Mike’s Big Fat Idea
50 years ago today – a track meet was held at Soldier Field, Chicago for people with intellectual disabilities. It was the beginning of Special Olympics. Progress has been made but as Mke points out – not near enough.


Class Warfare, men vs women, anti-pipeline vs pro-pipeline – choose your division and politicians will be ready to exploit it. But as Jonathan Haidt explains, this appeals to our most base tribal instinct – and the results are dangerous.


Erin’s focus is on high growth energy efficiency companies and she introduces Michael to several that will thrive coping with higher electrical prices driven by rising temperature, renewables, regulations, taxes and other trends.

Venturewerx founder Colin Bowkett returns to the show with an update on a previous recommendation and a brand new Big Fat Idea for Mike’s audience. In Colin’s words “just our kind of company – boring, but growing and profitable.”

Mike interviews the nanoONE CEO about remarkable advances in properties of nanomaterials, their production & sale .
