A new space race is underway just above us, as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others jockey to build new satellite internet constellations to bring broadband to the far reaches of the globe with Starlink, Project Kuiper and the like.

In this edition of 2025: Tomorrow, Today, Co-Hosts John Cook, Co-Founder of GeekWire, and Jordon Voss, Senior VP with Northern Trust, are joined by a panel of experts for a deep dive exploring the future of the internet in the sky including the technical, business and policy challenges and implications. And we take a look back at Teledesic, the promising Seattle-area upstart that aimed to bring broadband to the world far ahead of its time.

Guests:

Rob Meyerson - Former President/Blue Origin; Founder, CEO/Delalune Space

Saadia Pekkanen - University of Washington Professor and Founding Co-Director, Space Policy and Research Center

David Patterson - VP, Chief Scientist/Avaliant, LLC; First employee of Teledesic

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NFL star Bobby Wagner has established himself as one of the best in the game.  Now, the Seahawks linebacker is tackling a new challenge: venture capital.

In this edition of 2025: Tomorrow, Today, Wagner joins hosts John Cook/Co-Founder of GeekWire and Jordon Voss/Sr. VP at Northern Trust, for a wide ranging conversation about his evolution in business from angel investor to partner with Fuse Venture Partners. 

Wagner offers unique insights into his approach to business and football including how he negotiated his own contract without an agent and came away the highest paid linebacker in the game at the time.

Wagner also offers his perspectives on where he sees opportunities, and the other NFL players he'd love to partner with off the field in business.

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Can a market predicted to top $60 billion this decade still be considered a niche? With over half the population born biologically female and women controlling 80% of all consumer spending, and spending 30% more on healthcare than men do, Femtech's time has come.

 In this edition of the podcast, Julie Sandler, Managing Partner at Pioneer Square Labs, joins hosts John Cook/GeekWire and Jordon Voss to detail the explosion of opportunities in Femtech and why it's such an area of interest for this leading investor.  And we discuss the opportunities and challenges for female business leaders despite all of the advances that have been made to improve diversity in recent years.

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