FUTURATI PODCAST
Episodes
Ep. 72: Jeffrey Booth on deflation, blockchain, and progress
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Booth is a visionary leader who has lived at the forefront of technology change for 20 years. In January 2020, Jeff released his first book title...
Ep. 71: Vance Crowe on culture, narrative engineering, and the future of social media.
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vance Crowe is the CEO of Articulate Ventures, a strategic communications company in Saint Louis, Missouri and is a non-resident fellow at the Center ...
Ep. 70: Kerry Vaughan on the history of science and building intellectually generative communities.
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kerry Vaughan is the Program Manager for Early Stage Science at Leverage Research. He studies the history of successful attempts at generating scienti...
Ep. 69: Ben Landau-Taylor on social technology, institutions, and the future.
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Landau-Taylor is a senior researcher at Bismarck Analysis, where he focuses on power, industry, economics, and social dynamics. Learn more about y...
Ep. 68: Teresa Grobecker on the intersection of real estate and the blockchain.
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Teresa Grobecker is the CEO of Real Estate Consortia and today she is trying to put real estate, America's largest asset class, on the blockchain. Lea...
Ep. 67: Gary Bolles and the future of work
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Bolles is Chair for the Future of Work at Singularity University, the author of "The Next Rules of Work", and an expert in how jobs, teams, and o...
Ep. 66: Danica Remy on protecting the Earth from asteroids.
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Danica Remy is the President of the B612 Foundation, an organization dedicated to protecting Earth from asteroid impacts. She co-founded the internati...
Ep. 65: Brad Templeton on the Metaverse, VR applications, and genetic privacy.
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Templeton is chairman Emeritus of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is one of the founding computing faculty of Singularity University, and thi...
Ep. 64: Max Galka on building a universal search engine for the blockchain.
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Max Galka is the CEO of Elementus, a company seeking to build the first universal search engine for blockchain data. He has also taught data science a...
Ep. 63: Radhika Iyengar-Emens on enterprise blockchain and deeptech.
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check us out at https://futuratipodcast.com/ Radhika Iyengar-Emens is a founding partner at StarChain Ventures, a venture studio focused on the disrup...
Ep. 62: Thomas Frey and Trent Fowler on the Great Resignation
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check us out or get in touch at https://futuratipodcast.com/ Thomas Frey and Trent Fowler discuss the causes and implications of "The Great Resignati...
Ep. 61: Peter McCormack on the present and future of Bitcoin.
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check us out or get in touch at https://futuratipodcast.com/ Peter McCormack is a journalist, educator, and bitcoin evangelist who hosts one of the m...
Ep. 60: NFTs, quantitative finance, and liquidity cascades with Corey Hoffstein
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Corey Hoffstein is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Newfound Research as well as an enthusiast of cryptocurrencies and various crypto pr...
Ep. 59: Market design, entrepreneurship, and innovation with Irene Ng.
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Irene Ng is a Professor of Marketing and Service Systems and the Director of the International Institute for Product and Service Innovation at WMG, Un...
Ep. 58: Dark matter, deep learning, and astrophysics with Aleksandra Ćiprijanović.
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aleksandra Ćiprijanović is a postdoctoral research associate at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, where she works for the Scientific Computing ...
Ep 57: Victoria Ransom on entrepreneurship and the future of education.
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Ransom is a serial entrepreneur from New Zealand who has built three different companies, the most recent of which is an online learning plat...
Ep. 56: Joel Comm on blockchain, NFTs, and cryptoassets.
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check us out at https://futuratipodcast.com/ Joel Comm is an expert in digital marketing, the New York Times best-selling author of 15 books, a consu...
Ep. 55: Seth Levine on cryptocurrencies and the future of finance.
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Levine is a professional institutional investor and creator of The Integrating Investor website. He uses The Integrating Investor to explore more...
Ep. 54: Visakan Veerasamy on golden ages, networks, and the future of social media.
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Visakan Veerasamy, popularly known as Visa on Twitter, is a hugely prolific and interesting guy. He writes about self-improvement, design, the uses an...
Ep. 53: Mauro F. Guillén on the world in 2030.
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check us out at https://futuratipodcast.com/ Mauro F. Guillén teaches management at the Wharton school of business and is a renowned expert on the g...
Ep. 52: Bob Coecke and Konstantinos Meichanetzidis on quantum natural language processing.
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bob Coecke is professor of Quantum Foundations, Logics and Structures, is well known for his work on quantum natural language processing and the a...
Ep. 51: Tim Errington on reproducibility and the science of science.
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Errington is the Director of Research at the Center for Open Science where he leads the centers’ metascience research efforts. He and his team a...
Ep. 50: Velina Tchakarova on geopolitics and the world after COVID.
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Velina Tchakarova is the Director at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) in Vienna, Austria. Her work includes research, co...
