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Perpetual Motion® Podcast

Patent attorneys at Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP have a passion for talking tech. In this series, they take off their attorney hats to interview inventors and technology pioneers on exciting innovations and inventorship-related topics.

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Surgery By The Numbers

Michael and Colin welcome Dr. Daniel Donoho, founder of the Surgical Data Science Collective (SDSC) and neurosurgeon at Children's National Hospital, to discuss his work advancing surgical training through data science.

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Pop Up Buildings

Michael and Colin welcome Jason Langer, Vice President at Thornton Tomasetti and golf enthusiast, to discuss his work in structural engineering and architecture in volumetric construction and other fields, as well as his experience designing digital golf courses.

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A Room with a View

Michael and Colin welcome Mitch Braff, founder and CEO of Liquid View and discuss the health benefits of virtual windows, as well as a stint on Sharp Tank.

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Gas Stations in Space

Michael and Colin discuss the space economy, asteroid mining, and building an off-world infrastructure for refueling satellites with Danial Faber, founder and CEO of Orbit Fab.

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Agentic Concierge – How to Be in All Places at the Same Time

Join Perkins Coie partners Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler for a forward-looking conversation with Genies CEO, Akash Nigam, on how avatars are reshaping digital identity, creativity, and community. From the company’s vision and platform to practical use cases, they explore the intersection of avatars and generative AI, what’s possible today, and where the technology is headed next.

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Smart Radios Weaving Together the “Internet of Workers

In this episode, Michael and Colin are joined by their Perkins Coie partner, Janice Ta, as they speak with Ben Burrus and Kevin Turpin of Weavix. Weavix is a company that combines real-time communication with AI-powered analysis of worker-interaction data to transform everyday conversations into actionable insights.

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A Perpetual Motion Holiday Special – Wacky Patents

Problems looking for solutions will always find them. In this special holiday episode, Michael and Colin discuss wacky patents. Timestamps: 0:46 – Gravity Wheel Apparatus , Patent No. 3,625,089 3:34 – Fresh-Air Breathing Device and Method , Patent No. 4,320,756 6:31 – Aircraft Landing System , Patent No. 3,380,690 9:37 – Device for Waking Persons from Sleep , Patent No. 256,265 11:50 – Combination…

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PMP @ TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Colin Fowler and guest host, Ben Brokesh, visit TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Listen in as they meet with some of the foremost startup entrepreneurs. Timestamps: 3:24 – HyWatts (Sam Ruben, CBDO and Co-Founder): Delivers clean, modular energy systems that turn renewable power into reliable electricity. 14:23 – Tesollo (Youngjin Kim, President and CEO; Wooseok Ryu, CTO): Solves complex problems and…

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PMP @ Austin Tech Week 2025

Michael Glenn and guest host, Bryce Freund, visit the 2025 Austin Tech Week. Listen as they meet and mingle with some of Austin’s startup entrepreneurs. Timestamps: 01:51 - Orbit Fab (Daniel Faber, Founding CEO): Founded in 2018 to eliminate the single-use spacecraft paradigm with in-space refueling. 10:50 – DAYY Photonics (Paul Golata): Supports the technological needs of our customers by…

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A Fashion Statement

In this episode, Michael and Colin enter the world of indigenous high fashion with Amber Dawn Bear Robe, curator of Native Fashion Week – Santa Fe.

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