Faster, Please! — The Podcast
by James Pethokoukis
July 11, 2025 9:23 am
Welcome to Faster, Please! — The Podcast. Several times a month, host Jim Pethokoukis will feature a lively conversation with a fascinating and provocative guest about how to make the world a better place by accelerating scientific discovery, technological innovation, and economic growth.
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Recent Episodes
🎇 An age of transformation: My chat (+transcript) with techno-futurist Peter Leyden
2 weeks ago✨ 🧬 When AI meets biotechnology: My chat (+transcript) with techno-futurist Jamie Metzl
4 weeks ago🚀 NASA and the New Space Age: My chat (+transcript) with James Meigs
1 month ago🤖 Superintelligence and national security: My chat (+transcript) with AI expert Dan Hendrycks
3 months ago🗽 America's immigration edge: My chat (+transcript) with policy expert Alex Nowrasteh
3 months ago🌾 Land of plenty: My chat (+transcript) with science journalist Charles C. Mann on the agricultural history you never learned
3 months ago🚀 Mars or bust! My chat (+transcript) with aerospace engineer Robert Zubrin
4 months ago📈 Back to the Nineties? My chat (+transcript) with economist Skanda Amarnath on the 2020s productivity outlook
4 months ago🚀 My chat (+transcript) with economist Matt Weinzierl on the growing business of space
5 months ago🌍 My chat (+transcript) with researcher Toby Ord on existential risk
6 months ago