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Roadtrip Nation
Bringing People In | Venture Forward
Season 18
Episode 3
The team meets Mama Shu, who founded The Avalon Village to turn her Highland Park community into a safe, eco-friendly, and innovative space. Later on, they talk with Clarence Bethea—the Upsie founder dedicated to making warranties more affordable—about his path through adversity to entrepreneurial success.
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NASA’s largest rocket engine test facility, and engineer and designer Leah Buechley.
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Stories from engineer Katherine Kuchenbecker, artist Zaria Forman, CEO Jewel Burks.
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The road trip begins with Harvard professor Evelynn Hammonds and artist Janet Echelman.
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As their trip comes to an end, the team reflects on everything they learned along the way.
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The team has an action-packed week highlighted by stops in Las Vegas, Denver, and Chicago.
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The team’s journey takes them into Silicon Valley, the hub for innovation in technology.
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Three computer science students embark on a road trip to meet leaders in their field.
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The journey ends in NYC with designer swissmiss and Helvetica director Gary Hustwit.
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The team meets an exhibition designer in Chicago, an inventor-turned-entrepreneur in NYC.
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Breaking out of comfort zones with glassblowing, palm readings, and impromptu interviews.
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The team explores the Experience Music Project and talks indecision with Michael Franti.
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The road-trippers talk fear, failure, and taking chances at Skywalker Ranch and Pixar.