173. Eco-Friendly B Corps, Dropping Disposables and Building a More Equitable World for All | Carinne Chambers-Saini

Carinne Chambers-Saini (@carinnechambers) is the founder and CEO of DivaCup, an eco-tech startup focused on making feminine health more sustainable. She's been awarded the EY Entrepreneur of The Year for Sustainable Products and Services, been recognized as one of Canada’s 40 under 40, and her company, Diva has ranked 138 on the 2018 GROWTH 500 list and 103 on the 2017 PROFIT 500 list, along with being recognized as one of Waterloo’s Top Employers for 2019. Subscribe on Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Android | Overcast | Spotify | Youtube You can listen right here on iTunes Intoday'sepisodewediscuss: * How to design more eco-friendly products and businesses * Why packaged goods and disposables are ruining our world * Advantages of self-funding startups * Why funding's harder for female founders * Ways Carinne would improve the education system * The benefits of building a certified B Corp * Why businesses need to be the ones to drive a better world * How to build better triple-bottom-line businesses (here's a free guide for founders) * The reason Carinne's more-than-worried about screen time for her kids * Why social media is such a powerful force for good, and bad * How DivaCup is addressing inequality in a big way * What does the future of jobs look like * Why focus trumps everything for founders and success Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support TheDisruptors The Disruptors is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on Patreon,via Paypal or with DonorBox powered by Stripe. Donate

172. Energy, the Environment and Journalistic Integrity in a Post-Truth Influencer World | Amy Harder

Amy Harder(@AmyAHarder)is one of the top national energy and climate change reporters in the country, distilling complex energy and climate issues to people outside the industry at Axios. Amy has appeared on PBS' NewsHour, CSPAN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, and NPR, among many other media outlets, and regularly speaks at events and panel on climate change. Subscribe on Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Android | Overcast | Spotify | Youtube You can listen right here on iTunes Intoday'sepisodewediscuss: * The importance of journalistic neutrality * What the state of climate change today * How Trump's transformed eco policy * What carbon capture could do to save our future * Why governmental climate policies are unlikely * Which areas of cleantech are most promising for future growth * Why we need more stories on hopeful climate change * The big difference between European and US startups * What a more effective Paris Accord could look like * How to build better triple-bottom-line businesses...

171. Venture Bubbles, the Trade War and Tech Investing in the 2020s | Chip Meakem

Chip Meakem(@cmeakem) is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Tribeca Venture Partners. Prior to co-founding Tribeca, Chip worked at both Kodiak Venture Partners and DFJ Gotham. Previous notable acquired investments include Appnexus, Ingenio and Q-Link. Subscribe on Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Android | Overcast | Spotify | Youtube You can listen right here on iTunes Intoday'sepisodewediscuss: * How quantum computing will change the world forever * What areas Chip sees as the biggest opportunities to invest in * Why companies like Uber and DoorDash are such powerful democratizing forces * What is the future of the ad economy * Are you in a VC bubble, and what happens next * Thoughts on triple bottom businesses and social entrepreneurship * Why education inequality is the scariest thing about the US * Which tech companies Chip would bet big on * Thoughts on the trade war and its impact on startups and tech * The unintended consequences of government regulation * How technology c...

170. Derek Sivers on Minimalism, Mastery and Avoiding New Technology

Derek Sivers(@sivers) is a serial entrepreneur, blogger, author and musician who revolutionized the music industry pre-Spotify with CDbaby, the largest online distributor of independent music which he founded accidentally sold in 2008 for $22 million. Before that, he donated the company to a charity to fund public music education. Derek also created a viral TED talk called “How to Start a Movement,” blogs on entrepreneurship, life and stoicism at Sivers.org and is the author of Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur. Subscribe on Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Android | Overcast | Spotify | Youtube You can listen right here on iTunes Intoday'sepisodewediscuss: * Why human beings are a competitive advantage over robotics, software and AI * F*&k yes, or No!... and how to apply it to your life * Why less is more when it comes to life * How bootstrapping a business helped Derek Sivers' CD Baby succeed * Derek's best advice for all aspects of life * Why reading ...

