2,012
Episodes
31
Transcribed
18
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2019
First episode
388K
YouTube views

About Innovation Now

Innovation Now is a daily 90-second radio series and podcast that gives listeners a front row seat to hear compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the people behind the concepts that are shaping our future.

Publisher
WHRO Public Media
Category
technology
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
1 Jan 2019
Latest episode
13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

31 of 2,012 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 13 Oct 2026

    Spring Down Under

  2. 12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Bubbles in Your Beer

  3. 9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Enterprise

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Bubbles in Your Beer

Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] To keep their beer from going stale in the tanks, they turned to a solution that was designed for use on Mars. Beginning in the 1990s, Pioneer Astronautics developed NASA-funded systems to help harvest fuel and water from the Martian atmosphere. Later, the company's founder rearranged the subsystems into technology for the oil and gas industry. But he soon realized the system could be used to capture and purify carbon dioxide from the brewing process for use in carbonation. Beer fermentation releases massive amounts of CO2, yet small brewers often face shortages of the gas needed to carbonate their drinks. […]

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YouTube views
387,960
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.6 / 5
18 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

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YouTube
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Engagement
95

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