The PanFuture Society Podcast

A podcast about the future, near and far, technology and culture, science and art, and all points between. Long-term thinking starts with short-term goals.

Panfuture Quick Thoughts 1 - Hello again 08/07/2024

Panfuture Quick Thoughts 1 - Hello again It's been a long time but I have some things on my mind. I'm returning to the podcast with some off-the-cuff shorts, still all about my thoughts on civilization, society, science, and the future. This first one is my thoughts on the current incarnation of Elon Musk. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/32483327

Ep 89 - So long, and thanks for all the fish 03/03/2018

Ep 89 - So long, and thanks for all the fish Thank you for listening, thank you for your support. Do check on the blog or twitter from time to time, I intend to keep writing. Be better today than you were yesterday, and be better tomorrow than you were today. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6324532

Ep 88 - The State Of Things 03/03/2018

Ep 88 - The State Of Things Just some thoughts this week on the current state of the world and the changes underway. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6324519

Ep 87 - Plant Genetics with Dr. Kevin Folta 02/24/2018

Ep 87 - Plant Genetics with Dr. Kevin Folta This week Dr. Folta returns to the show to talk plant genetics, fear mongering, and putting worry into proper context. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6296885

Ep 86 - Interview with Holly Griffith 02/17/2018

Ep 86 - Interview with Holly Griffith This week I have an interview with NASA engineer Holly Griffith. We talk about Engineer's Week (Feb 18-24), the importance of engineers in life all around us, women in science, and some other stuff. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6270796

Ep 85 - Dr. Emily Monosson 02/10/2018

Ep 85 - Dr. Emily Monosson This week I interview Dr. Emily Monosson about her book Natural Defense: Enlisting Bugs and Germs to Protect Our Food and Health, ad we talk about academia, changes in our society currently underway, and motherhood in the scientific world. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6245909

Ep 84 - When I Grow Up... 02/03/2018

Ep 84 - When I Grow Up... This week I offer an essay on my career choices, wonder why I didn't become a scientist, and offer advice on finding your ideal work. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6220645

Ep 83 - Interview with Ira Pastor of Bioquark 01/27/2018

Ep 83 - Interview with Ira Pastor of Bioquark This week I had a long chat with Ira Pastor, CEO of Bioquark. We talked about their research into new treatments for disease, the importance of a good scientific process, and the challenge of translation, getting from the petri dish to mice to people. Also, a lesson the importance of looking back to past research /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6194897

Ep 82 - Sci-Fi Inspirations for Long Term Thinking 01/20/2018

Ep 82 - Sci-Fi Inspirations for Long Term Thinking This week I ruminate on some of my early inspirations for long term thinking from the world of science fiction. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6170426

Ep 81 - A.C. Hachem and a 2017 movie wrap up 01/13/2018

Ep 81 - A.C. Hachem and a 2017 movie wrap up This week I talk to author A.C. Hachem again. We geel out about movies, wax philosophical on the importance of science, and get the scoop on A.C.'s next novel. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6145905

Ep 80 - The Future Of Food 6 - Interview with a cricket farmer 01/06/2018

Ep 80 - The Future Of Food 6 - Interview with a cricket farmer This week I have an interview with Austin Miller of Craft Crickets (crackcrickets.com). We discuss the many benefits of eating insects and some of the details of how one farms crickets. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6121720

Ep 79 - Long-term perspective 12/16/2017

Ep 79 - Long-term perspective This week an essay on long-term thinking and keeping things in perspective. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6052665

Ep 78 - More Stories from a Music Career This week I offer more insight into a career in the arts, and how my experience may apply to all jobs in the future. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6027471

Ep 77 - Essay on a Career in the Arts 12/02/2017

Ep 77 - Essay on a Career in the Arts This week I offer an essay on my music career, and how that fits (or doesn't) with modern society in America. I also ruminate on the place of arts in civilization and whether other careers will go as arts have gone. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/6002885

A Musical Interlude 11/25/2017

A Musical Interlude I thought with the business of the holiday this week we could all use a break from my normal banter/blather. In the feed today is an acoustic EP, Evagation, from my band Strange Land /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5978214

