Unseen Upside: Investments Beyond Their Returns
Episodes
S6:E6 Women, Wealth, and Economic Growth
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Step into a conversation about the power of investing in women—and the ripple effects that follow.This International Women's Day, discover how closi...
S6:E5 AI & Robotics: Shaping the Future of Work, Mobility, and Medicine
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Step into the world of advanced robotics, where AI is transforming how we work, move, and live. Discover how surgical robots, autonomous vehicles, an...
S6:E4 AI & Agriculture: Data-Driven Fields, Resilient Futures
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Travel to a Vermont dairy farm to see how AI is reshaping agriculture.Learn how data-driven tools are making farming more sustainable and productive, ...
S6:E3 AI & Biotech: Accelerating Breakthroughs in Medicine
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Venture into the world of AI-driven drug discovery, where new models are making the process faster, safer, and more ethical.Discover how Axiom’s pio...
S6:E2 AI & Geothermal: The Next Wave of Clean Energy
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when AI meets the earth’s natural heat?Join us as we explore how Fervo and global partners are harnessing AI to unlock geothermal energ...
S6:E1 AI & Education: Investing in the Future of Learning
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discover how AI is breaking down barriers to education and tailoring learning experiences for students everywhere.From Duolingo’s global reach to th...
S6:EP0 Unseen Upside - Season 6 Trailer
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready—Season 6 of Unseen Upside launches October 21.This season, we’re taking you behind the scenes to explore how AI is transforming our worl...
S5:E8 Mini Episode | The Story of Saving the American Bison
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Once numbering in the tens of millions, the American bison was nearly driven to extinction by the early 1900s. But a coalition of conservationists, Na...
S5:E7 Mini Episode | What Inspires Our Guests: Must-Read Books and Podcasts, Pt 2
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Summer isn't over just yet--Unseen Upside is bringing you Part 2 of our summer reading list! Tune in as we share more book recommendations from invest...
S5:E6 Mini Episode | What Inspires Our Guests: Must-Read Books and Podcasts, Pt 1
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As summer heats up, Unseen Upside brings you a special two-part mini-episode packed with inspiration for your reading and listening list. From thought...
S5:E5 The Maternal Health Crisis: Investing for Change
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a maternal health crisis in the United States, with high rates of maternal mortality, especially among marginalized communities. But what is...
S5:E4 Digital Health: Transforming Care, Improving Access
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How will evolving digital technologies impact healthcare delivery, patient experience, and access to care?According to new venture-backed companies, t...
S5:E3 From Barriers to Bridges: Rural Health Access
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in Kotzebue, Alaska to explore the issue of rural healthcare and the inequities faced by these communities.We shine a light on innovative solu...
S5:E2 Drug Affordability: The High Cost of Healing
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prescription drug prices in the United States are 2.78 times higher than in other developed countries, but why?We untangle the barriers surrounding dr...
S5:E1 Investing in Affordable Homes for Healthier Communities
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we head to the Bronx to examine the critical intersection of housing and health and the innovative solutions that are aiming to address the...
S5:EP0 Unseen Upside - Season Five Trailer
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How does venture capital contribute to advancing health equity and public health? Find out on season five of Unseen Upside, premiering Tuesday, Octobe...
The Decision to Delegate
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While we’re busy pulling together stories for the fifth season of Unseen Upside, we thought you might be curious about what it is that Cambridge Ass...
S4:E6 AI & Healthcare: The Next Frontier
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare, unleashing new investment opportunities. From cancer screening to drug discovery, AI promises to a...
S4:E5 Unlocking the Dark Genome for Lupus and Other Autoimmune Diseases
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Autoimmune diseases like lupus impact over 5 million patients globally, but treatment options remain limited. Now, decoding the once mysterious "dark ...
S4:EP4 Appetite for Change: The Obesity Epidemic Meets Biotech
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Obesity is a global health crisis, with over 650 million adults affected worldwide. This drives massive economic and disease burdens. Yet new treatmen...
S4:EP3 Precision Oncology & Advancing Personalized Cancer Care
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Precision oncology represents an exciting shift in cancer treatment from a one-size-fits-all approach to personalized care based on each patient's uni...
