That Tech Pod brings VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden back for rare second podcast interview on data privacy and energy

Five-star rated podcast, That Tech Pod, which covers “data privacy, cybersecurity, eDiscovery, and tech innovations with heavy hitters in the industry,” interviewed VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden, for the second time. As hosts, Laura Milstein and Kevin Albert put it, “it is actually rare, you are maybe the third person we’ve brought back to the pod.”

In this episode, the focus was on data privacy and energy, while last time Colin was on the podcast, the conversation was centered around AI and Web3. In the beginning of the interview, Laura and Kevin revealed that they wanted to do an upcoming podcast on data privacy and energy, so they asked each other, “Who is the best person or expert when it comes to this?” and said bringing VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden back as an expert on this topic was a no-brainer. 

The nearly 40-minute podcast interview titled, “Everything You Want to Know About Data Privacy and Energy with Colin Gounden,” covered a range of topics including EVs, data privacy, DOE Justice40, and George Clooney! 

Of all the memorable quotes, it was when Laura asked, “What does electricity have to do with privacy? Why does privacy matter when selling electricity?” that we wanted to highlight for our followers here (at the 23:00 minute mark):

“You make a good point. The old joke is If your internet goes out it’s like 1978, when power goes out it’s like 1878. It’s a huge change. If you want your power to stay on, then you have to either have lots of power available all the time, which is harder because of EVs. Or you move the power at a moment in time. If you look at the consumption patterns, we have more than enough power at certain times of day. We produce more solar and wind at other times of day. Other times, we don’t. We don’t have a way of shifting power.” 

For the full response to the question and a laugh out loud moment when Laura asked, “Are you running [for president]? Because I’m voting for you, Colin!” visit That Tech Pod’s podcast page.