Ep 76 - Blockchain and Bitcoin: interview with Steve McKeon 11/18/2017

Ep 76 - Blockchain and Bitcoin: interview with Steve McKeon This week I have an interview with Steve McKeon from the U of O. We talk about blockchain and bitcoin, what it is, what people are doing with it, and why you should pay attention. Please see the show notes for a number of links to recent news. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5958178

Ep 75 - Nanotech interview with John Donovan, U of O 11/11/2017

Ep 75 - Nanotech interview with John Donovan, U of O This week I have a long interview I did a few weeks ago John Donovan. John is the Director of the MicroAnalytical Facility and the University of Oregon's CAMCOR, Center for Advanced Materials Characterization. I got a tour of the whole facility and we talked about all the different kinds of nanotechnology scanning and imaging done at the facility. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5928386

Ep 74 - News Show #7 11/04/2017

Ep 74 - News Show #7 Catching up on the latest and greatest including growing rice in saltwater, algorithms for acoustics, earthquakes, and the NASA twin study. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5910909

Ep 73 - Interview with Astronaut Abby 10/28/2017

Ep 73 - Interview with Astronaut Abby This week I have a great chat with Abigail Harrison, aka Astronaut Abby. We talk bout her ambitions for Mars, getting people excited about space, STEM, and the arts, and whether there will be cats on Mars. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5886132

Ep 72 - News Show 6 10/21/2017

Ep 72 - News Show 6 This week we catch up on the news. Mars, self-driving cars, trains and tractors, new telescopes, medical imaging, shills, dolphin culture. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5862544

Episode 71 - Interview with Aerospace Engineer Mike Paul Hughes 10/14/2017

Episode 71 - Interview with Aerospace Engineer Mike Paul Hughes This week features an interview with Aerospace Engineer Mike Paul Hughes. We chat about upcoming missions, speculate on life, and Mike reminds us why it's important to study history. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5838895

Ep 70 - News Show 5 10/07/2017

Ep 70 - News Show 5 On this weeks news show: CRISPR for Glaucoma, Nobel Prizes, moon, Mars, and some thoughts on guns and con man Alex Jones. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5817039

Ep 69 - Interview with Steve Kilston, Interstellar Consultants 09/30/2017

Ep 69 - Interview with Steve Kilston, Interstellar Consultants This week I have an interview with astrophysicist Steve Kilston of Interstellar Consultants. One of Steve's projects is a practical and well thought out 500 year plan for building a ship that could take us to another star system. This is not pie-in-the-sky stuff, this is grounded in practical knowledge. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5792859

Ep 68 - News Show 4 09/23/2017

Ep 68 - News Show 4 All news show for Sept 23, 02017 /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5769037

Ep 67 - Civil War 09/16/2017

Ep 67 - Civil War This week an essay on a darker topic - whether the US will have another Civil War in the near future. Can it be avoided? Are we already locked in conflict, and how do we break out? /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5745837

Episode 66 - All News Show #3 09/09/2017

Episode 66 - All News Show #3 This week I've got a bunch of cool short news bits I've been saving up, it's time to catch up. Cassini, Voyager, Mars, Universal Basic Income, Robot artists, and more /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5723282

Ep 65 - Alvin Toffler pt 2 09/02/2017

Ep 65 - Alvin Toffler pt 2 This week is a further examination of Alvin Toffler's writings and ideas. He wrote about the near future, which we are living in today. Also, new cancer treatments, an asteroid flyby, and water on exoplanets. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5701083

Ep 64 - Alvin Toffler and Future Shock pt 1 08/26/2017

Ep 64 - Alvin Toffler and Future Shock pt 1 This week we talk Alvin Toffler and his 1970 book Future Shock. We look at the present through a future lens from the past... or something. Also, Sean falls down a Wikipedia rabbit hole. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5678063

Ep 63 - Interview with Dr. Kevin Folta 08/19/2017

Ep 63 - Interview with Dr. Kevin Folta This week features an interview with Dr. Kevin Folta, professor and chairman of the department at the , and host of the Talking Biotech podcast. Also, I beg for money the 21st century way. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5657850

Ep 62 - Nanotechnology pt2 08/12/2017

Ep 62 - Nanotechnology pt2 This week we further examine nanotech. How does one actually work at the nanoscale, and what might the far future bring? Also, Carl Sagan's sad prediction coming true. /episode/index/show/panfuture/id/5635781

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