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Not Boring

Packy McCormick

Tech strategy and finance through the stories of companies big and small.

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Bonus: Mass Manufacturing Micro-sized Nuclear Reactors with Jordan Bramble and Julia DeWahl of Antares

Here's our full-length interview with Jordan Bramble and our own Julia DeWahl, co-founders of Antares, where we dive deep into how Antares p...

42:44Jan 20, 2024

Bonus: A World with Abundant Fusion Energy with David Kirtley of Helion Energy

Here's our full-length interview with David Kirtley, founder of Helion Energy, where we dive deep into the need for fusion as a replacement...

49:08Jan 12, 2024

Bonus: Unlocking Nuclear Power at Scale with Bret Kugelmass of Last Energy

Here's our full-length interview with Bret Kugelmass, founder of Last Energy, where we dive deep into nuclear manufacturing and the importan...

47:19Jan 5, 2024

Bonus: Building Nuclear for the Moon with Tyler Bernstein of Zeno Power

We're kicking off the first of our bonus episodes with Tyler Bernstein, founder and CEO of Zeno Power, where he shares in-depth how they're...

41:12Dec 29, 2023

E10: Energy for an Age of Miracles

We can live in an Age of Miracles, but it’s going to take a lot of work. Energy abundance is the most important thing we can work towards as...

37:50Dec 22, 2023

E9: Fusion Founders

In the bizarro relay marathon that is the fusion race, the baton is firmly in the hands of the startups. The outcome, to be sure, is still u...

75:15Dec 15, 2023

E8: The Fusion Marathon

There’s this joke that fusion is always 30 years away. 50 years ago, it was 30 years away. 20 years ago, it was still thirty years away. Tod...

55:22Dec 8, 2023

E7: The Case For All the Other Energy Sources

Packy and Julia have spent the first five episodes of Age of Miracles diving into the past and present of nuclear fission—before jumping fro...

113:13Dec 1, 2023

E6: Nuclear Mailbag

This week, Packy and Julia take a break from our regularly scheduled narrative programming to look back on the past five episodes we've publ...

59:13Nov 24, 2023

E5: Fission Founders, Part 2: Designing Advanced Nuclear Reactor Startups

Let's dive into the world of advanced nuclear startups—where founders are playing entrepreneurship on hard-mode, and navigating how to build...

124:53Nov 17, 2023

E4: Fission Founders, Part 1: Manufacturing Nuclear

What if we treated building nuclear more like a manufacturing challenge than a construction challenge? How could nuclear benefit from the tr...

56:53Nov 10, 2023

E3: Nuclear Economics

If we just tried to implement and scale the technology we have today for large scale nuclear reactors, with no innovation on reactor designs...

83:23Nov 3, 2023

E2: The Untold History of Nuclear Energy

“Nuclear fission is a miracle technology, and we've had it for 80 years. But we don't live in an energy abundant world. Because progress tak...

60:29Oct 27, 2023

E1: Let’s Get Nuke-Pilled

Welcome to the first episode of the first season of “Age of Miracles”. This new show from Packy McCormick, investor and writer of the Not Bo...

52:05Oct 27, 2023

Introducing: Age of Miracles

Age of Miracles is a narrative show that explores the complex industries that will play an important role in creating an abundant future for...

1:58Oct 13, 2023

Not Boring Founders: Crusoe Energy (Chase Lochmiller and Cully Cavness)

Crusoe is on a mission to align the future of computing with the future of the climate. It has pioneered infrastructure that taps into stran...

57:40Sep 7, 2023

Not Boring Founders: Emi Gal, Ezra

Emi Gal is the founder and CEO of Ezra. Ezra is on a mission to detect cancer early for everyone in the world. The company offers full-body...

33:46Jul 19, 2023

Not Boring Founders: Dylan Beynon, Mindbloom

Dylan Beynon is the founder and CEO of Mindbloom. Minbloom's mission is to transform lives today, to transform the world tomorrow through ps...

41:57Jun 15, 2023

Not Boring Founders: Brandon Arvanaghi, Meow (pt. 3)

Brandon Arvanaghi⁠⁠ is the co-founder and CEO of ⁠⁠Meow⁠⁠. Meow is Costco meets financial services. It offers low-cost, high-value cash and...

21:48May 31, 2023

Not Boring Founders: Zach Marks, Jia

Zach Marks is the co-founder and CEO of Jia. Jia connects capital to small businesses in every corner of the world. Here's how Jia works: Wh...

34:53May 17, 2023