Check out the below episodes with some of the leading start-up entrepreneurs and titans of industry alike using their businesses to help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.
Whether it’s climate change, unsustainable agricultural practices, cyber threats, coral reef die-offs, nuclear waste storage, plastic pollution, or more, many of the world’s greatest challenges are also exciting business opportunities.
On this show, we feature business leaders who are marrying profit and purpose by inventing solutions to both build a better world and offer investors a bang for their bucks.
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Check out the below episodes and join host Paul Shapiro as he talks with some of the leading start-up entrepreneurs and titans of industry alike using their businesses to help solve the world’s most pressing problems.
Whether it’s climate change, unsustainable agricultural practices, cyber threats, coral reef die-offs, nuclear waste storage, plastic pollution, or more, many of the world’s greatest challenges are also exciting business opportunities.
On this show, we feature business leaders who are marrying profit and purpose by inventing solutions to both build a better world and offer investors a bang for their bucks.
Season VI
Mark Post, A Decade After the First Cultivated Burger
| March 29, 2024 | Episode 135
Are Smaller Cultivators the Answer for Cultivated Meat’s Success? Niya Gupta Thinks So
| March 22, 2024 | Episode 134
Josh Tetrick on the Future of the Cultivated Meat Movement
| March 15, 2024 | Episode 133
Incubating Tomorrow’s Alt-Protein Unicorns: The Kitchen
| February 15, 2024 | Episode 131
When Nonprofits Start Businesses: Garden for Wildlife and the National Wildlife Federation
| February 1, 2024 | Episode 130
Can Tech Improve Farm Animals’ Lives? Robert Yaman Is Betting On It
| January 15, 2024 | Episode 129
Making Alt-Meat Research More Intelligent: GreenProtein AI & Noa Weiss
| January 1, 2024 | Episode 128
Season V
Building a Better Chew: Chef GW Chew is Working to Create Better Plant-Based Meat
| December 15, 2023 | Episode 127
Making All Births Intended and Wanted: Cadence OTC and Samantha Miller
| December 1, 2023 | Episode 126
Power Walking for Cleaner Energy: The Pavegen Story
| November 15, 2023 | Episode 125
Robots as a Service to Turn the Tides for Our Oceans: The Reefgen Story
| November 1, 2023 | Episode 124
From Food Bank to Making Bank on Food Influencing: Maxime Sigouin and Fit Vegan Coaching
| October 15, 2023 | Episode 123
Cementing a Better Future: Leah Ellis and Sublime Systems
| October 1, 2023 | Episode 122
Will Entrepreneurial Lightning Strike Thrice? Yves Potvin’s Konscious Foods
| September 15, 2023 | Episode 121
Microbes to the Rescue: Lisa Nunez Safarian and Pivot Bio
| September 1, 2023 | Episode 120
Swapping Leaves for Leather: Biophilica’s Mira Nameth
| August 15, 2023 | Episode 119
Turning the Tide for Tuna: Impact Food’s Kelly Pan
| August 1, 2023 | Episode 118
Is the Future of Plastic Fungi? MadeRight Is Working on It
| July 15, 2023 | Episode 117
From Villain to Hero: Rubi Labs’s Quest to Make CO2 Work for the Climate
| July 1, 2023 | Episode 116
The Most Controversial Plan to Cool the Planet: Make Sunsets
| June 15, 2023 | Episode 115
A Packaging Revolution: TIPA Is All In On Compostables
| June 1, 2023 | Episode 114
Hummus as a Force for Good: Joey Bergstein and the Sabra Story
| May 15, 2023 | Episode 113
The OG of Mycelium Fermentation: The Quorn Story
| May 1, 2023 | Episode 112
From Cultivated Meat to National Security: The Journey of Jason Matheny
| April 15, 2023 | Episode 111
Some Help from Kelp: How Keel Labs is Reimagining Sustainable Materials
| April 1, 2023 | Episode 110
(Bio)engineering Better Beef: Josh March and SciFi Foods’ Quest to Cultivate Meat
| March 15, 2023 | Episode 109
The Business of Being an Author and Influencer with Toni Okamoto of Plant-Based on a Budget
| March 1, 2023 | Episode 108
Will Technology Spare Animals from Experimentation? Emulate and Jim Corbett are Working on it
