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Danielle Newnham Podcast

Danielle Newnham

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00:52:29

Dr Mary Lou Jepsen: Curing Cancer, and Human Telepathy

Danielle Newnham Podcast ·

2022/05/31

Today’s guest is Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen – serial entrepreneur, inventor, pioneer in VR, medical imaging and telepathic technology, former professor at MIT Media Lab and currently, founder of Openwater.Mary Lou spent many of her childhood years unwell before she was finally diagnosed with a brain tumour in her twenties. And going through that had a huge impact on her life as you might expect. For the many years she was quite literally dying, she decided she only wanted to work on really interesting

00:51:33

Dex Hunter-Torricke: Every Tech Leader's Secret Weapon

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2022/05/24

Today’s special guest is Dex Hunter-Torricke, a speechwriter and Communications leader who has had the unique experience of working closely with top tech leaders including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Eric Schmidt.After starting his career at the UN, where Dex worked with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Dex moved to Google before heading to Facebook where he led executive communications and served as Mark Zuckerberg’s personal speechwriter. He then went to SpaceX where he worked with

00:49:24

Tom Lawton on Inventing, Truth Telling and Creating...

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2022/05/17

Today’s guest is Brit inventor Tom Lawton who has married the skill of design and engineering to create some really special products including BubblePix which would allow you to take 360 degree panoramic views, way before smartphones and beloved by many including Apple’s design team.In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss Tom’s childhood and inclination towards curiosity and truth telling, his ability to persist in the face of adversity and how his latest design – Wonder - is taking the world

00:42:07

Ayah Bdeir on Design, Engineering and Activism

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2022/05/10

Today’s guest is Ayah Bdeir, a Lebanese engineer, interactive artist, social activist, and founder and inventor of littleBits. Pioneering in the open source hardware space, littleBits is the easy-to-use electronic building blocks used by millions of kids all over the world and was acquired by Sphero in 2019. (The prototype also holds a place in the permanent collection at MoMA).Growing up in Beirut, Ayah always had a deep love of design and engineering and focused her career making engineering fun

00:47:29

Jane Metcalfe on The Neobiological Revolution

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2022/05/03

Today’s guest is Jane Metcalfe, co-founder of WIRED and founder of NEO.LIFE.In 1993, Jane and Louis Rossetto founded WIRED leading the charge in informing, education and exciting the world about the digital revolution – a term Lewis coined.25 years later and Jane is doing it all over again with NEO.LIFE and what she calls the neobiological revolution. NEO.LIFE is a digital media and events company set up to explore the rapid developments at the intersection of tech and biology and how its marriage

00:55:28

Ken Miller: Early PayPal, Elon Musk and Advising Jack...

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2022/04/26

Today’s guest is Ken Miller who was employee number twenty two at PayPal. Having originally joined Elon Musk’s X.com, Ken was in charge of anti-fraud which was a difficult job at the best of times, not least at the dawn of the internet. Ken spent seven years at PayPal dealing with everything from fraudulent accounts, the death of a much-loved colleague to the unceremonious ousting of then-CEO Elon Musk and even the Russian mafia.In today’s conversation, Ken also talks to me about his upbringing and

00:39:19

Gil Perry: From Special Forces to the Metaverse

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2022/04/19

Today’s guest is Gil Perry, Co-Founder and CEO of D-ID the technology company behind the viral MyHeritage clips where old photos have been brought to life.A former Commander in the Special Forces unit of the Israeli Defence Forces, Gil and his army friends and co-founders started D-ID to work on protecting images and videos from facial recognition software but not long after and when Covid came, they pivoted their startup to focus on creating a suite of what they call Creative Reality tools that use

00:20:07

AMA: Alcohol, Death and Juicero

Danielle Newnham Podcast ·

2022/04/12

Firstly, huge apologies for saying Juicero wrong during this episode - I should have looked up the pronunciation beforehand! I thought the company was called Juiceroo!Right, apology out of the way and back to today's episode. Today, I am answering listeners questions from why I started a podcast, what were the events that shaped me as a child and who my favourite guests were.Trigger warning, in the first answer, I talk about a sad situation which happened when I was young - I do suggest you pause

00:50:36

Kevin Bethune on Design, Innovation and The Power of...

Danielle Newnham Podcast ·

2022/04/05

Today’s guest is Kevin Bethune – designer, innovator, founder, engineer and author.Kevin has had a multi-faceted career, starting out as a mechanical engineer in the nuclear power industry before focusing on business and design where he ended up at Nike designing two shoes despite being employed on the business side vs a product designer. But that’s Kevin all over – he follows his heart and passion and leads the path for others to do the same.Kevin is now the founder and Chief Creative Officer of

00:57:51

Andy Hertzfeld on the Macintosh, Steve Jobs and...