169. Programming Life, Preventing Bioterrorism and Viruses that Kill Cancer | Andrew Hessel

Andrew Hessel(@andrewhessel)is the CEO of Humane Genomics Inc., a seed-stage company developing virus-based therapies for cancer, starting with dogs and alsoco-founded the Genome Project-write, an international scientific effort working to engineer large genomes, including the human genome. Andy has been Singularity University faculty since 2009 and from 2012-2017 was the Distinguished Researcher at Autodesk Life Sciences. Andy's goal is to help people better understand and use living systems to meet the needs of society and he has written articles on genetic technology for The Atlantic, Wired UK, and Huffington Post and given over 100 invited talks on next-generation biotechnology. Subscribe on Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Android | Overcast | Spotify | Youtube You can listen right here on iTunes In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including: * How we can use viruses to kill cancer * The reason synthetic biology is THE technology of this century * Why CRISPR babies we an inevitability and why we didn't discuss them beforehand * How we can prevent biotech from becoming problematic * Why Andrew isn't all that worried about bioterrorism * The reason students should study biological systems * How healthcare and pharma transform as we edit the code of life * The important differences between our ability to read and write genomes * What gene drives mean for the future of our species * Why viruses are the low hanging fruit of fighting disease * What biotech can mean for the sustainability of our planet * Why Andrew is fundamentally optimist about our future -- Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support FringeFM FringeFM is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on Patreon,via Paypal or with DonorBox powered by Stripe. Donate

168. David Heinemeier Hansson Uncensored on Healthcare, Privacy, Education and Inequality

David Heinemeier Hansson (@dhh) is the creator of Ruby on Rails, co-founder and CTO at Basecamp (formerly 37Signals), and the best-selling co-author of Rework and Remote: Office Not Required. He's blogged the past two decades at Signal v Noise, been featured on the Tim Ferriss Show, and if that wasn't enough, DHH is aLe Mans & WEC class-winning racing driver. Subscribe on Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Android | Overcast | Spotify | Youtube You can listen right here on iTunes Intoday'sepisodewediscuss: * Why capitalism can't solve society's biggest problems * What gives David hope (and fear) about the future of privacy and big tech * The epic issues with education in America * How being a well-rounded person makes entrepreneurs and employees better * Why the US healthcare system is so eff'ed up * What's the future of media and advertising * Ways to redesign education for the 21st century * Where the US went wrong from a socialist perspective * David's thoughts on Trump and transfo...

167. Exploding Space Debris, Asteroid Mining and Geoengineering Us into Oblivion | Moriba Jah

Moriba Jah(@moribajah) is a space scientist, aerospace engineer and Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He previously worked as a spacecraft navigator at the NASA JPL, where he was a navigator for the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, Mars Exploration Rover, and his last mission was the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Moriba is a Fellow of multiple organizations: TED, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Astronautical Society, International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS), Royal Astronomical Society, and the Air Force Research Lab. He has served on the US delegation to the UN Committee On Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS), is an elected Academician of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and has testified to congress on his work as related to Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management. Here's a fun list of satellites we're tracking. Subscribe on Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Android | Overcast | Spotify | Youtube You can listen right here on iTunes Intoday'sepisodewediscuss: * The problem of space junk and how to police it * What EVERYONE needs to know about the risks of geoengineering * How space mining could ruin Earth's industries * Why a Kessler event isn't likely or inevitable in Moriba's opinion * What to do about flat earthers and the anti-science movement * New models for a more interconnected education system * The value of being a generalist and an outsider * What's the future of space travel and why it's so important * Why astronauts shouldn't be idolized * How space affects climate change and vice versa * The biggest problem nobody knows about * Why history is biased and detrimental to teach * What does interspace commerce look like going forward * How aboriginal communities should inform our collective future * What does the future hold for space piracy * Why the space goldrush will be a collective commons nightmare Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support TheDisruptors The Disruptors is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on Patreon,via Paypal or with DonorBox powered by Stripe. Donate

