Paul Levinson (author, media commentator and professor) shares his ideas concerning nanotechnology, SETI, the Fermi Paradox, the probability and impact of our finding another Earth, and the impacts already made upon society by PayPal and eBay. He also explains why he believes that Wikipedia is one of the most exciting innovations in communication today. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the February 6, 2008 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 55 minutes] Paul Levinson is professor ...
Feb 06, 2008•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Eric Flint, best selling author of more than 25 novels of science fiction and fantasy, as well as editor-in-chief of the online science fiction and fantasy magazine Jim Baen's Universe , is this week's featured interview. In a rare interview recorded in front of a live audience, Eric shares anecdotes from behind the scenes of his many collaborations with authors such as David Weber, David Drake, Dave Freer and Mercedes Lackey. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the January 30, 2008 episode of ...
Jan 30, 2008•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast George Dvorsky, executive editor of betterhumans.com , is this week's featured interview. Betterhumans.com is a webzine with News, Articles, and interactive features serving the transhumanist community. George Dvorsky is also the co-founder and president of the Toronto Transhumanist Association and has served on the Board of Directors for the World Transhumanist Association. One of Canada's leading futurists, activists and award winning bloggers, George Dvorsky has written and spoken extensively...
Jan 23, 2008•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt Browne, an IT professional living in Frankfurt Germany, is this week's featured interview. With a Masters degree in Computer Science and Computational Linguistics, Matt Browne has been involved in projects developing natural language processing with a strong focus on machine translation systems. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the January 16, 2008 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 87 minutes] Matt talks about natural language processing and how long it might be before a co...
Jan 16, 2008•1 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Timothy Zahn, the bestselling author, is this week's featured guest. Possibly best known for his Thrawn Trilogy, which is a series of Star Wars novels set in the time after the movie Return of the Jedi . Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the January 9, 2008 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 60 minutes] In this interview Timothy Zahn discusses several of his fears, hopes and worries about the future. He also talks about Wikipedia , Earthlike exoplanets, and how his master's degree...
Jan 09, 2008•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Jack McDevitt, the best selling author, kicks off the show's new weekly format. Each weekly episode will feature a single guest interviewed in greater depth than ever before possible. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the January 1, 2008 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 53 minutes] Jack McDevitt discusses how he has used the internet and email for research; science fiction on TV and in movies; what he learned by being a teacher and a newspaper reporter; and the novels that chang...
Jan 01, 2008•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Timothy Zahn and Kevin J. Anderson are joined by Professor Paul Levinson (media commentator), as well as by Stoney Compton and Walt (The Bananaslug) Boyes. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the December 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 98 minutes] Topics include: [1] News Items: (a) Paris Hilton has signed up for cryonic preservation. (b) Controversial new documentary claims there is an aggressive and widespread conspiracy within American universities to harass a...
Dec 01, 2007•2 hr 37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Kevin J. Anderson and Doctor Aubrey de Grey are joined by professional comedian Grant Baciocco as well as Walt (The Bananaslug) Boyes and Stoney Compton. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the November 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 100 minutes] Topics include: [1] Can catching a cold cause you to become obese? The explanation, which is still theoretical, is that because this particular virus reproduces in fat cells it has evolved the ability to stimulate the hu...
Nov 01, 2007•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Senator, and presidential candidate, John McCain is joined by Jack McDevitt, Eric Flint, Doctor Aubrey de Grey, Alethea Kontis, Stoney Compton and Walt The Bananaslug Boyes. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the October 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 121 minutes] Topics include: [1] News and Listener Feedback. [2] John McCain (presidential candidate and senator) openly threatens to close down half or more of NASA if elected president, but favors federal funding of nano...
Oct 01, 2007•2 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Jack McDevitt, Dr. Aubrey de Grey, Randal L. Schwartz and Stoney Compton are joined by Uncle Timmy (chairman of LibertyCon) and Walt, The Bananaslug, Boyes from Jim Baen's Universe magazine . Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the September 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 113 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News Items (your host has been promoted to Contributing Editor at Jim Baen's Universe Magazine ) and Listener Feedback (about The Singularity and how the Gol...
