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Listen Now to the Dr.Mrs.Future Show with radio engineers Richard B. Luther II and Bill Graff on 5G After our scintillating future news segment we introduce you to KSCO’s radio engineer and ex-NASA scientist, Richard B. Luther II, who starts with a brief history of mobile radio communications, taking us from the early days of 100 lbs of electronics in the trunk to tomorrow’s 5G cellular networks. Richard also tells us of a large number of studies done on the potential hazards of RF. To understand the potential interaction of radio frequencies with biology he makes the point that you need to track the frequency, power level, and duration of exposure.  L-R Radio Engineers Richard B. Luther and Bill Graff discussing 5GKSCO’s other station engineer, Bill Graff, then joins the discussion to share his work and insights into RF, having worked with powerful radio transmitters for over 40 years on a daily basis. As you might imagine, we field quite a few calls, with many listeners very concerned about the potential negative health effects of the new 5G cellular networks. Richard makes the very good point that the specific frequencies for U.S. 5G carriers have not as yet been settled, with AT&T proposing 39 Ghz, Verizon 28 Ghz, and T-Mobile rolling out with the well-known (and considered biologically safe) 600 Mhz band. It’s still early in the game, but the debate for the future of mobile communication is on! And let us not forget that there are other options arising, should 5G prove to be too hazardous for our health. Take Project Starlink, for example… Enjoy!  

Listen Now to Dr.Mrs.Future Show Happy Thanksgiving and the beginning of the holiday season! We are in a fine mood today and offer you some great stories to enjoy, including an interview with Camilla Reese, the founder of ElectromagneticHealth.org, a U.S. education and advocacy organization focused on the health and environmental effects of electromagnetic fields. (something to be aware of as you install the latest gadgets in your home this holiday season).   We also bring you up-to-date with the latest from Elon’s world, including Starlink, and the impregnable Cybertruck! (the one with the smashed windows:-).  And Airships, we love the new renaissance in airships that has begun! Enjoy..

Listen Now to Future News 11.19.2019 What an amazing week for us, from the Amazonian focused Pachamama Alliance, exploring the Exploratorium, the Tranformational Technology gathering,  to the promises and dangers of biohacking in Netflix’s hard-hitting and poignant documentary, “Unnatural Selection.” We also get the download on the latest about the upcoming Santa Cruz TEDx conference from the ebullient community-focused curator of the event, Irene Tsouprake. Enjoy! Irene Tsouprake on next month’s TEDx Santa Cruz on The Dr. Future Show  

Listen Now to Dr.Mrs. Future Show Wow, what a fun show this week! Besides some great stories, we have many amazing guests, including one of our favorite visiting co-hosts, Gabriel Cianfrani, visiting and escaping from the current freeze on the East Coast. After the news, we speak with  Alan Schaefer, CEO/Founder of Banding People Together, who teaches groups and companies ways of improving collaboration from his experiences in leading a musical band.  And in the second hour we have Mary Flodin, author of a new CliFi eco-thriller that takes place in our area, “Fruit of the Devil.” In case you are wondering, the fruit in question are strawberries, and as you listen to Mary, you’ll soon know why.. We also have a moment with Cosmic Joe, who shares with us info on the cosmic alignments currently happening in the sky (Venus, Jupiter, Saturn).   And there is our catnip research report with Gabriel, who is a cat whisperer.  Do cats really get high from catnip? We explore the evidence, as we do with some new research suggesting that the act of thinking can burn a lot of calories! Enjoy.. L-R Dr.Future, Gabriel Cianfrani, Alan Schaefer, Mrs. Future  

Listen Now to Future News 11.05.2019 A series of reports have come in on the nature of the very boundaries of our solar system; we give you an update. We think you’ll also appreciate hearing about the tranformative technology conference coming up next week in Palo Alto, all about tech and people that plans to permanently move a billion people into a state of wellbeing and flourishing by 2030. We talk to the co-founder of the event, Dr. Jeffery Martin to find out how. Also this week is a follow-up report from our firetracker, Frank Schwartz, on new wildfires, and the massive Kincaide Fire near Santa Rosa, and what we are learning from PG&E’s preventative blackouts and evacuation strategies.  And, after a rather serious discussion on this and related topics, we delve into some research on stress, where rats were trained to drive little cars. Their findings, male rats like to drive for relieving stress, go figure..Enjoy!

