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Chapter Twenty-One: Missing Link
Twin Paradox Book One - March 08, 2021 02:00 - 22 minutesTonight we continue with Part Four, Heroes and Scapegoats. The decision to transfer Young-Min Jo to the Matter Pod section pays dividends almost immediately. Within months of reporting to duty he detects one of the devices is mysteriously out of place. Were this to go unnoticed, Captain Steht...
Chapter Twenty: Garden Geeks
Twin Paradox Book One - March 01, 2021 02:00 - 24 minutesTonight we continue with Part Four, Heroes and Scapegoats. Young-Min Jo has finally had enough of working - better put, baby-sitting - over at the hydroponic garden center. His new colleagues among the Return Team, whom he now outranks, have proven to be unreliable to say the least. Stoned mo...
Chapter Nineteen: Shah-zee
Twin Paradox Book One - February 22, 2021 02:00 - 26 minutesTonight we continue with Part Four, Heroes and Scapegoats. A ray of hope comes in the form of a charming relationship developing between Ozzie Guerrero and Shamiso Kachote. They have become the subject of ship-wide gossip - everyone's all abuzz. It's not difficult to be in the loop, to be fai...
Chapter Eighteen: The Virch
Twin Paradox Book One - February 15, 2021 02:00 - 36 minutesTonight we continue with Part Four, Heroes and Scapegoats. The Santa Maria is now entering year three of its journey back to Earth. The crew are getting restless. Perhaps it's due to the strain of having come out of stasis only to be faced with the daunting task of building up the colony on K...
Chapter Seventeen: Schmutzfink
Twin Paradox Book One - February 08, 2021 02:00 - 35 minutesTonight we continue with Part Four, Heroes and Scapegoats. The Santa Maria is now hurtling toward Earth; a journey which in normal circumstances would take just over fourteen years. The crew fully believe it won't take nearly that long because word from Space Programme is that the new re-suppl...
Chapter Sixteen: Year Fifteen
Twin Paradox Book One - February 01, 2021 02:00 - 22 minutesTonight we begin Part Four: Heroes and Scapegoats. We've already heard how the Santa Maria is preparing for its return to Earth. However there's an important first step before they can begin their journey home. In orbit around Kapteyn B is a message pod which they must retrieve. Within lie...
Chapter Fifteen: To the Surprise of Everyone
Twin Paradox Book One - January 25, 2021 02:00 - 31 minutesB.J., with Captain Stehter's permission, endeavors to go to work on the prickly colony commander Luigi Cadorna. She has one objective in mind, and it's soon to be discovered that the lonely fellow has no intention of passing up the golden opportunity to make her his mistress. Can she keep him ...
Chapter Fourteen: Somewhere Anywhere Nowhere
Twin Paradox Book One - January 18, 2021 02:00 - 42 minutesWe continue with Part 3: Journey and Conquest. Luigi Cadorna, Commander of the Earth Colony on Kapteyn B, has become a real nuisance and not only that, dangerous. Captains Stehter and Berwick are at their wits end coming up with a solution to the problem. On his best days Cadorna is a petty ...
Chapter Thirteen: All Ears
Twin Paradox Book One - January 11, 2021 02:00 - 23 minutesKelvin and his trusted protege' Ozzie Guerrero have succeeded in leading their colleagues down to the beaches of the Great Kapteyn Sea where they've gathered samples of soil and sea water. Now a determination can be made as to whether the vast ocean possesses the necessary components for Humans...
Chapter Twelve: Reach the Beach
Twin Paradox Book One - January 04, 2021 02:00 - 40 minutesTonight we continue with Part 3: Journey and Conquest. By the grace of God they've finally done it! The brave crew and captain of the Santa Maria have reached their goal: an exoplanet called Kapteyn B which is ripe for colonization. Or is it? Up to now they've been relying upon grainy ph...
Chapter Eleven: Year Ten
Twin Paradox Book One - December 28, 2020 02:00 - 29 minutesTonight we continue with Part 3: Journey and Conquest. We're now approaching year ten of the Santa Maria's voyage to Kapteyn B, an exoplanet believed to possess the potential for feeding the population of Earth. It's a daily grind for the crew of the ship, despite the effects of time dilatio...
Chapter Ten: Year Five
Twin Paradox Book One - December 21, 2020 02:00 - 33 minutesTonight we begin Part 3: Journey and Conquest. A lot has been covered in the first nine chapters but we now know the true function of the soon-to-be obsolete Santa Maria galactic exploration vessel. During its voyage to Kapteyn B it will be laying a path for something much bigger to follow: ...
Chapter Nine: Non Mais Allô Quoi
Twin Paradox Book One - December 14, 2020 02:00 - 38 minutesTonight we continue with Part Two, Pioneers and Explorers. At this point we've met all three of our space twins: Ozzie, Shamiso, and Young-Min Jo. We've also learned how Kelvin (with a little help from his new friends Helga and Steffen - not to mention an outstanding effort from his old pal B...
Chapter Eight: Katerfrüstück
Twin Paradox Book One - December 07, 2020 02:00 - 47 minutesTonight we continue with Part 2: Pioneers and Explorers. So far we've been introduced to our first two space twins, Oswaldo (Ozzie) Guerrero and Shamiso Kachote. Now it's time to meet our third space twin ... and learn of a salacious scheme to get Kelvin selected to the crew for the upcoming ...
Chapter Seven: Three Adorable Pairs
Twin Paradox Book One - November 30, 2020 02:00 - 35 minutesTonight we continue with Part 2: Pioneers and Explorers. We've already met some of our main characters and tonight we're going to meet some more; namely two of the space twins eventually selected for the mission. So far we got to meet Kelvin, the handsome Virginian who's good with the ladie...
