Episodes

On this week’s podcast: John Glenn was the third person to do everything he’s most famous for as an astronaut, so why does he have such an outsized place in world history? In this episode we talk with Jeff Shesol, who puts Glenn’s orbiting of the Earth in perspective in his new book Mercury Rising. Shesol reveals for the first time ever that Glenn’s flight was far more perilous than anyone had ever let on before.

On this week’s podcast: John Glenn was the third person to do everything he’s most famous for as an astronaut, so why does he have such an outsized place in world history? In this episode we talk with Jeff Shesol, who puts Glenn’s orbiting of the Earth in perspective in his new book Mercury Rising. Shesol reveals for the first time ever that Glenn’s flight was far more perilous than anyone had ever let on before.

On this week’s podcast: Colonial Pipeline got hacked, which forced the company to shut down the gasoline supply to much of the East Coast for about a week. People are finally beginning to understand how widely vulnerable we all are to cyberattacks. But how vulnerable are we? And what can we do about it? A conversation with cybersecurity expert Damon Small of NCC Group.

On this week’s podcast: Colonial Pipeline got hacked, which forced the company to shut down the gasoline supply to much of the East Coast for about a week. People are finally beginning to understand how widely vulnerable we all are to cyberattacks. But how vulnerable are we? And what can we do about it? A conversation with cybersecurity expert Damon Small of NCC Group.

On this week’s podcast: Colonial Pipeline got hacked, which forced the company to shut down the gasoline supply to much of the East Coast for about a week. People are finally beginning to understand how widely vulnerable we all are to cyberattacks. But how vulnerable are we? And what can we do about it? A conversation with cybersecurity expert Damon Small of NCC Group.

On this week’s podcast: Kristina M. Johnson is an engineer who has had a hand in several innovations in optoelectronics, started companies, run engineering schools, and served in as an Undersecretary in the Energy Department. We talk with her about encouraging young engineers, her experiences in engineering, and about receiving the inaugural IEEE Dresselhaus Medal.

On this week’s podcast: Kristina M. Johnson is an engineer who has had a hand in several innovations in optoelectronics, started companies, run engineering schools, and served in as an Undersecretary in the Energy Department. We talk with her about encouraging young engineers, her experiences in engineering, and about receiving the inaugural IEEE Dresselhaus Medal.

On this week’s podcast: Kristina M. Johnson is an engineer who has had a hand in several innovations in optoelectronics, started companies, run engineering schools, and served in as an Undersecretary in the Energy Department. We talk with her about encouraging young engineers, her experiences in engineering, and about receiving the inaugural IEEE Dresselhaus Medal.

On this week’s podcast: The adoption of renewable energy sources complicates the process of managing power grids. To compensate, the industry is trying to develop massive storage batteries, but what if we were to tap the batteries in electric vehicles instead? We talk with Infineon’s Ritesh Tyagi about vehicle to grid technology, or V2G.

On this week’s podcast: The adoption of renewable energy sources complicates the process of managing power grids. To compensate, the industry is trying to develop massive storage batteries, but what if we were to tap the batteries in electric vehicles instead? We talk with Infineon’s Ritesh Tyagi about vehicle to grid technology, or V2G.

On this week’s podcast: The adoption of renewable energy sources complicates the process of managing power grids. To compensate, the industry is trying to develop massive storage batteries, but what if we were to tap the batteries in electric vehicles instead? We talk with Infineon’s Ritesh Tyagi about vehicle to grid technology, or V2G.

This week’s podcast: Space exploration was once the exclusive province of nation-states. Now space is being commercialized. But what does that mean, exactly? Where are we heading, and how will we get there? In this episode, the new space race — what it means for aerospace, communications, nanomedicine, and for humanity in general. Our guest is futurist Ian Khan.

This week’s podcast: Space exploration was once the exclusive province of nation-states. Now space is being commercialized. But what does that mean, exactly? Where are we heading, and how will we get there? In this episode, the new space race — what it means for aerospace, communications, nanomedicine, and for humanity in general. Our guest is futurist Ian Khan.

This week’s podcast: Space exploration was once the exclusive province of nation-states. Now space is being commercialized. But what does that mean, exactly? Where are we heading, and how will we get there? In this episode, the new space race — what it means for aerospace, communications, nanomedicine, and for humanity in general. Our guest is futurist Ian Khan.

This week’s podcast: There is so much more to learn before machine vision is anywhere near as capable as human eyesight, but we’re making progress toward that goal all the time. This week we discuss progress in the field of machine vision with Jeff Bier, founder of the Edge AI and Vision Alliance.

This week’s podcast: There is so much more to learn before machine vision is anywhere near as capable as human eyesight, but we’re making progress toward that goal all the time. This week we discuss progress in the field of machine vision with Jeff Bier, founder of the Edge AI and Vision Alliance.

This week’s podcast: There is so much more to learn before machine vision is anywhere near as capable as human eyesight, but we’re making progress toward that goal all the time. This week we discuss progress in the field of machine vision with Jeff Bier, founder of the Edge AI and Vision Alliance.

This week’s podcast: The concept of smart cities got a lot of buzz 20 years ago, and then the hype died. But in the intervening years, there’s been a lot of activity preparing for a resurgence of smart city efforts. This week we examine what’s happening with smart cities, and why smart city technology might be on the verge of significantly wider adoption, with our guest Mari Silbey of smart city advocates US Ignite.

This week’s podcast: The concept of smart cities got a lot of buzz 20 years ago, and then the hype died. But in the intervening years, there’s been a lot of activity preparing for a resurgence of smart city efforts. This week we examine what’s happening with smart cities, and why smart city technology might be on the verge of significantly wider adoption, with our guest Mari Silbey of smart city advocates US Ignite.

This week’s podcast: The concept of smart cities got a lot of buzz 20 years ago, and then the hype died. But in the intervening years, there’s been a lot of activity preparing for a resurgence of smart city efforts. This week we examine what’s happening with smart cities, and why smart city technology might be on the verge of significantly wider adoption, with our guest Mari Silbey of smart city advocates US Ignite.

This week’s podcast: Silicon Labs just sold off a thriving business line that represented 40 percent of sales. Junko Yoshida interviews Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle on why a company would do something like that. Also, the Artful Engineer, with application engineer and singer/songwriter Jim Heckroth.

This week’s podcast: Silicon Labs just sold off a thriving business line that represented 40 percent of sales. Junko Yoshida interviews Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle on why a company would do something like that. Also, the Artful Engineer, with application engineer and singer/songwriter Jim Heckroth.

This week’s podcast: Silicon Labs just sold off a thriving business line that represented 40 percent of sales. Junko Yoshida interviews Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle on why a company would do something like that. Also, the Artful Engineer, with application engineer and singer/songwriter Jim Heckroth.

This week’s podcast: Nvidia is as dominant in its area of expertise — GPUs, as Arm is in its area of expertise — processor core designs. Each already has an enormous amount of market power. Is letting them combine a good idea? A critical look at the proposed combination of Nvidia and Arm with analyst Mike Feibus, who’s got a new report examining the potential merger.