On the Rise is a podcast about climate and the future—but not in the usual way. Across energy, technology, business, and culture, it features honest conversations with people building things, making decisions, and figuring out what actually works. Grounded, curious, and occasionally funny—a more human conversation about the future.
OTR in Overtime: Space Junk, Chickens, and Mamdani, Oh my!
In this special Friday BONUS episode of the show, Bayeté, Marcius and Vish tacking some of the thorniest issues facing the nation today, including: why don't we launch garbage into space, how many chickens live on earth and who cares, and what's up with those free buses? Let us know what you think at podontherise@gmail.com Chapters: 00:05 Introduction to Bayate Ross Smith 00:39 Interlude: Recycling, Space Junk, Rocket Launches 02:34 Climate Change Lives on top of Other Issues ("End topic"P) 0...
20 Oct 2026
Copper is the New Cotton. Have We Learned Anything from Slavery?
Bayeté Ross Smith returns to the show for part two. He and Marcius weigh exponential growth against exploitative extraction in the context of AI, clean energy, and computing technology. Will we learn the lessons from the dark side of the transatlantic Slave trade, and resource exploitation? Marcius and Bayete discuss the connection between Hip Hop and other American music, why copper lithium and critical minerals may be the new cotton, sugarcane, and tobacco, and how to distinguish betw...
13 Oct 2026
What Does Being Yourself Actually Mean? A Harlem Photojournalist's Lens on AI, Race, and Identity
Our guest this week is Bayeté Ross Smith, a sculptor, photojournalist, and professor at NYU. Marcius and Bayeté explore how identity influences our social interactions, the impact of technology-- specifically AI-- on perception, and the future of imagination. They explore questions like "Who gets identified as an expert?" and "Who gets to imagine the future?" while grounding them in the real issues such as race, AI, and of course-- climate change. We hope you'll love this deep dive into who w...
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