Best Alex Twomey Podcasts (2024)

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FinTech in a field of daffodils 23:28

12h ago23:28

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As one of the first flowers that bloom in spring, daffodils symbolize new beginnings, resilience, and prosperity. But what do the flowers have in common with fintech and rugby? In this new episode of One Vision, Theo chats with Sarah Kocianki, CEO of Fintech Wales, on her top priorities in growing the world-class collaborative FinTech ecosystem in …

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We have the insight into what the industry is saying Bobby Smith, Head of Energy Storage Ireland (ESI) 30:57

3d ago30:57

30:57

Energy storage is one of the fastest growing segments within the power sector. This growth is mainly driven by battery storage, but other forms of energy storage such as green hydrogen are also becoming prominent, all of which will prove crucial to unlocking Ireland’s full renewable potential. By developing more energy storage capacity, Ireland can…

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From the archives - Ten Cent Beer Night 58:48

4d ago58:48

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Unfortunately Mick was unwell last week, so we bring you one of our most popular episodes. Wimbledon will be back next week. On 4 June 1974, the Cleveland Indians decided to host a ten-cent beer night to attract fans; beer at the stadium normally cost 65 cents, so ten cents was a real incentive. The Indians were in a 30-year slump at the time, as w…

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Rethinking Retail with Steve Dennis 53:52

4d ago53:52

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What’s next for retail shops and shopping malls? The previous decade was excruciating for national retail chains. Steve Dennis, the author of Remarkable Retail and Leaders Leap, explains how shopping will evolve in the aftermath of pandemic, e-commerce and the "collapse of the middle”. Why Amazon gets too much blame and the real reason why differen…

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From law school to boardroom: Millicent Tracey’s mission to change the status quo 45:14

8d ago45:14

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VC investment in startups is crucial for the industry. Yet, the funding into underrepresented founders is dismal and seems to be getting worse by the year. Could bringing more women into investment communities and helping them secure board roles be the answer we are looking for? In this episode of One Vision — FinTech Fuse! We chat with Millicent T…

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Alex Zhavoronkov and the future of health care 53:26

8d ago53:26

53:26

This week we get into AI in health care, generative and personalized medicine, the cure for cancer and why CoVID helped supercharge that and how AI is helping us live longer, healthier lives. Alex Zhavoronkov, the founder of AI-MedTech player Insilico joins us on TF to talk how health care is going to radically change over the next decade or two. A…

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Bias is something we should look out for Vicky Twomey-Lee, TechFoundHer Boot Camp Co-Founder 27:42

10d ago27:42

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Following a sellout inaugural event in 2023, TechFoundHer Boot Camp returns on April 16th in a new venue, Dublin City Hall, with a limited number of tickets now on sale. TechFoundHer is on a mission to empower women to start and lead tech companies. The one-day highly interactive event brings together women tech leaders, founders and supporters as …

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Wimbledon's Crazy Gang Part 2 44:38

11d ago44:38

44:38

In part two, Wimbledon’s Crazy Gang unlock their on field persona, tough, hard, and hated by opponents. As they push up the Football League divisions, a new young player joins the team, named Vinnie Jones, and the club begins their assault on the top division. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join to…

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Prepare for the unexpected 17:16

15d ago17:16

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Against the backdrop of economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions, how can we make the supply chain more resilient? In this episode of One Vision, Theo chats with Rene Ho — CFO at Taulia, and Thomas Mehlkopf — GM and Head of Working Capital Management CoE at SAP, on realizing the synergies from the power duo of SAP-Taulia, building the future …

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The hardest part is shopping around Fiachra Comhrai, Bill Winner CEO and Co-founder 32:43

17d ago32:43

32:43

According to The European Commission, for the first nine months of 2023, HICP inflation in Ireland remained high, reaching 5 percent in September. In addition, figures from Eurostat show Ireland's price level for consumer goods and services was a whopping 46% above the EU average in 2022 alone. With prices set to continue to rise across the country…