| February 15, 2023 | Episode 107
Selling Shovels and Pickaxes to the Cultivated Meat Pioneers
| February 1, 2023 | Episode 106
Fermenting Methane into Meat! The String Bio Story
| January 15, 2023 | Episode 105
Is the Road to the Future Paved with Upcycled Plastic? Shelly Zhang and Molten Materials Thinks So
| January 1, 2023 | Episode 104
Season IV
Is Sugar by Another Name Just as Sweet? Ali Wing and Oobli Are Fermenting Their Way to a Sweet Protein Future
| December 15, 2022 | Episode 103
The Deepest Hole Humanity’s Ever Dug: The Quaise Energy Story
| December 1, 2022 | Episode 102
Automated Reforestation: Grant Canary and the Drone Seed Story
| November 15, 2022 | Episode 101
The Legendary Venture Capitalist Fixated on the Future: Steve Jurvetson’s Quest to Improve Life On Earth and Beyond
| November 1, 2022 | Episode 100
A Whale of a Tale: Wildtype and the Future of Cultivated Seafood
| October 15, 2022 | Episode 99
Tree-mendously Fast-Growing Trees to Fight Climate Change? Maddie Hall and the Living Carbon Story
| October 1, 2022 | Episode 98
Mighty Mycelium: Isabella Iglesias-Musachio and Bosque Foods
| September 15, 2022 | Episode 97
Spreading the Good Word about Olivine Spreading: Kelly Erhart and Vesta
| September 1, 2022 | Episode 96
Can Fungi Fix the Climate Crisis? Colin Averill and Funga Are Working on it
| August 15, 2022 | Episode 95
Is the Future of Fat Fermented? Jeff Nobbs of Zero Acre Farms Is Betting on it
| August 1, 2022 | Episode 94
Robots to the Recycling Rescue: Matanya Horowitz Is Ensuring Your Recyclables Are Actually Recycled
| July 15, 2022 | Episode 93
Is Plant-Based Meat about to Get Chunkier? Amos Golan of Chunk Foods Thinks So
| July 1, 2022 | Episode 92
“Meat” the Meat Industry’s Journalist: Lisa Keefe and Meatingplace
| June 15, 2022 | Episode 91
This Dude Vasectomized Himself! Meet Dr. Esgar Guarin, the Evangelical Vasectomist
| June 1, 2022 | Episode 90
Is Alt-Protein a National Security Issue? Rep. Ro Khanna Thinks So
| May 15, 2022 | Episode 89
Reproductive Freedom in the Developing World: Anna Christina Thorsheim and Family Empowerment Media
| May 1, 2022 | Episode 88
Oat-to-Market Strategy: Mike Messersmith and the Oatly Story
| April 15, 2022 | Episode 87
From Tech to Table: Richard Munson and the Food & Ag Tech Revolution
| April 1, 2022 | Episode 86
A Prime Pivot: Why Kimberlie Le and Prime Roots Are Going All in on Deli Meats
| March 15, 2022 | Episode 85
Investing in a Post-Animal Economy: Elysabeth Alfano and VegTech ETF
| March 1, 2022 | Episode 84
Will Fungi Free Fish? Anne Palermo is Betting on Fermentation at Aqua Cultured Foods
| February 15, 2022 | Episode 83
Engineering Our Way Out of Single-Use Plastics: Troy Swope and the Footprint Story
| February 1, 2022 | Episode 82
The Rapid Rise, High-Profile Fall, and Resilient Recovery of Juicero’s Doug Evans
| January 15, 2022 | Episode 81
Is What You Believe About Food Sustainability Wrong? Robert Paarlberg Thinks So.
| January 1, 2022 | Episode 80
Season III
From Sophomore to CEO: Jessica Schwabach of Sundial Foods is Flying on Plant-Based Wings
| December 15, 2021 | Episode 79
A Conversation with NYC’s Mayor-Elect Eric Adams
| November 15, 2021 | Episode 78
Creating a Cultivated Meat Community: Anita Broellechs and Alex Shirazi
| November 1, 2021 | Episode 77
Is Your Cat Ready to Eat Cultivated Mouse Meat?: Shannon Falconer and Because Animals Think So
| October 15, 2021 | Episode 76
The Sweet Side of Starting a (Dairy-Free) Ice Cream Company: Aylon Steinhart & Eclipse Foods
| October 1, 2021 | Episode 75
A Financial Journalist’s Prescription for Making the Economy Work for Animals
| September 15, 2021 | Episode 74
From Dust to Dust...or to Soil: Katrina Spade and the Recompose Vision for an Eco-Friendlier Death Industry
| September 1, 2021 | Episode 73
Plastic that Won’t Last Forever: Kristin Taylor and the Radical Plastics Story
| August 15, 2021 | Episode 72
Life as a Scrappy Startup Exec: Doni Curkendall and The Better Meat Co.
