Hello 50:50 World - Make Tech More Humane

The podcast where leaders and technologists explore how to design, engineer, and build for a better, more inclusive future — with and through technology. In each episode, host Lisa Stähli, an engineer herself, sits down with experts and decision makers in tech to discuss pressing topics from AI to social media, drones to data; always through the lens of humanity and inclusion, to bring fresh perspectives, honest conversations, and inspiration to rethink technology and its role in society. This podcast is a space where technology and humanity meet.

Hello 50:50 World is a movement that fosters conversations with a balance of perspectives about tech and humanity. At the in-person meetups, every participant brings a +1 with a different perspective, creating balanced spaces to share experiences that drive greater equity and inclusion in the tech industry. https://www.hello5050.world/

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Virtual Reality & Life After Meta

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In this episode of the Hello 50:50 World Podcast, we speak with Britta Hummel, former engineering leader at Meta, who worked on products like Meta Quest and the early foundations of the Microsoft HoloLens.

Together, we explore virtual and mixed reality beyond the hype:

- Why the biggest technical challenges in VR are largely solved
- Why the business side of the metaverse is struggling despite massive investments
- What it was like to build immersive technologies inside Big Tech
- How power dynamics and leadership culture shaped Britta’s experience at Meta
- Why she ultimately decided to leave the...

Open Source: The Power of Collaboration

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In this episode of the Hello 50:50 World Podcast, we speak with Aaron Seigo, long-time open source contributor and passionate software developer/architect.

Together, we explore how the open source movement evolved over the last decades:
- How Aaron discovered open source software in the early days of Linux
- Why open source was originally both a technical and political movement
- How small open source communities helped build technologies that shaped today’s internet
- And what developers and organizations can learn from the culture and philosophy behind open collaboration

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Social Media Architecture: Breaking the Addiction Loop

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In this episode of the Hello 50:50 World Podcast, we speak with Vardon Hamdiu, co-founder of Sparkable, and Sofiia Kaminska, behavioral researcher and creator of the Option Control project.

Together, we explore how social media platforms are architected:

- Why many of today’s platforms are optimized for attention and what that does to users
- How engagement-based algorithms amplify polarization, outrage, and addictive behavior
- Why awareness alone is not enough to change how we use technology
- And what it takes to design social media that supports healthier interactions

From working in political communication and with refugee communities to...

Data, AI & Health: Risks & Opportunities

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In this episode of the Hello 50:50 World Podcast, we speak with Lisa Falco, health tech innovator, author of Go Figure, and co-founder of N23 Health.

Together, we explore how data and AI are already shaping the health industry:

- How AI can improve women’s health and help close the gender health gap
- Why data can both support and harm, especially in healthcare
- How AI systems can bring expertise to places where specialists are missing
- And why context is critical when deciding where and how AI should be used

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