World Changing Ideas

LIVE! from Fast Company Innovation Festival with Brian Chesky

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James Vincent talks with Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky on stage at Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York City

Flashback: How We Can Use AI to Help Improve Medicine

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, Talib talked with Brightseed Co-founder and COO Sofia Elizondo to chat about how her company has developed AI technology to find nutrients ...

Flashback: How We Can Address Food Waste and Hunger with One App

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, Talib chatted with Food Rescue Hero CEO and Founder Leah Lizarondo about her app that acts like an Uber or DoorDash for surplus food.

Flashback: What Does the Future of Digital Reading Look Like?

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, Talib sat down with award-winning author Alexander Kielland Krag and Gyldendal Executive Vice President Tom Christian Gotschalksen to discu...

Flashback: How Can We Create Water from Thin Air?

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, Talib talked with Source Global CEO and Founder Cody Friesen about how his company collects water by using hydropanels. They harness the en...

Flashback: How Can We Make Our Furniture More Sustainable?

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, Talib sat down with Lonely Whale Executive Director Dune Ives about the NextWave Plastics initiative that comprises a group of multinationa...

FROM FRESHWORKS AND FAST CO. WORKS: What is the future of the employee experience?

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Every company’s success is tied to its talent - recruiting and retaining the employees needed to deliver high-level customer experiences that suppor...

Flashback: How Can We Make Clothing More Sustainable?

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, Talib talked with Vanessa Barboni Hallik, the founder and CEO of Another Tomorrow, an end-to-end sustainable design company to chat about t...

Flashback: How Playing Video Games Could Help Feed Hungry Children

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, Talib sat down with hive CEO and co-founder Jenifer Willig to discuss her work on creating a video game that helps fight malnutrition. Acco...

Flashback: How it's Not Impossible to Fix the Absurdities in the World

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, Talib talked with Mick Ebeling, the founder of Not Impossible, a social innovation lab and production company and his Managing Director Ada...

Flashback: How this Pregnancy Test Protects Your Privacy and the Environment

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everyone, as part of our continuing summer series, we’re looking back on some of our previous episodes. Last year, Talib sat down with Lia Diagn...

Flashback: How We Can Borrow from the Greeks and Improve Our Democracy

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our continuing summer series, we’re looking back on some of our previous episodes.  Last year, Talib talked with Adam Cronkright about o...

Flashback: How This Author Turned One Book into a Multimedia Business

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a look back at some of our favorite moments over the past year and a half. This week we're going back to our conversation with Jelani Mem...

Flashback: How Beyond Meat is Putting Plants at the Center of the Plate

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a look back at some of our best moments over the past year and a half. This week we're going back to our conversation with Beyond Meat Fo...

What Are 3 Basic Steps You Can Take to Slow Global Warming?

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a look back at this season's innovations and ideas on climate change. Let us know which ones were your favorites! Also, don't lose hope! ...

How Can Washing Clothes Help Cut Down Our Impact on the Climate?

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve talked about oceans and plastic pollution before but today we’re going to explore an unlikely connection between those two topics, and somet...

How Do You Become an Innovator by Accident?

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How does one become an organic dairy farmer? Well, sometimes you just happen to stumble into it. Donald De Jong is the CEO of Natural Prairie Dairy an...

How You Can Restore an Economy By Saving A Coral Reef

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s World Oceans Day! And we’re celebrating our blue planet by talking about coral reefs.  Coral bleaching events are like 100-year flood events...

How Can Hydrogen Help Energize the World in a Clean Way?

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Renewable energy comes in many forms: solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass, geothermal, and wave energy. On this episode, we're focusing on solar energ...

How Can We Reduce Waste in the Trucking Industry: A Recap

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As a follow-up to our episode on transportation, we're revisiting a conversation with Jennifer Wong, the head of sustainability at Convoy. The company...

How We Can Pave Roads and Electrify Cars to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Global transportation is responsible for 24 percent of direct CO2 emissions from fuel combustion. The transportation sector in the U.S is responsible ...

Can Going Meat-Free Really Help Cut Back on Carbon Emissions?

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A new study shows how quickly reducing animal farming could unlock ‘negative emissions’ by lowering the amount of methane and nitrous oxide from t...

How Can We Farm Against Climate Change and Grow Crops Sustainably?

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Deforestation is partially a result of traditional agriculture practices so we’re looking into alternative agriculture to find out how it can actual...

How We Can Create Climate Equity using Trees: A Recap

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last year Talib talked with Maisie Hughes from American Forests about tree equity and since it seemed like a good follow-up to our episode on reforest...

Can Planting Trees Really Save the Planet from Global Warming?

