Future Now 018 — What Makes MiraCosta a Future-Focused Community College?
IFTF Executive Director Marina Gorbis talks with Dr. Sunita “Sunny” Cooke, President of MiraCosta College, and Dr. Wendy Stewart, the colleg...
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For Future Reference is Institute for the Future’s podcast series about the expanding horizons of science, technology, and culture over the next decade. In each episode, IFTF researchers tal...
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20 of 40 episodesFuture Now 017 — Reimagining Food with Mark Bittman
IFTF executive director Marina Gorbis hosts a conversation with award-winning food journalist Mark Bittman about The Bittman Project, which...
Future Now 016 — "The Guarantee" author Natalie Foster
Natalie Foster, author of "The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America's Next Economy," is the president and co-founder of the Economic Secu...
Future Now 015 — "Bootstrapped" author Alissa Quart
In this episode, Alissa Quart discusses her latest book, "Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream." Quart and host Marina...
Future Now 014 — "The Fantasy Economy" author Neil Kraus
Our guest is Professor Neil Kraus from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, the author of "The Fantasy Economy: Neoliberalism, Inequalit...
Future Now 013 — Exploring economic alternatives with The New Yorker's Nick Romeo
In this episode of Future Now, author and journalist Nick Romeo discussed the themes of his latest book, "The Alternative: How to Build a Ju...
Future Now 012 — Daron Acemoglu on the future of work and AI
Renowned economist and author Daron Acemoglu discusses insights and revelations from his latest book, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year...
Future Now 011 — How AI will shape work and creativity
IFTF Emerging Media Lab director Toshi Hoo speaks with a Gen Z content creator known for her work unpacking technology and culture trends on...
Future Now 010 — Astra Taylor on "The Age of Insecurity"
In this episode of Future Now, IFTF Executive Director Marina Gorbis speaks with author, filmmaker, and activist Astra Taylor about economic...
Future Now 009 — Art Taylor on the Power of Futures Thinking
In this episode of Future Now, IFTF Executive Director Marina Gorbis speaks with Art Taylor, President and CEO of BBB Wise Giving Alliance (...
Future Now 008 — Sci-Fi Author David Brin on AI's Past, Present, and Future
IFTF Executive Director Marina Gorbis and acclaimed science fiction author David Brin discuss the future implications of artificial intellig...
Future Now 007 — the Future of Employee Ownership with Alison Lingane
IFTF executive director Marina Gorbis talks with Alison Lingane, co-founder of Project Equity, a nonprofit working toward a future where emp...
Future Now 006 — History of the California Labor School with Bill Shields
IFTF Executive Director Marina talks with Bill Shields, the retired head of the Labor and Community Studies Department at the City College o...
Future Now 005 — The Future of AI with Ethan Mollick
IFTF Research Director Toshi Hoo interviews Ethan Mollick, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a leading...
Future Now 004 — The Education Myth with Jon Shelton
In today's episode, IFTF's Executive Director Marina Gorbis talks with Jon Shelton, Associate Professor and Chair of Democracy and Justice S...
Future Now 003 — Chokepoint Capitalism with Cory Doctorow
In this episode, Marina talks with Cory Doctorow, a longtime journalist, science fiction author, and IFTF advisor, who co-authored the new b...
Future Now 002 - Household CFOs and the Financialization of Society
Today, we're exploring an intriguing question: How did we become a society of household CFOs? With the recent failure of Silicon Valley Bank...
Future Now 001 - Equitable Enterprise: Moving Towards a Collaborative Economic System
In this episode, we explore economic models that prioritize collaboration over financialization. The conversation is led by Douglas Rushkoff...
BROADER SPECTRUMS OF MEANING a New Game of Hope - for upload
This is an excerpt from noted IFTF futurist Bob Johansen's book, Full-Spectrum Thinking, which goes beyond skills and competencies to propos...
The Future of Computational Propaganda
Sam Woolley recently joined Institute for the Future as a Research Director and was previously the Director of Research at the Computational...