Hello World

New Zealand

28min - 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, a team working on launching New Zealand into the space race, and end up learning about the future of virtual film making at WETA workshop.

Sweden

23min - Hold on to your H&M cardigans! 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.

Israel

27min - 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.

Iceland

30min - On this episode of Hello World, we dive into Icelandâs tech scene, with a special focus on how the countryâs land and history have shaped its innovations. We take a look at IceWind's new low-cost, super-durable wind turbines, rip across snowy volcanoes on steroidal vehicles built by Arctic Trucks, and go inside the universe of Eve Online. And that's just the start...

Mojave

33min - 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.

Colorado's Maverick Inventors

24min - Denver, Colorado: come for the sunshine, stay for the community of tech mavericks. From rocket engines to sci-fi weapons, the next great US tech firm may already be taking shape in the Mountain West.

Switzerland Part 1: A High-Tech Utopia

24min - Switzerland is full of advanced tech startups, thanks to business-friendly laws and an appetite for new ideas. We visit an inventor who makes drones do miraculous things and a company that’s growing human skin in a lab.

Switzerland Part 2: Brains, Brains, Brains

24min - Switzerland is home to some of the world's most advanced brain research labs and companies, working to restore movement in paralyzed people, understand Parkinson’s disease, and create smarter AI.

The World's Craziest Car Race

24min - Burning Man meets Mad Max at King of the Hammers, a 212-mile-long offroad race in the California desert that only the hardiest racers with the most kitted-out vehicles will even finish.

Russia

Chile