Brannon Jones & Abe Murray

The Long Frontier

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The Long Frontier is a new deep tech podcast from AlleyCorp, hosted by Brannon Jones and Abe Murray. Each episode explores the technologies shaping the next 30 years of human civilization — diving deep into the science, engineering tradeoffs, and market dynamics behind the world’s most important innovations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Brannon Jones & Abe Murray

Episodes

The Race to Build a Star on Earth, with Dr. Ahmed Diallo 30.06.2026 59:06

What if humanity could unlock an effectively limitless source of clean energy ? In this episode of The Long Frontier, hosts Brannon Jones and Abe Murray explore the science, engineering, and commercial realities of nuclear fusion with Dr. Ahmed Diallo, Head of Enabling Technologies for Energy & Science at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). Together, they break down how fusion works, w...

The Future of Biological Computing, with Dr. Hon Weng Chong 29.05.2026 1:06:28

What if the next generation of computers isn’t built with silicon — but grown from living neurons ? In this episode of The Long Frontier, hosts Brannon Jones and Abe Murray explore one of the most unconventional frontiers in computing: biological intelligence . Joined by Dr. Hon Weng Chong, Founder & CEO of Cortical Labs, they unpack the emerging field of biological computers — systems that co...

The Hidden Economy Above Earth, with Jeff Thornburg 10.04.2026 57:21

Space isn’t just rockets anymore — it’s becoming the backbone of the global economy. In this debut episode of The Long Frontier , hosts Brannon Jones and Abe Murray dive deep into the rapidly evolving space industry — from falling launch costs to the rise of a true orbital economy . Joined by propulsion expert Jeff Thornburg , they explore what it will take to unlock the next era of space infrastr...