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2022/03/29

It’s hard to believe it but has been a year now since I kicked off the show and as I have gained tens of thousands of new listeners since then, I thought it might be nice to head back in time and re-share my very first guest – the one and only - Andy Hertzfeld who also happens to be one of my favourite people in tech. Andy helped revolutionise the home PC industry as part of the original Macintosh team before founding his own startups including General Magic which imagined the iPhone - seventeen

00:47:32

Noor Shaker: From Syria to AI Enabled Drug Discovery

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2022/03/22

Today’s guest is Noor Shaker – a Syrian serial biotech entrepreneur, computer scientist and inventor.Noor started life in Syria where she fell in love with technology and the potential of Artificial Intelligence. Flouting convention at the time, Noor moved to Europe to continue her studies, gaining a Masters in AI and PhD in Machine Learning. In 2006, she became Assistant Professor at Aalborg University in Denmark with research focused on the use of machine learning in affective computing and video

00:56:53

Cat Noone on Inclusive Design, Grief and Purpose

Danielle Newnham Podcast ·

2022/03/15

Today’s guest is designer, founder and CEO, Cat Noone.Cat grew up with her grandparents in Brooklyn, New York. She started her career in web design and then worked in special education before founding the Iris app which was a modern-day emergency alert – and going on to co-found and be Chief Designer Officer at Liberio, an eBook publishing tool. Cat is now co-founder and CEO of Stark – which provides a beautifully designed suite of tools for designers and developers to ensure their software

00:29:31

Women in Tech: Advice to Younger Selves

Danielle Newnham Podcast ·

2022/03/08

As it’s International Women’s Day, I wanted to do something a little different and hand the episode over to some of the amazing women I have had on the show and I will link to each of their original episodes in the notes below.Today, we have Shellye Archambeau, Rana el Kaliouby, Sherrell Dorsey, Soraya Darabi, Eileen Burbidge, Yodit Stanton, Donna Auguste, Megan Smith and Dr Catherine Breslin and what follows is the one piece of advice they’d offer their younger selves.First up is Dr Catherine

00:53:13

Sherrell Dorsey on Community and Elevating the...

Danielle Newnham Podcast ·

2022/03/01

Today’s guest is Sherell Dorsey, founder and CEO of The Plug – an online news and insights platform covering black tech founders, companies and ecosystems. She is also author of the book, Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us.In this interview, we discuss what she was like growing up - from having a technophile grandfather who inspired and encouraged her to use tech, to her entrepreneurial spirit which was somewhat shaped when, as a child, she joined her mother in boardrooms. Sherrell

00:57:19

Jimmy Soni on Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and the PayPal...

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2022/02/22

"It was hard and we succeeded." This is a quote from David Sacks, entrepreneur, investor and an early PayPal employee and I think it sums up the PayPal story well.PayPal is a unique and pivotal company in our wonderful tech history. Its founders alone include some of the most successful and prolific engineers, entrepreneur and investors from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel, Max Levchin and Reid Hoffman. But the story of PayPal traditionally only tells the PayPal mafia story and not the real, true, gritty

01:01:35

Brendan Dawes on NFTs and Staying Curious

Danielle Newnham Podcast ·

2022/02/15

Today’s guest is Brendan Dawes - an award-winning artist whose career has focused on using generative processes involving data, machine learning and algorithms, to create interactive installations, electronic objects, online experiences, data visualisations, motion graphics and screen and print work.His work has been celebrated all over the world including three Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) exhibitions in NY and his Cinema Redux project - which we discuss in this interview – actually became part of

01:02:14

Josh Dahn on Creating a School with Elon Musk

Danielle Newnham Podcast ·

2022/02/08

What does the future of education look like? This is a question I have pondered for the last ten years or so and today’s guest - Josh Dahn – has the answer. Seven years ago, Josh was teaching Elon Musk’s kids at Mirman– a private school for highly gifted children in LA when Elon approached him about rethinking the traditional education model. Josh jumped at the opportunity and in today’s episode, Josh talks me through that first meeting with Elon and how they worked together to found the Ad Astra

00:59:43

Klout Founder Joe Fernandez on Death Threats to...

Danielle Newnham Podcast ·

2022/02/01

Today’s guest is Joe Fernandez – A Cuban American entrepreneur, probably best known for being the co-founder of Klout which launched in August 2008. Klout was years ahead of its time because it measured social media influence years before others started paying attention to it. And the story behind Joe even starting the company and some of the adventures he had whilst building it before its sale for $200 million makes this an incredibly informative and engaging interview with lots of lessons for

00:49:52

Soraya Darabi on Social Media, Startups and...

Danielle Newnham Podcast ·

2022/01/25

Today’s guest is entrepreneur and investor Soraya Darabi.Soraya started her career as the New York Times’ first-ever Manager of Digital Partnerships and Social Media, right at the dawn of social media’s first wave. There, she positioned the global news leader on fast-growing social networks such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, and partnered with startups and to establish award-winning campaigns.Soraya went on to co-found the application Foodspotting, which was name App of the Year by Apple and

00:58:15

Adam Wiggins on Community, Creativity and Improving...

Danielle Newnham Podcast ·

2022/01/18

Today’s guest Adam Wiggins, probably most well known for being co-founder of Heroku – a platform as a service that enables developers to build, run, and operate applications in the cloud.On his website, Adam describes himself as someone who is working to improve computers in service of human creativity and prosperity which I love and this is very much a theme that weaves its way throughout our conversation. Adam’s current focus is on Muse - a tool for thought app that was spun out of his research

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