The Supply Chain Map for Lithium, Copper and Other Critical Materials

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Lithium, for instance, yis coming from australia, south america, often. It might come to north America, then it might go to china, and then it may go to korea or japan,. That's just lithium. Ah, no. Copper can be even more silly. We actually export copper scrap back to china and corea where it gets made into, in some cases, you know, the same anoed copper foil. So really, kind of crazy blow this should all be done on the continent, whether it's in o mexico, south Amera, the united states. Is that the goal?

In a short news segment, Jason talks about a company that tried to sell "fantasy startup investing" NFTs and why they had to pivot (1:44). Jason gives a brief tribute to Steve Jobs (15:48). Then, he's joined by JB Straubel, Tesla's longtime CTO who stepped down in 2019 to found a new lithium-ion battery recycling company, Redwood Materials(22:08). JB and Jason discuss the early launches and setbacks at Tesla, overcoming challenges, and the possibilities created by battery recycling. To close out the show, we play a clip of Steve Job's 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (1:20:15).