Best Toa Is A Community For Tech Professionals Looking For Knowledge Exchange And Collaboration Podcasts (2024)

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Creating a decentralized music industry. With André Allen Anjos (RAC). 44:09

1+ y ago44:09

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The music industry has long been at odds with the internet, swiftly moving to shut down platforms like Napster and LimeWire in the early 2000s. But what could be achieved by embracing it? Our latest guest, André Allen Anjos – better known as RAC – has the answer. André's remixes have earned him 5.5 million followers on SoundCloud, along with a Gram…

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The evolution of open source. With David Heinemeier Hansson. 1:04:58

1+ y ago1:04:58

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David Heinemeier Hansson is a legend among the developer community. As the creator of Ruby on Rails and co-founder of Basecamp and HEY, he has helped revolutionize open-source developing and the software as a service industry. David is also a New York Times best-selling author, antitrust advocate, and startup investor – not to mention a Le Mans and…

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Fun and games: exploring the world of immersive entertainment. With Brent Bushnell. 37:59

1+ y ago37:59

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Our latest podcast guest, Brent Bushnell, has worked on everything from the Super Bowl to OK Go's "This Too Shall Pass" music video. Brent is an engineer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Two Bit Circus, an LA-based experimental entertainment company that creates immersive, social fun for some of the world's top brands, including the NFL, NBA, and O…

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Hackatao: the OG crypto artists. With Sandie Zanini. 24:45

1+ y ago24:45

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Hackatao have been at the forefront of the crypto art world since way back in 2018, when they launched their first NFT: "Girl Next Door". In this episode, we dive into the mysterious world of the pioneering crypto art collective with their spokesperson, Sandie Zanini, Communications Director at Zanini Arte. Sandie joins Niko to talk about Hackatao'…

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What's next for human civilization? With Peter Ward. 42:39

1+ y ago42:39

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On today's episode, we get existential with Peter Ward, a paleontologist and astrobiologist who studies life on Earth – where it came from, how it ends, and what it means for us. Peter is a professor at the University of Washington and the Sprigg Institute of Geobiology at the University of Adelaide, as well as an award-winning author and adviser t…

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The future of community investing. With Joyce Yang. 40:27

1+ y ago40:27

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Over the last five years, Global Coin Research (GCR) has transformed from a media platform into a tokenized, decentralized community of learners and Web3 investors. In this episode, we dive into GCR’s impressive evolution with its founder, Joyce Yang – journalist, podcast host, and all-round crypto enthusiast. You’ll hear about the inner workings o…

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Startup from scratch in a global recession. With Young Sohn. 47:28

1+ y ago47:28

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Today we’re joined by tech royalty! Young Sohn was President of Samsung Electronics and co-founder of the world’s largest startup competition, Extreme Tech Challenge. We take this golden opportunity to ask some of today’s most urgent questions… How do you start a business in a faltering economy? What are now the biggest challenges of future tech? W…

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Bank or bust? The current state of NFTs. With Stephen Young. 51:44

2y ago51:44

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Crypto crunches and blockchain busts have been dominating Web3 headlines. And yet, our latest TOAOA guest has just taken his NFT company through its best month ever. So what’s the real state of NFTs? Stephen Young is a Web3 native. As a token engineer and smart contract developer, he founded NFTfi, a marketplace for NFT collateralized loans. Stephe…

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Wanting a Web3 world for all creators. With Matt Alston 48:08

2y ago48:08

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Making Web3 accessible is a must. But how can we make it easier for the average artist or creator to trade in their canvases for blocks on the chain? Matt Alson’s company, Bonfire, is handing over easy-to-use tools, ready to break down blockchain barriers! Listen to this episode and discover how you can get more utility out of social tokens and NFT…

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Tech’s most exciting game plan. With Carlos Pereira. 43:42

2y ago43:42

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Gaming is worth more than the music or movie industry. And its growth is off the charts. This is THE industry to follow! That’s why we’ve invited Carlos Pereira into the studio. Carlos is a Principal at BITKRAFT Ventures, a global investment platform for gaming, Web3, and immersive technology. He discusses the present and future of gaming – and why…