| August 1, 2021 | Episode 71
The Second Publicly Traded Plant-Based Meat Company: Mitchell Scott and The Very Good Food Co.
| July 15, 2021 | Episode 70
The Sharks Tried to Buy Her Plant-Based Fried Chicken Company: Deborah Torres and the Atlas Monroe Story
| July 1, 2021 | Episode 69
Using Tech to Drive Change: Google.org and Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink
| June 15, 2021 | Episode 68
Where’s the Animal-Free Materials Revolution? Nicole Rawling of the Material Innovation Initiative Wants You to Launch It
| June 1, 2021 | Episode 67
Pineapple Express to Disrupting Leather: Mélanie Broyé-Engelkes and Piñatex
| April 15, 2021 | Episode 66
The Billionaire Out to End Factory Farming
| May 1, 2021 | Episode 65
From Seafood to Seaweed: Monica Talbert and the Plant-Based Seafood Co.
| April 15, 2021 | Episode 64
The Mycelium Revolution: Joanne Rodriguez and Mycocycle Are Literally Turning Trash into Treasure
| April 1, 2021 | Episode 63
Maximizing the Good We Can Do: A Conversation with Peter Singer
| March 15, 2021 | Episode 62
Modernizing Contraception with Your Choice Therapeutics’ Akash Bakshi
| March 1, 2021 | Episode 61
Marrying Cultivated Meat & Plant-Based Meat for the Best of Both Worlds: Brian Spears Shares New Age Meats’ Gameplan
| February 22, 2021 | Episode 60
Silk and Leather from Fermentation, Not Animals: David Breslauer and the Bolt Threads Story
| February 15, 2021 | Episode 59
The Meat Company that’s Put Nearly a Billion Dollars into Plant-Based Meat
| February 1, 2021 | Episode 58
From Corporate Giant to Pre-Revenue Startup: Irina Gerry’s Journey to Alt-Dairy Newcomer Change Foods
| January 15, 2021 | Episode 57
From Nonprofit Activist to Entrepreneur for Animals: Kristie Middleton and Rebellyous Foods
| January 1, 2021 | Episode 56
Season II
Ubiquitous Energy’s Susan Stone Intends to Power Our Cities with Invisible Solar Panels
| December 15, 2020 | Episode 55
From Startup Founder to Investor & Philanthropist: Chris Bryson’s Wild Ride to Do Good
| December 1, 2020 | Episode 54
Making a Living as an Influencer: Toni Okamoto & The Plant-Based on a Budget Story
| October 15, 2020 | Episode 51
Upcycling Mining Waste: The Phoenix Tailings Story with Nick Myers and Thomas Villalon, Jr.
| September 1, 2020 | Episode 48
Bringing Plant-Based Meat to India: The Good Dot Revolution
| July 15, 2020 | Episode 45
Selling Cellular Agriculture the Nonprofit Way: Isha Datar and New Harvest
| June 1, 2020 | Episode 42
$200 Million for Plant-Based Chicken: The LiveKindly Story
| April 15. 2020 | Episode 39
Protecting The Planet: The Geothermal Energy Revolution
| March 2, 2020 | Episode 36
Real Leather without the Cows: Provenance Bio Comes Out of Stealth Mode
| Jan 15, 2020 | Episode 33
Bean-Free Brew: A Perfect Cup of Coffee down to the Last Molecule | Dec 1, 2019 | Episode 30
Your Trash Is Tom Szaky’s Treasure
| Oct 15, 2019 | Episode 27
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How Often Should Workers be Paid?
| Sep 1, 2019 | Episode 24
Wood-Fed Meat?