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Wimbledon's Crazy Gang Part 1 43:04

18d ago43:04

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In the mid-1970s, Wimbledon FC were an amateur football side that couldn't afford training cones, so they stole them from the nearby highway. But the club was going about to go on one of the greatest runs of any team in sport, rising from the bottom to the top, and they did it with a crazy owner, manager and a bunch of players who would become know…

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Credit unions and the heart and soul of Atlantic Canada 27:07

22d ago27:07

27:07

In many rural communities, credit unions are the financial institutions of choice. But these credit unions facilitate more than just money movement. As financial cooperatives, they are owned by their members and embedded within the communities that they serve. In this episode of One Vision — FinTech Fuse! We chat with Carrie Forbes, CEO of League D…

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Meeting the Minister for the future, Kim Stanley Robinson 32:04

22d ago32:04

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This week The Futurists hosts Brett, Rob and Katie host a guest that NY Times calls "one of the world's most acclaimed living science fiction writers" - Kim Stanley Robinson. We dive into the Mars Trilogy and interplanetary colonization and exploration, we tackle climate shift and the economics of the world of the future. We get some background on …

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Our infrastructure is used by other banks Roisin Levine, the Head of Partnerships, UK & Europe at Wise 37:43

24d ago37:43

37:43

Irish banks offer significantly poor digital services in comparison to our EU counterparts. Undertaking a significant digital transformation project, with potential costs exceeding millions of euro, becomes a discretionary decision for Irish banks due to the lack of competition for banks to revamp their digital services. These are the thoughts of R…

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The Angriest Man in Baseball 44:01

25d ago44:01

44:01

Albert Belle could hit a baseball. He could also hit a range of other objects when he got frustrated, from sinks to buffet tables. Joining the hapless Cleveland Indians, he was a big part of turning them around, but he also lost it at fans, teammates, and trick-or-treaters. Belle’s personality of being a jerk, even affected his chances of entering …

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Our world is diverse. So should our voices. 22:32

29d ago22:32

22:32

In this special episode of One Vision, we collaborate with Sonya Dreizler, Co-Founder of Choir, to introduce four special guests to our community: Valerie Escobar, Mohna Shah, Anthony Williams, and Yohance Harrison. Tune in to find out more about them, what drives them, and what they would put in a time capsule to be opened in 100 years. In this sp…

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Good basic it practices can help Gerard Grant, Director, Strategic Initiatives at TCS Ireland 27:29

1M ago27:29

27:29

TCS is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation that has been partnering with many of the world’s largest businesses in their transformation journeys for over 50 years. TCS has over 1200 employees in Ireland, in Athlone, Cork, Dublin, Galway and, Letterkenny. TCS Letterkenny's focus is on providing world class technology produ…

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The Great Babe Didrikson- Part 2 31:38

1M ago31:38

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In part two, Babe Didrikson turns to golf as her next sport to conquer, becoming one of the greatest of all time. She also meets her husband George Zaharias, a professional wrestler, known as the 'Crying Greek from Cripple Creek.' Together, they propel Babe to great heights, help form the LPGA, before Babe faces her toughest battle. If you’d like m…

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Create your own narrative and embrace the uncharted waters of finance 42:03

1M ago42:03

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What is the difference between open banking, open finance, and open data? And how can technology enable a true 360 degree view of a consumer, beyond just finance? In this episode of One Vision Podcast — FinTech Fuse! We chat with Michelle Beyo, founder of Finavator, about her career journey, what inspires her, and how she changes the ecosystem arou…

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eLearning is a really exciting place right now Nick Butler, Co-Founder & CEO LearnRight 44:29

1M ago44:29

44:29

Nick Butler is an industry expert in sales, business and e-commerce, as well as, the amazing technologies behind them. By making technology more useful, usable and desirable, Nick helps companies reinvent significant aspects of their business – from the tools they use to streamline operations, to the experience they provide to their customers, to t…

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EQUALITY VERSUS POLYCRISIS with Common Future 49:17