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How to make money & spread it evenly. With Phil Libin. 57:19

2y ago57:19

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Phil’s manifesto: “Everyone should be paid equally and work where they have the best job and live where they have the best life!” Former CEO of Evernote and co-founder of All Turtles and mmhmm, Phil Libin, sits down with TOA founder Niko. Working from home was always supposed to be the “new normal”. But many companies are now going back to their ol…

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Rewarding your community with macro tokenomics. With Bradley Miles 52:46

2y ago52:46

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It's the toke-onomy stupid! The role of social tokens should not be underestimated. It's an effective tool that can build an engaging community, is a fair way to reward creators, and is a potentially killer business model. Bradley Miles is the Co-Founder and CEO of Roll, a blockchain business that rewards content creators with a fan-based digital c…

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The man who tokenized his soul. With Mike Merrill. 41:08

2y ago41:08

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Meet the first publicly traded human in history! Meet Mike Merrill. Also known as MKmikeyM, this guest handed his life over to a bunch of shareholders (including ex-girlfriends), who voted and dictated all of his life decisions. Mike explores with Niko what it was like literally selling his soul, the lessons to be learned from tokenization, and wha…

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Making Web3 investment everybody’s business. With Ian Lee. 41:22

2y ago41:22

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Find out what made Snoop Dogg drop it like it's Web3! Ian Lee is co-founder of Syndicate, a revolutionary new platform which can help anyone become a Web3 investor. Syndicate has made it big through ingenious simplicity and a handful of celebrity endorsements (including by the Doggy Dogg). TOA founder, Niko, picks Ian’s brains about the future of W…

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Looking at economic problems through a macro lens. With Claudia Sahm. 1:12:39

2+ y ago1:12:39

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Inflation, inequality, climate change, and Covid – just a few problems with the current economic landscape. So, is there any cause for optimism? As the Director of Macro-Economic Research at the Jane Family Institute and a former Federal Reserve Economist, there is no one better to help answer the most pressing economic questions of our time than C…

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The hard truth about the global art market. With Magnus Resch. 45:52

2+ y ago45:52

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The art market is broken – so how can we fix it? Magnus Resch is a trailblazing art market economist, serial entrepreneur, and best-selling author. He's well-known for his bold takes on how the art world operates, many of which were highlighted in his book, "How to Become a Successful Artist." Additionally, he holds the unique distinction of having…

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Investing in the tech of tomorrow. With Albert Wenger. 51:21

2+ y ago51:21

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“The only scarcity left for humanity is our own attention”, Albert Wenger. In this episode, we sit down with Wenger, the Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures (USV) – one of tech’s most important venture capital firms. USV is not only responsible for today’s household names like Twitter and Etsy but sets a precedent for the technological trends…

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How beauty shapes our cities. With Lorenza Baroncelli. 45:17

2+ y ago45:17

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Even if we don't realize it, art and architecture impact our lives every day. Lorenza Baroncelli is an architect, curator, and the artistic director at renowned design and art museum Triennale Milano. She has worked as a researcher for some of the most famous exhibitions and galleries in the world, including the Serpentine Galleries in London and t…

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The promise (and potential problems) of genetic engineering. With Francoise Baylis. 50:52

2+ y ago50:52

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Genetic engineering may sound like the stuff of sci-fi, but is in fact more relevant than ever. Francoise Baylis is a leading bioethicist, research professor at Dalhousie University, and author of "Altered Inheritance: CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing." Her work is renowned for challenging of how we think about health, science, and bio…

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The state of crypto in the brave new (decentralised) world. With Lasse Clausen. 1:00:23

2+ y ago1:00:23

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In this recorded live conversation crypto heavyweight Lasse Clausen joined Niko Woischnik for an important fireside conversation, followed by a live Q&A with questions from the audience. The cryptospace has developed exponentially in only a few, but monumental, years. Important developments in the crypto economy are forever changing so it’s importa…

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Examining the history – and uncertain future – of sand. With Vince Beiser. 47:27

