121: Ocean Recovery Alliance – Environmental Engagement
We have this love-hate relationship with plastic. It is versatile, durable, light-weight and used in a multitude of applications. How do we recover and give this plastic a second...

120: The Barefoot College Tilonia – Grassroots Community Organization
In the winter of 2012, I had the good fortune of visiting Barefoot College Tilonia - located in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that...

102: Zoro Card – Build Credit With a Debit Card
It is really hard for a young person to their build credit. How does one navigate the complex and opaque credit rating system? We chat in this episode...

100: Earnin – Your Money When You Want It
Financial insecurity can be expensive, living paycheck to paycheck and with overdraft fees, penalties, higher interest and mortgage rates. Seven out ten households in America live paycheck to paycheck....

95: Center for Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics (CUWP) – Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics
We talk with Dr. George Huber, Richard Antoine Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Madison and the director of Center for Upcycling Waste Plastics (CUWP) about...

91: The Washing Machine Project – Let’s Engineer a More Sustainable Future
70% of the world’s population lacks access to an electric washing machine. Hand washing clothes sounds like a simple task but for many women around the world, it poses a...

88: Amor Perfecto – Decolonizing Colombian Coffee
In this episode, we have Luis Fernando Velez founder of Amor Perfecto with whom our host Vidhya Iyer talks about their common love for a good cup of coffee...

86: Forust – 3D Printing to Rematerialize Wood Waste
Every year, 15 Billion trees are cut down to produce paper, build homes, and make furniture. From this, millions of tons of wood waste are generated annually. A portion...

83: Rebel Nell – One of No Other Kind
This episode has two parts - in part one, we talk with Amy Peterson, the co-founder of Rebel Nell about her inspiration and motivation to start Rebel Nell. While...

123: Honnold Foundation – Expand Solar Energy Access to Marginalized Communities
The risk assessments that governments and corporations make to encourage marginalized communities and uplift them, have themselves become a hurdle to the assistance that they wish to provide. Honnold...