Two hosts unpack the science behind the technologies shaping the future — nuclear, fusion, AI and more — in plain, jargon-free language, then follow the thread to the companies building them. Fast, friendly, and genuinely curious. Education, not investment advice. From the team behind the Fox'd app.
A GPU was built to draw video games, yet it ended up running artificial intelligence. What it actually does, and why one company sells most of them.
4 Nov 2026
The tiny town every chip depends on
Nearly every computer chip is made with quartz from one small town in North Carolina. Why that rock is so special, and what happened when a hurricane shut the mines.
14 Oct 2026
How a bubble forms and pops
Why smart people buy at the top. Every bubble follows the same five steps, and nobody can be sure they are in one until it pops.
13 Oct 2026
Why a robot can't fold your laundry
Robots can pass exams but still struggle with a T-shirt. Why moving is harder than thinking, and why so many robots are being built in our shape.
12 Oct 2026
The cure for high prices
Why oil, gas and metals swing from boom to bust. High prices pay for new supply, and when it finally arrives years later, it ends the boom.
12 Oct 2026
EVs running on salt
Sodium-ion batteries are made from something as common as salt. What they give up, where they fit best, and why they are not cheaper than lithium yet.
11 Oct 2026
What's really stopping solid-state batteries
Solid-state batteries could change electric cars. What would really get better, what is holding them back, and how to tell real progress from hype.
21 Jun 2026
Uranium, thorium, and the HALEU bottleneck
What goes into a nuclear reactor. One number, enrichment, drives the whole industry, and the fuel everyone wants is one that almost nobody can make.
20 Jun 2026
What nuclear energy actually is
How splitting an atom makes power. A pellet the size of your fingertip holds as much energy as a tonne of coal, and in the end a reactor simply boils water.
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