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A conversation with Neil Goldstein. Neil is super knowledgeable about all things lighting, given his work on the sets of Captain America the Winter Soldier, Eurovision 2019 and Cirque du Soleil. 

We talk about how light helps tell a story, how lighting can create an illusion of shifting shapes for buildings, Cleveland's secret status as Hollywood's little brother, the evolution of film projection, the kinds of people that work in lighting in the entertainment business, set culture, the real stuff filmed in advertising, Neil's desire to work in outer space, and other topics.

A conversation with Jonathan Geifman, CEO of Helios. The company is developing a way to extract oxygen and metals from lunar and even martian soil, with the double-barreled aim of making deep space exploration more reachable, and cutting down emissions on Earth from heavy industries like steel production.

We touch on a whole bunch of topics: what's been holding up progress in space travel, how power politics affects space travel, the "tyranny of the rocket equation," the process of extracting oxygen, Elon Musk's inspiration for SpaceX, the characteristics of lunar soil, Jonathan's trip to Antarctica, Jonathan's journey to wanting to work in space, sleeping while in space, deeper thoughts on Elon Musk, the many worlds theory, and how a greater good drives Jonathan.

For more on the company: https://project-helios.space/

A chat about life, love, philosophy, the mind, the universe and ourselves with the neuroscientist Tomer Fekete.

A rollicking conversation with my friend Abigail Singer Bahumi. We talk and argue about 10 rules I made up to fight back against our smartphone addiction. They are:

1. Leave the kids alone!

2. If you can’t see the sun, don’t send that text

3. Online

4. Always remember that no one cares about your selfies

5. Keep food and phone separate

6. Watch where you’re going!

7. Don’t type anything you wouldn’t say in person

8. Do not sleep with your phone in the room

9. Restrict the amount of notifications

10. Ditch the phone one hour each day

A conversation with Ari Harow, CEO of Itur Financial Intelligence, and former chief of staff to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

We spoke about what life was like growing up in Israel in the 80s and 90s, what seeing death does to young people, moving to the US and being a Zionist activist, starting off in the world of Likud politics, the difference between Benjamin Netanyahu and other politicians, the grueling pace of working in Israeli government, what makes being the prime minister of Israel one of the world's hardest jobs, the role of mythical cultural heros in modern politics, the effect Ari's legal troubles have had on his life, Ari's chance meeting with Jonathan Pollard on the streets of New York, the world of tracing money, and the history book Ari is writing about Israel in the period he served under Netanyahu. 

A conversation about privacy in the modern world with Yaron Rosen. He is the co-founder of a cyber security startups Toka and Illuminant Defense. Yaron served most of his +30 years in the Israel Defense Forces in the air force. His final post was as Chief of the IDF's Cyber Staff.

We talk about the dividing line between selling hacking tools to autocratic and democratic regimes, the psychological nature of privacy, why NSO became a global concern, the need for private cyber security industry to support governments and law enforcement agencies, the common values shared by people who serve in the intelligence community, the similarities and differences between serving in the military and working in the private sector, we geek out about "close air support," trust in public institutions, the coming impact of artificial intelligence on cyber security, and blockchain and the diffusion of trust in society.

For more on Yaron: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brig-general-res-yaron-rosen-3b46296/

Links to Toka: https://www.tokagroup.com/

Illuminant Defense: https://illuminantdefense.com/

A conversation with Tamar Liberman. She is the CEO and co-founder of It's July, a platform that connects families looking to hang out.

We talk about how loneliness is plaguing families, how families decide with whom to hang out with, how she founded the company during the height of Covid, the category of "fam-tech," the challenges of being a woman startup founder, and the stigmas attached to, and the profound benefits from being an entrepreneur.

Check out It's July: https://www.itsjuly.com/

A conversation with Rosalie Korper about dating apps like Tinder and Bumble.  We talk about how men and women experience the apps, my theory on love  at first sight, the benefits of playing hard to get, tests for long-term  compatibility men and women set for their dates, the incentives for the  app companies, what we think about how our kids will be on the apps, and even dickpics.

A conversation with Sarah Ward. We talk about her experience finding out about her complications around conceiving naturally, what it's like physically and emotionally to go through IVF treatment, how the therapy cycles affected her relationship with her husband Elliot, how she approaches the possibility of never having children, what keeps her going with treatment despite the stress, the pros and cons of adoption, how her business gives her a place in extended families, and what she thinks can be gained from hearing her story.

Check out Sarah's latest vlog about IVF: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.ward.5209000/videos

My conversation with Yoav Reisler, whose mothers were the first lesbian couple to have biological children in Israel. We talk about what it's been like to not know your biological father, the bullying he experienced in school, coming out as a gay man, his decision to be a sperm donor, the process for gay couples to become parents and the lessons from childhood he plans to apply when he becomes a father.