FUTURATI PODCAST
Join renowned visionary Thomas Frey and Trent Fowler as they explore artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, space exploration, quantum computing, biotechnology, and a variety of other topics of interest to futurists.
Latest episodes
Apr 30, 2021 • 1h 5min
Ep. 31: Brad Templeton on autonomous vehicles, privacy, and ethics.
Brad founded ClariNet, the first internet-based content company, is chairman Emeritus of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and is one of the founding computing faculty of Singularity University. Find more of his work at https://ideas.4brad.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 24, 2021 • 58min
Ep. 30: Andreas Schleicher on educational policy in the 21st century.
Andreas Schleicher is Director for Education and Skills at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. He initiated and oversees the Program for International Student Assessment and has worked for over 20 years with ministers and education leaders around the world to improve quality and equity in education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 16, 2021 • 1h 2min
Ep. 29: Jason Crawford on the philosophy and roots of progress.
Jason Crawford writes about the history of technology and the need to understand what drives progress at his blog The Roots of Progress: https://rootsofprogress.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 9, 2021 • 59min
Ep. 28: Thomas Frey and Trent Fowler on SPACs
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) have been featured prominently in the news recently. Trent and Thomas do a solo episode exploring how SPACs are structured and what impact they might have on business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 2, 2021 • 1h 3min
Ep. 27: Steven Kotler on the science of peak human performance.
Steven Kolter has become famous for his work on making the impossible possible through creativity, innovation, and a unique state of consciousness called 'flow'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 26, 2021 • 1h 5min
Ep. 26: Thomas Moynihan on the past and future of x-risk.
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 as a species. Find more of his work at: https://thomasmoynihan.xyz/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 19, 2021 • 1h 8min
Ep. 25: Frederick Turner on complexity, time, and the union of art and science.
Frederick Turner has spent a lifetime studying complex systems, evolution, the nature of time, epic poetry, facts, values, and aesthetics. We thoroughly enjoyed getting his perspective in this freewheeling discussion. Check out his blog at: http://frederickturnerpoet.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 12, 2021 • 1h 5min
Ep. 24: Woody Wade, scenario planning expert,talks to us about strategic forecasting.
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: https://www.woodywade.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 5, 2021 • 1h 3min
Ep. 23: Jungwon Byun, Andreas Stuhlmüller, and the future of research.
Jungwon Byun and Andreas Stuhlmüller are co-founders of Ought, a company which leverages advanced language models to automate open-ended reasoning, data gathering, analysis, and scholarship. The result is a fascinating attempt to make knowledge workers 250 times more efficient (and change the world while they're doing it). Check them out at: https://ought.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 26, 2021 • 1h 17min
Ep 22: Logan Thrasher Collins talks to us about synthetic biology, aesthetics, and his academic research.
Logan Thrasher Collins is a synthetic biologist, futurist, and author, the lead scientist at Conduit Computing, and a graduate student in biomedical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.Check out his work at: https://logancollinsblog.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
