The Future And You
This award-winning series explores The Future of Everything. What can we expect of next week, next year, next century? What will we eat, drive, wear, live in, vote for, want to buy, and want to avoid? What mistakes of the past will we make again, and which ones have we learned from? From the next tick of the clock to the ultimate end of the universe, every subject is fair game. Composed of interviews and essays, it's hosted by the author and futurist Stephen Euin Cobb. Guests include: famous authors and the occasional celebrity, but mostly futurists, innovators, technologists, analysts, entrepreneurs, and those pushing the limits of technology, as well as those struggling to understand the trends growing strong around us now--since it is those trends which will create the future in which we will all live. This program is not about magic, or prophecy, or psychic divination. Instead, we attempt to use verifiable facts as our foundation, and from them extrapolate forward. All such extrapolations--regardless of the credentials of those putting them forth--must be considered pure opinion. Time alone, will allow these extrapolations to be verified or nullified. Topics and themes explored include: nanotechnology and biotechnology; organlegging and organ transplants, molecular manufacturing and computers wired directly into the human brain; extropianism, transhumanism and the technology of individual immortality; terrorism, globalization, global warming and nuclear proliferation; cryonics and cryogenics; genetic engineering and the human genome project; embryos, cloning and stem cell research; astronomy and other space explorations (NASA, Hubble, exoplanets, SETI, ESA, CCCP, lasers and space probes); the singularity, robots, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI); remote sensing and waldoes; legal and illegal uses of the Internet (hackers and hacking, viruses and Trojan horses); solar cells, peak oil and alternative energy; aging and medical longevity; FTL (faster than light travel, as in Star Trek and Star Wars) and worm holes (as in StarGate SG-1); progress in health, education and neuroscience, as well as evolution, agriculture and inventions; and how what was once science fiction and fantasy is now biology, chemistry and physics. Everything from futurism to futurology. To learn more, check the show's website at: www.TheFutureAndYou.com
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 486
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2019
The Future And You--August 1, 2019
Jeff Greason is today's featured guest.
Topic: The transition from space as a series of government supported projects to space as a series of business ventures--a transition we are in now. But also, …
The Future And You--Oct 26, 2016
The Transhumanism Panel from Concarolinas (in which we discuss some--but by no means all--aspects of transhumanism).
Speakers include: James Maxey, Ben Davis, and me, Stephen Euin Cobb, as the modera…
The Future And You--Oct 12, 2016
"The Year in Science." A panel discussion of discoveries and inventions made during the previous 12 months.
Speakers: James Maxey, Erin Penn, JT the Enginerd, and me, Stephen Euin Cobb, as the modera…
The Future And You--Sept. 28, 2016
Topics: Trends in agriculture and agricultural research, as well as Monsanto and GMOs (genetically modified organisms).
Gary Shelton has been a professional agronomist with the US Department of Agri…
The Future And You--Sept 14, 2016
David B. Coe and Stuart Jaffe are our featured guests.
Topics include the continued rise of independent publishing and some of the ways the traditional publishing houses are changing how they treat a…
The Future And You--Sept 7, 2016
Podcasting's Rich Sigfrit is our featured guest.
Topics include: trends in Education, Creativity, and getting and keeping a job.
Rich Sigfrit is widely known as a pioneer in the early days of Podcast…
The Future And You--August 24, 2016
Hackers & Identity Theft (Part 2 of 2). Methods, vulnerabilities, countermeasures, and the TV show Mr. Robot.
Speakers: James McDonald, DL Leonine (Leo the Lion), and Stephen Euin Cobb as the moderat…
The Future And You--August 17, 2016
Hackers & Identity Theft (Part 1 of 2). Methods, vulnerabilities, countermeasures, and the TV show Mr. Robot.
Speakers: James McDonald, DL Leonine (Leo the Lion), and Stephen Euin Cobb as the moderat…
The Future And You--Aug. 10, 2016
SETI & the Fermi Paradox (Part 2 of 2). The search for extraterrestrial intelligence and the mysterious lack of evidence for any extraterrestrial intelligence.
Our speakers include Dr. Ben Davis, Eri…
The Future And You--Aug 3, 2016
SETI & the Fermi Paradox (Part 1 of 2). The search for extraterrestrial intelligence and the mysterious lack of evidence for any extraterrestrial intelligence.
Our speakers include Dr. Ben Davis, Eri…
The Future And You--July 27, 2016
The Future of Robots (Part 2 of 2). Speakers: Dr. Ben Davis, James McDonald, and Stephen Euin Cobb as the moderator. Dr. Ben Davis has a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics and an M.S. in Nuclear Astrophysics…
The Future And You--July 20, 2016
The Future of Robots (Part 1 of 2).
Speakers: Dr. Ben Davis, James McDonald, and Stephen Euin Cobb as the moderator.
Dr. Ben Davis has a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics and an M.S. in Nuclear Astrophysics f…
The Future And You--July 7, 2016
The Technological Singularity (Part 2 of 2).
Subtopics: Superhuman Artificial Intelligence; radical life extension; friendly verses non-friendly AI; and the possibility that within decades all humans…
The Future And You--June 29, 2016
The Technological Singularity (Part 1 of 2).
Subtopics: Superhuman Artificial Intelligence; radical life extension; friendly verses non-friendly AI; and the possibility that within decades all humans…
The Future And You--June 22, 2016
Life Extension (part 2 of 2).
Speakers include J.T. "the Enginerd," Erin Penn, and Stephen Euin Cobb as the moderator.
J.T. "the Enginerd"obtained her Masters of Science in Engineering Mechanics with…
The Future And You--June 15, 2016
Life Extension (part 1 of 2).
Speakers include J.T. "the Enginerd," Erin Penn, and Stephen Euin Cobb as the moderator.
J.T. "the Enginerd" obtained her Masters of Science in Engineering Mechanics wit…
The Future And You--June 8, 2016
Dr. Robin D. Hanson (in Part 2 of 2) describes the coming global dominance of billions of Artificial Intelligences which are software emulations of the human brain. This interview is based on Dr. Han…
The Future And You--June 1, 2016
Dr. Robin D. Hanson describes the coming global dominance of billions of Artificial Intelligences which are software emulations of the human brain. This interview (Part 1 of 2) is based on Dr. Hanson…
The Future And You--May 25, 2016
Topics: we have begun building an understanding of what each of our genes do, this will transform our future long before it is complete because it will be combined with our growing ability to edit e…
