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Drivers want green cars and Volkswagen Group knows it. Their most ambitious move to date in this space? Announcing their revitalization of an American auto company with an electric vehicle priority: Scout Motors venture.

So how is Scout Motors planning on producing environmentally conscious pickup trucks and sports cars right here in the USA? We’re sitting down with their newly minted President and CEO, Scott Keogh, to talk about the ambitious goals and the future of the brand.

Moderna has risen to global recognition in its rapid development of an mRNA vaccine against COVID-19. Looking ahead, the company’s goal is to deliver on the promise of mRNA science for applications far beyond COVID-19, ushering in a new generation of transformative medicines.

We’re sitting down with Rose Loughlin, Moderna’s SVP of Research and Early Development, who works across their Platform Research, Non-Clinical Sciences, and R&D Strategy teams, to learn about what’s involved in translating Moderna’s platform technology from research into development programs. She’s here to discuss Moderna’s mRNA platform, and share insights into their broader pipeline of goals.

Does the idea of a lab-grown meal intrigue you or repel you? Wellllll, it may very well be the future of our dining. Cultivated meat is a potential way to have our…meat…and eat it too—it could nearly zero out greenhouse-gas emissions from meat production, and potentially help eliminate factory farming. But first, companies have to figure out how to scale production. And regulators need to approve it.

We'll dig into the near future of cultivated meat with Wildtype and Aleph Farms co-founders and CEOs, Justin Kolbeck and Didier Toubia, and UPSIDE Foods COO, Amy Chen. We’ll discuss the challenges of scaling production and whether consumers will embrace the products once it's able to be sold.