Listen Now to Future News 10.29.2019 This week has been tough for us Californians regarding wildfires and preventative blackouts, and our listeners had a lot to say about it, including some good preventitive suggestions for future scenarios, like reducing the forest fuel loads and more trimming and closer monitoring of the transmission lines. Our firetracker, Frank Schwartz checked in briefly, as his bandwidth was very limited in the blackout zone known as Sebastopol. He’ll be back next week for a more comprehensive report.   Other news includes the landing of the X37B spaceplane after two years in orbit, the 50th anniversary of the Internet, a new lunar rover mission to look for water ice, sperm in space experiments, the asteroid Hygieia is now recognized as a dwarf planet, a new telescope at Kitts Peak in Arizona will observe thousands of galaxies in studying the nature of dark matter and why the Universe is accelerating it’s expansion, and how powerful short pulsing lasers can reduce the radioactive half life of nuclear waste! Enjoy.. NorCal Wildfire Map 2019    

Listen Now to the Dr.Mrs. Future Show 10.22.2019 Lots of interesting news this week, incuding a PGE blackout update, the Canadian elections, Bioneers,  the first all femae spacewak, new plans for exporing the moon, Waze vs the updated Google Maps, the new Lilium VTOL air taxi from Germany, a coast to coast eletrical car charging network by Ford,  more sophisticated mini-brains that may have some awareness, new gene editing tools, the danger of blue light, and a connection between blood sugar and Alzheimer’s.  We aso feature great audio of the world’s loudest bird from the Amazon rainforest! And then there is our call-in to Lars Ling and the Nordics of Start North, a Finnish program for evolving the educational system of their country, and the rest of us, while they are at it! VR & 5G for all?  Check it out.. The Start North crew visit Stanford University  

Listen Now to filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg on Fantastic Fungi Louie Schwartzberg is an American producer, director and cinematographer whose notable career spans more than three decades providing breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, documentaries and commercials.He is a visual artist breaking barriers, connecting with audiences, and telling stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places. His theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film “Mysteries of the Unseen World” with National Geographic, “Moving Art” on Netflix, and “Wings of Life,” a feature-length documentary for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep.  His latest creation is a production 13 years in the making, a major documentary on the mysteries of mushrooms. The film looks at many aspects of the fungal universe, such as mycelial networks — fungi’s extensive  fibrous underground strands likened to “an underground internet” that connects all manner of lifeforms in the soil. We speak with him about the film, the messages he wishes to convey to us, his collaboration with Paul Stamets, mushroom guru, and what’s next. Enjoy!  

Listen Now to Future News & Commentary 10.08.2019 Today’s show was dominated by the strange move of Pacific Gas & Electric to initiate massive power outages through Northern California to potentially prevent wildfires from starting from forecasted high winds. What’s going on here? Will inconveniencing over a million people for possibly days without power be good thing? We have callers with some strong opinions on this, and maps of the planned blackouts.. I might add that trying to get gas last night was quite the zoo at every station I tried to visit. There were lines of cars, and a few very short fuses amongst the people as they filled their cars and cans with the volatile liquid. If I didn’t better it would appear as if I was in some kind “Zombie Apocalypse” movie!  planned PGE power outages  

Listen Now to Greg Panos and Richard Cray This week we are pleased to have in the studio with us two of our favorite corresponents and contributors to the show, Greg Panos and Richard Cray. We discuss with them the stories of the week, including Space X’s Starship tests, an update on big Disney Park projects, including EPCOT and Galaxy’s Edge,  and a big download on Oculus 6, Facebook’s exclusive annual VR conference in Silicon Valley. Richard also shares a few tunes with us between segments. Be prepared for “The Uncanny Valley” tune. Enjoy! L-R Al Lundell (Dr F), Norm Lundell, Greg Panos, Richard Cray, Sun Lundell (Mrs. F)