166. Solving the Climate Crisis by Fixing the Politics of Kyoto Protocol and Paris Accords | Gerald Kutney

Gerald Kutney (@geraldkutney) is a climate scientist, professor, journalist/speaker, author and founder/consultant of 6esm, a C-level consulting firm focused on the bio-economy, renewable energy and the politics of the Kyoto Protocol and others like it. Gerald's a frequent contributor to the HuffingtonPost, Canada's National Observer and is the author of the peer-reviewed: Carbon Politics and the Failure of the Kyoto Protocol - in search for an answer to the failure of the international community to act on climate change. Subscribe on Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Android | Overcast | Spotify | Youtube You can listen right here on iTunes Intoday'sepisodewediscuss: * The main reasons the Kyoto Protocol failed * What caused the climate denier movement and how to stop it * How a carbon tax credit system is working well in Canada * What propaganda is doing to political discourse * How everyone can do their part to fighting climate change * Did social media break democracy * Unique ideas to change public perception of climate science * How bad is the state of fake news and propaganda * Why we still haven't solved the collective action problem * The importance of arguing against false beliefs * Gerald's thoughts on authoritarianism and inaction * How tax breaks could incentivize innovation and investment in green tech * The scary truth about geoengineering * Why corporate campaign contributions are one of the biggest issues in America Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support TheDisruptors The Disruptors is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on Patreon,via Paypal or with DonorBox powered by Stripe. Donate

165. Creating Healthy Consumer Brands to Feed Humanity and Solve Climate Change | Filipp Chebotarev and Polina Chebotareva

Polina Chebotarevais a co-founder of Cambridge Companies SPG, a social mission-oriented VC firm on fixing nutrition, farming, and health worldwide. Prior to Cambridge, Polina was an Executive VP and Partner at a real estate investment firm with $350M Equity AUM. She is a Board Member for The Laguna Art Museum, helps raise awareness and funding for environmental issues and has devoted her time and resources to The Village of Hope Rescue Mission which helps struggling parents restore stability in their lives and the lives of their children. Filipp Chebotarev is COO and Managing Partner of Cambridge Companies SPG. After working with California Congressman Ed Royce to manage the relationship between business, government, community, and other constituencies, Filipp went on to corporate, later finding impact investing. Filipp is a major donor to Harvesters – Food Bank in Orange County, the JNF, and Actively Involved with Shoes That Fit, a 501C3 empowering children in low-income areas. Th...

164. Mars, Michael Jackson, Impeaching Trump and the Grand Unified Theory of Everything | Howard Bloom

Howard Bloom(@howardXbloom) is a bestselling polymath, author, ex-music publicist for Styx, Prince and Billy Joel and the Founder of the Space Development Steering Committee, a group focused on space new deal of colonizing the Moon and space-based solar power, among many other things. Howard is the author of seven books, incl: The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History, Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century, The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism, The God Problem: How A Godless Cosmos Creates, The Muhammad Code: How a Desert Prophet Gave You ISIS, al Qaeda, and Boko Haram--or How Muhammad Invented Jihad and others... He has been called "next in a lineage of seminal thinkers that includes Newton, Darwin, Einstein,[and] Freud," by Britain's Channel4 TV and "the next Stephen Hawking" by Gear Magazine, appeared on over 510 radio stations, and was formerly on faculty of NYU. Howard is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, the National Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Society, the Academy of Political Science, and the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. Subscribe on Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Android | Overcast | Spotify | Youtube You can listen right here on iTunes Intoday'sepisodewediscuss: * Howard's unified theory of everything to understand mass movements and the cosmos * What Howard learned working with Michael Jackson, Prince, Styx, Billy Joel and dozens of more elite musicians * What spending 15 bed-ridden years taught Howard about life * Why space holds the key to humanity's future * What we can do to fix music, news, and entertainment * Is democracy broken beyond repair * The value of being a generalist and an outsider * How LSD, psychedelics and the 60's (which Howard helped kick-off) influenced his views of everything * Why loneliness and isolation is the biggest threat to humanity * The biggest problem threatening America today * How loneliness leads to insanity and depression * Thoughts on consciousness, the cosmos and why the Simulation Theory is wrong * Is it possible to overcome evolved instincts * What's the future of education and where did it go wrong * Will the future be one of cyberspace and VR * Why Howard is so anti-Trump and why impeachment is critical, pre-election Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support TheDisruptors The Disruptors is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on Patreon,via Paypal or with DonorBox powered by Stripe.