COVID-19 infection rates are growing exponentially. Even with a vaccine on the horizon, it will be some time before everyone is vaccinated and life can return to usual. In addition to mask wearing and social distancing, one of the critical ways to support the economy is through comprehensive testing and robust contact tracing.

Loud-Hailer is a technology company that provides a cutting-edge contact and facility tracing solution.

Our Guest, Jack Chen, is the CEO and co-founder of Loud-Hailer. He and his team are working to get everyone safely back to work.

One of the behavioral changes that happened as a result of COVID was the loss of the commute. People certainly complained about their commutes before COVID, but are they happy now that it’s gone? Does an absence from bumper-to-bumper traffic make our hearts grow fonder for the road (open or otherwise)?

The answers to these questions might just surprise you.

YPulse, the leading authority on GenZ and Millennial opinions and behaviors, has just released a new trend report on consumer attitudes about transportation & car ownership.

MaryLeigh Bliss, their VP of content, discusses what their research can tell us.

People often like to think that art and music are things that are distinctly human, personal and ultimately, not predictable. We don’t like thinking that a machine knows us better than we know ourselves or that our own tastes are something that can be boiled and predicted.

FuturePulse is working to create a technology platform that does just that. It’s a EU backed project that’s working to accurately predict trends on social media and streaming platforms.

Our Guest, Daniel Johansson, is a researcher and analyst at the Linnaeus University in Sweden as well as at the Spotify-backed company Soundtrack Your Brand. In our interview we talk to him about FuturePulse and what it takes to predict a hit before it happens.