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7 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
Wed, Mar 23, 201625 mins
Join Ashlee Vance on a journey from Auckland to Wellington. Along the way we learn about how tech developed among a people who lived far apart from the rest of the world and each other. We experience first hand New Zealand's can do spirit, meeting an inventor working out of his garage to change healthcare and a team working on launching New Zealand into the space race.
Episode 2
Wed, Apr 27, 201623 mins
The world's funkiest tech and travel show hits Sweden. Tune in as host, Ashlee Vance, travels from Stockholm to Luleå, discovering how the Swedes got so good at making the things the whole world loves. His journey includes: a conversation with a face-swapping robot, fika with Spotify's Daniel Ek, and a look at how efficient energy is reimagining data centers and turbine power.
Episode 3
Wed, May 25, 201624 mins
Ashlee Vance explores how Israel has evolved into a tech giant borne out of defense. He travels across this Startup Nation and gets up close with the Iron Dome, a Star Trek-inspired spectrometer, and a mini space laboratory.
Episode 5
Fri, Jul 29, 201624 mins
On this episode of Hello World, Ashlee Vance camps out in the Mojave Desert, where a breed of wild inventors have created a playground to push custom-created cars and spaceships to their limits.
Episode 7
Thu, Jun 16, 201624 mins
Bloomberg's Ashlee Vance heads to England to find out how the country is fighting to inject new life into its technology industry. Vance hangs out with learned cows and artificial intelligence whizzes, bikes past Newton's famed apple tree (at least a replica of it), and goes punting with the inventor of the Raspberry Pi computer.
Episode 9
Wed, Nov 30, 201624 mins
On this episode of Hello World, Bloomberg Businessweek's Ashlee Vance heads to Russia. For the past five years, Russia's been building walls around its web and packing it with tech oligarchs, startup cities, face-finding algorithms, hacker hunters and, of course, a few bears.
Episode 10
Wed, Dec 28, 201624 mins
Chile may not jump right to mind as a technology hub. But it turns out that Chile is home to some of the world's largest and most extraordinary technology projects, stretching from Santiago to the Atacama Desert. Hello World's host Ashlee Vance traveled to Chile for two weeks to explore the country's tech scene.