Episodes
Nov. 18, 2020
The Future of the Novel: Writers, Publishing and Technology
The buzz: “Today, anyone with a bit of technological know-how and an internet connection can publish—offering digital or physical editions, on the same online retail shelves—alongside Alexander Chee, Rebecca Makkai, or Tom Cl...
Nov. 11, 2020
Behind The Beat: The Future of Drums, Drummers & Music Technology
The buzz: “In its hundred-year history, the drumset has been adorned by temple blocks, timpani, and bass drumheads with nature scenes…introduction of the hi-hat, Rototoms, Octobans… bass drums with no front heads at all…entir...
Nov. 4, 2020
Back to School: The Future of The Entrepreneurial Mindset & Tech
The buzz: “In the unknowable future, all leaders will need to be entrepreneurs: visionaries that can imagine, adapt, and act nimbly to address whatever challenges come their way.” (Bhatia and Levina, hbr.org) With global busi...
Oct. 28, 2020
Your Great Idea: The Future of Inventors, Inventing and Technology
The Buzz 1: “The future holds unparalleled visions of progress and intrigue for the curious…where we manifest our hopes, dreams and even worst fears…While we've had our fair share of inventive breakthroughs in the past that h...
Oct. 21, 2020
The Future of Futurists, Futurology and Crystal Ball Technology
The buzz: Futurists are people who attempt to predict the future – authors, consultants, thinkers, organizational leaders and others who engage in interdisciplinary and systems thinking to advise private and public organizati...
Oct. 14, 2020
No More Tower of Babel: Multiculturalism, The Media & Technology
The buzz: “We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.” (President Jimmy Carter) But Canadian social psychologist John Berry...
Oct. 7, 2020
What’s So Funny?!? The Future of Humor and Technology
The buzz: “Over the centuries human beings have always loved to laugh. We can imagine jokes being shared by our cave dwelling ancestors about the two woolly mammoths. Today comedy is shared with vast audience by world-famous ...
Sept. 30, 2020
We’ll Drink To That: The Future of Women and Tech in the Wine Industry
The buzz: Although they comprise more 50% of the population, women hold far fewer positions in the wine industry, fewer leadership roles, and fewer ownership roles. Wine expert and The Wine Bible author Karen MacNeil’s Second...
Sept. 23, 2020
“It's All In Your Head: Technology for Remembering Your Dreams"
The buzz: “We’ve all been there — woken up from a night’s sleep thinking about a dream from the night before. Why did the dream happen? What does it mean? (Jean-Marc Emden, DreamsCloud. www.wired.com/insights/2014/10/dreaming...
Sept. 16, 2020
The Future of Women and Tech in the Automotive Industry
The buzz: Vrooomm. Today, women account for only 27% of the US auto manufacturing workforce as compared to about 47% of the overall labor force. This talent gap is counterproductive for companies looking to tap into the risin...
Sept. 2, 2020
The Future of The Funnies: Cartoons, Caricatures, Comic Strips and Technology
The buzz X 3: Make me laugh! Though seemingly innocuous, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips and comic books are representative of important issues in society. Years ago, cartoons were handmade, frame by frame. Now many use f...
Aug. 26, 2020
Modern Marketers in the Post-Pandemic Next Normal: They’ll Find You!
The buzz: “Web marketing is about delivering useful content at just the right moment that a buyer needs it.” (David Meerman Scott, The New Rules of Marketing and PR) For companies trying to sell you something right now, while...
Aug. 19, 2020
Draw Me A Picture: The Future of Art and Technology
The buzz: According to Engineering the Future of Creativity: How Technology is Revolutionizing Art (techspective.net 2019, technology has created more accessible tools for the production of art, changed the arena of self-expr...
Aug. 12, 2020
The Future of Digital Selling: Coming to Your Favorite Social Media
The buzz: Hard to imagine, but not so long ago, products and services were sold in the physical world and salespeople were the go-to experts before a sale. Remember being invited to coffee or lunch by a salesperson? But consu...
Aug. 5, 2020
CyberPsychology: What Would Dr. Freud Say?
The buzz: Cyberpsychology is the study of the human mind and behavior and how the culture of technology, specifically, virtual reality, and social media affect them. Hot topics: online identity, online relationships, personal...
July 29, 2020
Care & Feeding of Restaurants Post-Pandemic: Technology on the Menu
The buzz! “As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, restaurants are still doing what they always do: taking care of their communities.…free food to medical workers on the frontlines, laid-off restaurant staff and their families, a...
July 22, 2020
The Future of Connectedness for Social Good
A social good is something that benefits the largest number of people in the largest possible way, such as clean air, clean water, healthcare, and literacy. Aka common good, social good can trace its history to Ancient Greece...
July 15, 2020
What’s For Dinner? The Future of Meal Delivery Apps
The buzz! Europe-based Just Eat Takeaway, a merger between U.K.’s Just Eat and Netherlands-based Takeaway, is set to acquire its US competitor Grubhub in a $7.3B deal, beating out Uber. The new company will have an active cus...
July 8, 2020
Yogurt of The Future: A Taste of Technology
The buzz! Yogurt is a food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. Yogurt is related to the verb yogurmak, to be curdled or coagulated; to thicken”. Ancient Greek cuisine included a similar dairy product, oxygala. Yogurt ...
June 24, 2020
Your Social Media Brand: Helping or Hurting Your Career, Business, Life?
The buzz! themuse.com “Social media can also be a powerful tool for your professional life…build your personal brand, grow your network, establish yourself as an expert in your field, or give prospective employers a glimpse i...
June 17, 2020
Tech Goes On The Road: The Future of Trucking
Ripped from the headlines: transwood.com: “Technology is becoming an increasingly important part of everyday trucking life…improving trucker safety, efficiency and saving transportation companies…a new mobile app [Jan. 2019] ...
June 10, 2020
Transhuman Technologies and YOU By 2050: VR, Cryonics, AGI, Cybernetics, Mind Uploading?
The buzz: Lifeboat Foundation Scientific Advisory Board member Michael Anissimov says, “Transhumanists advocate the improvement of human capacities through advanced technology. Not just…in gadgets you get from Best Buy, but t...
June 3, 2020
We Know Where You Were Last Night and Right Now: Contact Tracing & Your Future
The buzz: Ripped from the headlines. WebMD.com: “Contact tracing is essentially detective work.“… “One of the oldest public health tactics, dating back centuries.” CNN.com: …public health staff work with a patient to help the...
May 27, 2020
Jobs in the Factory of the Future: Who, What, Where, When, How Much $?
The Buzz: “The Factory of the Future…Perhaps manufacturing will at last be able to leave behind the public impressions of labor-intensive, dirty and dangerous worksites…There is only one characteristic of the Factory of the F...