2+ y ago47:27

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The three natural resources humans consume most are water, air... and sand. Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author who has been featured in Wired, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Rolling Stone. His first book, The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization, illustrates why …

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Transforming financial distribution from human to digital. With Lex Sokolin. 59:30

2+ y ago59:30

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In addition to providing an infrastructure for countless FinTech services, blockchain technology has forced us to reconsider the notion that online media is worthless. Lex Sokolin is a writer, artist, and the Head Economist at ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum blockchain software company. He joins Niko Woischnik on the podcast this week. Sokolin talks …

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The demise of the nation state through technology and blockchain. With Pia Mancini 54:59

3y ago54:59

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The world is leaning towards a new jurisdiction, one that shares commons of the planet on a global scale. Is the nation state becoming redundant? The narrative of the nation state works on the theory that it is necessary, however with collectives issuing currency and people wanting change and demanding agency - this may upturn the axis. Pia Mancini…

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Goodbye traditional education system... hello accessible cohort-based courses. With Wes Kao 1:00:20

3y ago1:00:20

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The rise of cohort-based learning, and why traditional education systems can’t weather the tech evolution storm forever. Education has always been cohort-based, however, when the internet arrived this disrupted community-driven learning into an asynchronous field. Digital cohort-based courses are redirecting education back around to the start in or…

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The nonprofit newsroom taking back the power to realign the future of journalism. With Julia Angwin 47:12

3y ago47:12

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Investigative journalism and reporting are under threat. The future of journalism looks bleak without the reinforcement of the truth and the realignment of power and technology. One of the largest negative impacts of technology is on the media. Facebook effectively controls public discourse on a global scale and is legally self-regulatory in servic…

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Investing in groundbreaking tech to change the world. With Katie Rae. 40:51

3y ago40:51

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Supporting big tech and breakthrough technologies that will have a beneficial impact on society should be no.1 in getting investment and support. Our next guest is pushing this to the forefront. Katie Rae joins us on the podcast this week, the CEO and managing partner at MIT’s The Engine. The engine was launched to offer a secure and supported path…

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Who Gives a Crap?! You should. Impacting investing and entrepreneurship. With Simon Griffiths. 47:45

3y ago47:45

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The brand that gives back. Who Gives a Crap was THE hottest brand of 2020 because of its beauty, ethical business model, and quite frankly... necessity. The scalable, social toilet paper brand produces environmentally friendly paper and donates 50% of its profits to help build toilets in less developed countries. Simon Griffiths, Co-Founder, and CE…

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A dog’s life… to be continued?! On prolonging life, biotech, and female founders. With Celine Halioua 48:24

3y ago48:24

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The future of ageing (and how to stop it), notes on being a female founder, and a deep dive into the biotech industry. Did you know that dogs are considered the best model of human ageing? What if we could make human’s best friend live longer (and whilst we’re at it, get insight to prevent age-related diseases in humans too). Celine Halioua has a b…

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Notes on tech realism and changing our 'Evil AI' narrative for survival. With Om Malik 50:30

3y ago50:30

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We’re starting to reach the limit of human scale. Technology is our saving grace to help us understand the complexities of the planet. How to think of the future of AI without losing sleep? Augmented intelligence. And we need it to survive. This week, Om Malik is on the podcast, a renowned journalist, founder, investor, and luminary of the tech wor…

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Idea, invention, innovation, and failure. Life lessons from the master of all. With Nathan Myhrvold. 1:21:12

3y ago1:21:12

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Polymath. Multitalented. It’s hard to capture our next guest’s triumphant accolades in one word. Nathan Myhrvold really is a master of all. This jam-packed episode explores a multitude of layers. Nathan claims that his success comes from not specialising in one thing (despite that this is what the modern world rewards). “Failure is always an option…

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Toys teaching empathy and failure for 6-year-olds to CEOs. With Ilana Ben-Ari. 52:53

3y ago52:53

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How do we evoke empathy and understand failure in business if we stopped learning the tools to develop them in kindergarten? We need to put play back on the agenda. Ilana Ben Ari joins Niko Woischnik, founder of TOA, on the podcast this week. Ilana founded Twenty One Toys in 2012 and was included in 2020’s top female founders for showing that play …

