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A focused FinCon conversation on making a powerful investing platform feel approachable.
This PlayNext review frames FinTech as a usability problem, not just a feature race: how does an investing platform deliver serious data and tools without making the experience feel closed off?
A focused annular eclipse discussion turns safe viewing into a practical, hands-on STEM activity.
An annular eclipse gives this STEM Southwest episode a natural focus, as Dr. Misty Carty walks through why the ring of fire still requires proper eye protection from start to finish.
A clear, useful primer on choosing a financial adviser with transparent credentials, fees, services, and obligations.
Safety in Numbers brings money anxiety down to eye level, starting with the kinds of moments that can make financial decisions feel suddenly urgent: a large inheritance, divorce, and the reminder that investing does not have to be exciting.
A live summit conversation that connects space careers, commercialization, and work on Earth.
Space careers come into focus through live interviews from the Hyperdrive Space Summit, with the host returning to a practical thread: work tied to space can also open doors on Earth.
Ivy Slater revisits how a stalled effort to spotlight women leaders in tech found a second chance.
Ivy Slater's conversation turns a stalled plan to spotlight women leaders in tech into a clear story about persistence. She walks through the first round of outreach, from communities and newsletters to blogs, LinkedIn, other resources, and networking groups, and explains how…
Long-form conversations about what education is for.
School stories, told close to the classroom.
Local STEM careers, told plainly.
Science teaching, modeled from the classroom out.
Faculty conversations on sepsis, sunscreen and science fiction.
STEM Southwest Episode 92 records from FinCon 2023 in New Orleans, where Bob and Shelly frame a week of fintech interviews, a six-finalist pitch competition, and conference-floor conversations.
STEM Southwest episode 91 brings Dr.
STEM Southwest Podcast episode 90, "Safety in Numbers," brings back Ann Schubert of Intentional Finance to argue that financial planning works best when the process is boring and deliberate.
["STEM Southwest Episode 89, Out of This World, centers on the Hyperdrive Space Summit in New Mexico and a live-recorded slate of interviews with space startup operators.", "Shelly says she brought 20 students into the event\u2019s icebreaker, and about 150 attendees responded most strongly to that student-led community-building exercise.", "Meredith Ingram and Meredith Schweitzer of 66 & Company say their job is to translate deep-tech space work into plain English and build a digital community across fragmented government, finance, and commercial groups.", "Jihoon Kim of Johns Hopkins, Smart Cone\u2019s Jason, Steven Wood, Brad Berkson of Miles Space, and Jeremy Grimmett of Rogue Space Systems each tie the summit to practical work in AI, RFID sensors, satellite propulsion, and orbital debris."]
["STEM Southwest Episode 88 features Shelly interviewing Ivy Slater, a bestselling author, podcaster, and business coach, after the two connected through Her Success Story.", "Slater traces a path from a dance degree and a knee injury at 23 to the printing industry, where she built a book of business, became a junior partner, and helped grow a merger to about $3.5 million.", "She links that career arc to women in tech, arguing that exposure has to start in elementary school and saying \"our time is now\" after a women-in-tech series finally filled up.", "The practical core is her scaling framework: solve a real problem, build the team and financial plan, and keep moving with consistent daily action."]
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An interview with Dr.
Teens use 3D printing to create face shields during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting community service and STEM innovation.
An episode of STEM Southwest Podcast featuring an interview with Stewart Rose about STEM entrepreneurship and problem-solving.