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#65 - David Gottfried: The father of the green building says 'it's not enough' - from LEED to regeneration and from human to humane
Jun 22, 2026
1h 40m 42s
#64 - Alex Josephson: When Architecture Misbehaves, from Spreadsheets in the Sky to Digital Tombs
Jun 8, 2026
2h 00m 00s
#63 - Jean-Christian Rindoni: Profit is the Breath, Purpose is the Reason in Conscious Business and Circularity
May 18, 2026
1h 31m 00s
#62 - Anacleto Rizzo: Throwing your heart beyond the fence with treatment wetlands and NBS
May 4, 2026
1h 22m 34s
#61 - Richard C. Tyson: Waste is "resources in the wrong place" - from small islands to circular economy and certifications
Apr 20, 2026
1h 05m 45s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/22/26 |  #65 - David Gottfried: The father of the green building says 'it's not enough' - from LEED to regeneration and from human to humane | What if the system you spent four decades building turned out to not be enough? David Gottfried is the father of the global green building movement. He founded the U.S. Green Building Council and the World Green Building Council, and helped create LEED, the rating system now used across more than 180 countries and tied to a trillion-dollar green economy. And yet he is the first to say it has not bent the curve far enough. Carbon keeps climbing. The ship is still heading for the iceberg, and w... | 1h 40m 42s | ||||||
| 6/8/26 |  #64 - Alex Josephson: When Architecture Misbehaves, from Spreadsheets in the Sky to Digital Tombs✨ | architecturediversity+3 | Alexander Josephson | PARTISANS | TorontoHearn power plant+1 | architecturediversity+6 | — | 2h 00m 00s | |
| 5/18/26 |  #63 - Jean-Christian Rindoni: Profit is the Breath, Purpose is the Reason in Conscious Business and Circularity✨ | conscious businesscircular economy+3 | Jean-Christian Rindoni | Symbiosis Infinity Group | PortugalAlgarve | profitpurpose+5 | — | 1h 31m 00s | |
| 5/4/26 |  #62 - Anacleto Rizzo: Throwing your heart beyond the fence with treatment wetlands and NBS✨ | wastewater treatmentnature-based solutions+3 | Dr Anacleto Rizzo | IRIDRA SrlGlobal Wetland Technology+1 | Florence | wastewaternature-based solutions+3 | — | 1h 22m 34s | |
| 4/20/26 |  #61 - Richard C. Tyson: Waste is "resources in the wrong place" - from small islands to circular economy and certifications✨ | waste managementcircular economy+3 | Richard C. Tyson | — | Grand CaymanSmall Island Developing States+1 | wastecircular economy+5 | — | 1h 05m 45s | |
| 4/6/26 |  #60 - Maryam Imani: Embracing failure to build resilience - critical infrastructure, nature and the human spirit✨ | resiliencecritical infrastructure+5 | Maryam Imani | Anglia Ruskin University | citiesurban | resiliencecritical infrastructure+6 | — | 1h 28m 56s | |
| 3/23/26 |  #59 - Galina Yordanova: Human Consciousness is the most valuable business asset in the Age of AI✨ | human consciousnessAI+4 | Galina Yordanova | AImental health+2 | US | human consciousnessAI+5 | — | 1h 32m 41s | |
| 3/2/26 |  #58 - Juan Pablo Carbajal: Tadpoles, tolerance and why AI alignment is really a human problem✨ | AI alignmenthuman factors+4 | Juan Pablo Carbajal | Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences | Argentina | AI systemsalignment problem+5 | — | 1h 40m 56s | |
| 2/16/26 |  #57 - Hiten Sonpal: A LEGO crane, a belt and disrupting the 600 billion dollar robotics industry✨ | roboticsinnovation+3 | Hiten Sonpal | RISE Robotics | — | roboticshydraulics+5 | — | 1h 17m 58s | |
| 12/29/25 |  #56 - Fred Jordan: The power of mathematics, anti-counterfeiting to "wetware" and how biocomputing will disrupt our future✨ | mathematicsanti-counterfeiting+4 | Fred Jordan | AlpVisionFinalSpark | Vevey, Switzerland | mathematicsanti-counterfeiting+4 | — | 2h 03m 59s | |
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| 12/28/25 |  The NotebookLM Mini Series #10 (FINALE): The long-overdue critical reflection, "backstage pass" and exclusive conversation with AI on AI✨ | generative artificial intelligenceNotebookLM+3 | — | NotebookLMGoogle | — | generative AINotebookLM+3 | — | 54m 23s | |
