The last time Tokyo hosted the Summer Games was 1964. That was the first Olympics to be televised live, around the world, and in color. The event continues to be a hotspot of innovation for broadcast. Tuning in this year you may hear mention of an athlete's metabolic data, or analysis comparing the acceleration of runners. New tech is capturing this informat ... Show More
Jul 2021
The Billionaire Space Race
In the past two weeks, both Sir Richard Branson and Amazon's Jeff Bezos flew into space on their own rockets. Space tourism, they say, is just around the corner: anyone who can pay the price of admission can now travel outside our home planet. In the flurry of headlines that foll ... Show More
26m 39s
Jul 2021
The Growing Power of No-Code/Low-Code Software Development
In a digital world, the ability to code – to train a computer, using its own language – is key, hence the enormous push to make people literate in programming languages. “Don’t just play on your phone,” urged President Barack Obama in 2013, “program it.” But today the demand for ... Show More
21m 26s
Jul 2021
Presenting: Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson on Leadership Next
Fortune's Brainstorm podcast is on vacation this week, but will return next Thursday with a new episode. In the meantime, we bring you another Fortune podcast: Leadership Next (subscribe wherever you get your podcasts). Each Week, Alan Murray and Ellen McGirt interview CEOs from ... Show More
24m 48s
Aug 2024
From AI to Instant Replay: The Technology Behind the Olympics
<p>The Olympics features over 11,000 athletes competing in 32 sports, attracting an audience of more than 10 million.</p><p>In this episode, Charlie Ebersol, co-founder of the Alliance of American Football and Infinite Athlete, explores how new innovations like AI and bespoke bro ... Show More
36m 29s
Jul 2021
Why Data and A.I. is at the Intersection of Sports and Science with Intel’s Jonathan Lee
<p>Today, technology is an integral part of the sports landscape. In fact, it’s become so ingrained in American sports that data and algorithms are part of pretty much every broadcast and in every locker room. Technology is now used to predict win probability, analyze launch ang ... Show More
37m 41s
Jul 2021
Tokyo Olympics: The Controversies, the New Sports, the Cardboard Beds
After a full year postponement, the Summer Olympics are now underway in Tokyo, and we've got some questions. In this week's episode, we're discussing the long, pandemic-paved road that got us here, what's different about this year's Games, and which athletes and sports have us tu ... Show More
36m 34s
Jul 2024
The 2024 Olympics Spectacular
From TV commercials and branded soda cans to Emily in Paris spon-con, the Olympics are once again everywhere. In the Olympic spirit, we’re bringing you four stories about the games in all their international, theatrical glory.In the first story, Christopher Johnson introduces the ... Show More
40m 33s