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--January 15, 2014
Technological Innovations presented at the Consumer Electronic Show last weekend in Las Vegas.
Examples: the first Li-Fi smartphone; wearable computers; smart watches; HUD computerized eyeglasses by …
The Future And You--January 8, 2014
Topic: 3D Printing of Human Organs and Tissues for Transplant Surgery.
Bioprinting: how it is done; how much progress has been made so far; and hints of what can be expected in the future. (Links to …
The Future And You--January 1, 2014
Topic: Celebrating the New Year with predictions limited to the year 2014.
Examples include: changes we may see in our jobs and in our schools when Google glass is finally available for purchase by t…
The Future And You--December 18, 2013
The 8th Anniversary Episode.
Eight years ago (on December 15, 2005) the very first episode of The Future And You was made available to the global public. And so in today's episode I will talk a bit a…
The Future And You--December 4, 2013
Topic: Future Predictions from Wikipedia and from Popular Mechanics.
Examples include: Solar powered drones which can fly for five years without coming down may take the place of more expensive satel…
The Future And You--November 6, 2013
Topic: Your host recommends a number of TV shows and movies which depict the future.
These include: Almost Human, Ender's Game, Continuum, Prometheus, Firefly, Serenity, Timer, Time Traveler, Delete…
The Future And You--October 30, 2013
Topic: The website FutureTimeLine.net.
FutureTimeLine.net is an impressive body of work which includes hundreds of predictions about the future, conveniently arranged by year, decade and century. Eve…
The Future And You--October 23, 2013
The Future And You--October 16, 2013
Topic: Part TWO of our panel on Transhumanism.
Panelists include: Stephanie Osborn (space scientist and SF author), Dr. Ben Davis (nuclear physicist), Lillian Price (microbiologist in the final month…
The Future And You--October 9, 2013
Topic: Transhumanism. This is a panel discussion with eight participants--a mixture of scientists and science fiction writers.
Panelists include: Stephanie Osborn (space scientist and SF author), Dr.…
The Future And You--October 2, 2013
Anthony Thomas, M. Doc Geressy and Chuck Carte are our featured guests; with Stephen Euin Cobb as moderator.
Topic: Part TWO of New Media. The nature and effects of the many different newly-invented …
The Future And You--September 25, 2013
Anthony Thomas, M. Doc Geressy and Chuck Carte are our featured guests; with Stephen Euin Cobb as moderator.
Topic: "New Media" (as opposed to traditional media). An informal examination of the natur…
The Future And You--September 18, 2013
Michael Nuschke (Retirement Futurist) is our featured guest.
Topic: Part TWO of Retirement planning in the age of the Singularity.
Michael Nuschke is a Professional Retirement Planner who is also a F…
The Future And You--September 11, 2013
Michael Nuschke (Retirement Futurist) is our featured guest.
Topic: Retirement planning in the age of the Singularity (Part One).
Michael Nuschke is a Professional Retirement Planner who is also a Fu…
The Future And You--September 4, 2013
Frederik Pohl, one of the legends of science fiction, passed away just a few days ago on September 2, 2013. In memory of his life and work today's episode contains an interview he gave me back in 201…
The Future And You--August 28, 2013
Dr. Ben Davis (nuclear physicist and professor) is our featured speaker.
Topic: The Singularity, and some of the things which might prevent it from occurring.
Dr. Ben Davis earned his PhD in Nuclear …
The Future And You--August 21, 2013
Catherine Asaro (theoretical physicist, author and SIGMA consultant), Stephanie Osborn (former NASA payload specialist and author) David L. Burkhead (who works at a scanning electron microscopy facil…