1M ago49:17

49:17

Is inequality the inevitable byproduct of accelerating change? Can we reverse the winner-take-all dynamic? Common Future is a “think and do tank" dedicated to closing the racial wealth gap by empowering individuals to take ownership of their futures. The three co-CEOs of Common Future tell the Futurists about their strategies and action labs to bui…

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The Great Babe Didrikson- Part 1 47:16

1M ago47:16

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Babe Didrikson might very well be the greatest athlete of the 20th century. As a teenager she led her team to the National Basketball Championship, before moving on to the Olympics and became a two-time gold medallist. Baseball was next, playing against the men in the Major Leagues, and that was just the half of it. To make money, she turned to the…

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Everything is embedded! 39:36

1M ago39:36

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In this episode of One Vision — FinTech Fuse! Theo and Barb chat with Simon Taylor, Head of Strategy & Content at Sardine, and the brain behind the Fintech Brainfood, on being infinitely curious. One of Simon’s passion topics and mission at Sardine is to eradicate scams from the Internet. According to Simon, not only is fraud a massively underrepre…

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Device as a service Paul Conaty, Client Solutions Director - Security & Compliance at CWSI 50:27

1M ago50:27

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Last year Ronan spoke to Paul Conaty, Principal Consultant at mobile and cloud security specialist CWSI about hybrid working which was one of the biggest predicted trends on the tech industry in 2023. Ronan caught up with Paul who is now Client Solutions Director - Security & Compliance at CWSI. Paul spoke about his background, the coffee shop secu…

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The Wild Johnstown Jets 49:16

2M ago49:16

49:16

In 1977, the movie Slap Shot starring Paul Newman was released about the crazy exploits of a fictional minor league ice hockey team. The plot was so unbelievable the movie flopped but later became a sports classic, partly because all the crazy stories in it were based on a real team, the Johnstown Jets. All the characters in the movie were based on…

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The year of personal finance resurgence 25:40

2M ago25:40

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Against the backdrop of elevated interest rates and lingering economic uncertainty brought about by layoffs and geopolitical conflicts, it is perhaps not surprising to see consumers seeking alternative ways to consume and pay. At the same time, they are also demanding more. In this episode of One Vision, Theo and Barb chat with Julie Muhn, Senior R…

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We can become the Saudi Arabia of offshore wind Ed Murphy, CEO Greentech HQ & Joe Gorman NDRC Programme Manager 30:17

2M ago30:17

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Ireland’s first sustainability hackathon is coming to Wexford’s GreenTechHQ, Ireland’s premier sustainability innovation hub. in partnership with NDRC and the 2050 Accelerator. Earlier this week Ronan spoke to Ed Murphy, CEO Greentech HQ & Joe Gorman NDRC Programme Manager about the hackathon. Ed and Joe talk about their backgrounds, the hackathon,…

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Test your security posture Keiron Holyome, VP UKI & Emerging Markets, BlackBerry Cybersecurity 36:34

2M ago36:34

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BlackBerry recently got together several of Ireland’s emergency services and public sector organisations to a private event in Dublin. They discussed the state of major emergency management in Ireland and across the EU, sharing lessons learned and best practice. Insights drawn from BlackBerry AtHoc’s work with aid and emergency services organisatio…

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Michael Jackson visits Exeter City 58:03

2M ago58:03

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In 2002, none other than Michael Jackson came to Exeter City's stadium to deliver a speech to the 7,000 fans in attendance. What followed was a rambling speech about curing AIDS, stopping poverty, and for good measure, ending racism. What made this even stranger was that Exeter City were at the bottom of Division Three at the time. Within weeks of …

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Cloud Capitalism with Yanis Varoufakis 56:35

2M ago56:35

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Cloud Capitalism with Yanis Varoufakis GUEST: Yanis Varoufakis DESCRIPTION: Capitalism is dead, according to Yanis Varoufakis, the author of Technofeudalism. This week on The Futurists you’ll learn about the dramatic reconfiguration of the global economy, whereby profit has been replaced by rents and a flood of central bank money, leading to bigger…

