Hosted by Mathew Growden · 🇺🇸 US · EN-CA · 10 episodes
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Welcome to The Change Optimist podcast hosted by Mathew Growden (a.k.a. Growdy). A weekly podcast of interesting conversations with interesting people.
Mathew Growden hosts The Change Optimist, a business show with 10 episodes published.
If you don’t know who Malcolm Bricklin is, you might want to Google him right now. Wikipedia describes Malcolm as an “American businessman, widely known for an unorthodox career spanning more than six decades with numero
Acclaimed author and award-winning journalist Lorraine Sommerfeld agreed to chat with me. We talk about the havoc tariffs are having on the automotive industry. We discuss why the car-buying experience still sucks. And I
This was fun. My friend Steve Barker and I discuss how we met and some of the fun and antics we've participated in over the years. We discuss our interest in attending a foam conference, the current state of AI, our favo
Kevin Newman and I discuss the current state of journalism, the nature of truth, the complexities of being a father, and our mutual love of Star Trek.
Michael Dunne is one of the foremost experts on the state of the automotive industry in China. We discuss how the Chinese OEMs have evolved so quickly, what this might mean for dealers and other auto manufacturers, and h
Alan Cross and I chat about how he became the voice of the Ongoing History of New Music, his love of cars and the complicated nature of defining musical genres.
It was a privilege to chat with Ron Foss and learn about his grandfather, George Foote Foss. George built the Fossmobile, Canada’s first internal combustion engine automobile, in 1897. The story is a fascinating piece of
I had a wonderful conversation with Philippe Beaudoin, another X-Googler who is now the co-founder and CEO of Waverly. Phil and his team are building an evolved, next-generation social network. In his vision, this platfo
I was excited when Sidewalk Labs was planning to build the city of the future in Toronto. It didn't happen. People got scared about what data might be collected and how Sidewalk Labs' parent and associated companies, Alp
Megan Leslie and I talk about the carbon bomb, we reminisce about university (I guess I do that a lot), and Megan explains that she's always wanted to work on issues related to justice, which led her to become the Presid
It was wonderful to catch up with Aimée Morrison and talk about her knack for going viral, how we need to embrace the physical nature of learning, and how AI writing isn't writing. We also got a bit nostalgic for our day
Kara Swisher and I sit down for a chat about tech, automotive, the state of autonomous vehicles, and how probably only San Francisco lesbians can save us. We cover a lot of ground in what Kara calls "a lovely, thoughtful
In this introductory podcast, I explain a little bit about how this podcast came into existence. And I also talk about what you can expect in the next few episodes.
Michael Dunne
President · Dunne & Company Ltd.
1 appearance on this show
Alan Cross
host of The Ongoing History of New Music · Jet2holidays
1 appearance on this show
Andrew Miller
Link Crew Coordinator/Science Teacher · Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College
1 appearance on this show
Kara Swisher
Tech journalist, digital media entrepreneur, and pioneer · Recode
1 appearance on this show
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