| 12/17/25 |  #55 - Julia K. Dietmar: A new take on “dress to impress” - the intersection of sustainability, fashion, AI and the magic number 30✨ | sustainabilityfashion+4 | Julia K. Dietmar | OpenWardrobeVue.ai+3 | Redwood CityCalifornia+1 | sustainabilityfashion industry+5 | — | 1h 15m 28s | |
| 12/1/25 |  The NotebookLM Mini Series #9: "Super SUPER tiny plastic dust" explained at three levels of difficulty (feat. Denise Mitrano)✨ | generative artificial intelligenceNotebookLM+3 | Denise Mitrano | NotebookLMGoogle | — | artificial intelligenceNotebookLM+3 | — | 58m 36s | |
| 11/24/25 |  #54 - Mats Larsson: What it takes for the sustainable energy transition - from electric vehicles to full grid transformation | Mats Larsson, Founder of the Global Energy Transformation (GET) Institute, based in southern Sweden, discusses what it takes to transition to global electrification using sustainable energy. We delve deep into how we can change our oil & gas mobility to more electric vehicles in light of the EU's impending ban on diesel and petrol cars and that it takes more than just technology to create a major paradigm shift. It's not the first time we've embarked on such major transformations in human... | 1h 05m 15s | ||||||
| 11/10/25 |  #53 - Alma Schellart: Making data open, making models talk and embracing uncertainty to solve 100-year old urban drainage challenges | Alma Schellart, Senior Lecturer in Water and Engineering at the University of Sheffield, England dives into the world of urban drainage, models and uncertainty and shows us how models and data can can make or break trust in the general public and why we need to be careful and meticulous with our use and communication of these. We discuss types of uncertainty that are encountered in infrastruture decisions, the importance and volatility of open data as well as the age-old challenge of managing... | 1h 34m 31s | ||||||
| 10/27/25 |  #52 - Makoto Kern: Feature-centric to user-centric - UX Design to navigate global challenges and the “AI Competence Mirage” | Makoto Kern, Founder and Principal Design Consultant at iiimpact in Austin Texas USA dives deep into the world of UX (User Experience) Design and shows us how a user-centric approach to software is essential, especially in the disruptive AI landscape. We hear about how he and iiimpact have supported the environmental, resources and healthcare industries, future concerns about cybersecurity and how to navigate the highly disruptive AI landscape, live with AI technology and value the human conn... | 1h 17m 56s | ||||||
| 10/13/25 |  #51 - Rob Wreglesworth: A culture reboot for nature, biodiversity and conservation through incentives, conversations and T-shirts | Rob Wreglesworth, Associate Ecologist and Innovation Lead at The Environment Bank, Co-Founder of No Longer Known and Host of the Innovate Eco Podcast, based in the UK, goes deep on biodiversity and conservation from both the economic and social lenses. We discuss topics like biodiversity net gain and nature credits, eDNA, current issues with conservation and how Rob is now targeting scarcity mindset with his new startup No Longer Known, a culture reboot, in a sense. T-shirts factor into this ... | 1h 38m 12s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 |  #50 - Tables Turned: Part 2 - Personal reflections on Switzerland vs. favourite places, academia, nature, music, my career and much more… | To celebrate 50 episodes of The Grand Challengers Podcast (main series), we return with another "Tables Turned" episode, this time featuring 26 questions from guests as early as Episode 2. Guests from across the show got to ask me a question of their choosing and I have compiled them into a special episode titled "Tables Turned". In this episode, I reflect on Switzerland, the importance of music in my life, academia and where I am heading in my recent decision to start my own company. Join me... | 1h 19m 30s | ||||||
| 9/8/25 |  #49 - Nadja Kunz: Towards water stewardship in mining, understanding critical minerals, safer and sustainable resource management | Nadja Kunz, Associate Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada shares her insights on the role of water in mining and the importance of critical minerals for the sustainable energy transition. Most notably, we gain insights into the complexity of the mining industry and its diverse and often forgotten stakeholders. What is required for us to make mining more sustainable, equitable, safe and future-proof? Podcast Intro/Outro Song... | 1h 16m 29s | ||||||