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Fighting the good fight: Getting to a just economy 40:23

2M ago40:23

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“If you get the chance to wake up tomorrow, what will you do with your day?” In this episode of One Vision — FinTech Fuse! Theo chats with Natasha Harper-Madison, a city council member for Austin, an entrepreneur, and a champion for the local community and racial equity, on civic engagement and cultivating economic opportunity and mobility. It is o…

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Taylor Swift & the NFL 58:08

2M ago58:08

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With Taylor Swift in Australia, we look at her impact on the NFL and examine other sport/entertainment relationships, like Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, Posh and Becks, and Denis Rodman and Madonna. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access …

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The place is going to be jammed with VC’s from all around the world Brian Ó hOisín, Dublin Tech Summit 26:04

2M ago26:04

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The Startup World Cup, the world’s largest startup pitch competition, will make its debut in Ireland, with the semi-final taking place at Dublin Tech Summit 2024. Powered by Pegasus Tech Ventures, the tournament consists of over 50 regional startup competitions across over 20 countries, providing an unmatched opportunity to access Ireland’s startup…

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The Fine Cotton Affair - Part 2 1:03:41

2M ago1:03:41

1:03:41

After a few legal checks, we can now bring you part two of Fine Cotton, and we didn't even have to change it! When we left you, the horse was bright red, the race was imminent and it all looked like this slow-moving disaster was going ahead. Find out what happens next in this extraordinary tale. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of…

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Biohacking Longevity with Swedish Biohacker and Futurist, Hannes Sjoblad 49:17

2M ago49:17

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Biohacking Longevity In this weeks TF, Brett King interviews Swedish Biohacker and Futurist, Hannes Sjoblad. The two futurists get into the evolution of biohacking and longevity treatments, the merging of man and machine through implants, neural/brain control interfaces and advanced robotic prosthetics. This is advanced application of technology fo…

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Aligning with the why — and making the world a better place 33:49

2M ago33:49

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How can we best invest in the ecosystem to help empower those who have been left behind by our mainstream financial services ecosystem, and enable them to build long term equity? In this episode of One Vision — FinTech Fuse! Theo and Stephanie chat with Kristen Castell, Managing Director of Fintech CAFE (Center for Accelerating Financial Equity), a…

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How the Russian Ukrainian conflict sparked innovation in Ukraine's tech sector, Oleg Panchenko 25:33

2M ago25:33

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As we near two years since the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the resilience and adaptability of the nation's tech entrepreneurs have become more relevant than ever. This period has not only tested but also showcased the strength and potential of Ukraine's technological and capital infrastructure. One person who knows this all too well is Oleg Panche…

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The Fabulous Frank Worthington 44:21

2M ago44:21

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Unfortunately, we can't bring you Fine Cotton Part Two today, we explain why in this pod, but it will be arriving soon. Instead, we present Frank Worthington, one of the wild men of English Football in the 1970s. A friend of George Best, he once famously failed a medical at Liverpool because he went on a bender the week before. What follows is a wi…

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CENTR and their vision for the future of the internet, David Curtin CEO of .ie and Polina Malaja, Policy Director at CENTR 43:29

2M ago43:29

43:29

CENTR recently announced its vision for the future of the internet in the form of a set of guiding principles for the next EU legislative mandate across Interoperability, Competition, Access & Cybersecurity, Fundamental rights, Online content, and Governance. To learn more about this Ronan recently spoke to David Curtin CEO of .ie and Polina Malaja…

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The Fine Cotton Affair - Part 1 53:25

2M ago53:25

53:25

We are back, and with the most requested topic we've ever had. In Australia, the two most famous racehorses are Fine Cotton and Phar Lap but for opposite reasons. When a handful of colourful racing types attempted to swap the poor horse Fine Cotton, for the much faster Dashing Solitaire, it all seemed so easy. What followed was an inept, sometimes …

