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--October 29, 2014
Six Topics: (1) A new way the insurance companies are using clever software to trick 75% of their customers into paying a lot more money than the remaining 25%. (2) Two recently developed vision corr…
The Future And You--October 22, 2014
Topic: Science in the Classroom: the good, the bad and the ugly. (Part 2)
Speakers include: Jim Craig, James Maxey and your host. James Maxey is an author of science fiction and fantasy novels, and o…
The Future And You--October 15, 2014
Topic: Science in the Classroom: the good, the bad and the ugly. (Part 1)
Speakers include: Jim Craig, James Maxey and your host. James Maxey is an author of science fiction and fantasy novels, and o…
The Future And You--October 8, 2014
Topic: 3D Printing -- It's advantages, limitations, current abilities, and future possibilities.
Speakers: David L. Burkhead, Stephanie Osborn, Bart Kemper, Jeremy Levitt and Michael Z. Williamson as…
The Future And You--October 1, 2014
Topic: Is War in Space Inevitable?
Speakers: John Ringo, Robert G. Kennedy, David L. Burkhead and Dr. Charles E. Gannon as the moderator.
John Ringo is a New York Times best selling novelist with ove…
The Future And You--September 24, 2014
Topic: Transhumanism: its vision, hopes and many concrete possibilities.
Speakers: James Maxey, Paula S. Jordan, Dr. Ben Davis and myself as moderator. Paula S. Jordan is a former orbit analyst for N…
The Future And You--September 17, 2014
Topic: The Technological Singularity.
Your host reveals his personal expectations concerning the Singularity: when; how; good or bad; methods; new technologies; weak points; warnings; alternate versi…
The Future And You--September 10, 2014
Three topics: our guest's experiences while in China, as well as his making a living in the old traditional book industry, and now in the new ebook industry.
Patrick Quinlan (best selling author) is …
The Future And You--September 3, 2014
Topics: controversies and possibilities concerning: mind-uploading, robotics, human-like androids, sexrobots, the sexdolls of today (which are not robotic) human level artificial intelligence, as wel…
The Future And You--August 27, 2014
Topic: Trends in Filmmaking, both commercial and independent. Casting, shooting, editing, scriptwriting, fundraising, financing, distribution, promotion and camera technology are all discussed.
Three…
The Future And You--August 20, 2014
Topic: The Technological Future of War.
Speakers: Jim Beall, Charles E. Gannon, Mark Wandrey, Bart Kemper, and Michael Z. Williamson.
Michael Z. Williamson is retired from the United States military …
The Future And You--August 13, 2014
Topic: Contrasting two brilliant documentary series against one another. The recently released Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, released in 2014 which was hosted by the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson…
The Future And You--August 6, 2014
Topic: How does the human brain work? How are memories stored in the brain? Why are memories so often full of errors? And, most especially, is there any evidence that quantum effects are involved in …
The Future And You--July 30, 2014
Topic: The Past Twelve Months in Science. What new inventions, innovations, developments, and discoveries have changed things for human civilization in little ways and in big?
Today's speakers: Paula…
The Future And You--July 23, 2014
Topic: AntiMatter. How do we make it, store it, and use it--today, and in the future.
Antimatter may ultimately become a means of storing vast amounts of energy in a very compact form. Utilizing it i…
The Future And You--July 16, 2014
Topic: Space Exploration--Where should we explore next? And where have we explored so far?
Subtopics: mining the asteroids (the billionaire Peter Diamondis has announced the he will do it); nuclear p…
The Future And You--July 9, 2014
Topic: Memories can be Inherited. Shocking, yes, but the research seems solid. The mechanism by which this is done involves the rapidly expanding scientific field called Epigenetics.
The entire field…
The Future And You--July 2, 2014
Dr. Travis S. Taylor (scientist, author and TV personality) is our featured guest.
Dr. Travis Taylor is an aerospace engineer, optical scientist, science fiction author, and star of National Geograph…
The Future And You--June 25, 2014
Topic: Breakthroughs in Medical Science. New technologies which will help us live healthier and longer.
Subtopics: 3D printing of tissues and organs for surgical implant; wiping out cancer with a mas…
The Future And You--June 18, 2014
Hank Pellissier--[Part 4]--(writer, editor, speaker, producer, futurist and transhumanist).
Topics: Human Intelligence--is it a product of our culture or our genes? Are some of this world's cultures …