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Unexplainable

Vox

Science, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

What happens when you get a life-changing device implanted into your body... and then the company that maintains it goes bankrupt? Guests: Jennifer French, Executive Director and Founder of ⁠Neurotech Network⁠, a nonprofit focused on education and advocacy for neurotechnology, and ⁠Liam Drew⁠, freelance science journalist who reported on abandoned neurotech for ⁠Nature⁠ For show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠ For more, go to ⁠⁠vox.com/unexplainable⁠⁠ And please email us! ⁠⁠unexplainable@vox.com⁠⁠ We read every email. Support Unexplainable (and get ad-free episodes) by becoming a Vox Member today: ⁠⁠vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Race the rudder, raise the sails, raise the sales!
0:05.0	Captain, an unidentified ship approaching, over.
0:07.0	Roger that.
0:08.0	Wait, is that an enterprise sales solution?
0:13.0	Reach sales professionals, not professional sailors.
0:17.0	With LinkedIn ads, you can target the right people by industry, job title, and more.
0:21.4	To get 100 pounds off your first campaign, go to LinkedIn.com slash lead to claim your credit.
0:26.7	That's LinkedIn.com slash lead. Terms and conditions apply.
0:31.8	Our story begins in the late 90s.
0:36.2	March of 1998, the dot-com era when the internet was coming about.
0:41.9	It was really an exciting time to be in consumer technology.
0:46.1	You've got mail.
0:47.8	Jen French was working for a consumer tech business.
0:51.1	It was laptops and printers, a very young company, and her company was about to go
0:57.9	public. It was kind of a work hard, play hard type of lifestyle. She worked hard to launch the company's
1:06.0	IPO. And then we rented a house on the side of a ski mountain in New England.
1:11.9	She played hard. And for Jen, playing hard really meant playing.
1:17.2	Snowboard during the day and play poker at night and have lots of fun.
1:21.5	She's big on games and sports. She loves to sail, loves to snowboard.
1:26.6	That weekend, there was a full moon.
1:29.0	And if you've ever snowboarded under a full moon, it's beautiful.
1:32.9	Like, the ski slopes just glow.
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