Brains on the Outside: A Business Ideas Podcast

Lauren Beukes: How to Destroy AI

Lauren Beukes is the author of award-winning novels like Afterland and Zoo City, with her book Shining Girls was adapted to an Apple TV+ show. She has asked us about how

July: The Month vs. the Luggage Company

July make luggage. Beautiful, useful, perfect luggage. They've got a big problem though - they decided to name themselves after the month of July and now, well, they

Naked Sprout: Big sheets of toilet paper, big problems

Naked Sprout make toilet rolls out of bamboo. They're super sustainable and the company prides themselves on using no fossil fuels in 99% of their process. That rema

AutoTrader: Go faster stripes to save the environment

AutoTrader is the UK's largest digital automotive marketplace. You can buy cars. You can sell cars. You can swap cars. (Maybe? Does it work like that? Like football

Toucan: Table tennis all the time

Toucan make really nice table tennis equipment. In Germany, where they are based, you can find table tennis tables outside in parks and public spaces. However, how can To

Water and Wines: The best way to solve a jigsaw

Water and Wines make jigsaws designed to teach you about wine. Designed by sommeliers and their passion for oenology, each jigsaw transports you to a wine region around t

Allbirds: Can shoes save all the birds?

Allbirds design and make shoes and footwear with a focus on nature and the environment. They have got in touch wondering how to convince people to shop more sustainably. 

Wave: The future of phone cases

Wave is an ecologically focused phone case manufacturer, coincidentally based near us in the North East of England. They need help though: why do Apple keep releasing so

Season 2 Trailer

Season 2 of Brains on the Outside begins on the 30th of September 2024! This year, we are joined by a range of businesses like Allbirds, Autotrader, Naked Sprout and more

How can you prevent slugs from eating your prize cabbages?

Slugs. The worst of all the garden creatures. Slimy. Slithery. Leaving gross trails all over the place. Ugh. This week Corinne has written to us to ask whether we could s

Metal Detecting 2.0

Metal detecting is such a mixed bag. Finding cool stuff is undoubtedly amazing but having to dig things up all the time is not only a drag it's also inaccessible. Li

The Future of Two Factor Authentication

Two factor authentication?  More like EW factor authentication.  Nobody likes all the hoops you have to jump through in order to log into your bank, your email, your soci

How to Stop Jet Lag

Andrew done goofed today and accidentally recorded the whole episode without turning his nice mic on. He is very sorry about this - please forgive him  Aside from just h

How to Stop Cats Fighting

Is your cat getting attacked by the other mean cats in your neighbourhood? How are you stopping it? Andrew and Alex have two innovative businesses that will definitely so

How to Find Your Glasses

Losing your glasses robs you of the thing you really need to find your glasses - your ability to see. So far, even after thousands of years of glasses development, there

How to Cure Hayfever

Hayfever sucks. It's nothing like nightfever or that fever that you can only cure with more cowbell. It just stinks. You feel terrible but you're not actually i

How to Sell a House

Selling your house is a stressful, expensive, and long process. Lets make it quicker. Alex and Andrew pitch two revolutionary, next-generation, Estate Agents that will se

Late Night Ice Rink Usage

So much of our infrastructure is wasted most of the day. Once it gets to 5pm offices, opticians, chocolatiers, EVERYWHERE, closes. Even the humble ice rink closes. But is

No More NSFW Graffiti!

The world has had enough of crude graffiti, surely we are better than just covering everything with spray-paint drawn willys? Andrew and Alex are here to help, as they bo

How to Google a Smell

Why can we not Shazam smells? There's Google image search, why not a Google smell search? Alex and Andrew pitch two businesses that will aim to make it possible to r