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Ridley: Famine is not an option
The unsung miracle of global trade
22 hours ago
Turning Nuclear Waste Into the World's Longest-Lasting Battery
With Project Omega founder and CEO Stafford Sheehan
2 days ago
Electrons are the new bullets
The world’s first power prime
Aug 20
America’s manufacturing crisis isn’t what you think
With Dirac cofounder and CEO Fil Aronshtein
Aug 18
The Rockefeller of solar
No drilling required
Aug 16
Ridley: Consensus is another word for groupthink
Blood-letting. Freud. Climate science…
Aug 13
Is embryo selection eugenics?
With Herasight cofounder Jonathan Anomaly
Aug 12
Make America manufacture again
Decline and renaissance in El Segundo
Aug 9
“Synthetic Fuel Could Cost 30% of Today’s Fossil Fuel”
We’ve had clean energy sources for decades. But how do you get people to actually use the stuff without incentives or a government mandate?
Aug 5
Ridley: The unspoken truth about wildfires
Awkward for those blaming climate change…
Aug 5
Optimists build missile factories
America’s Achilles heel
Aug 2
Ridley: Don't tell other people how to flourish
The problem isn't left-wingery but top-downery
Jul 29
They're Actually Going to Mine an Asteroid | Astroforge
Matt Gialich is exactly the kind of innovator this show exists for.
Jul 28
Rocket science, as easy as IKEA
The startup rewiring the world
Jul 26
The Rational Optimist’s guide to the galaxy
The new space race, mapped
Jul 19
Ridley: Why our public sector is so unproductive
The enduring lessons of Jevons and Baumol
Jul 16
Matt Ridley’s AI Safety Solution No One is Talking About
With Matt Ridley, ROS founder and Rational Optimist author
Jul 15
The next frontier is under your feet
Welcome “subterra”
Jul 12
The Future Will be Built, Not Coded
With former SpaceX engineer Jamie Gull
Jul 7
The Waymo of biotech
The lab that drives itself
Jul 5
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