AI for an eye
Lauren Vasey on AI and disrupting construction (listen)
Lauren Vasey, research associate and doctoral candidate at the Institute for Computational Design at the University of Stuttgart, chats about the role artificial intelligence and machines are playing in design - and how the construction industry is poised for a rapid disruption.
Equality
Dignity’s Miranda Hitchings and Jacinta Gulasekharam on periods at work and equality (listen)
Miranda Hitchings and Jacinta Gulasekharam, who founded Dignity with the idea to create affordable and accessible sanitary items for all women and menstruating people in New Zealand, chat about the need for sanitary items in workplaces, the importance of providing sanitary items to schools, equality, and more. We're republishing this as part of our Poverty Week pop-up.
Rising
I Love Food Co's Maree Glading on business, baking and being the best you can be (listen)
Maree Glading, co-founder of I Love Food Co. (formerly I love Pies), chats with Idealog about her business, innovation in baking, advice for other entrepreneurs, and more.
Brushing up
Toothcrush's James Hurman on toothbrushes, sustainability, the mail, and more (listen)
Toothcrush's James Hurman chats with Idealog about the business, why the potential market is so large, how toothbrushes can be more sustainable, our love of getting things in the mail, and more.
Answers
Smart Seeds and finding solutions for cities and the planet (listen)
Maurice Hoban, programme lead for Smart Seeds, chats with Idealog about delivering innovative solutions to solve some of our cities’ biggest challenges - and why that's so important.
Space oddities
Chris Hadfield on space, tech, New Zealand and more (listen)
Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield - in New Zealand for IBM Think - chats with Idealog about what role small nations like New Zealand can play in space exploration and the space industry, how technology is changing space exploration, how private businesses are disrupting things, a technology that has really surprised him, and more.
He waka eke noa
Kōkiri and Māori start-up innovation roundtable (listen)
In this special podcast, Idealog has a roundtable chat with the team behind the start-up Akudos and MYOB about Kōkiri, a unique business accelerator dedicated to speeding up the development of Māori businesses, as well as the importance of large businesses supporting start-ups, what we mean when we talk about agile working, Māori innovation, and more.
Design for good
Bridget Ellis-Pegler and Ronel Schodt on The Zingoshi Chronicles and integrating STEAM and entertainment (listen)
Bridget Ellis-Pegler and Ronel Schodt, creators of The Zingoshi Chronicles, chat about their new multimedia venture, using tech to get young people away from tech, letting kids be kids, what the support of the likes of Theresa Gattung, Dame Julie Christie and Cecilia Robinson means, integrating STEAM and entertainment, and more.
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Planet blockchain
Tomicah Tillemann on the potential of blockchain and how it can help New Zealand (listen)
Dr. Tomicah Tillemann, director of the Bretton Woods II programme at New America, chats about what blockchain is exactly, why people should care, and how New Zealand businesses of all sizes can use it to better compete in global markets.
