Jonathan Mugan (author of The Curiosity Cycle , and computer science researcher) is our featured guest. Topics: Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, cyber-security, human intelligence, human learning, errors in our thinking process, and many topics covered in his book The Curiosity Cycle: Preparing Your Child for the Ongoing Technological Explosion . Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the February 1, 2012 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 41 minutes]. This is the first half ...
Feb 01, 2012•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Wendy S. Delmater (editor, author and safety engineer), Joe Naff (author), and Myself (your host) are our featured guests. Topic: Future disasters, and what you can do now to prepare for them. (Part 2) The future will contain many bad events as well as many good. Your individual journey through your personal future will be less painful if you are prepared. Here are dozens of ways to greatly reduce your future suffering. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the January 25, 2012 episode of The Fut...
Jan 25, 2012•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Wendy S. Delmater (editor, author and safety engineer), Joe Naff (author), and Myself (your host) are our featured guests. Topic: Future disasters, and what you can do now to prepare for them. The future will contain many bad events as well as many good. Your individual journey through your personal future will be less painful if you are prepared. Here are dozens of ways to greatly reduce your future suffering. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the January 18, 2012 episode of The Future And Y...
Jan 18, 2012•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rebecca Ledford (manager and editor-in-chief of Phase 5 Publishing), Ken Gentile (Author), and the husband and wife team behind the pseudonym Brandy Wayne are our featured guests. Topics: Trends churning within the publishing industry, including how the publishing industry is still being turned upside down by the rise of eBooks. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the January 11, 2012 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 32 minutes]. This is the complete interview recorded on June 4, ...
Jan 11, 2012•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jim Craig (planetarium director), James Maxey (author), Chris Berman (author), Justin Chung (artist), Emlee Vassilos (actress), Terry W. Erwin II (author), and me: Stephen Euin Cobb (author, futurist and your host) are our featured guests. Topic: When Did Science Become a Bad Word? (Part 2) Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the January 4, 2012 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 31 minutes]. This is the second halfof a panel recorded on June 4, 2011 in Charlotte NC at the SF&F conv...
Jan 04, 2012•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Natasha Vita-More (life extension and transhumanism pioneer, designer, spokesperson, writer and activist) is our featured guest. Topics: Life Extension and Human Augmentation--Part 3. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the December 28, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 38 minutes]. This is the final third of a three part interview recorded by Skype on December 10, 2011. Natasha Vita-More is a Ph.D. researcher at the Centre for Media, Art and Design at the University of Plymou...
Dec 28, 2011•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Natasha Vita-More (life extension and transhumanism pioneer, designer, spokesperson, writer and activist) is our featured guest. Topics: Life Extension and Human Augmentation--Part 2. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the December 21, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 39 minutes]. This is the second third of an interview recorded by Skype on December 10, 2011. Natasha Vita-More is a Ph.D. researcher at the Centre for Media, Art and Design at the University of Plymouth. She i...
Dec 21, 2011•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Natasha Vita-More (life extension and transhumanism pioneer, designer, spokesperson, writer and activist) is our featured guest. Topics: Life Extension and Human Augmentation. Natasha Vita-More is a Ph.D. researcher at the Centre for Media, Art and Design at the University of Plymouth. She is Chair of Humanity+ , and may be best known for designing Primo Posthuman a future human prototype. She is the co-editor of the 2012 book The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Sc...
Dec 14, 2011•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jim Craig (planetarium director), James Maxey (author), Chris Berman (author), Justin Chung (artist), Emlee Vassilos (actress), Terry W. Erwin II (author), and me: Stephen Euin Cobb (author, futurist and your host) are our featured guests. Topic: When Did Science Become a Bad Word? Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the December 7, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 37 minutes]. This is the first half of a panel recorded on June 4, 2011 in Charlotte NC at the SF&F convention C...
Dec 07, 2011•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Toni Weisskopf , Julie Cochrane , Michael Z. Williamson , and Jason Cordova are our featured guests. Topic: The growing cultural divide between the military and civilians, as viewed by military personnel and military families. (Part 2) Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the November 30, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 37 minutes]. This is the second half of a panel recorded on July 16, 2011 in Chattanooga TN, at the SF&F convention LibertyCon . Toni Weisskopf is the publish...