Ep. 49: Joel Chan on metascience, creativity, and tools for thought.
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joel is an Assistant Professor in the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies (iSchool) and Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL). H...
Ep. 48: Geoff Anders on knowledge and its role in society.
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Geoff is the Founder and Executive Director of Leverage Research, a research institute that studies and supports early stage science. He studies the r...
Ep. 47: Dr. Peter Langland-Hassan on imagination, philosophy, and technology.
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Langland-Hassan is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati. His numerous published articles span theoretical philosop...
Ep. 46: Shermon Cruz on gamification, engaged foresight, and the methodology of futurism.
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shermon Cruz is the Chair of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) and the founder, executive director, and chief futurist of the Center for...
Ep. 45: Scott Young on ultralearning, brain-computer-interfaces, and AI in education.
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Young is a blogger, teacher, and the author of "Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career". Learn ...
Ep. 44: Zanele Njapha on the importance of learning and unlearning in preparing for the future.
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zanele Njapha is a global speaker who has captivated audiences with her sensational keynotes and thought-provoking unlearning facilitations. Drawing u...
Ep. 43: Gary Wolf on the Quantified Self movement.
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We spoke with quantified self cofounder Gary Wolf on self-tracking, the philosophy of science, and learning about yourself through personal data. Lear...
Ep. 42: Philip Rosedale on Second Life, virtual worlds, and economic systems.
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Rosedale is a serial entrepreneur whose lifelong passion for using virtual technology to connect people led to his founding Second Life in 1999...
Ep. 41: Complexity science and its applications with Geoffrey West.
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Geoffrey West is a theoretical physicist whose primary interests are in fundamental questions across physics, biology and the social sciences. His res...
Ep. 40: Quantum computing and bringing revolutionary technologies to market with Justin Ging.
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Ging is Chief Commercial Officer for Honeywell Quantum Solutions, where he leads the commercialization of next-generation quantum computing sys...
Ep. 39: Ruben Harris on Career Karma, coding bootcamps, and the future of education.
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ruben is a former investment banker who co-founded Career Karma, a company aiming to be the #1 destination for career advice on the internet. Learn ...
Ep. 38: Kurtis Lockhart on charter cities and the future of governance.
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kurtis Lockhart is a PhD candidate at Oxford, and Head of Research at the Charter Cities Institute. His research interests focus on the political econ...
Ep. 36: Jules Polonetsky on privacy and its future.
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Jules Polonetsky -- lawyer, CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum, and Co-Chairman of the Israel tech Policy Institute -- about the privacy ...
Ep. 35: Mark Ryan on deep learning with tabular data.
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Ryan is a Data Science Manager at Intact Insurance and the author of the recently-released "Deep Learning with Structured Data". He holds a Maste...
Ep. 34: Marshall Brain on entrepreneurship and facing existential risk.
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marshall Brain is a futurist, speaker, and professor of entrepreneurship who founded HowStuffWorks.com. He joins us on the podcast to talk about thes...
Ep. 33: Dave Taylor on the importance of storytelling.
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Taylor is a professor of marketing and a renowned storyteller. He joins us to talk about the evolution of technology, problems with modern recomm...
Ep. 32: Elaine Pofeldt on million-dollar one-person businesses.
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elaine is an independent journalist and speaker specializing in careers and entrepreneurship. Find her writing and contact information at http://elain...
Ep. 31: Brad Templeton on autonomous vehicles, privacy, and ethics.
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brad founded ClariNet, the first internet-based content company, is chairman Emeritus of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and is one of the foundin...
Ep. 30: Andreas Schleicher on educational policy in the 21st century.
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Andreas Schleicher is Director for Education and Skills at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. He initiated and oversees the P...
Ep. 29: Jason Crawford on the philosophy and roots of progress.
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Crawford writes about the history of technology and the need to understand what drives progress at his blog The Roots of Progress: https://roots...
Ep. 28: Thomas Frey and Trent Fowler on SPACs
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) have been featured prominently in the news recently. Trent and Thomas do a solo episode exploring how SP...
Ep. 27: Steven Kotler on the science of peak human performance.
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Kolter has become famous for his work on making the impossible possible through creativity, innovation, and a unique state of consciousness cal...
Ep. 26: Thomas Moynihan on the past and future of x-risk.
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Moynihan is an intellectual historian who studies how humans came to discover the idea of existential risk, and what this means for our maturity a...
Ep. 25: Frederick Turner on complexity, time, and the union of art and science.
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Frederick Turner has spent a lifetime studying complex systems, evolution, the nature of time, epic poetry, facts, values, and aesthetics. We thorough...
Ep. 24: Woody Wade, scenario planning expert,talks to us about strategic forecasting.
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Woody Wade is a recognized expert in scenario planning who uses his unique method to help businesses and leaders chart the future. Check him out at: ...
