Lives of Tomorrow

Will there be cash in the future? Will cars someday be able to pay for gas without you needing to take out your wallet? What happened with crypto? These are some of the topics Carla Buzasi discusses with Chief Operating Officer of Money 20/20 Scarlett Sieber in this episode of Lives of Tomorrow. We look at how the financial services industry - think money, banks, and fintech - will look a few years from now. Yes, your car will soon be paying for the fuel without you needing your wallet and no, crypto is not dead.

The younger generations are struggling with anxiety. They fear climate change, not being able to afford a house, and living up to expectations of society and social media.How will this affect their lives in the years to come? In this episode of Lives of Tomorrow, Andrea Bell, Director of Insight at WGSN talks to Carla Buzasi about her research and predictions on the anxious generations and how we can help them to deal with their fears about the future.

Normally we think of Brazilians as happy and cheerful people but actually Brazilians are, according to studies, some of the most anxious people in the world. This affects their view on the future. In this episode Carla is talking with Daniela Dantas, the VP of WGSN in Latin America, and Daniela explains what she thinks one of the factors behind the rise in anxiety is - the overload of information that people from Latin America are facing.

How will we work in the future and what will our work-life relationships look like? Carla Buzasi talks to her colleague Allyson Rees, Senior Strategist at WGSN and Allyson recently wrote the report ‘The future of work’. Carla also asks Allyson about what directions she thinks this podcast should take and Carla tries out a set of recurring questions with Allyson.

Getting set up. Carla Buzasi talks to sound designer Ines Cetenji and producer Claus Cancel about the thoughts behind the podcast and what you can expect from future episodes.