A diver underwater wearing a wetsuit and fins, surrounded by blue water with a line of light above.
A diver underwater wearing a wetsuit and fins, surrounded by blue water with a line of light above.

Life on the Frontiers of Discovery

For almost all of human history, the future was something we imagined. Not anymore.

Today, science fact has overtaken science fiction. We're bringing back extinct animals, designing medicines that extend life, building machines that think. The future isn't arriving – it's already here.

The most thrilling chapter in human history is too often told either like homework or sold to you without an eye to consequence.

We started Kaleidoscope because the world's most important ideas deserve to be told with awe, with wonder, with optimism. For an audience who doesn't want to watch the future. They want a stake in it.

Kaleidoscope is your entry point to the story of the future, with the talent who live the questions you seek to answer.

We started as the place that makes sense of the frontiers of discovery.

We're becoming the place where you experience them.

Who We Are

A man with blond hair and blue eyes smiling at the camera, with a colorful, abstract geometric background featuring pink, blue, black, and orange shapes.

CEO, Co-founder

Oz is obsessed with all different kinds of scopes ... microscopes, telescopes, periscopes and of course kaleidoscopes ... tools that are as fun as toys, disseminating science-driven wonder, new ways of looking at the world, and enabling magical journeys to the frontiers of discovery, without leaving home.

Oz Woloshyn

Editor-in-Chief, Co-founder

Mangesh got his start in media when he co-founded a neighborhood newsletter in 3rd grade called Dogs of the Neighborhood. It lasted one issue. He’s had better luck with his other media start-ups since then.

Mangesh Hattikudur

Producer

Dara has always been drawn to figuring out what makes a story stick. Outside of work, she'll make a strong case that reality TV tells us more about human nature than we give it credit for, and that most things become clearer when the ocean is in view.

Dara Look-Potts

Head of Marketing

Christy Mirabal is a strategic marketing leader who shapes how Kaleidoscope grows its audience and shows up in the world. She’s spent over a decade focused on podcast marketing, building and scaling teams, launching hit shows, and turning audience insight into real, measurable growth. Her relationship with audio started back when she would burn podcast episodes on CDs for road trips.

Christy Mirabal

Director, Editorial and Creative Operations

David Weissbourd

Head of Production

Julia is looking for a champagne moment.

Julia Nutter

Maria Paz Mendez Hodes

Head of Video

Advisors

  • John Green

    YouTube

    John Green is an American author, YouTuber, podcaster, and philanthropist. He is widely recognized for his contributions to the digital media landscape, particularly through his co-founding of the YouTube channels Vlogbrothers and CrashCourse alongside his brother Hank Green.

  • Joanna Coles

    Chief Creative, Daily Beast

    Joanna Coles is Chief Creative and Content Officer of The Daily Beast, where she oversees content operations, strategy, and direction for the business. A veteran media executive, editor, producer, and author, she previously served as Chief Content Officer of Hearst Magazines, overseeing editorial for 300 magazines globally, and as Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire. Coles also sits on the boards of Snap Inc. and Sonos, and is on the board of the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation.

  • Tom Freston

    Principal, Firefly3

    Tom Freston is a Principal of Firefly3, an investment and consultancy firm focusing on the media and entertainment industries. He is both a former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Viacom Inc. One of the founding team at MTV in 1980, he became Chairman and CEO of MTV Networks in 1986.

  • Andrea Wong

    President, International Production, Sony Pictures

    Andrea Wong serves on the boards of Liberty Media Corporation, Qurate Retail Group, Roblox, Hudson Pacific Properties and Oaktree Acquisition Corp II. Wong was most recently President, International Production for Sony Pictures Television and President, International for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

  • Saad Mohseni

    Chairman & CEO, Moby Group

    Saad Mohseni is Chairman and CEO of MOBY Group, the media company he co-founded in Afghanistan in 2002. Under his leadership, MOBY launched TOLO TV and Arman FM and grew into one of the region’s most influential media companies. He was named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and recognized by Asia Society as an Asia Game Changer.

  • Dirk Eller

    Founder, EHC One

    Dirk Eller is the Founder of EHC One and a former Operating Partner at TPG Capital, where he focused on the media, technology, and consumer sectors as part of the firm’s Operations Group. He has held senior leadership roles across private equity, media, entertainment, and consumer businesses, including serving as CEO of a leading UK-based restaurant company and as CFO of Clear Channel International.

  • Matthew Anderson

    CEO, AWA Studios

    Matthew Anderson is Co-Chair and CEO of AWA Studios, an independent comic book and graphic novel publisher developing original stories across comics, film, and television. He previously served as Roku’s first Chief Marketing Officer and has held senior leadership roles at Lupa Systems, 21st Century Fox, Sky, and Ogilvy.