Episodes
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Acclaimed energy policy advisor, Hal Harvey, and award-winning NYT journalist, Justin Gillis, join us on this week’s episode to discuss:
- Their new book, “The Big Fix”
- Where exactly the “key decisions” are made
- Who has the power to pull these policy levers
- How kids convinced their school to buy electric buses
- Turning up to state panels to fight for clean air
You can learn order “The Big Fix” here.
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Replate Founder and CEO Maen Mahfoud joins Peter on this week’s episode to discuss:
- The Replate eureka moment
- Launching the v1 as a Wix website
- Scaling to 1000s of partners, incl. Netflix, Amazon + more
- Rescuing millions of meals
- Enabling other communities to reduce waste
You can learn more about Replate here.
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AWSM Sauce Co-Founder Carl Starkey joins Peter on this week’s episode to discuss:
- The AWSM origin story
- Creating a better sauce, without the waste
- R&D’ing the first prototypes
- Working with the Minnesota Twins
- Launching online nationwide
- The long term impact potential
You can learn more about AWSM here.
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Rebellyous Foods Founder and CEO, Christie Lagally, joins us on this week’s episode to discuss:
- Why the plant-based revolution is not inevitable
- The key insight underpinning the company's origin
- Destructive vs constructive food production
- Rethinking how we make plant based meats
- Building infrastructure and a consumer brand in parallel
You can learn more about Rebellyous Foods here.
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For the last thirty years, corporate sustainability has meant the pursuit of ‘eco-efficiency’ and ‘win-win’ opportunities. But what if we have it all wrong — what if these are just myths that give us the illusion of progress, while the data suggests otherwise?
Renowned industrial ecologist Dr. Roland Geyer joins us to explore the hard truths, his groundbreaking research, and a new paradigm designed to (finally) reconcile business and the environment.
You can learn more about Roland here and order his new book “The Business of Less” here.
Show notes:
- Calculating the total amount of plastic ever produced
- The impact of his groundbreaking plastics research
- Why “eco-efficiency” and “win-win” opportunities are sustainability myths
- The notion of “net-green” and how businesses can get there
- Why he’s optimistic about the future
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Better Meat Co Founder and CEO Paul Shapiro joins Peter on this week’s episode to discuss:
- The second domestication
- Creating real meat without animals
- The pitfalls of traditional plant-based meats
- The promise of their signature product, Rhiza
- Growing his high school club into a national organization
- 3 ideas he wants to see other entrepreneurs pursue asap
Check out the Better Meat Co here.
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Omaze Founder Matt Pohlson joins Peter on this week’s episode to discuss:
- Magic Johnson and the company’s eureka moment
- How Omaze raises ~10x more than traditional fundraisers
- The risk analyses they do before paying upfront for the prizes
- His near-death experience
- Raising over $150M for charity
Check out Omaze here.
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Fulton Co-Founders Libie Motchan and Daniel Nelson join Peter on this week’s episode to discuss:
- The current state of Big Footwear
- Inventing better footwear, starting with insoles
- Running a carbon-negative supply chain
- Why they chose Portugal for manufacturing
- The perfect partner and the future of Fulton
Check out Fulton here.
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EnergyX Founder and CEO Teague Egan joins Peter on this week’s episode to discuss:
- The New Year’s Eve trip that led to his eureka moment
- Why lithium is the next battleground
- How lithium is extracted and using technology to recover it more efficiently
- Getting on the Impaulsive show and how he leveraged the publicity
Check out EnergyX here.
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The brains behind Solutions The Game Sam Levac-Levey and Mehrad Yaghmai join Peter on this week’s episode to discuss:
- The eureka moment
- Making the first prototypes
- Working with orgs like Drawdown to inform game content
- Gearing up for the launch of their Kickstarter
- The impact their already seeing with players
Check out their Kickstarter here!
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On this special crossover episode, Peter ditches the host seat and joins Nathan Zvi as a guest on his podcast, The Net Zero Life.
