The Moonshot Podcast
Hosted by Astro Teller · X, The Moonshot Factory
4.9from 132 ratings
- 31
- Episodes
- 27
- Transcribed
- 132
- Ratings
- 2025
- First episode
- 10M
- YouTube views
About The Moonshot Podcast
The Moonshot Podcast chronicles the untold stories of innovation - both highs and lows - from inside Google’s Moonshot Factory. In Season 2, Captain of Moonshots Astro Teller sits down with a new crop of moonshot takers exploring the next frontiers in health, biology, computing and more. From energy kites and robotic pants, to sea fuel and digital immune systems, go behind the scenes with the inventors and creators working to turn "what if" into what’s next.
- Publisher
- X, The Moonshot Factory
- Category
- science · society & culture · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 Feb 2025
- Latest episode
- 3 Jun 2026
Latest episodes
27 of 31 episodes have a transcript.
3 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Moonshot Mindset with Adam Savage and Sergey Brin
27 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Underground Potential
13 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Neurons and Networks
Inside a recent episode
The Moonshot Mindset with Adam Savage and Sergey Brin
Published 3 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] If you're trying to do that, you and I aren't on the same team because my interest is not actually in having the teleporter work. My interest is how can we solve as many of the world's big problems as possible per dollar spent? So that has to be the team you're on if you want to be here with me. Once we agree that that's the team we're on, Now you're not sitting on the other side of the table. You're on my side of the table. And we're saying, huh, we're buying options on the future for Alphabet and for the world. Might this be a once in a generation opportunity? I don't know. Let's go find out. […]
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- Adam Savage
- Sergey Brin
- Kathy Hannun
- Sarah Laszlo
- Obi Felton
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 10,168,596
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 67 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 65 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100
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- Quality
- 72
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 85
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Astro Teller host the show. Published by X, The Moonshot Factory.
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