The Premise
By Forbes on PodcastOne
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Description
The Premise is a new podcast from Forbes' tech news team that defogs and defuses the hype in business technology. We try to spot and explain the most important trends in mobile, security, cloud and data and explore how companies and organizations are using these tools to make the world a better and more profitable place. The Premise will alternate between feature segments and interviews with the brightest minds in tech.
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CleanTech vs. Tyranny | A common marketing schtick with Silicon Valley startups is that they're making the world a better place, but here's a company that may actually fit the description: it gives people hidden cameras to record human-rights abuses. Oren... | 4/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanUniversities As Startup Engines | Parmy and Alex are joined by Forbes staff reporter Alex Konrad to talk about the increasingly important role that universities play in the tech startup world by turning their research into marketable products. Alex Knapp interviews Charlie... | 4/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTech Diplomacy In A Trump World | Parmy and Alex discuss the implications of increasingly isolationist policies from the U.K. and U.S. on the technology industry, with issues like immigration and free trade now more at stake than ever. Britain's first female consul... | 4/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGot A.I.? You're Hired. | Will artificial intelligence take away jobs, or just change the nature of how we work? Parmy and Alex discuss some of the arguments and fears around automation, while Alex interviews Joe Lobo, chief bot master at startup Inbenta, who says... | 3/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMr. Trump Goes To Cambridge | Parmy interviews Alexander Nix, CEO of Cambridge Analytica, about their work doing data mining and analysis for the Trump campaign; Parmy and Alex discuss the company's efficacy despite the outcome of the election. | 3/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTech's New World Order | Parmy and Alex discuss the theory that tech giants Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple, collectively known as GAFA, are having an increasingly powerful impact on the world as they vie to become a hub for all aspects of daily life. The show... | 3/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen Tech Tackles Disabilities | Forbes reporter Kathleen Chaykowski speaks to Thibault Duchemin, Founder & CEO at Ava, who grew up as the only hearing person in a deaf family and built an app that helps them join in the world around them. Parmy and Kathleen discuss... | 3/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHacking The Real World | A new report for the U.S. army claims future cyber attacks will increasingly affect the real world around us. "We need to think beyond cyber," says author and futurist behind the report, Brian David Johnson, in an interview with... | 2/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Business of eSports | Parmy and Alex are joined by Forbes Editorial Producer Matt Perez to talk about the burgeoning business of professional competitive video gaming (eSports) and dive into the different ways that people are able to make money playing video... | 2/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEarphones: The Future of Computing | Parmy and Alex discuss the market for "in-ear computers" spearheaded by a little German startup called Bragi. Its founder, Nikolaj Hviid, tells us why his earphones are better than Apple's AirPods and why just like the main... | 2/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Battle For Your Brain | Parmy and Forbes technology writer Kathleen Chaykowski discuss two companies promising to fix our runaway addiction to apps. One is already making money: the startup behind meditation app Headspace is worth a quarter of a billion dollars.... | 2/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFaux-cial Media | Parmy and Alex are joined by Forbes tech writer Kathleen Chaykowski to discuss how companies and consumers are combating the proliferation of fake news. Alex Knapp talks to UCLA professors Timothy Tangherlini and Vwani Roychowdhury about... | 1/31/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSmarter Cities | With more people around the globe moving to metropolitan areas, how are cities incorporating technology to improve infrastructure and overall life quality? Parmy and Alex tackle the topic of smart cities and bring on Michael Zeto, AT&T's... | 1/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean30 Under 30 Recap, Part 2 - Ep 37 | For part two of the Forbes' 30 Under 30 breakdown, Parmy and Alex bring on fellow reporters Alex Konrad and Dave Ewalt to discuss the young names making their mark in the science, venture capital and gaming fields. | 1/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean30 Under 30 Recap, Part 1 - Ep 36 | Parmy and Alex bring on tech reporters Ryan Mac and Kathleen Chaykowski to discuss this year's Forbes' 30 Under 30 Summit and the newest young game changers in the technology and manufacturing fields. | 1/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean2016: The Year In Tech - Ep 35 | Parmy and Alex talk to Forbes reporter, Alex Konrad, about the biggest tech stories of 2016: From Facebook to election hacking to self-driving cars to rockets blowing up to Pokemon GO and more. | 1/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNo Longer Lost In Translation - Ep 34 | Parmy talks to Luis Von Ahn, founder of language learning platform Duolingo, and Vasco Pedro, founder of translation AI