The Next Hot Career: Mining Engineering

On today’s episode, cohosts Kristin Toussaint and Josh Christensen discuss the latest news in business and innovation, including Disney’s new CEO, the SpaceX and xAI merger, and business leaders in the Epstein Files. Next, Josh and Kristin talk with Fast Company contributing writer Adam Bluestein on why America wants more mining engineers. Finally, Fast Company senior staff editor Jeff Beer speaks with NBCUniversal Media Group chairman Matt Strauss on NBC’s place in the streaming industry and their upcoming coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics. To check out Adam’s story, go to fastcompany.com/91471471/mining-engineer-hot-career-path-metals-minerals-college-columbia-university-colorado-rare-earth-china For more of the latest business and innovation news, go to fastcompany.com/news

You can listen to The Next Hot Career: Mining Engineering online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

The Next Hot Career: Mining Engineering is an episode from Most Innovative Companies by Mansueto Ventures.

This episode is 72:26 long.

This episode was published on Feb 5, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Most Innovative Companies when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.