Nov 30, 2011•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Toni Weisskopf , Julie Cochrane , Michael Z. Williamson , and Jason Cordova are our featured guests. Topic: The growing cultural divide between the military and civilians, as viewed by military personnel and military families. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the November 23, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 34 minutes]. This panel was recorded on July 16, 2011 in Chattanooga TN, at the SF&F convention LibertyCon . Toni Weisskopf is the publisher of Baen Books : one of the...
Nov 26, 2011•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Stephen Euin Cobb (your host) gives his opinion on a variety of future topics. Topics: how popular science fiction movies effect decision making within our civilization; immortality through nanotechnology; movies such as: Blade Runner, Terminator, Minority Report, and Gattica; virtual realities (such as Second Life and World of Warcraft); why human augmentation may be inevitable; the widespread resistance to human augmentation which exists already; the creation of human organs using 3D printers ...
Nov 16, 2011•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Richard Buxton (a screenwriter and film student in London) is our featured guest. Topic: Trends in movies and the movie making industry. Richard Buxton studied Fine Art at Central St Martins in London, and completed an MA in Production Design for Film & TV at Kingston University. Currently he is working toward a Film Making Degree at SAE Institute London with an emphasis in screenwriting. Part of that work will be his thesis which concerns the effect which science fiction films have had on socie...
Nov 09, 2011•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Richard Buxton (a screenwriter and film student in London) is our featured guest. Topic: Trends in movies and the movie making industry. Richard Buxton studied Fine Art at Central St Martins in London, and completed an MA in Production Design for Film & TV at Kingston University. Currently he is working toward a Film Making Degree at SAE Institute London with an emphasis in screenwriting. Part of that work will be his thesis which concerns the effect which science fiction films have had on socie...
Nov 02, 2011•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chris and Janet Morris (US military and government advisers on non-lethal weapons) are our featured guests. Topic: Non-Lethal Weapons: How they change the future of military engagements (Part 3). Also Chris and Janet's fiction anthology series': Heroes in Hell and Lawyers in Hell . Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb , this is the October 26, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 48 minutes]. This is the third and final portion of this interview which was recorded using Skype on October 1,...
Oct 26, 2011•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chris and Janet Morris (US military and government advisers on non-lethal weapons) are our featured guests. Topic: Non-Lethal Weapons: How they change the future of military engagements (Part 2) Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb , this is the October 19, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 44 minutes]. This is the second third of this interview which was recorded using Skype on October 1, 2011. The final third will follow in next week's episode. Janet Morris is President and CEO of M2 ...
Oct 19, 2011•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chris and Janet Morris (US military and government advisers on non-lethal weapons) are our featured guests. Topic: Non-Lethal Weapons: How they change the future of military engagements. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb , this is the October 12, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 49 minutes]. This is the first third of my interview with them, which was recorded using Skype on October 1, 2011. The remainder of this interview will follow in two consecutive episodes. Janet Morris is Pre...
Oct 12, 2011•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marina Sergeyeva (medical student) James Maxey (author and "big science geek") and Stephen Euin Cobb (your host) are our featured guests. Topic: Technical, Legal and Moral Aspects of Cryonics Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the October 5, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 41 minutes]. This is the second half of a discussion panel recorded before a live audience on June 4, 2011 in Charlotte North Carolina at the SF&F convention ConCarolinas. (The first half remains availabl...
Oct 05, 2011•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marina Sergeyeva (medical student) James Maxey (author and "big science geek") and Stephen Euin Cobb (your host) are our featured guests. Topic: Technical, Legal and Moral Aspects of Cryonics Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the September 28, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 35 minutes]. This is the first half of a discussion panel recorded before a live audience on June 4, 2011 in Charlotte North Carolina at the SF&F convention ConCarolinas. (The second half will be in ne...
Sep 28, 2011•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast James Maxey (author and "big science geek") Emlee Vassilos (actress) and Stephen Euin Cobb (your host) are our featured guests. Topic: Alternative Energy Sources Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the September 21, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 39 minutes]. This is the second half of a discussion panel recorded before a live audience on June 4, 2011 in Charlotte North Carolina at the SF&F convention ConCarolinas . (The first half is available in last week's episode.) Jame...
Sep 21, 2011•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast James Maxey (author and "big science geek") Emlee Vassilos (actress) and Stephen Euin Cobb (your host) are our featured guests. Topic: Alternative Energy Sources Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the September 14, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 40 minutes]. This is the first half of a discussion panel recorded before a live audience on June 4, 2011 in Charlotte North Carolina at the SF&F convention ConCarolinas . (The second half will be presented next week.) James Maxey ...
