Lukky Ahmed is the founder & CEO of Climate X. Today’s discussion is about understanding climate change from the standpoint of how it affects us and the world around us for generations to come, using data and machine learning.  Our conversation covered topics like how climate change can be used to inform risk models for everyone from property holders to businesses to governments, and the variables involved in predicting physical events linked to climate change from flooding to coastal erosion to rainfall changes. Climate X’s mission is to  combat or minimize the human suffering caused by climate change by phenomena such as climate migration, which exceeded war as a cause of migration last year for the first time. It’s a great discussion about climate that comes from a new and fresh angle that we don’t often hear. Hosted by Marshall Kosloff and produced by Jackson Steger

Paul Millerd is author of the Pathless Path, which is about his personal journey of leaving the traditional realm of work and finding something holistic and sustainable. In this conversation we discuss what Paul calls “the default path” — a cultural script we grow up with that tells us what to do in order to be a successful adult, like getting a “forever job”, versus what Paul calls the “pathless path”, a new, more flexible way of defining our relationship with work.  The discussion centers around topics like how the pandemic has fractured the default path for many people, the so-called “great resignation” and how real the “anti-work” movement really is, why people are re-examining the centrality of work in their lives, why Paul recommends that most people should take one month away from work to reflect on their goals and aspirations, and the importance of shifting from “getting ahead” to “coming alive”. Paul’s perspective on this topic is unique, nuanced, and well-informed in a way that really stands out from most commentators on this issue. He balances a strong vision for how the future will be different with a pragmatic understanding rooted in the history of work. For anyone looking to understand how their working lives are likely to change over the coming years and decades, it’s a must listen.Hosted by Marshall Kosloff and produced by Jackson Steger

Today you’ll hear On Deck CEO Erik Torenberg interview Emil Michael - Uber’s Chief Business Officer during their hypergrowth period from 2013 to 2017. While he was there, Uber grew from 250 employees to 15,000 and raised $15 billion. He shares the lessons he learned and systems he built during this blitzscaling with Erik. For more tactical episodes like this, you can listen to Execs wherever you get your podcasts.

Muhammad Lila is Founder and CEO of Goodable. He is also previously a Warzone Correspondent, leading global news coverage at CNN and ABC. He has been nominated for 2 Emmy awards. Today’s discussion is around Muhammad’s vision for fixing the news by changing it from one of the biggest drivers of anxiety and depression into a cure. This discussion includes topics like how and why more than 90% of news coverage is negative, what this does to our mental health, and how the current news environment would be the equivalent to our physical health of living in a town where McDonald’s was the only restaurant option.Goodable’s mission is to change this by offering the first “Whole Foods” alternative to the current fast-food-dominated news ecosystem. It’s a news platform designed to make you calmer and healthier by avoiding bias, politics, and negativity. Muhammad has a fascinating, ambitious underlying vision for this that we dig into in our conversation. We also discuss some powerful ideas about the news media’s place in our society and mental health.Hosted by Marshall Kosloff and produced by Jackson Steger

Rob Paddock is co-founder & CEO of Ahead Wind. Ahead Wind was one of the first companies admitted into ODX and is currently technology that reduces human involvement in 3D printing. Today’s conversation is about the future of 3D printing automation. Rob outlines how the general public is usually under the assumption that 3D printing is a push-button process. He underscores how it isn’t actually that simple in most commercial use cases - human involvement is often needed to calibrate printer settings.We discuss how 3D printers need their own kind of operating system in the same ways that personal computers do. Rob brings great examples to the table for us to digest. Our conversation spans 3D applications for wind turbines, rocket ships, and much more. For more information about what Rob & his team are building, visit aheadwind.com or follow Rob on Twitter @paddock_robHosted by Marshall Kosloff and produced by Jackson Steger

Jonny Price is VP of Fundraising at WeFunder. WeFunder describes themselves as Robinhood for pre-IPO startups. In May 2016, the Obama administration made it legal for everyday people to invest as little as $100 in startups or other businesses.On today’s show, Jonny and Marshall talk about how to level the investment playing field. They chat about why it’s a problem that 77% of venture capital has gone to just three states and brainstorm how to build wealth for some of a company's earliest cheerleaders. They also discuss what it means to raise a community round, which is a big part of what On Deck has done for ODX.As part of this movement to “fix capitalism,” WeFunder has also released an impact report on its website. Jonny talks about it during the episode but you can read the full thing for yourself at https://wefunder.com/pbc.You can also find Jonny on Twitter @JonnyCPriceHosted by Marshall Kosloff and produced by Jackson Steger 

Trevor Martin is founder & CEO of Mammoth Biosciences. Mammoth is  building the platform for CRISPR applications of the future. They currently have technologies built for diagnostics, genome editing, and protein discovery.CRISPR is a novel system that enables geneticists and medical researchers to edit parts of the genome by removing, adding or altering sections of the DNA sequence. Trevor joins the show to discuss real applications of this technology. He highlights the speed with which CRISPR has rivaled decades old technologies to diagnose COVID, despite being a much more nascent technology. He shares his excitement for other near-future applications to combat genetic disease. We also chat about the line between fantasy and reality - what kinds of CRISPR applications are too far towards science fiction, and which are grounded in reality.To learn more about Mammoth, visit https://mammoth.bio/Hosted by Marshall Kosloff and produced by Jackson Steger

Dan Miller is Founder & CEO of Spora Health. Spora Health is a radically inclusive, virtual-first telemedicine provider focused on health equity and providing culturally competent care. Today’s conversation is about disparities in health care. Dan shares a little bit about his family’s experience with the healthcare system and outlines how technology can help alleviate some of the challenges that others in similar boats may experience. We also discuss social determinants of health, undiagnosed depression in black men, and health concern narratives shared by different cultures. To learn more about Spora, you can visit their website at http://sporahealth.comHosted by Marshall Kosloff and produced by Jackson Steger

 Ish Baid is Founder & CEO of Virtually. He's also the host of the popular podcast "Reshaping Education. Virtually is building what it envisions as the Shopify for online schools. Ish and I spend the episode enthusiastically discussing the ongoing disruption of the higher education system. On Deck and Virtually have both built their businesses on the back of cohort-based courses. Ish outlines why they’re here to stay, highlighting how engaging it is for students when everyone else is on the same journey as you. To learn more about how Virtually can run the back office for your own online education business, you can head to tryvirtually.com or follow Ish on Twitter @IshBaidHosted by Marshall Kosloff and produced by Jackson Steger

Nikolaus Redl is co founder and CEO of Colorful.app . Nikolaus and the Colorful team are changing how photos are created.Their virtual, drag & drop 3D photo studio allows creators to build stunning photos in minutes. We talk about why this is useful, the future of 3D modeling, and the European tech scene, among many other topics within the future of photography.For more on On Deck’s programs, visit www.beondeck.comHosted by Marshall Kosloff and produced by Jackson Steger