20 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Because it’s Earth Day in two days, we thought, what better way to celebrate than by talking about the most iconic symbol of the Earth? Trees are na...

How Much Can We Blame Companies for Causing Climate Change?

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We know that corporations have known about their own role in climate change for some time but while they might be accountable, individuals are also re...

How Does Plastic Actually Break Down and Can We Replace it?

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last month, UN members convened at the UN Environment Assembly and passed a historic resolution to end plastic pollution. On this week's episode we're...

We Traveled to Vermont and Tried Out the New Taiga Electric Snowmobile!

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A few weeks ago, we went up to Stowe, Vermont and rode on Taiga's new electric snowmobiles. It was a fun experience testing out its new model, which i...

How Can We Harness Methane as a Source for Good?

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode, we’re going to look at methane. While we know that a major source of greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide, methane also plays a hu...

How Removing Carbon Could Actually Encourage Us to Continue Polluting

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode we're looking at the potential philosophical problem behind implementing carbon removal strategies. Could they inadvertently cause indust...

What Will It Take to Get 40 Billion Tons of CO2 Out of Our Atmosphere?

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the words decarbonize and carbon negativity get bandied about. To help dissect what those mean, Tal...

How Do We Get More People to Care about Climate Change?

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we’re talking about something that’s at the heart of the climate crisis - how do we get more people to care about it? Fast Compa...

What Does Our Future Look Like with Climate Change on the Horizon?

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're kicking off a new season by delving into our world's most challenging issue: climate change. We all know that it's a crisis we need to fix befor...

Innovation Unrestricted - How Companies can Incorporate Diversity and Inclusion into Product Design

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, host Abigail Bassett is joined by Lenovo’s Calvin Crosslin to talk about how companies can incorporate diversity and inclusion into...

Innovation Unrestricted - Designing Products and Communities With Sustainability and Innovation in Mind

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, host Abigail Bassett is joined by Lenovo’s Vlad Rozanovich to talk about how the tech company looks at product design through a sus...

We're Back and Starting Something New!

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’re kicking off this new season with a special series completely dedicated to climate change. We’ll cover everything from the decarbonization of...

How Motorcycles Can Help Save Wildlife Around the World

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We cover a lot of creative ideas on the show but they’ve all been tools or innovations that mainly help people. So, today we’re going to take a lo...

How Your Favorite Ice Cream or Chocolate Might Be Made Out of Fiber Instead of Sugar

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everybody, welcome back and hope you all had a healthy and happy holiday season! January is a month for reflection and fulfilling resolutions so w...

THE YEAR AHEAD: Innovation for All - Connecting Through Caring: How Purpose-Driven Brands are Earning Customer Loyalty

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Year Ahead: Innovation For All is a new mini series from FastCo Works and Capital One. Join host Julianne Pepitone as she explores how companies c...

THE YEAR AHEAD: Innovation for All - Why Personalized Artificial Intelligence Could Be the Next Big Thing in Tech

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Every major successful technology goes through key phases - from early adopter beta testing to 1.0 rollouts to mainstream adoption. Artificial intell...

New Year's Special - Reflecting on 2021

27 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have a special holiday episode where Talib chatted with Creative Conversation Host KC Ifeayni and The New Way We Work Host Kate Davis to refl...

Best of WCI: WaterBear Takes On Climate Change By Streaming Documentaries

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’re taking a look at some of the highlights from the show and since we’re about to jump into a new year, it seemed like a good idea to end on an...

Innovator's Inspiration with Maisie Hughes

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On “Innovator’s Inspiration,” we go behind the scenes of the world-changing ideas we cover and really dive into what motivated our guests to com...

Innovator's Inspiration with Vanessa Barboni Hallik

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On “Innovator’s Inspiration,” we go behind the scenes of the world-changing ideas we cover and really dive into what motivated our guests to com...

How We Can Tackle Climate Equity With the World’s Oldest Tech: Trees

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Environmental Justice covers a lot of areas, including cultural, social, and economic elements. On this episode, we wanted to dive into how tree equit...

Best of WCI: Gravity Payments Wants to Change the Minimum Wage Structure

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the holiday spirit of generosity and gratitude, we wanted to bring you one of our favorite interviews from this past year. In March, Talib chatted ...

How This Cashmere Cardigan Wants to Save the Planet One Goat at a Time

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Back in May, we learned about the lowest carbon footprint sneaker with Cariuma cofounders David Python and Fernando Porto. Today we’ll be diving in...

Innovator's Inspiration with Jelani Memory

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of “Innovator’s Inspiration” we're talking with A Kids Company About CEO and Founder Jelani Memory to hear his thoughts on othe...

How Should We Talk to Kids About Racism

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Racism is an elusive concept but one that pervades almost every facet of society. It's been the architect of many injustices, and it’s something thi...

Innovator's Inspiration with Jen Willig

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of “Innovator’s Inspiration,” we're hearing how hive Co-founder and CEO Jenifer Willig was inspired to take on malnutrition thro...

How Playing Video Games Can Help Fight Malnutrition

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

According to UNICEF, severe acute malnutrition threatens an estimated 16 million children worldwide and claims the lives of approximately one million ...

Best of WCI: Mayors for a Guaranteed Income Fight for Financial Equality

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, Andrew Yang released a book about his ideas on transforming our political and economic systems. Yang is most well-known for popularizing th...

How We Can Solve the Water Crisis by Grabbing Water from Thin Air

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Over 2 billion people suffer from unsafe drinking water or lack access to a reliable source of drinking water. Talib talked with Source Global CEO and...

Innovator's Inspiration with Cody Friesen

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our new initiative to bring you more context on the topics we cover, we’re starting a series we’re calling, “Innovator’s Inspiratio...

How Purchasing this Office Chair Could Help Keep Plastic Out of the Ocean

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

These days plastics contribute to 300 million metric tons of waste in the world. In the early 2000s, our plastic waste rose more in a single decade th...

Best of WCI: ICON Wants to Build Your House on the Moon and Cariuma Wants to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint With Its New Shoe

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’re going to start bringing you bonus episodes to give you more context on the topics we cover and a chance to tune into some highlights from the ...

This App Wants to Solve Hunger with a Text

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Solving hunger is something we’ve talked about on this show before. Back in June, we talked with Leah Lizarondo about the organization she founded t...

Inc. Magazine's Planet Purpose: What Millennials Think About Purpose

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hey World Changing Ideas listeners, we’ve got a special episode for you today. It’s from the folks over at Inc. Magazine’s Planet Purpose podcas...

How This Novel Approach to Book Publishing is Helping Gen Z Read More

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While reading may not be our most popular pastime (Americans still spend more than half their spare time watching TV), research shows there was an upt...

How Streaming Movies Could Help Combat Global Warming

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you turn on Disney+, Amazon Prime or Apple TV+, you’re watching content in an entirely new way than you did just a few years ago. With new a...

Guaranteed Income Isn’t Just About Solving Poverty — It’s About Dignity

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The idea of a universal basic income has gained more prominence recently-most notably with former New York Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang pushing for a...

How this Company is Unlocking the Potential of Plants with AI

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The concept of food as medicine isn’t new … we’ve heard about the antioxidants in blueberries, that chamomile tea is a good sleep aid and how a ...

There’s Nothing Fake about Beyond Meat’s New Plant-Based Burger

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Over the course of the pandemic, people started cooking more. It wasn’t just comfort food staples like meatloaf and pancakes - people bought more pl...

How This App Works like DoorDash to Help Solve Hunger

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We just celebrated Memorial Day and people certainly made up for last year’s cancelled holiday. With more people vaccinated and lockdown restriction...

This Pregnancy Test Came Back Positive for the Environment

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most well-known home healthcare products in the U.S is the at-home pregnancy test. Since the original version came out on the market in 197...

How this New Bamboo Sneaker is Changing the Shoe Industry One Tiny Carbon Footprint at a Time

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We know greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation and food waste. But one carbon contributor that doesn’t always get a lot of airtime is the...

How Eating Ugly Fruits and Veggies Can Help Save the Planet

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We've got a special bonus episode for you this week. Since we're celebrating Earth Month, we wanted to bring you another great innovation on sustainab...

Why It's Not Great to See an Empty 18-Wheeler Cruising Beside You

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It shouldn’t come as any surprise that the number one carbon “culprit” in the U.S is transportation. It accounts for about 28 percent of total U...

How a 3D Printer Could Help End Homelessness

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While the pandemic has exposed underlying issues of housing insecurity for many Americans, homelessness in the U.S was already a massive crisis. Talib...

How Can We Make Our Democracy Better? Go Back to Ancient Greece

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For many years the U.S has seemed more politically divided than ever before. Only 16 percent of Americans think democracy is working well and almost 8...

Fast Company Presents World Changing Ideas

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hey Fast Break listeners, we’ve got a new show for you where we’re going to explore the ways people are striving to change the world for the bette...

Uncommon Good - Leveling the Hiring Field

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Uncommon Good is a custom series from FastCo works and Facebook. We'll hear from industry leaders who combine purpose with innovative thinking to give...

Uncommon Good - Innovating It Forward

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Uncommon Good is a custom series from FastCo works and Facebook. We'll hear from industry leaders who combine purpose with innovative thinking to give...

