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Listen Now to Future News 2017.06.28 A busy exciting news week with Space X achieving a double success, a new Colorado aerospace player, Boom, creating a supersonic transport, Avis and Hertz entering the autonomous vehicle arena, a new museum celebrating failure, Amazon’s plans for drone depots resembling bee hives in imajor metropolitan area, all presented by the Futures in our inimitabe engaging manner.  Enjoy! Boom SST will travel at Mach 2.2 and carries 55 passengers

Listen Now to The Dr. Future Show 6.21.2017 Happy Solstice everyone!  This week we have a virtual party in the studio, with many of our extended Dr. Future family participating in today’s show.  Greg Panos is installing a state-of-the art VR System at our home at Future Peak. Richard Cray, an accomplished singer/actor, shares his insights into the future of the arts with VR.  Stan Grindstaff, aka Mr. G., tells us about his new Magic Academy. And Dr. Bruce shares with us his adventures at  latest theory on the Origins of Consciousness, recently presented at the Science of Consciousness Conference in San Diego.  Enjoy! R-L Richard Cray, Dr. Mrs. Future, Gregory Panos at KSCO photo-R. Cray

Listen Now to John Draper aka Captain Crunch We catch up with the Captain after he has sustained some serious back surgery in Las Vegas and is recuperating.  What does the grandfather of  computer hacking have to say about the Russian exploits of the US Election process? John also gives us some great tips on protecting our privacy, like what apps to use, and regales us with some of his favorite tales with the founders of Apple Computer, Woz and Jobs.  Plus there is the earlier story of his witnessing an above ground nuclear blast in the Nevada desert in the early 1960’s, a particularly memorable event. This and many other stories are in his just about to be published biography, “Beyond the Little Blue Box, co-written with  Craig Wilson Fraser. John also gives us an update on his physical condition, which has been subject to some complex back surgery of late, and his hacking of the medical system, especially in finding online info that can aid in his recovery.  A unique explorer at the intersection of technology and the human spirit, we think you’ll both learn from and enjoy listening to the ‘Captain.’  And if you can find it in your heart to contribute to his medical recovery fund, that would be insanely great.. The Captain with Dr. Future

Listen Now to Future News 06-13-2017 In these days where drones are getting a bad rap for being instruments of death, we must remember that the technology has many useful and even life-saving roles to play.  The latest positive use, from Sweden, has drones delivering AEDs, Automated External Defibrillators, quickly to people who have suffered a cardiac arrest.  This could be a life saver for many.. And researchers at the California Institute of Technology have discovered how the human brain identifies faces, and it’s way simpler than we thought, requiring only 205 neurons per face!  Also great this week is Mrs. Future’s summary of the state of cryptocurrency at this time, definitely worth a listen, especially if you are thinking of such currencies as an investment.  And we have a doozy of an invention idea for you from Dr. Future this week, combining robotics with a metal detector to find, well, stuff…    Enjoy!

Listen Now to Dr. Future Show 6.062017 We had a lot of fun making this show, not the least of which were the surprises that spontaneously came up in discussion.  My favorite was when our Apple expert, Taylor Barcroft, was speechless when our KSCO station owner and friend Michael Zwerling called in and avowed to the world that he loved Trump!  But you listen for the articles we discuss, not political opinion, right? This week we’ve got recycled rockets, lots of AIs, food printing, new antibiotics and immune boosting..Not to mention a major report from Taylor on Apple’s big announcements at WWDC this week. Enjoy!    

Listen Now to Dr. Future Show 5.30.2017 It was great fun having our friend and colleague Eddy Goldberg in the studio today.  Our main topic was a discussion of Universal Basic Income, something being considered by many countries around the world at this time. Quite controversial, there were lots of calls on the topic and brings up many related issues. Enjoy!

Listen Now to The Dr.Future Show 5.23.2017 It’s been a big week for us, with our Maker Faire show on  KSCO’s Saturday Special with us and Michael Zwerling, currently on Youtube, with live video! And this week, we have some great stories from deep space, the ISS in Earth orbit, and ice particles in the upper atomosphere. And in the last half hour of today’s show we have the WaterShed Rangers in the studio, 6th grade students from the San Lorenzo Valley Middle School, with their science teacher, Rachael Hager, and Mollie Behn, from the city of Santa Cruz’s Water Shed Council, who is director of the Watershed Rangers education programs for Santa Cruz County schools. The kids give us a little health report on our beloved watershed, performing quite well on the radio, even though it is their first time on the air. Much thanks to Rachael and Mollie for making this happen and gratitude to the children for their efforts in researching and explaining the health of our watershed to us.  Enjoy!  The Watershed Rangers and Teachers in the Studio!

Listen Now to Future News 5.16.2017 A fun show today with a great report from Mrs. Future (Sun) on Amy Goodman’s talk in Santa Cruz, Dr. Future speaks with the co-founder of the Maker Faires, Sherrie Huss, about this year’s 125,000 people plus event, Michael Zwerling, KSCO owner stops by to give us an update on expansion plans to San Francisco, we discuss the current Ransomware virus, with an update from our friend and colleague, Vernon. Enjoy!  

Listen Now to Don Lattin It was great to talk to journalist Don Lattin so openly about a topic normally below the radar of public discourse.  In his new book Don explores the theurapeutic effects of some mild altering substances, in terms of research currently underway and his own journey with depression.  Changing Our Minds is the latest installment in a trio of books about the recent history and future prospects for finding beneficial uses for drugs and plant medicines like LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and ayahuasca. Don comes out of the psychedelic closet in his latest book, sharing personal stories of transformational experiences.  Enjoy!

Listen Now to Future News 5. 09.2017 Lots of help in reflecting on Future News this week, with one Dr. Future’s oldest friends, Bruce Erickson, up from Santa Barbara, and Brian Hardin, an audio guru and all around cosmic being from LA.  In the news, the X-37B Air Force space shuttle  has landed after over two years in orbit, Elon Musk reveals his vision for the new Boring Company, and the Santa Cruz Art & Tech Festival begins this week! And least we forget, remember the Bonobos! Enjoy..