Katie dot Show

Katie Linendoll chats with Esben Staerk Joergensen President of LEGO Education about their newly unveiled LEGO SPIKE Prime, which puts STEAM education in the classroom.  

After a winter 10k run in Iceland, Katie Linendoll chats with Icelandic triathlete, Dagny Jonsdottir, who shares what it's like training in the land of fire and ice. She primarily runs outdoors — and likes to challenge herself with uphill terrain in the snowiest and most extreme conditions.

We are just beginning to understand the full impact smartphones and laptop screens have on our eyes. Katie Linendoll chats with founder and mechanical engineer Ali Habib who founded uMay Rest with his sister Sharmin, an ophthalmologist. This gadget claims that heat, cooling and Thermal Meditation can ease the damaging effects of too much screen time on the eyes. Ali shares their entrepreneur story and experience as a first time startup exhibitor at CES. 

Katie Linendoll learns how to train a Harris's Hawk with Falconer Sean O'Halloran at Dromoland School of Falconry at Dromoland Castle in Ireland. Sean also shares how technology is utilized more and more to train birds of prey.

Katie Linendoll chats with Funko CEO Brian Mariotti at New York Comic Con about their nearly 600 million dollar per year business. From Brady Bunch to WWE they have every fan based covered. Brian chats about their strong dedication to fans and the precision of nerd details ...that all nerds can appreciate! Brian also shares which license Funko has yet to attain.

Beyond the workplace the telepresence robot can be a game changer in many unexpected sectors like healthcare, senior centers or education. Imagine a child undergoing cancer treatment, who can finally join their class at school!  The real-life applications are widespread.     The team at OhmniLabs created a robot that is not only super simple to set up, but also easy to use and control remotely. Katie Linendoll chats with Jill Nguyen about reinventing the telepresence market.

Take a trip through the awe inspiring landscape of Sedona on a Pink Jeep Tour! Riding in a Pink Jeep is an experience in itself, but even more memorable when getting an insider look at the history, geology and off-roading possibilities. Katie Linendoll chats with Rob MacMullan, Content Manager of Pink Jeep Tours, on location.  

This is not your average Tabasco. Katie Linendoll heads to a hot sauce taste testing at Heatonist in NYC known for its expert curation of the world's finest hot sauces. She chats with the founder and hot sauce aficionado Noah Chaimberg about the science of peppers, Scoville units and the hottest peppers on the planet. Bonus: Chef Mike of City Vineyard joins the conversation.

Set foot in a different reality. Katie Linendoll chats with Tommy Goodkin Head of Content at VR World in New York City. VR World has five floors with over 50 virtual reality experiences. A premier destination to experience the most immersive VR content from walking a plank 300 feet in the air to virtually painting the world around you to playing some highly competitive dodgeball. 

Katie Linendoll chats with Kari to learn what it takes to be one of the world's top CrossFit athletes. Kari is also a former four time Big Ten Champion Gymnast, as a member of the University of Michigan Varsity Gymnastics team from 2007-2011. She also holds the New York State bench press record, at 240 lbs!