First we talk about the future of Electric Vehicles with Kathy Beslic, the Advertising and Marketing Manager for Chevrolet Electric Vehicles. The Chevy Bolt just won the North American Car of the Year at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Next, the Silicon… Read More »Electric Vehicles & Smart Homes with Kathy Beslic, Boyce Thompson
Periscope CEO Kayvon Baykpour came down to the studio to break down the latest news coming out of the Twitter/Periscope partnership, including how Jack Dorsey and Edward Snowden got together for a live chat. Will live streaming replace still pictures? Will longer videos replace our… Read More »Live Streaming on Periscope with Kayvon Beykpour
Traveling for the holidays is nothing new, and will continue as people relocate for their careers, but what will hotels look like in, say, 2060? How do robot butlers, mobile DNA bill pay, and augmented reality hotels sound? Dr. James Canton, CEO of the Institute… Read More »Hotels of the Future with Dr James Canton
In part 2 of our conversation, we talk to the manager of Code TN (pronounced code ten), Caleb Fristoe. Code TN is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and is one of the schools, under the Great Schools Partnership, teaching new skills to the current workforce, and… Read More »From Coal Country to Silicon Valley part 2 with Caleb Fristoe
Teaching coding to coal miners might sound is not just a pipe dream or long forgotten campaign promise. It’s really happening in places like Pikeville, Kentucky and Knoxville, Tennessee. In part one of this conversation, we talk to Clive Thompson, a featured columnist at Wired… Read More »From Coal Country to Silicon Valley part 1 with Clive Thompson
LOL doesn’t stand for Laughing Out Loud when it comes to Esports. The League of Legends professional season may be over, but there is still plenty of activity for ESPN to cover, and millions of dollars to boot. We talk to ESPN Esports Editor Ryan… Read More »ESPN Esports with Ryan Garfat
You know when you get a promotional email, and you click on a link on your phone, and the link opens up the app to the exact thing you were expecting to see? That’s Branch working! We talk to Ramsey Pryor who leads the global… Read More »Apps that Branch out with Ramsay Pryor
At the end of the show, we continue our conversation about the Gig Economy. We talk to four listeners about their experience working as independent contractors and find out how their short term jobs worked out for them. How does your experience compare Katie’s, Brian’s,… Read More »Giggity Part 2: Stories from the Gig Economy with Various
In large urban centers where parking and traffic are huge problems, and more people with the ability to telecommute, car ownership isn’t always a necessity. Enter Maven, a new ride share company recently launched in San Francisco, and offering all new GM cars to it’s… Read More »Tech Savvy Ride Sharing with Dan Grossman
Sticking to the “Citizen Science” theme, in this third segment, we talk with Toby Ault from Cornell University about collecting and using data to understand and combat climate change. Toby is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell. We find… Read More »Big Data Collection with Toby Ault