Sep 01, 2007•2 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Catherine Asaro, Hildy Silverman, Randal L. Schwartz and Stoney Compton are joined by editor Paula Goodlett from Jim Baen's Universe Magazine . Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the August 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 114 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News and Listener Feedback (a) Fred Saberhagen (author of the Berserker Series) has passed away. [2] Will future ballet dancers augment their bodies for greater strength and range of motion? And will we devel...
Aug 01, 2007•2 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Battlestar Galactica cast member Bodie Olmos (son of Edward James Olmos and grandson of Howard Keel) is joined by the authors Robert Buettner, Mike Resnick, Randal L. Schwartz and Stoney Compton, as well as by Walt (The Bananaslug) Boyes from Jim Baen's Universe magazine. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the July 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 118 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] A few items of News and Listener Feedback: (a) The World Death Stacks tournament now offe...
Jul 01, 2007•2 hr 55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Robert J. Sawyer, Mike Resnick, David B. Coe, Edmund Schubert, Randal L. Schwartz and Stoney Compton are joined by Walt (The Bananaslug) Boyes and Davey Beauchamps. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the June 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 167 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News about your host's recent throat surgery, and listener feedback about the implanting and hardwiring of computers into the human brain. [2] Should we fear artificial intelligence? Once w...
Jun 01, 2007•3 hr 47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Mike Resnick, Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth Bear, Dave Freer, Paul Levinson and Stoney Compton are joined by Randal L. Schwartz (programming consultant and activist) and Walt (the Bananaslug) Boyes of Jim Baen's Universe magazine. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the May 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 142 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News: (a) the recent discovery of the first earthlike planet other than our own, (b) your host's surgery, (c) your host wi...
May 01, 2007•2 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors David Drake, Alan Dean Foster, Dave Freer, Paul Levinson and Stoney Compton are joined by Ginjer Buchanan (of Ace and ROC books), Lucienne Diver (a top literary agent) and Walt Boyes (The Bananaslug from Jim Baen's Universe magazine). Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the April 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 121 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News: (a) due to the host's vocal problems, this is the only episode which does not include an installment of the novel...
Apr 01, 2007•2 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors John Barnes, Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth Bear, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. and Stoney Compton are joined by Ginjer Buchanan (of ACE and ROC Books), Walt Boyes (JBU's own Bananaslug) and Ricki Dean (Manager of a High School cafeteria). Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the March 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 155 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News items: (a) your host will appear at RavenCon in Richmond VA, USA next month (b), a new version of Death Stacks may be ...
Mar 01, 2007•3 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Elizabeth Bear, Walter Jon Williams and L.E. Modesitt Jr. are joined by Toni Weisskopf (the head of Baen Books), Ginjer Buchanan (from ACE and ROC books), Scott Dean (mayor of Harlem GA) and Bananaslug and Stoney (from Jim Baen's Universe magazine). Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the February 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 126 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News Items: (a) Trends in wine. (b) A low-tech nanotech breakthrough. (c) An AI programmer releases ...
Feb 01, 2007•2 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Kim Stanley Robinson, David B. Coe, Jay Lake, Catherine Asaro and Sarah A. Hoyt are joined by John R. Douglas (from scifipedia.scifi.com) and Bananaslug and Stoney (from Jim Baen's Universe magazine). Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the January 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 125 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] Comments from listeners. [2] Is our world already changing too fast for our cultural headlights? Jay Lake (author and anthologist) discusses this as w...
Jan 01, 2007•2 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Eric Flint, Mike Resnick, David B. Coe, Marjorie M. Liu, Catherine Asaro and Sarah A. Hoyt are guests, as are: Lucienne Diver (a major literary agent), Toni Weisskopf (the new head of Baen Books) and Walt Boyes (the soon to be famous Bananaslug ). Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the December 1, 2006 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 152 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News Item: This show is now teamed with the largest SF online magazine in the world Jim Baen's Univers...
Dec 01, 2006•3 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Catherine Asaro , Kim Stanley Robinson , Alan Dean Foster and Sarah A. Hoyt are joined by Toni Weisskopf (the new head of Baen Books) and Paul Levinson (author, professor and media commentator). Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the November 1, 2006 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 150 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] Ideas from listeners. [2] Why do they keep raising the requirements of artificial intelligence every time someone builds a computer that meets the requirem...