Uncommon Good - Generation Innovation

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Uncommon Good is a custom series from FastCo works and Facebook. We'll hear from industry leaders who combine purpose with innovative thinking to give...

Eve Rodsky Reveals Invisible Work

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re doing an end-of-year recap where we’ll take a look at what changed in 2020-from the theater community, to education, to police ref...

LIVE SHOW: The Year That Changed Everything

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On December 16, Fast Company Podcast Network went live on Facebook and Youtube. Creative Conversation host, KC Ifeanyi, was joined by Kate Davis--host...

Dr. Megan Ranney Shares her Lessons from COVID

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re reviewing what we learned about COVID this past year. First we chat with an emergency physician and public health researcher about h...

Jad Abumrad & Karla Murthy Depict Small Town America

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re taking a look at the American image. First, how does a post-industrial town bounce back from devastating decline? And why is the Ame...

Dr. Gregory Poland Explains the New COVID-19 Vaccines

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we learn more about the recent vaccine developments and how they will actually affect our future and then we’ll find out what therapists a...

Intelligence at Work: What Every Company Needs to Know About Returning to Work

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by Ceridian’s brand platform and smarter approach to Human Capital Management, “Intelligence at Work” is a custom podcast from FastCo ...

Dan Harris Finds Meditation and Gretchen Carlson Fights Arbitration

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we hear from two journalists who took their work experiences and decided to make some pretty dramatic changes.  We’re changing things up ...

Paven Malhotra Breaks Down Section 230

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we hear how the election results might affect the laws of the internet and then find out what you can do to avoid spam and protect your priv...

Intelligence at Work: Financial Wellness

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by Ceridian’s brand platform and smarter approach to Human Capital Management, “Intelligence at Work” is a custom podcast from FastCo ...

Eve Pilots a New Way of Flying

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we take a look at some strides in urban air traffic development, and learn how the hospitality industry is preparing for outdoor dining this...

Allan Lichtman Predicts Elections

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're talking about how to bring some calm back into our lives. We learn how one historian can forecast the future. Then some advice on how ...

Sophia Bush Explains Gender Equity in Hollywood

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we hear from Sophia Bush on the role gender plays in Hollywood. Then we continue with our election coverage by taking a look at poll watchin...

Intelligence at Work: Retiring The 2-Week Pay Period?

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by Ceridian’s brand platform and smarter approach to Human Capital Management, “Intelligence at Work” is a custom podcast from FastCo ...

Paul Barrett Informs Us on Election Misinformation

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be jumping on the election train by exploring misinformation issues. We’ll also learn about gender mainstreaming and what that act...

David S. Cohen Breaks Down Supreme Court Decisions

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll dive into a case in front of the Supreme Court concerning medication abortion. Then we’ll revisit some moments from the Innovation...

Senator Amy Klobuchar and Chip & Joanna Gaines Discuss Leadership

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights from the Innovation Festival. We heard from Senator Amy Klobuchar, Investor Steve Case, Chip and Joanna Gaines, and Citi CFO Mark Mason

Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan Discusses the Coronavirus Pandemic

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights from the Fast Company Innovation Festival. We hear from Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Tommy Hilfiger Global Martijn Hagman, National ...

Janelle Monáe and Lena Waithe Discuss Social Good, Activism, and Justice

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights from the Fast Company Innovation Festival. We hear from Janelle Monáe, Lena Waithe, Patrisse Cullors, Jamaal Bowman and San Francisco DA C...

Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey Discuss the Future of Media

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights from the Fast Company Innovation Festival. We hear from Robert and Susan Downey, Scooter Braun and Dantley Davis on the future of media.

Katica Roy Moves Toward Gender Equity

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll learn how we could achieve gender equity sooner than later, get some tips on time management and hear a few recommendations on how t...

FloWater Taps into Clean Water

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll learn how a couple of companies are taking sustainability to the next level and get some new tips on staying comfy this coming fall....

Crothall Healthcare Prepares for Flu Season

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll find out what one healthcare company is doing to prepare for flu season, how some schools are reopening, and get some tips on next l...

Makeba Changes Banking

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll hear from one company that’s using technology to change how people are banking, find out how Pennsylvania plans to help small busi...

Dr. Kolina Koltai Debunks "Plandemic II"

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll learn how to combat health misinformation, hear about a new way to track wildfires and get some advice on making smart decisions in ...

Paul Rabil Goes from Professional Athlete to Executive

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll hear how one professional athlete started his own premier league, learn about the excess waste we’re creating as a result of the c...

Dr. David J. Brenner Sheds Light on UV Radiation

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll learn about UV radiation and its use against the spread of COVID-19. Then we’ll hear why Americans love carbs again after so many ...