow Thanks! Mike

There may not be a more fascinating person in the world of tech than John McAfee. As the inventor of the first antivirus software, McAfee's had a fascinating career that's been periodically interspersed in recent years with international intrigue (he left Belize after what he describes as a "war with the Belize government") and has had multiple threats on his life in the last few years. We talk about these incidents, but also about McAfee's beginnings in programming dating back to the late 60s, his time in Silicon Valley in the 70s and 80s, and those early days when his antivirus software went viral. We also talk about the future and what McAfee sees as mankinds biggest threat in AI. Find out more about McAfee at www.whoismcafee.com Listen to more NextMarket podcasts at http://www.technology.fm/nextmarketpodcast/

It's episode #100! This is a two-parter looking at the world of hardware crowdfunding. The first part is a conversation with Indiegogo cofounder Danae Ringelmann about the platform, the ways hardware crowdfunders succeed and the most memorable campaigns on Indiegogo. The second part is a conversation with Cameron Robertson, cofounder of Lockitron. Lockitron successfully raised millions in 2012 and ultimately faced significant challenges shipping its product. Cameron tells the story of the Lockitron and how ultimately overcame them. This episode if brought to you by Proflowers.com. Go to www.proflowers.com and click on the blue microphone in the upper right hand corner and type Podcast One. Subscribe to the NextMarket Podcast at http://www.technology.fm/nextmarketpodcast/

This is part 2 of the Kevin Kelly interview. Kevin Kelly, the first executive editor of Wired, talks about the magazine's early days, the future of publishing, his 1000 true fans rule and the huge work that is Cool Tools. Check out Kevin's site at www.kk.org Find more NextMarket podcasts at http://www.technology.fm/nextmarketpodcast/

This is part one of our conversation w/Kevin Kelly, the founding executive editor of Wired, the guy behind Cool Tools, The "1000 True Fans" theory and much more. In this conversation, we talk mainly about how the future will change due to technology, whether things like AI (Artificial Intelligence) will be dangerous and much more. You can find out more about Kevin Kelly at www.kk.org You can find the NextMarket Podcast at http://www.technology.fm/nextmarketpodcast/ Our sponsor is ProtectYourBubble. Get a free quote at www.protectyourbubble.com/nextmarket

We're Back! Today's guest is Paul Ford, the self proclaimed "Benjamin Button of Success". Paul is the guy behind Ftrain, a blog that started before there were blogs in 1997, as well as the throwback site for tech sentimentalists and retro-tech nerds, Tilde.Club. You can find FTrain at www.ftrain.com and Tilde Club at www.tilde.club This week's sponsor is ProtectYourBubble.com - visit www.ProtectYourBubble.com/nextmarket to get a quote today! You can find more NextMarket podcasts at: www.technology.fm/nextmarket

Guest: Creator of Ello, Paul Budnitz Two weeks ago, the creator of Ello got off a plane to find he had 200 press interview requests in his email inbox. What happened? He and his new social network were in the first few hours of a viral explosion, one of those rare moments you hear about when something, for some reason, just becomes a must have thing for hundreds of thousand and eventually millions of people. Since those crazy first few hours, Paul, a long time designer and creator, has remained remarkably calm as he's worked with the Ello team to scale up and meet demand. Mike talks to him about those first few hours, the reason for the viral growth, and how Paul has been able to remain calm as his social network has exploded in popularity these last few weeks. You can visit Ello at www.ello.co You can find the NextMarket podcast at http://www.technology.fm/nextmarketpodcast/

I catch up with Dan Lyons, the creator of maybe the first big technology satire blog with Fake Steve Jobs and writer for HBO's Silicon Valley season 2. Dan talks about being in the writing room with Mike Judge, what his role in the writer's room was and how they approached picking up where they left off after season 1. We also talk about Dan leaving tech media and going into the world of marketing, whether he would even start a satire blog today in today's social media world and much more. You can find out more about Dan at http://www.realdanlyons.com/ If you are a fan of the show, do us a big favor and give us a review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket-podcast/id579455690?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Guest: Jason Hirschhorn Nearly two decades into when many started using email, most of us still have our favorite newsletter and valuable info we get via the inbox. Jason Hirschhorn, who put MTV into the Internet age and later helped run Sling Media and MySpace, took a hobby and turned into a business around his great curated newsletter of interesting articles, video and stuff he puts together every day. Mike caught up with Jason to talk about REDEF and how he got from his early days at MTV to where he is today. You can find REDEF at www.redef.com You can find and subscribe to the NextMarket podcast at: http://www.technology.fm/nextmarketpodcast/

Guest: Richard Nash This week Mike visits with Richard Nash to hear about some of the difficulties Byliner, one of the most high profile publishing startups of recent years, faced as the company sees most of its senior management leave in the last few weeks. We also talk about the broader book publishing business and Richard makes a prediction about Amazon's future. Mike also catches you up on what he's been up to (and why it's been a month since he's had a podcast) and tells you about a new podcast he and a few friends are trying out looking at the lighter side of the tech & startup world (which you can find here: http://www.technology.fm/disrupt-this/2014/6/26/episode-1-the-alpha-episode You can find out more about Richard at http://rnash.com/

Guest: Paul Vogelzang You may not know this, but back in the early 2000s the Treasury Department started a podcast. The person behind that effort was Paul Vogelzang. But this conversation isn't about that podcast, but instead about the hugely successful Mommycast Paul helped create with his with wife Gretchen and her friend Paige Heninger. We talk about those early days and working with Adam Curry, the rise of the show and its success with advertisers like Proctor and Gamble, all the way to the end of the show and where Paul, Gretchen and Paige are up to now. If you're interested in how the podcast market has evolved and some of the history, this is a must listen. You can listen to this and more NextMarket podcasts at: http://www.technology.fm/nextmarketpodcast/