S4:EP2 Living Longer But Losing Our Minds: The Alzheimer's Emergency
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to medical advances, we're living longer lives but with that comes rising rates of Alzheimer's disease. Currently 6 million Americans have Alzh...
S4:EP1 Mind Matters: Making Sense of the Mental Health Crisis
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The mental health crisis is growing, especially among Gen Z (91% report anxiety or depression). This episode explores innovations in mental healthcare...
S4:EP0 Unseen Upside - Season Four Trailer
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The future of healthcare is here. Get an an inside look at the innovations transforming lives on season four of Unseen Upside, premiering Tuesday, Feb...
S3:EP5 Can Deep Tech Combat Fast Fashion?
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The fashion industry accounts for up to 10% of global carbon dioxide output and roughly 2.6 million tons of clothing returns end up in US landfi...
S3:EP4 Battery Storage, Renewable Energy & Building a Sustainable Grid
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More than two-thirds of our electricity is generated by burning fossil fuels, a major climate change contributor. As such, use of renewable energy is ...
S3:EP3 eVTOLs & Flying Cars
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Humans have fantasized about flying cars for decades, but they’ve yet to leave the pages of our sci-fi books...or have they? Join us as we visit Job...
S3:EP2 CRISPR, Dodo Birds, Woolly Mammoths & Gene Editing
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
According to scientists, 30,000 species per year are being driven towards extinction and 50% of all species could be extinct by 2050 due to climate ch...
S3:EP1 Will Fusion Power (or "Stars in a Jar") Replace Fossil Fuels?
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Harnessing fusion power has been an elusive goal of physicists and researchers for decades. However, recent scientific advances are helping to make th...
S3:EP0 Unseen Upside - Season Three Trailer
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Season three of Unseen Upside: Investments Beyond Their Returns by Cambridge Associates explores the innovations turning science fiction to fact and t...
S2:EP5 Space: Zero Gravity Space Factories
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all dreamt of traveling to outer space and recently, that dream has been more tangible than ever. But for those of us without a seat on the ne...
S2:EP4 Water: Carbon Sinking Kelp Farms
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oceans make up 72% of the earth’s surface and have absorbed around 40% of carbon emissions since 1840. As such, investors are increasingly putting c...
S2:EP3 Fire: Net-Zero Plasma Diamonds
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fire is often a marker associated with the worst effects of climate change. But what if fire could actually be harnessed to help reverse it? In this e...
S2:EP2 Air: Planting 20M Trees by 2030
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For most of human history, we’ve been cutting down trees. However, the acceleration of carbon credit markets and the societal demand for climate sol...
S2:EP1 Earth: Mushrooms and the Future of Meat
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Livestock take up nearly 80% of global agricultural land yet produce only 20% of the world’s supply of calories—so how can we make feeding people ...
S2:EP0 Unseen Upside - Season Two Trailer
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season two of the Unseen Upside podcast by Cambridge Associates explores elements of our natural world—and beyond—with the innovators and investor...
S1:EP5 Consumer Brands: Why Do We Buy?
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Consumers are demanding more from brands than ever before, but how are brands rising to the occasion? In this episode of Unseen Upside, Cambridge Asso...
S1:EP4 Digital Health: How Is Tech Revolutionizing Healthcare?
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unseen Upside, we look at how technology is transforming healthcare for both the provider and the patient—and making it more equi...
S1:EP3 Crypto: How Are Artists Leveraging NFTs?
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unseen Upside, we’ll explore how non-fungible tokens (NFTs)—and the blockchain technology that supports them—are enabling a r...
S1:EP2 Digital Infrastructure: Where Does the Internet Come From?
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Now more than ever, we rely on high-speed internet to power our work and personal lives—but where does it come from? In this episode of Unseen Upsid...
S1:EP1 Impact Investing: How Is Tech Making Food Systems More Sustainable?
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this season one premiere of Unseen Upside, we take you to the Foster Brothers Dairy Farm in Middlebury, Vermont to explore impact investing through...
S1:EP0 Introducing Unseen Upside
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cambridge Associates’ inaugural podcast season explores the tech changing our daily lives and the people who invest in it. How we invest today drive...