Austin Next
Hosted by Jason Scharf and Jason A Scharf · Jason Scharf
4.9from 20 ratings
- 187
- Episodes
- 22
- Transcribed
- 20
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 821K
- YouTube views
About Austin Next
Austin is building the new tech, cultural, and intellectual stack. The region is a living laboratory to answer a single question: How do you build a global innovation superpower? Host Jason Scharf dissects innovation from the individual to the ecosystem. From the soundstage to the data center to the fab, we decode the mechanics of Austin's innovation ecosystem. As Atoms, Bits, and Intelligence converge, we explore how Hard Tech scale, digital velocity, and creative density collide. This is an audit of the future. We map the physics of the flywheel so builders and investors can navigate the chaos.
- Publisher
- Jason Scharf
- Category
- business · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Jul 2021
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
22 of 187 episodes have a transcript.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Making the Impossible Feel Possible | Eric Salwan & Scott Edwards
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can You Engineer Serendipity?
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Future Is Actually Starting to Happen | Andrew Côté, Deep Tech Week
Inside a recent episode
Making the Impossible Feel Possible | Eric Salwan & Scott Edwards
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You have to travel about 17,500 miles an hour to get to be in orbit. So that lightweight, strong, powerful vehicle has to survive all of that. And very few people have successfully done that. And there was something unique happening with business in the space industry at this time. When I started following them, it was 2016 and it was known as the small sat race or Or the space race, but they were creating small satellite launchers. Now, traditionally, yes, we know how to build rockets. NASA countries build rockets, but they're huge, and the satellites might have been the size of a school bus. […]
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- Eric Salwan
- Scott Edwards
- Evan Baehr
- Chris Taylor
- Zac Solomon
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 821,165
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 14 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 51
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Who hosts Austin Next?
Jason Scharf and Jason A Scharf host the show. Published by Jason Scharf.
How often do new episodes come out?
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