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This Friday (July 9) we’ll message the lucky winner!
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Solar Polar Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Robert Edwards joins Peter on this week’s episode to discuss:
- The WHO paper that sparked the eureka moment
- Developing cooling systems that require no electricity
- Using the technology to preserve medicines in developing countries
- Leveraging the system for food and crop waste reduction
- Enabling zero-carbon homes and building
Learn more at: solar-polar.co.uk.
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Described as Silicon Valley's Favorite Fixer, Bradley Tusk is the world's first venture capitalist investing solely in highly-regulated industries. From managing Mike Bloomberg's 2009 mayoral race to becoming Uber's first political advisor, Bradley is no stranger to pursuing various regulatory levers to push for progress.
And on this week’s episode, Bradley joins us to discuss:
- Why “highly-regulated” is their investing strike zone
- Advising Andrew Yang’s mayoral campaign and his NYC Request for Improvements
- How politicians can advocate for climate progress
- Examples of how Tusk Ventures uses their political expertise to support founders
- Founding IG Acquisition Corp and where they have their eyes set
- The different moonshot projects he’s incubating, like mobile voting
Learn more at: tusk.vc.
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Emrgy’s Founder and CEO Emily Morris joins Peter on this week’s episode to discuss:
- The major obstacles holding back the growth of hydropower
- Prototyping the first Emrgy turbines
- Delivering reliable power without the need for construction or dams
- Securing millions of dollars from the U.S. Dept of Energy
- What types of waterways are a good fit for their turbines
- Adjacent markets the company is exploring
Learn more at: emrgy.com
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Bowery Farming’s Katie Seawell (CMO) and Carmela Cugini (EVP of Sales) join Peter on this week’s episode to discuss:
- Leaving exec roles at Pepsi + Starbucks to join Bowery
- Creating farms 100x more productive than traditional agriculture on the same footprint of land
- Owning the entire supply chain- from seeding through fulfillment
- Stepping up for retailers and communities during COVID
- Trends in grocery and online food delivery
- The future of farming
Learn more at: boweryfarming.com
Recorded in May 2020.
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This week we’re joined by Simple Feast Co-Founder and CEO Jakob Jønck to explore:
- Starting Endomondo and growing it to 30M users
- Getting acquired by Under Armour
- Insights from building a fitness co that carry over to food
- How Simple Feast differs from standard meal kits
- Entering the US market and how they’re thinking about expansion
Learn more at simplefeast.com
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This week we’re joined by Trane’s VP of Innovation Rasha Hasaneen to explore:
- Making the world’s largest climate commitment
- Why Trane is positioned to reduce 2% of the world’s annual emissions
- Changing the way we heat and cool buildings
- Advancements in refrigerants and cargo transport
- The future of healthy, energy efficient spaces
Learn more at tranetechnologies.com
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This week we’re joined by Endless West Co-Founder and CTO Mardonn Chua to explore:
- The problems with the alcohol industry today
- Producing wines and spirits in a lab
- Developing their own line of whiskeys and wines
- Enabling brands to launch their own sustainable spirits
- The moonshot potential for Endless West
Learn more at endlesswest.com
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This week we’re joined by Tenzing Founder and CEO Huib van Bockel to explore:
- The Sherpa and their role in the Tenzing origin story
- Getting a beverage startup off the ground
- Learnings from 7 years as Head of Marketing at Redbull
- Winning as the David in a room of Goliaths
- Becoming a carbon-negative brand
- Entering the US market
Learn more at tenzingnaturalenergy.com
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This week we’re joined by Anya Doherty and Lila Mehta from Foodsteps to explore:
- Transitioning from post-grad researcher to startup founder
- The key data-gathering challenges with footprint assessments
- What they found after analyzing U of Cambridge’s catering footprint
- If carbon labels influence what students purchase
- The company’s long-term impact potential
Learn more at foodsteps.earth
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