The Futurists

The Futurists


Latest Episodes

The Future of Storytelling
January 20, 2023

This week on The Futurists our hosts interview Charlie Melcher, the founder of The Future of Storytelling. Charlie recounts the many ways that the ancient practice of storytelling is evolving in an e

New World, Same Humans
January 13, 2023

In this episode, David Mattin, creator of New World Same Humans, talks to the Futurists about his simple but phenomenally powerful technique for forecasting: he uses fundamental human needs as the len

2023 Forecast
January 06, 2023

In this episode our resident futurists make bold forecasts for 2023. Joined by Miss Metaverse, Katie King, the trio discuss what to expect in the global economy, defense and military, health care, cli

DOES CRYPTO HAVE A FUTURE?
December 30, 2022

In this episode we ask one of the OG's of crypto, Bill Barhydt, to join us on The Futurists to talk the 2022 crypto collapse, the merits of crypto and blockchain for the future-world, and how crypto,

The Future of Aging
December 23, 2022

This week we interview the phenomenal Aubrey De Grey, the worlds foremost authority on longevity and developing strategies to slow or eliminate aging altogether. The author of The Mitochondrial Free

The Future of the Workforce
December 16, 2022

A look at the trends that will shape the workplace of the future: flexibility, the expanding 1099 workforce, the Great Resignation, the gig economy, telework, remote collaboration, placeless employmen

Future of Payments and Identity 
December 09, 2022

In this week's episode we talk to Dave Birch, the author of "Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin", The Currency Cold War, and Identity is the New Money about all things identity, digital assets and the fut

Social Media Meltdown
December 02, 2022

Zuckerberg's Metaverse dream implodes, social ad spending plummets, layoffs, and tech stocks crash. Elon Musk is acting out his mid-life crisis in real time with the botched takeover of Twitter. Meanw

Constant Monitoring by Artificial Intelligence 
November 25, 2022

The future of healthcare and machine intelligence, featuring Dr Phillip Alvelda, the founder and chairman of Medio Labs. The pandemic accelerated the introduction of direct-to-consumer healthcare wit

Humility and Curiosity: The Antidote to Hubris
November 18, 2022

Australias foremost trainer of futurist leaders, Zoe Routh, shares practical insight into her business. She explains how senior executives can improve the entire organization when they master the ski