Podcast Transcript July 10th, 2026— 500 years of the soccer cleat, a world-first burn treatment, and green hydrogen in California
Episode Description: Every player at this year’s World Cup is wearing the end result of 500 years of iteration on a single piece of equipment. It started with factory workers hammering hardware store…
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