Build The Future
Build The Future shares the compelling visions of the future and the stories of those building it. We explore frontier technologies, innovative research, and ambitious projects from around the world that will shape our future. Our guests are entrepreneurs, thought leaders, researchers, and anyone else actively working to build the world we want to live in.
Episodes
77 episodes
Growing Salmon from Cells — Aryé Elfenbein (Co-founder of Wildtype)
Aryé Elfenbein is the co-founder of Wildtype -- a San Francisco startup growing real salmon directly from cells. They're pioneers of cellular agriculture and have become the first company in the world to bring cultivated seafood to market.<...
Getting Food Robots Out of the Lab — Rajat Bhageria
Rajat Bhageria is an entrepreneur, investor, and the CEO of Chef Robotics. What does it actually take to build and deploy generally intelligent robots? Rajat's company is actively scaling robotics in the food industry and is here to...
Don Davis: Space Art & Humanity’s Future
In this conversation, we talk with Don Davis, an artist and illustrator who has spent his career helping us imagine the wonders of space. His work with NASA, Carl Sagan, and the U. S. Geological Survey's branch of Astrogeologic Studies has...
Isaiah Taylor of Valar Atomics — Nuclear Fission and Energy Abundance
In this conversation, we talk with Isaiah Taylor the founder of Valar Atomics — a new energy startup using nuclear fission to create oil & gas from thin air. At Valar, their goal is to bring the cost of energy down 10-100x and unlock a new ...
Rick Guidice — Art, Science, and Space Settlements
In this conversation, we talk with Rick Guidice, an artist and illustrator renowned for his visionary depictions of space habitats and futuristic concepts, which have significantly contributed to NASA's Ames Research Center's visual e...
Jim Pethokoukis — Building an Up-Wing Culture
In this conversation, we talk with Jim Pethokoukis, the author of "The Conservative Futurist" and the newsletter "Faster, Please!" where he writes about innovation, economics, and the potential of future technologies.
Isaac Arthur - From Physics to YouTube
Isaac Arthur is a physicist turned YouTuber and science educator. Join us as we discuss the roots of progress and its potential into post-scarcity futures, the challenges of building in practice, Isaac's favorite science fiction med...
Don Clark: Art & Optimism
In this conversation, we talk with Don Clark, the incredible artist behind Invisible Creature. Mentioned in this conversation David Klein ArtStan GalliSyd MeadPhantom City Creative
Eliot Peper: Science Fiction & Culture
In this conversation, we talk with Eliot Peper the novelist behind great science fiction books like Reap3r, Veil, Cumulus, and Bandwidth. Mentioned in this conversation Our World in DataNadia Asparouhova's tweet...
Jason Green: Vertical Farming & Food
In this conversation, we talk with Jason Green, the CEO and Cofounder of Upward Farms. At Upward Farms they're helping shape the future of food by growing organic, leafy greens and fish in a complete vertical farming ecosystem. In this con...
Ian Rountree: Venture & the Near Frontier
In this conversation, we talk with Ian Rountree the founder and partner of Cantos.vc, a venture fund investing in near frontier technologies that will change the world. In this conversation Ian and I cover the changing landscape of venture, fin...
Sam Bhagwat: Gatsby.js & Open Source
In this conversation, we talk with Sam Bhagwat, the Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer at Gatsby. Gatsby's an open source web framework that enables developers to create websites optimized for the modern web. In doing so, they're en...
Alex Trembath: Policy, Food, & Energy
In this conversation, we talk with Alex Trembath, the deputy director of Breakthrough, a global research center focused on promoting technological solutions, environmental and human development challenges. Specifically, we touch on two facets o...
Thomas Eiden — Atomic Alchemy and Radioisotope Production
In this conversation, we talk with Thomas Eiden, the founder of Atomic Alchemy who studied and researched nuclear engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Thomas is the expert of all things nuclear, so he gave us an awesome primer on...
Adrian Fenty — Building Better Cities Through Policy and Technology
In this conversation, we talk with Adrian Fenty, the founding managing partner at MaC Venture Capital and the former mayor of Washington DC. We cover everything from investing in the future, changing the landscape of education, the importance o...
Courtney Boyd Myers: Akua & Kelp
In this conversation, we talk with Courtney Boyd Myers, the founder of Akua. At Akua they're building a household brand for sustainable sea greens based foods including their delicious kelp jerky and kelp burger. I loved talking about the ...
Justin Kolbeck: Wildtype & Cultured Salmon
In this conversation, we talk with Justin Kolbeck, the CEO of Wildtype. At Wildtype they're advancing the future of food with cellular agriculture, starting with Sushi Grade Salmon. Chapters 00:00 Introducing...
Gary Sheng: Civics Unplugged & Politics
In this conversation, we talk with Gary Sheng, the co-founder of Civics Unplugged. Gary and I connected over our shared belief that this decade, the 2020s, is a make or break for humanity and that we have a lot of exciting work to do. On his en...
Aaron Slodov — Atomic Industries and the Future of Manufacturing
In this conversation, we talk with Aaron Slodov. Aaron's the founder of the stealth startup Atomic Industries where they're building the future of manufacturing with the goal of building a more efficient and less wasteful world. <...
Laura Crabtree: Epsilon3 & Space Exploration
In this conversation, we talk with Laura Crabtree the founder of Epsilon3 and a former SpaceX engineer. At Epsilon3 they're building a software stack to help teams working on space exploration and complex engineering projects operate more ...
Pat Riley: Bitcoin & Freedom
In this conversation, we talk with Pat Riley, a creative director at Bitcoin Magazine. At Bitcoin Magazine, they’re promoting the future of digital currency through media and the organization of the annual Bitcoin conference. Cha...
Rohit Krishnan: Investing in the Future
In this conversation, we talk with Rohit Krishnan, a VC and the writer of Strange Loop. Strange Loop is a weekly newsletter about the systems underlying progress, innovation, and the world of technology — and in the process, he's trying to...
Robin Dechant: Aveo & Manufacturing
In this conversation, we talk with Robin Dechant, the founder of Aveo and the writer behind The Future of Manufacturing Newsletter. In his work, Robin's helping shape the future of manufacturing and, in the process, helping people develop ...
Chris Power of Hadrian - The Future of Manufacturing, Space, and America
In this conversation, we talk with Chris Power the founder and CEO of Hadrian. In the episode, Chris describes Hadrian’s autonomous component factories and their goal of helping customers make rockets, satellites, jets and electric vertical tak...
