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The Times Tech Podcast

PlateJoy’s Christina Bognet: “Healthy-eating algorithms”

The Times Tech Podcast

Will Morley

Business, Unknown, Technology

4.9654 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Christina Bognet, founder for PlateJoy, to talk about changing how people eat (3:10), combating diabetes virtually (5:35), weighing in online (11:05), going to MIT (13:40), gaining and losing 50 lbs (14:55), getting inspiration from Stripe’s Patrick Collison (18:15), nabbing investment from her first pitch (19:15), getting into Y Combinator (20:15), the importance of education (22:30), why she doesn’t use the “D” word (27:00), the rise of preventative medicine (28:00), food photographers (33:00), why fasting may not be a terrible idea (34:05), and making this available to the poor (39:45)

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Danny in the Valley, your weekly dispatch from deep inside the Silicon Valley Future Machine.

0:07.3

We have a great show for you today, but before we get there, I just have a very quick reminder.

0:12.8

Do keep sending in those questions for Sir Richard Branson.

0:16.5

I'm sitting down with them next week, in fact, and though the interview won't actually run until the following week due to a few boring logistical details.

0:24.0

The point is, this is your last chance.

0:26.9

So please keep them rolling in.

0:28.9

People seem very interested in the hyperloop, but if you have any other things that are

0:32.9

burning a hole in your brain, email me.

0:35.2

It's danny.fortson, F-O-T-S-O-N at Sunday-Hifent Times.com. Or you can find me on

0:41.9

Twitter at Danny Fortson. And beyond that, I don't know what to tell you. Also, I want to say thank you

0:48.2

for those who have already sent in questions. I think it's going to make for a very lively and

0:53.0

interesting interview. So thank you for that.

0:55.8

And one little other thing, if you are enjoying the show, take a minute, stop an Apple podcast, give a little rating, maybe jot down a few words if you so desire.

1:04.3

It really does help other people find the show.

1:07.5

But that is it.

1:09.1

We digress.

1:10.2

We have a show to do.

1:12.3

Yo. Technology. What is it all about?

1:16.5

70% is overweight or obese. Almost 40% is obese. It needs an immediate solution.

1:22.6

Like we can't just keep talking about it and saying it's getting worse and worse and worse.

1:26.0

I mean, that's true. but something drastic has to happen.

1:34.2

Thank you for tuning in to Danny in the Valley this week.

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