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How the new food revolution will come out of thin air (literally). With Pasi Vainikka. 38:43

3y ago38:43

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Our demand for food is unsustainable and is a key contributor to the climate crisis. Agriculture has a huge impact on climate, from cutting forests to greenhouse gas emissions, and emptying the oceans. How do we solve this? Air. Pasi Vainikka joins us on the podcast this week. Pasi is the co-founder and CEO of Solar Foods, the company making food o…

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The tale of the psychedelic renaissance and the good entrepreneur. With Natasha de Jong. 48:13

3y ago48:13

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Did you know that stress, ego, and fear play a part in the energy boost of your early morning coffee? Surely, an entrepreneur has developed another way to naturally boost energy? Of course, they have. Natasha de Jong joins Niko on this week’s podcast. Natasha is an entrepreneur who founded multiple companies, both with the outlook to change stress,…

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If the voting system ain’t broke don’t fix i... it’s broken. A call for electronic voting. With Antonio Mugica. 52:43

3y ago52:43

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Electronic voting systems, $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, blockchain - this podcast has it all. Post-elections have brought accusations of disinformation - some warranted, some not. Smartmatic builds and implements electronic voting systems which are present in multiple countries, and growing. It’s more transparent, efficient, and accessibl…

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3D printing our way to global education. With Maggie Grout and Amir Mortazavi. 43:48

3y ago43:48

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Global education is essential. Sustainability in construction and architectural is crucial. 3D printing is here to bridge the two. Designs are underway for the first 3D printed school in Madagascar, having minimal costs, quick construction whilst still providing jobs for the community and supporting the economy. Maggie Grout started an NGO called T…

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Game Over. Play Again? Welcoming dystopia, heroes, and how Cyberpunk foretold today. With Mike Pondsmith 1:13:11

3y ago1:13:11

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What can portray a dystopian society where creating miracles with tech is applauded, an uncertain future is on the precipice, and the struggle for power is palpable? 2020? No! Cyberpunk games! We’re thrilled to invite Mike Pondsmith to the (gamers) chair. The designer that pushed dystopian gaming to the limit at the time (1988) and it still rings a…

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Caution when listening: feelings of inspiration, happiness, and wanting to invest. With Kendrick Nguyen. 57:12

3y ago57:12

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Investing should be accessible to everybody. Funding businesses = generate wealth + creating jobs. Who’s making it happen? We had the pleasure of interviewing them. Kendrick Nguyen is the brain behind the only multiasset private investment platform in the US. He’s the Founder and CEO of Republic, the platform that allows and encourages anybody to i…

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The gene editing (r)evolution..! And the ethical dilemmas that come with it. With Adam Bolt. 48:49

3y ago48:49

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Make way, an Emmy Winner coming through! There’s nothing we love more at TOA than big topics, big names, and potentially polarising topics. This conversation makes no exception ft. gene editing, the 2008 financial crisis, and democratisation. This week Adam Bolt, Emmy winning director, joins Niko, founder of TOA, on this week’s podcast. Adam was th…

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Future transport = high speed & low emissions. The big hype around Hyperloop. With Josh Giegel. 55:53

3y ago55:53

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Just a fast train? It’s so much more than that. The European Commission want to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2050. Hyperloop will play a key role in this effort. Hyperloop was born from Elon Musk’s concept of high speed travel and “the best thing short of actual teleportation”. Initial skeptisim turned outright c…

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Making waves in unmapped oceans and uncertain times. With Dr. Jyotika Virmani. 37:18

3y ago37:18

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75% of the Earth’s oceans remain unmapped… and we know Mars better than we know our planet. The exponential development of tech has superseded expectations for oceans and climate. Did you know in late 2015, it was estimated that it would take 200-600 years to map the ocean floor in high resolution? Now, only 6 years later, we’re expecting the resul…

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Artificial wombs and sex robots? Hello future, we’ve been expecting you. With Jenny Kleeman. 56:16