service Unbabel, about the great strides being made in translation software - largely thanks to artificial intelligence. | 12/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Duke of Tech - Ep 33 | Imagine pitching your tech startup... to a member of the royal family. Nerve-racking, right? Parmy Olson interviews Prince Andrew, Duke of York, about "Pitch at Palace" - his London tech pitching event and whether or not it'll... | 12/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA.I. Hardware and Tear - Ep 32 | Alex Knapp chats it up in San Francisco with staff writers Aaron Tilley and Brian Solomon about the hardware behind artificial intelligence and how far it's come in recent decades. They discuss A.I.'s application towards video... | 12/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMobile Domination - Ep 31 | How are mobile messaging companies growing and adapting in the tech world? Parmy and Alex bring on Line CEO, Takeshi Idezawa, to talk about his company's impact on the Asian markets and Tango CEO, Eric Setton, to discuss how they are... | 12/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTech For The Holidays - Ep 30 | Parmy Olson is joined by Forbes gadget contributor Ewan Spence to cover a pressing topic - what gadgets to buy friends and loved ones this holiday season. They cover a number of different gift ideas and stress the importance making sure... | 11/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanElection Fallout - Ep 29 | Is social media the reason Donald Trump won the presidency? Parmy and Alex regroup after the election to asses what happened and what the fallout will be like in the tech industry. They bring on Forbes tech contributors Kathleen Chaykowski... | 11/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Code Not Taken - Ep 28 | Why do so few people know how to code today and how do they get away with it? Alex chats with Allison Mnookin, CEO of Quickbase, a cloud-based app development company, about building apps without knowing any coding knowledge. Parmy and... | 11/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSlack Farming - Ep 27 | Parmy and Alex tackle workplace collaboration software... and farming. Parmy interviews Hilmar, CA dairy farmer Aaron Wickstrom about how he incorporates Slack (a popular cloud based team collaboration tool) and robotics into how he and... | 11/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHacking the Election - Ep 26 | Parmy and Alex get political: Parmy talks about the role of Russian espionage in the Democratic National Committee hack this summer with Crowdstrike Co-Founder Dmitri Alperovitch and Alex has a lively chat with Elon James White, Founder... | 11/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe 2016 Summer Tech Recap - Ep 25 | Parmy and Alex catch up and recap the big tech new from Summer 2016 including Samsung's recall debacle, the audacity of Elon Musk, Apple continuing to set trends in the tech industry, the emergence of the Google Pixel and what the Nintendo... | 10/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Tech Stories To Look For This Fall | For our last episode of season one, a roundtable of Forbes reporters discuss the tech stories to watch for this Fall, from Apple to self-driving cars. | 9/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Software That Organizes Your Life | People are using Trello to plan everything from their weddings to their sales strategies. But what happens when the market is overrun with productivity apps, including some that are just too addictive? | 8/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanQ&A With Monsanto CTO Robert Fraley On The Farm Of The Future | At the Forbes AgTech Summit, Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard sits down with Dr. Robert T. Fraley, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Monsanto, about what the future holds for farming technology. | 8/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanInside Instagram's Success Story | In 2015, Instagram earned an estimated $630 million in revenue. In 2016, it's on track to earn $1.5 billion. In this episode, we examine how Instagram made itself a prestige brand for advertisers and why its acquisition by Facebook... | 8/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanManipulating Machines With Magic Wands (And Your Mind) | For decades, we used the mouse and keyboard to tell our computers what to do. Today we're starting to use touchscreens and voice commands. Tomorrow? We may use nothing more than a flick of our wrist - or our thoughts. Join us as we... | 8/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Unknown History of 'Pokémon GO' | Since its release, 'Pokémon GO' has quickly become a global phenomenon. We take a look at the business behind the game and what it might mean for both Nintendo and AR in the future. We also talk to Chikai Ohazama, Keyhole cofounder... | 8/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Tech Is Changing The Future Of Farming | The recent Forbes AgTech Summit highlighted over 40 companies working to change the technology behind agriculture. We talked to Julie Borlaug of the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and Kim Nicholson, VP of Business... | 7/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBig Brother Health | Startup Big Health has found a way to make the staff at LinkedIn and Comcast more productive, by helping them sleep more. It's part of a growing trend of digital medicine that's increasingly being found in the workplace. | 7/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Software Makes Your Company More Productive | The software people use in their day to day lives has come a long way since Lotus 1-2-3. We talk to Box CEO Aaron Levie and Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane about how the world of enterprise apps changed in the smartphone era - and how it will... | 7/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSelf-Driving Cars In The Smart City | Autonomous vehicles are getting closer to a daily reality - and infrastructure and regulations are racing to keep up. We talked to Local Motors CEO John Rogers about autonomous shuttle Olli, and Peter Esser from NXP about the infrastructure... | 7/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Will Brexit Impact The Tech Industry? | On Thursday, June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. Forbes staffers Parmy Olson, Alex Knapp, and Maggie McGrath discuss the initial impact to markets from the Brexit result, and what this vote... | 6/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDrones In The Enterprise | More and more, drones are finding their way into businesses you wouldn't expect - from insurance to the oil & gas industry. We talked to Paul Doersch, CEO of Kespry and Jonathan Downey, CEO of Airware about the potential for drones... | 6/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDisrupting Regulation | As technology advances, regulators are struggling to keep up. We talked to Neelie Kroes, a member of Uber's public affairs advisory board, and Jeff Matthews, Director of Venture Strategy and Research for the Space Frontier Foundation.... | 6/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanApple and Google as Investors | Apple made headlines and turned heads with its billion dollar investment into Chinese Uber rival Didi Chuxing. Google's also a player in the investment world, with its venture capital arm having been an early investor into Uber. How... | 6/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLocation, Location, Location | Shipping is becoming more important for online retailers - but how do you ship to people with no address? And how do you track that shipping globally? Chris Sheldrick, founder and CEO of What3Words and Nick Allain of satellite company Spire... | 5/31/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanChatbots Won't Steal Your Job | Jerry Chen of VC firm Greylock Partners and Chris Curran, chief technologist at PricewaterhouseCoopers join the show to talk about artificial intelligence. Despite fears that AI will steal jobs, the picture they paint is one where AI is... | 5/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanVenture Outside the Valley | Tech startups in Silicon Valley get the lion's share of attention - and investment - in the United States. But it's not the only area where tech companies are finding success and investors. Forbes staffers Alex Konrad and Alex Knapp... | 5/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Design of Future Things: David Edge of Arup and Gadi Amit of New Deal Design | Two conversations about how design informs technology and vice versa. David Edge leads the visualization team at UK engineering firm Arup and talks about how the firm is using augmented and virtual reality tech to help design and pitch... | 4/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPete Morelli, VP Engineering at Lyft: Controlling The Offline World, Pt. 2 | Lyft is locked in a battle for market share with Uber and nailing the driver and passenger experience is crucial to winning their fickle loyalties. Morelli, a veteran technologist, talks with Forbes managing editor Bruce Upbin about what's... | 4/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanControlling the Offline World: Mike Curtis of Airbnb | How do you create a digital experience that leads to great real-world experiences? Equal parts art and technology, says Airbnb's VP of Engineering Mike Curtis. He shares some of the design secrets behind one of the most successful on-demand... | 4/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTony Scott, CIO of the U.S. Government | Tony Scott, former CIO at Disney and Microsoft, is halfway into his tenure overseeing the world's biggest IT budget: $81 billion. That's $260 of tech spending for every man, woman and child in America. His job is a tough one, wrestling... | 3/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMarc Benioff on Innovation, Civil Rights and Zen Thinking | Can big software companies innovate? Can tech companies do more to defend the rights of women and LGBT communities? Are we working ourselves sick? The answers to all these questions and more await you in this episode of The Premise, Forbes'... | 3/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRise Of The Bots | People now spend more time on mobile messaging apps than on social networks. Sensing the shift, businesses and brands globally are starting to connect with customers on chat apps such as WeChat, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Kik. Rather than... | 3/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSpeed | Technology accelerates everything. Is that really what we want? Episode feat. Starship Technologies, Ally Financial CIO Michael Baresich and Warby Parker cofounder Neil Blumenthal. | 3/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Good listen. Each show goes in depth on a topic from a few different perspectives within the industry. Like the Forbes tech view, too.
great new podcast
Finally, a tech podcast that takes on the business implications of new technologies. It’s not too fanboy and totally accessible. Way to go, Forbes!
Great informative podcast!
I really enjoy this podcast. The content helps me see outside my cubicle view that is enforced by my work environment. I get to hear what's up and what cool things people are doing elsewhere - both from a biz and tech perspective. Great show!
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