| 8/25/25 |  #48 - Christoph Ort: Sewers, Drugs and Rock n' Roll - from wastewater surveillance to saving lives in the pandemic | Christoph Ort, Group Leader and Head of the Urban Water Maangement Department at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology dives into the world of wastewater surveillance or wastewater-based epidemiology, techniques, intricacies, use-cases and the broader societal implications. We trace his journey in leading a "band" of disciplines in supporting society during a crisis moment, namely the COVID pandemic, with valuable information on the spread of infections - all by just holding a "magnifying... | 1h 10m 53s | ||||||
| 8/20/25 |  The NotebookLM Mini Series #8: "Broken Telephone" - lost in translation between leapfrogging and Dunkelflaute (feat. Mashael Yazdanie) | Welcome to this Mini-Series on The Grand Challengers Podcast! The topic of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been in all our minds over the past few years and is gaining even more momentum with rapid advancements in text, audio and video. Google recently released NotebookLM, a powerful research-support AI that can generate not only summaries of sources that we feed it, but also entire podcast episodes. This Mini-Series will explore the power of NotebookLM, our live reactions to its ... | 1h 16m 08s | ||||||
| 7/24/25 |  #47 - Wei-Shan Chen: Valuing food waste and greening - the experience in delivering technology and tools to close the carbon and water cycles | Wei Shan Chen, also known as "Momo", Assistant Professor at Wageningen University shares his journey from Materials Engineering into the environment, from Taiwan to The Netherlands and from the Carbon Cycle to the Water Cycle. We discuss the issue of food waste and its broader implications among other approaches he has taken to recover carbon and close the loop. We also hear about Momo's foray into Blue-Green Infrastructure planning and how stakeholder engagement has changed his perspective o... | 1h 17m 00s | ||||||
| 7/14/25 |  The NotebookLM Mini Series #7: The “Tablecloth Problem”, headwaters in focus and the pollution party (feat. Belinda Hatt) | Welcome to this Mini-Series on The Grand Challengers Podcast! The topic of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been in all our minds over the past few years and is gaining even more momentum with rapid advancements in text, audio and video. Google recently released NotebookLM, a powerful research-support AI that can generate not only summaries of sources that we feed it, but also entire podcast episodes. This Mini-Series will explore the power of NotebookLM, our live reactions to its ... | 1h 08m 42s | ||||||
| 7/7/25 |  #46 - Mark Swinnerton: Gravity vs. "giant hockey pucks" - what disused mines and renewable energy storage have in common | Mark Swinnerton, CEO of Green Gravity, shares his journey from metallurgy to mining operations and currently gravitational storage technology to support the energy transition. We get an in-depth look into how he is transforming the renewable energy storage industry and giving old mine shafts a new lease on life, an insight into the technology and logistics and how businesses are evolving in this new digital age. Tune in for some amazing advice from someone with decades of global experience in... | 1h 20m 20s | ||||||
| 6/23/25 |  The NotebookLM Mini Series #6: These are neither the pollutants nor researcher you are looking for (feat. Lena Mutzner) | Welcome to this Mini-Series on The Grand Challengers Podcast! The topic of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been in all our minds over the past few years and is gaining even more momentum with rapid advancements in text, audio and video. Google recently released NotebookLM, a powerful research-support AI that can generate not only summaries of sources that we feed it, but also entire podcast episodes. This Mini-Series will explore the power of NotebookLM, our live reactions to its ... | 56m 07s | ||||||
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