3y ago56:16

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Is humankind on the verge of transforming itself? Are we reaching the limit of controlling the human experience? If sex robots didn’t make you question tech advances, then artificial wombs definitely will. The incredible Jenny Kleeman joins Niko, founder of TOA, on this week’s episode. Jenny is an investigative journalist, author and documentary fi…

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Climate Crisis = Humanity Issue. Unlearning societal biases to aid the climate emergency. With Eric Holthaus. 46:44

3y ago46:44

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Climate change isn’t just a science issue, it’s a humanity issue. Climate impacts all aspects of society. Access to understanding is still governed by structural biases; race, poverty, economy. The school strikes seem like a world away, and so momentum was deflated and pivoted at the start of the pandemic. Unfortunately, the climate crisis is ongoi…

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How to draw an alien and why we should draw conclusions from a UFO sighting... for hope. With Avi Loeb. 59:32

3y ago59:32

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Extraterrestrial Life. Oumuamua. Space. You guessed it, we invited Avi Loeb to TOA OA to discuss astrophysics, alien life, and how conservatism in ideas is killing the exploration and funding of outlandish ideas. Loeb, the international sensation, is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Harvard, the Founding Director of Harvard's Black …

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Defining happiness, living in accordance with nature, and what being 'stoic' really means. With Massimo Pigliucci. 1:05:19

3y ago1:05:19

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“When you get to the end of your life, and you look back, what will you say?” How would you define a happy life? The starting point is defining happiness - not the simplest task. A Stoic would say that a happy life is living following nature and the development of self-control and self-betterment. Massimo Pigliucci, joins Niko, Founder of TOA, for …

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Wine, Optimism, Stamina, Confidence - Your weekend? Or a recipe for a successful startup? With Heini Zachariassen. 40:50

3y ago40:50

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Red or White? The question used to be simple. Now, catch us wide-eyed in the wine aisle looking up at the countless bottles, regions, wineries, then panic buying the shiny label. Heini Zachariassen felt the same, so he founded the perfect solution: Vivino. Now in 17 countries, this is the largest eCommerce platform for wine, the app that scans, inf…

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Dear Wikipedia; we couldn’t imagine a life without you. With Katherine Maher. 47:59

3y ago47:59

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How, oh how, could we live without Wikipedia? Quick backstory: Wikipedia is run by the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the growth and development of unbiased knowledge FOR FREE. It’s also free from bias, free from advertising, free from superfluous design and the attention economy that we live in. The impressive encyclop…

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Dispelling the myths on Green: Prescribing cannabis through data. With Mara Gordon. 40:22

3y ago40:22

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Using cannabis for medicinal use has come a long way... BUT (there's always a 'but'). The ubiquitous products of CBD make this field seem like things are further progressed than they are. Newsflash: We have a long way to go. No fear: Data is here. Mara Gordon, Co-Founder of Aunt Zelda, Zelda Therapeutics, highlights the difference between the accla…

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Identity in tech: Please use responsibly. With Monique Morrow. 42:45

3+ y ago42:45

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Two brain-teasers for you: If identity is hinged on privacy, and privacy is dead - where does that leave us? If technology has no agency, and humans are losing agency to technology - who will be responsible? This week we invited Monique Morrow to the TOA hot-seat. Niko and Monique discuss plenty; using tech for good, thoughts on refugees and identi…

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WTF is Cryopreservation? Living longer, Surviving Death and Preserving your Body. With Emil Kendziorra. 52:55

3+ y ago52:55

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The idea to live forever seems like the notorious premise for a sci-fi novel. But what if it really IS possible? What if ‘immortality’ is more than just a Celine Dion hit single? Dr. Emil Kendziorra, founder of Tomorrow Biostasis, explores the possibility of preserving life in this episode. First, starting out as a doctor then blazing his way throu…

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Leaps Talk: Measuring What Matters in Impact Investing. With Meik Wiking, Agate Freimane & Britt Wray. 1:19:15

3+ y ago1:19:15

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If you could choose between breakthrough innovations that could fundamentally change the world for the better, which one would you choose - and how can we ensure better metrics for better investments? While wealth may be on the rise - so are sea levels, air pollution, cancer rates, and mental health disorders. Despite continued economic growth, it …

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