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Demystifying the future of finance 35:16

3M ago35:16

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Beyond the sensational conversations, what is the real story behind decentralized finance? If programmable money is indeed our future, what questions should we be asking now and what should we be concerned with? In this episode of One Vision — FinTech Fuse! Theo chat with Ian Horne, author of “Why DeFi Matters” and head of content at Money20/20 Eur…

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Impact as a differentiator in the financial services industry 16:34

3M ago16:34

16:34

How do you build a customer-centric financial institution? Being hyper-focused on your customers’ needs definitely tops the list. Especially in an environment where financial uncertainty is keeping many consumers up at night, banks are in the best position to act as an empathetic and trusted partner for those in need. In this episode of One Vision …

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Why IT graduates should consider Java-based programming Simon Ritter, deputy CTO, Azul 32:44

3M ago32:44

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Everywhere you look these days, all of the discussion is about machine learning and artificial intelligence. If you’re graduating with a computer science degree, the assumption is that you only want to work with “cool” developer tools and languages like Python. Well, there is another alternative that is nearly 30 years old and still going strong. I…

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Texas Football with The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis 51:00

3M ago51:00

51:00

Titus sits down with The Ringer’s Editor-at-Large Bryan Curtis to discuss the wonderful world of Texas football. They look at high school football, the rituals and rivalries of college football and the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans. Bryan discusses his beloved Texas Longhorns and how millions of dollars are poured into high school teams. …

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What are the the implications of Bitcoin Spot ETFs 45:47

3M ago45:47

45:47

An exciting fireside chat with serial crypto entrepreneur Anton Golub, discussing the implications of the recent approval of Bitcoin Spot ETFs. We touch upon topics like the institutionalizing of Bitcoin, the role of Coinbase as the primary custodian, decentralization, liquidity concerns, and potential impact on the cryptomarket's infrastructure gr…

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Future Imperfect, insights with Thomas Frey 51:59

3M ago51:59

51:59

Thomas Frey is who you will undoubtedly find when you do a Google search on “futurist speaker”. Having shared the stage with many A-listers, Frey has earned that moniker. But his true skill demonstrated repeatedly in this week’s episode is taking an event or innovation and the extrapolating the future. In this episode we see him do that in real tim…

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Making the leap: What drives us? 29:28

3M ago29:28

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As we reflect on our work and personal lives, what are we most proud of? What are the memories that we treasure the most? And would we do differently, if given the chance? Whether as VCs, innovators, or entrepreneurs, are we clear about our end goals and what drives us? And ultimately, what does success mean to us — as individuals? In this episode …

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The 2050 Accelerator Programme, Ashley Shak, Head of Sustainability and Programmes at Dogpatch Labs 27:44

3M ago27:44

27:44

Sustainability has become very important as we combat the climate crisis, so how do we help start-ups that want to solve various sustainability challenges? Well, Dogpatch Labs has set up The 2050 Accelerator Programme, Ireland’s national accelerator, set up in partnership with Kerry Group, ESB and Coillte. It aims to support 12 start-ups from Irela…

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Yankees and Jets fans with Paul Nardizzi & David Barend 25:12

3M ago25:12

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Titus sits down with comedians and authors Paul Nardizzi & David Barend who literally wrote the books on how to annoy Jets and Yankees fans. They discuss the Jets disastrous season and why non-Yankees fans hate Yankees fans. We are doing two live Sports Bizarre shows in Melbourne in February at the Corner Hotel. You can buy tickets here: Tuesday 20…

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Mark Pesce weird and wonderful discoveries at Consumer Electronics Show 51:59

3M ago51:59

51:59

Mark Pesce returns to The Futurists with a report about weird and wonderful discoveries at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show. Every year, 200,000 people converge at CES in Las Vegas to get a glimpse of the near future. Mark pushes far beyond mainstream press coverage to tell us about bleeding-edge progress in memristor chips, brain-computer interf…

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