Nov 01, 2006•3 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Kim Stanley Robinson , Alan Dean Foster , Sarah A. Hoyt and Stephen L. Antczak are joined by Tony V. Baughman (newspaper reporter) and Peter Stampfel (longtime editor, musician and bottle cap collector). Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the October 1, 2006 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 130 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News briefs: (a) the battle over passports being required in order to cross the US/Canadian boarder, (b) how you can watch television channels from...
Oct 01, 2006•2 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Alan Dean Foster , David Drake , Sarah A. Hoyt , Stephen L. Antczak and Doctor Travis S. Taylor are joined by Peter Stampfel , a professional editor and performing musician. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the September 1st, 2006 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 123 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] Is it true that immaturity in adults is becoming universal? A new scientific study says: Yes, definitely. [2] What unexpected changes are occurring in the third world? Autho...
Sep 01, 2006•2 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Alan Dean Foster , Spider and Jeanne Robinson , David Drake and John Ringo are joined by Doctor Travis S. Taylor (rising author and noted scientist) and Peter Stampfel (professional editor and performing musician). Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the August 1, 2006 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 150 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News briefs on: an invisible form of online shopping fraud; the fact that this program The Future And You is now a finalist for a Parsec ...
Aug 01, 2006•3 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors David Drake , John Ringo and Jeanne Robinson are among the guests, as are Peter Stampfel (associate editor at DAW books), Doctor Travis S. Taylor (scientist, author and discoverer of two exoplanets) and a few very brief comments by Spider Robinson . Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the July 1, 2006 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 110 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News-briefs concerning: Jim Baen's stroke, coma and death; China going to the moon; the claim that diamo...
Jul 01, 2006•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors David Drake , John Ringo and Joe Haldeman are featured guests; as are Peter Stampfel (Editor at DAW Books) and three professional models: Aria Giovanni , Aimee Sweet and Linda Tran . Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the June 1, 2006 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 104 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News-briefs concerning: the questionable ethics of the giant video game companies in general and Nintendo in particular; some hard numbers on global warming; the internal ...
Jun 01, 2006•2 hr 44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Greg Bear , Vernor Vinge , Spider Robinson and Nancy Kress are joined by this year's winner of the Phillip K. Dick Award, M.M. Buckner ; and the actress Lydia Cornell who played Ted Knight's daughter, Sara Rush, on the TV comedy Too Close for Comfort . Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the May 1, 2006 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 72 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] This year's winner of the Phillip K. Dick Award, M.M. Buckner , gives the blow-by-blow on what it feels...
May 01, 2006•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Authors Vernor Vinge , Greg Bear and Spider Robinson are joined by the astronomer Doctor Greg Matloff and the actor Jordan Marder from American History X , Virtuosity and LA Confidential . Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the April 8, 2006 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 100 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] When asked who I should interview about the future, more of my guests mentioned this man's name than any other. Vernor Vinge has spent decades describing a catastrophic fut...
Apr 07, 2006•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast SF authors Greg Bear, Spider Robinson and Nancy Kress are among the guests; as are experts in robotics, demographics and nanotechnology; along with the actor Michael Berryman , who may be best known as the star of Wes Craven's original version of the motion picture: The Hills Have Eyes . Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the March 25, 2006 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 77 minutes] Topics include: [1] Technological Immortality: when nearly everyone in the world is really, real...
Mar 24, 2006•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast SF authors David Brin, Spider Robinson, Nancy Kress and Joe Haldeman are guests; as are Mike Treder (on nanotechnology), David Pascal (on cryonics) and from Red Dwarf (the award winning British science fiction TV comedy series) a celebrity interview with the British actress and stand-up comedian Hattie Hayridge . Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the March 11, 2006 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 79 minutes] Topics include: [1] The future dominance of women in America, and the ...
Mar 10, 2006•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast SF authors Spider Robinson and David Brin are among the guests; as are a mayor, the head of a nanotechnology organization, the legendary science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein (but only very briefly), and the TV star Erin Gray from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and Silver Spoons who shares the inspiring story of how she broke into show biz. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the February 25, 2006 episode of The Future And You . [Running time: 91 minutes] Topics include: [1] Robert A. Hein...
Feb 24, 2006•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast