Generation STEM

Welcome to Episode 15, which is the first of a two episode series where we discuss the future of agriculture in the 21st Century.

But first, with the most wonderful time of the year beginning (football season), we kick off the episode with our own version of a fantasy football draft where each co-host drafts a 5 person team of the greatest scientists, inventors, and pioneers. We will send out a twitter poll (@cobpodcast) this week where you can vote on which co-host drafted the greatest team of science pioneers!

Joseph Sandt, who is currently pursuing his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) but more importantly the cousin of co-host Ryan Karlin, joins us to discuss his current research topic which involves improving the efficiency of algae farming and the possibility that algae could replace corn as a livestock feed. He also sheds light on other agricultural research topics that are currently in progress at the highest level of academia. Lastly, we discuss what it is like to be a PhD student at MIT and the lifecycle of a research and development project when you are a graduate student.

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It’s Episode 14 where we breakdown innovation into actual tangible techniques you can use, while skipping the self-referential, pompous jargon that plagues the ‘self-help’ aisle of your favorite bookstore. First we provide some quick Feedback/Updates (F/U) about the controversial Episode 13 debate, including a quick shout out to our new favorite Closer.

Hyleme George from the Growth Accelerator sits down with us to discuss what we see as four key components of innovation and how to take your ideas through to creating something tangible. Hyleme gives us insight into his extensive experience with cultivating ideas/teams to create value. At the end of our discussion with Hyleme, we never miss an opportunity to compete with each other, and this week the challenge is a tech startup pitch challenge with Hyleme serving as judge and jury!

And as always, we close out the episode with  our Elon Musk Book Club, where we discuss Chapter 8 titled “Pain, Suffering and Survival” (written by Ashlee Vance), which goes over the chaotic 2008 year for Elon and Tesla/SpaceX.

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Welcome to Episode 13 where we discuss 3D printing and the future impacts it can make on our daily lives. But before we get into that, we give some shootouts to a couple of our new listeners as well have another segment of “Can’t Lose / Must Win”.

Luis Rodriguez from the 3D printer manufacturer company Ultimaker is in the studio with us as we dive into 3D printing. We discuss Ultimaker, the technology behind 3D printing,  overview of the 3D printing industry as well as the cost breakdown for different classes of printers. Each of us co-hosts pitch our 3D printing idea to Luis and he in turn ranks our ideas. We wrap up the meat of the episode with a hot debate on whether 3D printing will be a bigger disruptor than the internet as well as!

Lastly, we go close out the episode with  our Elon Musk Book Club, where we discuss Chapter 7 titled “All Electric” (written by Ashlee Vance), which goes over the inception and development of Tesla Motors.

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Welcome to Episode 11 where we start off with Feedback/Updates (F/U) about a certain Twitter poll that puts the cherry on top of Ryan's recent win in the Episode 10 debates and some quick Shower Thoughts surrounding our AR/VR ideas.

The focus of Episode 11 is the dissection of Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality with our guest co-host, Mr. Daniel Gibson. Dan one of the resident AR/VR specialists within Black & Veatch and we have him on the show for policing the AR/VR fact from fiction and bringing us up to date on how the engineering/construction industry is already rolling out AR/VR for large projects. Dan also introduces us to two new terms: 'MR' and 'XR' and how they're changing the virtual reality discussion/paradigm--take a listen and learn more about these new terms the industry is using!

We close out Episode 11 with Chapter 5 of Elon's Book Club, where we discuss/debate Chapter 5 of the Elon Musk biography (written by Ashlee Vance); Elon is hot off selling his first startup and we take you through the coups and chaos that characterized what is referred to as the "PayPal Years".

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We start off Episode 6 with a new segment: Reality Check (01:40) along with another installment of The Podium where we rank our favorite beverages for those hot summer days (10:20). Then we make our way to Brew Lab in Overland Park (KS), we sit down with Kevin Combs (COO) on his home turf and talk about his entrepreneurial journey (15:10), how Brew Lab was started (20:25), and finishing it out with a quiz on the obscure job titles within the micro-brew industry (1:01:30).

 

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