What Have We Done?

In this special catch-up episode, Chalin and Stephen step away from the usual format to share what they’ve been working on behind the scenes.

They talk candidly about the latest momentum at Propel, what they’ve learned building in public, and Stephen’s newest project: Catalyst — why it exists, what problem it’s solving, and what’s coming next. It’s a fast, honest update on the work, the challenges, and the vision driving everything forward.

(Created with Soundly AI and Propel.)

Technology promises connection, independence, and inclusion — but for millions of people who are blind or low-vision, the world is still built around what they can’t see.

In this episode of What Have We Done, Chalin and Stephen sit down with Jack Walters, CEO of Hapware, a company building wearable assistive technology that translates nonverbal communication — emotions, gestures, and body language — into haptic feedback. Their flagship device, AlEye, helps users navigate classrooms, workplaces, and everyday life with greater confidence and autonomy.

Together, they explore why accessibility has so often been treated as an afterthought in tech, what we lose when innovation leaves people behind, and how designing with lived experience — not just for it — can create technology that truly connects us all.

Created with Soundly AI and Propel. Featuring Hapware.

For generations, women’s pain has been dismissed, misunderstood, or simply ignored. From PMS to perimenopause, hormonal mental health has been treated as something to “endure” instead of something to understand.

In this episode, Chalin and Stephen speak with Ananya Grover, founder of HealCycle, an AI-powered companion app supporting women with PMS, PMDD, and perimenopause. Together, they explore why women’s health has been overlooked for so long — and how technology, empathy, and a jellyfish named Tara could help women everywhere feel seen, supported, and understood.

Created with Soundly AI and Propel, featuring HealCycle.

We’ve spent decades teaching machines to think like us — but did we stop to ask what they’re learning? In this episode, Chalin and Stephen talk with Joyce Shin, founder and CEO of Stochastic Potential, about how to build AI that serves humanity, not replaces it. Together, they explore how ethics, adaptability, and human values can become the foundation for a new generation of intelligent systems.

Hurricane after hurricane, Puerto Rico’s power grid has collapsed, leaving families vulnerable and communities in crisis. But what if the solution wasn’t waiting for help, but building it from the ground up?

In this episode of What Have We Done, we talk with Darren Trouche, founder and CEO of Borikén Futuro, who’s leading the fight for energy justice with community-owned solar microgrids.

Created with Soundly AI and Propel, featuring Borikén Futuro.

Before diving into the world’s biggest problems, Chalin Askew and Stephen Michael sit down to ask a simpler one: What have we done?

In this opening episode, the creators of What Have We Done talk about how they met, why they’re drawn to stories of human failure and redemption, and how a political podcaster from The Delve and a social-impact founder from Propel decided to make a show about the mess — and beauty — of our world.

It’s a candid conversation about purpose, burnout, hope, and the strange optimism that drives two people to ask, again and again, what have we done?

(Created with Soundly AI and Propel.)

We’ve burned forests, broken systems, and ignored the people paying the price.

Now, we’re talking to the founders trying to fix it.

What Have We Done is a new podcast from Soundly AI and Propel, hosted by Chalin Askew (The Delve) and Stephen Michael (Propel). Each episode explores one of humanity’s biggest mistakes and the innovators turning crisis into change.

This is not another tech show. It’s a reckoning with hope.