Sep 14, 2011•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast John Ringo , Tedd Roberts (AKA: Speaker to Lab Animals ) Chris & Janet Morris , Jason Cordova and Mike Williamson are our featured guests. Topic: The Technological Future of War. John Ringo is a New York Times best selling novelist with over two million books in print. Tedd Roberts (AKA: Speaker to Lab Animals ) is an associate professor at an unspecified "major southeastern medical school." Janet Morris is President and CEO of M2 Technologies, Inc. (a corporation specializing in non-lethal weap...
Sep 07, 2011•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast John Ringo , Tedd Roberts (AKA: Speaker to Lab Animals ) Chris & Janet Morris , Jason Cordova and Mike Williamson are our featured guests. Topic: The Technological Future of War. John Ringo is a New York Times best selling novelist with over two million books in print. Tedd Roberts (AKA: Speaker to Lab Animals ) is an associate professor at an unspecified "major southeastern medical school." Janet Morris is President and CEO of M2 Technologies, Inc. (a corporation specializing in non-lethal weap...
Aug 31, 2011•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Diane Mucci , Cathe Smith, Gary Shelton , and Speaker To Lab Animals are our featured guests. Topic: Cutting Edge Bioinformatics and Genetics. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb (author of Skinbrain ) this is the August 24, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 33 minutes]. This is the second half of a discussion panel recorded before a live audience on July 16, 2011 in Chattanooga TN at the SF&F convention LibertyCon . (The first half is available in last week's episode.) Dr. Diane M...
Aug 24, 2011•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Diane Mucci , Cathe Smith, Gary Shelton , and "Speaker To Lab Animals" are our featured guests. Topic: Cutting Edge Bioinformatics and Genetics. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the August 17, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 42 minutes]. This is the first half of a discussion panel recorded before a live audience on July 16, 2011 in Chattanooga TN at the SF&F convention LibertyCon . (The second half will be presented next week.) Dr. Diane Mucci , formerly with the Nat...
Aug 17, 2011•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast James Maxey (author and "big science geek") Charles White (magazine writer) and Stephen Euin Cobb (your host) are our featured guests. Topic: Life enhancing and life extending advances in medical technology. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the August 10, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 33 minutes]. This is the second half of a discussion panel recorded before a live audience on June 4, 2011 in Charlotte North Carolina at the SF&F convention ConCarolinas . (The first half...
Aug 10, 2011•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast James Maxey (author and "big science geek") Charles White (magazine writer) and Stephen Euin Cobb (your host) are our featured guests. Topic: Life enhancing and life extending advances in medical technology. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the August 3, 2011 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 32 minutes]. This is the first half of a discussion panel recorded before a live audience on June 4, 2011 in Charlotte North Carolina at the SF&F convention ConCarolinas . (The second half ...
Aug 03, 2011•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michael A. Stackpole (New York Times best selling author) is today's featured guest. Topics: How an asteroid came to be named after him; why he is an advocate for skeptical thinking and a spokesperson for the skeptical community; how skeptical thinkers can more effectively relate to and debate faith-based thinkers; what happened the day he became an active skeptic; his work in the Advanced Research Department at Coleco; his defence of role playing games during the years they were under attack by...
Jul 27, 2011•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast James Maxey (author and "big science geek") and Jim Craig (planetarium director) are our featured guests. Topic: The Year in Science. What's new and what's happening. Such as: Life extension using telomeres; TA-65; three parent embryo; antimatter made and trapped in lab; stem cell research; stem cells from breast milk; 3D printers to print human organs for surgical implant; a machine that can test a single sample for 10,000 toxins; the first person ever has been cured of AIDS. Hosted by Stephen ...
Jul 20, 2011•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast James Maxey (author and "big science geek") and Jim Craig (planetarium director) are our featured guests. Topic: The Year in Science. What's new and what's happening. Such as: Is science slowing down?; water verified on the moon; eyeglass head-up computers; a thousand planets discovered outside our solar system; and a vast cloud of alcohol discovered in space large enough to keep every living human drunk for the next three million years. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the July 13, 2011 epi...
Jul 13, 2011•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast