Business for Good Podcast
1) Deep Fission: Using Boreholes to Cut Nuclear Costs and Deliver 24/7 Clean Electricity
What if the fastest path to reliable clean electricity is not a new reactor design, but a new place to put one? In this conversation, Paul Shapiro speaks with Elizabeth Muller, CEO of Deep Fission,...Show More
2) The Incredible, Edible… Pea? How Meala is Using Biotech to Render Eggs Obsolete
If you've ever checked the ingredients on a baked good, you know how ubiquitous eggs are. They bind, they lift, they emulsify, they hold moisture — they're simply the structural engineers of cookies, ...Show More
The Incredible, Edible… Pea? How Meala is Using Biotech to Render Eggs Obsolete
28:35 | Dec 15th, 2025
3) From Oil Wells to Oak Trees: Ben Dell's Half-Billion-Dollar Pivot to Carbon Offsetting
What if planting trees could be not just good for the planet, but also a profitable business? In this episode, I'm talking with Ben Dell, the founder and CEO of Chestnut Carbon — a company that's rais...Show More
4) Ready for a Carpet Made of Human Hair? This Entrepreneur Turns Salon Waste into Textiles
What if one solution to fashion's waste problem is literally growing on our own heads? Every day, salons around the world toss out millions of pounds of freshly cut human hair — a clean, protein-rich,...Show More
5) From Fashion Model to Fission Mission: Isabelle Boemeke's Nuclear-Powered Future
When you hear the word nuclear, does your mind flash to mushroom clouds, Chernobyl, or maybe the glowing three-eyed fish from The Simpsons? Well, what if nuclear electricity — far from being an enviro...Show More
From Fashion Model to Fission Mission: Isabelle Boemeke's Nuclear-Powered Future
43:15 | Nov 1st, 2025
6) Fungi-Filled Diapers: How Plastic-Eating Fungi May Change Child-Rearing
If you've ever changed a diaper, you might've wondered what happens to it after it goes in the trash. The answer, unfortunately, is that it'll sit in a landfill for hundreds of years—certainly longer ...Show More
7) Raising Capital for Alt-Protein in the Midst of the Winter
Recently Alex Shandrovsky had me as a guest on his show, the Investment Climate Podcast to talk about The Better Meat Co.'s recent funding round. When it came out, more than one Business for Goo...Show More
8) Bottling the Sky: Aircapture’s Carbon Capture Breakthrough
When you think about climate change solutions, your mind might go to renewable energy, electric vehicles, or eating less meat. These are all of course important. But even if we stopped all emissions t...Show More
9) Inside Mighty Earth: Glenn Hurowitz on Transforming the Meat Industry
What if the biggest environmental culprits were hiding in plain sight—right on our dinner plates? While most environmental organizations train their sights on the energy sector, Mighty Earth has taken...Show More
10) Turning Waste into Bioplastic Gold with Genecis CEO Luna Yu
It’s rare that we contemplate where all the plastic we throw out goes, but rest assured that nearly none of it is being recycled. Simply put, it’s usually cheaper to make new plastic than to recycle o...Show More