Ep. 23: Jungwon Byun, Andreas Stuhlmüller, and the future of research.
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jungwon Byun and Andreas Stuhlmüller are co-founders of Ought, a company which leverages advanced language models to automate open-ended reasoning, d...
Ep 22: Logan Thrasher Collins talks to us about synthetic biology, aesthetics, and his academic research.
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Logan Thrasher Collins is a synthetic biologist, futurist, and author, the lead scientist at Conduit Computing, and a graduate student in biomedical e...
Ep. 21: Peter Leyden on predicting the future and the world in 2100
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peter's personal website: https://www.peterleyden.com/ Our episode with David Brin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orfagXnjFgY Renowned futurist Pet...
Ep. 20: Luca Dellanna on antifragility, ergodicity, and building a better business.
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Luca Dellanna joins us to talk about how his research into adaptive systems applies across management, psychology, investing, and economics. Check out...
Ep. 19: Karl Dakin on small business fundraising and the economic consequences of COVID19.
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Karl Dakin is an expert in fundraising, with a long career in helping businesses raise capital in innovative ways. In this conversation we talk about ...
Ep. 18: Dr. Erik Istre discusses his research on the foundations of mathematics.
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Erik has a PhD in mathematics specializing in non-classical foundations of mathematics and naive set theory. His work centers around attempting to cir...
Ep. 17: Kai Faust on the promise and peril of spatial computing.
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kai Faust is the CEO and Founder of Infopop, where he builds products that increase access to spatial information. Their first product helps retail cu...
Ep. 16: Roman Yampolskiy on AI safety.
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy is a Tenured Associate Professor in the department ofComputer Science and Engineering at the University of Louisville. He is t...
Ep. 15: Kristin Lindquist on rationality and decision making under uncertainty.
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kristin is a multi-disciplinary geek and fifteen year startup veteran. She is particularly interested in the intersection of epistemology, neuroscienc...
Ep. 14: Kristinn R Thórisson on building an artificial general intelligence
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson is Full Research Professor of Computer Science at Reykjavik University and Managing Director of the Icelandic Institute for...
Ep. 13: Steve Meyer on entrepreneurship and building a successful company.
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steve is the founder of Main Street Pedicabs, one of the most successful pedicab ventures in the world. In this conversation he joins Thomas and Trent...
Ep 12: Michał Stęchły on building software for quantum computers.
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michał is a Polish software engineer working on Zapata's quantum computing platform. His main interest is in so-called “variational quantum algorit...
Ep 11: Olusola Amusan on the impact of autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence.
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Olu Amusan is an Artificial Intelligence Evangelist, an UNLEASH Alumnus, HIVE Global Leader, the Author of "A-Z of AI Consulting", and a global shaper...
Ep. 10: Nell Watson on cosmology, quantum computing, and how AI will change society.
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eleanor ‘Nell’ Watson is a researcher in emerging technologies who helped to pioneer Machine Vision techniques through her company QuantaCorp, whi...
Ep 9: Galen Wolfe-Pauly wants to build a more human-centric internet.
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us (including your hosts) spend huge amounts of time on the internet. It is responsible for launching whole new industries, new ways of connec...
Ep 8: Mark Jackson talks about quantum computing and its applications.
17 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation caused all of us to substantially revise our opinions about the viability of near-future commercial uses of quantum computing, and w...
Ep 7: Neuroscientist Colin Hoy fills us in on the frontiers of neurotechnology.
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Colin Hoy is a Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience at UC Berkeley studying decision making, reward learning, and emotion. Prior to his Ph.D., Colin worked...
Ep 6: Renowned science fiction author David Brin shares his latest thoughts on the future.
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Among fans of this show David Brin surely needs no introduction. He is an astronomer, the author of dozens of highly-acclaimed works of science fictio...
Ep 5: Jarred Bultema on machine learning and automated science.
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jarred is an interdisciplinary scientist combining modern Data Science techniques with research expertise in the fields of Biochemistry, Molecular and...
Ep 4: Scientist and author Brian Enke talks about our future among the stars.
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Enke is a Senior Space Research Analyst at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. For nearly 20 years, he has worked on space-re...
Ep 3: Design expert Brian Baker on the present and future of design.
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Baker is a leading Technology Product Designer of the 21st century. His designs are found across the world in enterprise software, ecommerce, ap...
Ep 2: Researcher David Jilk on artificial intelligence
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence is undeniably one of the major technologies that will impact the future. Join Thomas Frey, Trent Fowler, and AI researcher Dav...
Ep 1: Transportation pioneer Daryl Oster on Evacuated Tube Technology
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daryl Oster wants to use trains inside of vacuum tubes -- what Elon Musk has called the Fifth Mode of Transportation -- to remake logistics, travel, a...