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A show of interviews at the intersection of Creators, Startups, & Operators. But instead of just talking about what they're building/ doing, we have a candid conversation about the details.

Podcast · By Viraj Acharya · English · Official site

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Sep 4, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

    Why There's a Housing Crisis in the West | Mollie Claypool, AUAR (opens the original)

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    This is my first conversation with Mollie Claypool, co-founder and CEO of AUAR. AUAR builds and operates microfactories that produce timber panels for homebuilding. The team is preparing its first V3 deployments from its 11,000-square-foot facility in London, working toward deploying 1,000 microfactories by 2030. Timestamps: (00:00:00) Why the West has a housing shortage (00:03:55) Timber and microfactories (00:07:50) Prove by doing (00:10:12) The Capex problem (00:12:49) What homebuilders care

  2. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

    The Anti-Gravity Machine | Julian Rothenbuchner, Tumbleweed (opens the original)

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    My first conversation with Julian Rothenbuchner, co-founder and CEO of Tumbleweed. In June 2026, Tumbleweed became the first Austrian commercial satellite, building and launching Oasis Alpha in under nine months, as they scale to industrialising microgravity. Timestamps (00:00:00) The anti-gravity machine (00:02:49) Enduring pain and complexity for simplicity (00:08:41) Building a satellite in nine months (00:13:07) Gradient descent and highly capable people plus attritional environments (00:15:

  3. Episode · Aug 25, 2026

    Building the Space Police | Marnix Meersman, Arqus Aerospace (opens the original)

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    My first conversation with Marnix Meersman, co-founder and CEO of Arqus Aerospace. Arqus is developing lasers to dazzle and destroy spacecraft Timestamps (00:00:00) Modern warfare's evolution (00:05:35) Becoming an aerospace company (00:06:45) Lindbergh (00:09:31) Using anger to move faster (00:10:55) How satellites are attacked (00:18:48) A 1% hit rate is enough (00:23:09) Why blind drones cannot return home (00:25:12) Making the laser small enough to carry (00:27:19) Bullshit radar (00:39:17)

  4. Episode · Aug 18, 2026

    Human Clock Speed | Ali Mitchell, Odyssey Ventures (opens the original)

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    My First Conversation with Ali Mitchell, Odyssey Ventures Timestamps 00:00:00 Work is life 00:02:23 Building the Ninian oil platform 00:09:10 The big red bus theory 00:11:47 Learning human clock speed at dunnhumby 00:16:22 Betting everything on Huddle.com 00:20:21 Mortgaging the house for Flow 00:23:01 Garrett Lord’s extreme grit 00:25:46 Slaughtering sacred cows 00:35:08 Booting up Silicon Roundabout 00:39:14 Bringing Silicon Valley back to London 00:42:38 The era of the PhD founder 00:44:55 Ba

  5. Episode · Aug 12, 2026

    The Space Shipping Company | Mark Stokes, Magdrive (opens the original)

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    My First Conversation with Mark Stokes, Co-founder & CEO of Magdrive Timestamps 00:00:00 Studying classics 00:02:14 Meeting Dr Thomas Clayson 00:05:07 Why satellite propulsion stopped evolving 00:07:01 Turning metal into plasma with pulsed power 00:11:28 The Battle of Salamis 00:13:27 Building the shipping company for space 00:16:08 Building gas stations at Lagrange points 00:18:00 Science fiction that inspired Magdrive 00:19:09 Iain M. Banks & post-scarcity abundance 00:21:41 Why humans should

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