The Next Generation – Details, episodes & analysis

In today's episode, Blake and Will travel to Normal, Illinois to sit down and have a conversation with Rivian's founder and CEO, RJ Scaringe, at Rivian's manufacturing plant. Rivian is an electric vehicle company that currently produces two consumer vehicles- an electric pickup truck (the R1T) and a seven-passenger electric SUV (the R1S). RJ has built Rivian from the ground up and has turned Rivian into one of the largest EV companies in the world with over 15,000 employees. In this episode, we discuss Rivian's origin, RJ's motivations, his visionary mindset, product philosophy, and so much more. Stay tuned until the end of the episode to see if we can stump him with some trivia! Enjoy.

This conversation was recorded in July 2023.

Click here to watch the video version of this podcast (with some extra scenes from our tour of the plant!)

In today's episode, Blake and Will discuss the six main tricks that Apple uses in their retail stores to make them so profitable. Stay tuned until the end for a banger trivia round!

Click here if you want to check out the free "Today at Apple" sessions... I highly recommend!

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In today's episode, Blake and Will discuss the NFL season thus far and their predictions for how the rest of the season will go.  Enjoy!

In today's episode, Blake and Will talk about supersonic jets.  From Concorde to sonic booms to ambitious startups, they cover it all.  Stay tuned until the end for a great round of trivia!

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p0fRlCHYyg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQSeTNctYig&t=301s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO4_VHM69oI

In today's episode, Blake and Will break down the upcoming Artemis 1 NASA launch with the all-new SLS mega-rocket.  They talk about liquid hydrogen leaks, launch pads, and orbital maneuvers.  Stay tuned until the end for a great trivia game!

In today's episode, Blake and Will talk about their upcoming NFL season predictions.  Stick around until the end for trivia!

In today's episode, Blake and Will talk about Steve Jobs's life.  Stay tuned for an excellent trivia round!

"Stay hungry. Stay foolish." -Steve Jobs

Blake and Will break down JWST's first color images in today's episode. 

First Image

All of the original images (note that new photos will be released in the following days)

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the first photos (Definitely watch if you want to learn a little more, NDT is great!)

Hubble vs Webb direct image comparison!

Pillars of creation visible vs. infrared

Since we recorded just after the images were released, many good articles and videos about them were published after we did.  As I said before, Neil deGrasse Tyson's interview was extremely factual and simple (it was uploaded after us) so check that out if you need more info.  

In today's episode, Blake and Will discuss how and why the ISS was built.  Happy listening!

In today's episode, Blake and Will talk about DALL-E 2, an AI built by OpenAI that converts text into images.  

thispersondoesnotexist.com

OpenAI DALL-E 2 website (scroll down a little)

Blake's article