Marc Chevrel and Arbiom Say Bring it On | November 15, 2020 | Episode 53
The Conscious Leader: Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey
| October 1, 2020 | Episode 50
The Solo-preneur: How Colleen Patrick-Goudreau Paved Her Own Way to Help Animals
| August 15, 2020 | Episode 47
The Business of Police Reform with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams
| July 1,2020 | Episode 44
Solving Plastic Pollution and Poverty Simultaneously: The Plastic Bank Story
| May 15, 2020 | Episode 41
Making Plastic Disappear with Notpla’s Seaweed Packaging
| April 1, 2020 | Episode 38
From Funding Alt-Protein
to Starting His Own Company | Feb 20, 2020 |Episode 35
From Conagra to Culturing Fish Cells:
| Jan 1, 2020 | Episode 32
TurtleTree Labs: Google & Dairy Execs Search for an Alt-Dairy Revolution
| Nov 15, 2019 | Episode 29
The Meat-Scientist-Turned-Plant-Based-Entrepreneur
| Oct 1, 2019 | Episode 26
Resilience in the Face of Both Adversity and Success
| Aug 15, 2019 | Episode 23
Sampling a Historic Pint of Ice Cream with Perfect Day
| Jul 11, 2019 | Episode 21
The Business of Election Security
with Aaron Brantly | October 29, 2020 | Episode 52
Priming the Market for Fungi-Based Meat: The Prime Roots Story with Kimberlie Le
| September 15, 2020 | Episode 49
And You Thought Goodwill Was Just a Used Goods Store: Lori Dearwester Shares the Charity’s Story | August 1, 2020 | Episode 46
Making Tap Water Cool Again: Will Bottled Water Be the Next Cigarette?
| June 15, 2020 | Episode 43
Sheltering in Place...for Millennia: Deep Isolation Has a Plan for Nuclear Waste
| May 1, 2020 | Episode 40
Making Meat Out of Thin Air: Lisa Dyson Brings NASA Tech Down to Earth
| March 15, 2020 | Episode 37
$50 Million to Crack the Egg: Real Egg Proteins without the Chickens
| Feb 1, 2020 | Episode 34
Can Beer Brewery Waste Help Solve Plastic Pollution?
| Dec 15, 2019 | Episode 31
Bringing Power—Solar and Social—to Rural Africans
| Nov 1, 2019 | Episode 28
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Can Helping the Homeless with Surplus Food be Profitable? | Sep 15, 2019 | Episode 25
Turning Down the Global Thermostat: Carbon Capture to Cool the Climate
| Aug 1, 2019 | Episode 22
Season I
What common traits do serial inventors have?
|Jun 5, 2019 | Episode 20
Cleaning for Good with Biokleen
| Apr 18, 2019 | Episode 17
From Stand-Up Comedian to Saving the World with Soup | Jan 31, 2019 | Episode 14
The Business of Saving Coral Reefs
| Dec 1, 2018 | Episode 11
Saving Trees - The Entrepreneurial Lorax
| Oct 17, 2018 | Episode 8
Using Science to Make Your Produce Last Longer
| Aug 29, 2018 | Episode 5
Saving Wildlife with Bird-Friendly Glass
| Jul 31, 2018 | Episode 2
Giving Farmers a Fairer Shake
| May 16, 2019 | Episode 19
Will Mycelium Materials Save the World?
| Apr 4, 2019 | Episode 16
Would You Hire a Convicted Felon? This Guy Does All the Time | Jan 22, 2019 | Episode 13
A Rock Star for Animals
| Nov 15, 2018 | Episode 10
How Toilet Paper Can Save Lives
| Sep 18, 2018 | Episode 7
A Pollution Revolution
| Aug 15, 2018 | Episode 4
Conscious Capitalism
| Jul 24, 2018 | Episode 1
Growing a Cleaner Shrimp Industry in Asia
| May 1, 2019 | Episode 18
Making McProgress for Good
| Feb 15, 2019 | Episode 15
Building a Sweeter, Slavery-Free Chocolate Industry
| Jan 1, 2019 | Episode 12
(Lab-)Growing a More Cultured Diamond Industry
| Nov 1, 2018 | Episode 9
The Prince Who’s Investing in a More Humane Future| Sep 5, 2018 | Episode 6
Sweetening the Less-Sugar Market
| Aug 1, 2018 | Episode 3