The Futurists

The Futurists


Latest Episodes

In the Age of AI, Data Is Everything
August 01, 2025

This week Brett interview he founder of the worlds first data savings account and data wallet ecosystem, Andre Vellozo of Drumwave. Vellozo makes a compelling case that GDPR and data privacy regulati

The Man Who Would Be Governor
July 29, 2025

Zoltan Istvn holds the distinction of being the first Transhumanist to run for President of the United States. Now Zoltan has set his sights on the Governors office in California, a $4 trillion eco

Machine Forecasting
July 18, 2025

Dan Schwarz is the CEO and co-founder of FutureSearch.ai, a startup venture that intends to become the leader in AI-powered forecasting. Dan points out that hybrid systems that combine human forecast

Future Stories with Jon Snoddy
July 11, 2025

Jon Snoddy is the CEO and founder of Operative Games, where he fuses gameplay with generative AI to create stories that permit the audience to interact with and engage with virtual characters. To crea

Killing Stupid Rules
June 30, 2025

This week Lisa Bodell, Top-50 ranked futurist, author, speaker and founder of FutureThink joins the Futurists.Bodell shares how she teaches structured scenario planning and why real futurists use mo

Managing Uncertainty with Peter Hinssen
June 20, 2025

Peter Hinssen is a best selling author and industry strategist focused on leadership and change management during turbulent times. His newest book is The Uncertainty Principle, arriving at the preci

THE KNEE OF THE EXPONENTIAL CURVE with David S Rose
June 15, 2025

What happens when we pass the point of technological change so profound that we can no longer predict or comprehend the future? Pay attention because its coming soon. For decades, futurists have theo

What is Jony Ive cooking?
June 02, 2025

This week Brett and Rob take a check on the latest in AI news diving into the growing requirements for AI infrastructure, and the advances being made in Agentic-AI. We dive into Anthropic and Open AI

Doug Shapiro on Hollywood’s AI Future
May 23, 2025

Doug Shapiro, one of the leading analysts of trends in the media and entertainment industry, explains how Hollywood now faces a second phase of digital transformation. First, the Internet unbundled me

Colin Megill on Computational Democracy
May 16, 2025

Colin Megill joins the Futurists to describe a new model for finding consensus in a time of political chaos and intense partisan division. He is the inventor ofPol.is, a powerful open-source platform