The Core Memory Podcast

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Ashlee Vance and Kylie Robison sit down with the founders, scientists and engineers actually doing the work — and stay long enough to get past the talking points. 85+ episodes, every week, wherever you listen. This is the interview channel; the short documentaries live on Digital Videos.

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The big ones

Conversations of record

Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in conversation with Ashlee Vance Sam Altman & Greg Brockman

EP 67 April 2026 · 1:22:40

The Great Reset At OpenAI

The last two founders standing, on everything: the fight with Elon, the compute build-out, what the company became and what they still owe the people who use it.

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Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna on the Core Memory podcast Jennifer Doudna

EP 54 January 2026 · 1:17:08

A New Era Of Gene Editing Is Upon Us

A Nobel Prize-winning pod. The CRISPR co-inventor on bespoke therapies, the babies already being treated, and how fast the science is outrunning everyone’s assumptions.

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Anduril founder Palmer Luckey on the Core Memory podcast Palmer Luckey

EP 18 May 2025 · 2:03:59

Anduril And Meta Make Peace To Make War Together

The warfighter helmet of the future, exclusively — plus the deal with Zuckerberg, the case for defense startups, and much, much more.

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Priscilla Chan of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative on the Core Memory podcast Priscilla Chan

EP 25 July 2025 · 1:02:14

Her Multi-Billion Dollar Quest To End Disease

The first decade of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the $7.5 billion plan to cure all disease inside a century, and what a pediatrician learned about spending money well.

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Rocket Lab founder Peter Beck on the Core Memory podcast Peter Beck

EP 17 May 2025 · 1:04:44

Rockets, Dinner With Elon And The Future Of Space

How Rocket Lab beat the billionaire space startups. The Neutron bet, the economics of launch, and the dinner with Musk — from the New Zealander who did it the hard way.

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Recent episodes

Full archive
EP 85

The Realest Longevity Guru Alex Colville

1:39 EP 84

AI Will Cure Us All!! Or Not!! Abhi Mahajan · the great biotech debate

1:58 EP 83

The Google Engineer Who Set The Skydiving Record At 58 Alan Eustace

2:07 EP 82

An Implant That Tracks And Treats Cancer Tumors Ben Woodington

1:22 EP 81

Quantum Everything Explained Prineha Narang

1:38 EP 80

He Came From Oz To Save American Manufacturing Chris Power, Hadrian

0:58 EP 79

The Manufacturing Phenomenon That Is SendCutSend Jim Belosic

1:20 EP 78

Body Scanners, Banned Models And DeepMind’s Space Game Obsession Ashlee Vance & Kylie Robison

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