Chapter Six: The Twin Paradox
Twin Paradox Book One - November 23, 2020 02:00 - 35 minutesIn this episode we begin Part 2: Pioneers and Explorers. Here we get to meet some of the main characters in the story. The setting is a corporate dormitory in the year 2086 and four young stoners - all of them scientists working for an aerospace firm in southeastern Canada - are watching th...
Chapter Two: A New World Order
Twin Paradox Book One - November 16, 2020 02:00 - 21 minutesIn the second part of Cory Redmann’s expose', written back in 2076, she delves into the aftermath of the financial debacle which saw the implosion of America’s economy and the destruction of its proud society. America’s lingering greatness revealed itself in many ways. Citizens supported one a...
Chapter Three: The Rise of the Global Union
Twin Paradox Book One - November 16, 2020 02:00 - 18 minutesIn Part Three of Cory's groundbreaking documentary, she addresses Karl von Habsburg's meteoric rise to power; as well as the principles touted by his Pan European Movement, which rises to prominence and is voted into office by an exhausted Europe. Habsburg and the Pan Europeans institute sy...
Chapter One: The Great Collapse of 2028
Twin Paradox Book One - November 16, 2020 02:00 - 23 minutesIn this first chapter we meet Coraline (Cory) Redmann, a famous journalist who is host of a weekly news magazine broadcast worldwide by the government-controlled "Global Broadcasting Network". The Year is 2086 and Cory is about to take the stage for yet another installment. Ten years earlier...
Chapter Four: Solar Revolution
Twin Paradox Book One - November 16, 2020 02:00 - 19 minutesIn Part Four of her controversial expose' from 2076, Cory shifts her focus to the massive turnaround in the world economy during the years following the Great Collapse. A radical revamping of global energy production leads to SOLAR becoming the accepted source for powering the planet. Developm...
Chapter Five: Operation Goldilocks
Twin Paradox Book One - November 16, 2020 02:00 - 19 minutesJournalist Cory Redman concludes her controversial expose' from year 2076 with her depiction of the race to send a manned mission into deep space; the goal being to seek out long term possibilities for galactic colonization. She turns her attention to the GU’s diabolical and rather ambitious 30...
Jay Simons, President of Atlassian (Enterprise Scale Summit)
Tomorrow, built today by Lightspeed Ventures - December 03, 2019 13:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with Jay Simons, President of Atlassian and Arif Janmohamed Partner at Lightspeed. If you’re unfamiliar, Atlassian is an enterprise software company that went public in 2015 and has since doubled its market value to more than $12 billion. In Jay’s 10...
Henry Ward, CEO and co-founder of Carta (Enterprise Scale Summit)
Tomorrow, built today by Lightspeed Ventures - November 25, 2019 13:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with Henry Ward, CEO and co-founder of Carta and Will Kohler Partner at Lightspeed. If you’re unfamiliar, Carta is a technology company that specializes in capitalization table management and valuation software. Prior to Carta, Henry was the founder a...
Chuck Robbins, CEO and Chairman of Cisco (Enterprise Scale Summit)
Tomorrow, built today by Lightspeed Ventures - November 21, 2019 18:15 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with Chuck Robbins, CEO and Chairman of Cisco, and John W. Thompson, Venture Partner at Lightspeed and Chairman of Microsoft. Chuck likely needs no introduction - he took over for John Chambers as CEO of Cisco in 2015 and was unanimously voted in. Lig...
Christa Quarles, Former OpenTable CEO (Enterprise Scale Sumit)
Tomorrow, built today by Lightspeed Ventures - November 14, 2019 16:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with Christa Quarles, former CEO of OpenTable. Christa is all about culture, vision, strategy, and results and we absolutely loved having the opportunity to tap her deep knowledge base. If you’re unfamiliar, Christa was most recently the CEO of OpenTa...
Rothy's CEO Stephen Hawthornthwaite
Tomorrow, built today by Lightspeed Ventures - May 23, 2019 18:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, co-host Nicole Quinn speaks with Stephen Hawthornthwaite, founder and CEO of Rothy’s. They discuss: How to build a product that is Comfortable, stylish, AND sustainable Why focusing on a great product and profitability has driven the success we have today, and How Rothy’s c...
The Future of Investing from an LP’s Perspective
Tomorrow, built today by Lightspeed Ventures - March 22, 2019 01:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, we hosted a panel on the future of investing from a LP. perspective. The panel was hosted by the amazing Female Founders Fund at an event in san Francisco on Monday, March 11th. You’re going to get to hear from three experts in the LP world today on their thoughts of what’s to ...
The Honest Company & Co-Founder Brian Lee
Tomorrow, built today by Lightspeed Ventures - March 08, 2019 01:20 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, you’ll hear from our friend Brian Lee. He’s a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of The Honest Company (a Lightspeed portfolio company), ShoeDazzle, and LegalZoom. He’s also the co-founder and managing director of BAM Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles. To...
#ANGELS’ Negotiation Summit: Jana Rich (Rich Talent Group)
Tomorrow, built today by Lightspeed Ventures - February 22, 2019 03:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis week are doing something a little different. We are bringing you three of the talks from Lightspeed’s first Negotiation Summit with #ANGELS: Demystifying Power & Wealth in the Valley that recently took place at Twitter. You’ll here from top negotiators, founders and investors to hear their ...
#ANGELS’ Negotiation Summit: Maggie Neale (Author Getting More of What You Want)
Tomorrow, built today by Lightspeed Ventures - February 22, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis week are doing something a little different. We are bringing you three of the talks from Lightspeed’s first Negotiation Summit with #ANGELS: Demystifying Power & Wealth in the Valley that recently took place at Twitter. You’ll here from top negotiators, founders and investors to hear their ...
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