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The Change Optimist

The Change Optimist

Welcome to The Change Optimist podcast hosted by Mathew Growden (a.k.a. Growdy). A weekly podcast of interesting conversations with interesting people.

Recent Episodes

April 19, 2024

Megan Leslie tells me about the 'Carbon Bomb' - Episode 4

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 President …
April 13, 2024

Aimee Morrison and I chat about AI, learning and university - Episode 3

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 days in…
March 27, 2024

Kara Swisher and I have a lovely thoughtful chat - Episode 2

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 cha…
March 24, 2024

The Change Optimist - Everything has to start somewhere - Episode 1

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.