Future Now

Freedom after year in Mars Habitat Sim, Geek becoming Saint, Sovereign in Court, Katrina Q Story

This is our first broadcast from the new Santa Cruz Voice studio in downtown Santa Cruz! We discuss the martian habitat sim and its recently released inhabitants at NASA, Carlo Acutis (The Internet Saint), and a discussion of a current court case involving our friend Monica McGuire and her Sovereign defense in case of traffic violations and resisting arrest. Nordic Dave calls in to share his thoughts.  And then for the second hour there is Katrina and her experiences with QAnon, which you can hear as a separate file, or here!  Enjoy..

Interview with Katrina Vaillancourt, author of ReQovery-How I tumbled down the QAnon Rabbit Hole and Climbed out

A professional mediator trained in Nonviolent Communication and a dedicated Bernie Sanders supporter, she found herself unexpectedly spiraling down the rabbit hole of QAnon, triggered by watching the “Fall of the Cabal” online series, about how a cabal of Satanic cannibalistic child molesters operating a global child sex trafficking ring runs the Deep State, and hence the world, and suggesting that there were ‘good guys’, like Donald Trump, that would save us from this dark swamp of humanity.  She speaks of “Pastel Q,” on how QAnon propaganda was targeted toward Bernie type people like her, creating and enhancing an emotional bond to their narrative.  

In our interview, Katrina, with her husband Stephen, speaks of how she was captivated by the QAnon movement, how it affected her, and how she came to her senses and saw the movement from a more wholistic perspective, thanks in part to her use of NVC and communication with people outside of the QAnon world, like her husband.  A profound story of losing and then regaining one’s way, her story is one of hope, and staying sane in our turbulent world, a world further complicated by more and more fake news and false narratives of what is transpiring around us. Enjoy.

Episode 73 Show Links July 9, 2024

World UFO Day, Polaris Dawn Mission, RoboGrocery packer, New Alzheimer Treatments, Dark Matters, Turion wins Space Sweeper contract, Cheap Fakes, Body Language Analysis of the Presidents, Borders as Membranes

Recognizing World UFO Day is a fun part of this week’s show, exploring some of the more interesting recent cases recently in the field..Did you know there were 138 UFO sightings in California alone in the last 6 months? And in our explorations of space, the Polaris Dawn Mission is about to take place, exploring space with humans 800 miles above the earth..compared to the 250 mile high International Space Station.  We also look at the latest in Alzheimer treatments and the body language of the presidential candidates. Enjoy!  

Episode 72 Show Links July 2, 2024

Mars Popcorn, Assange Freed, Augmented World Expo Report, Virtual Mother, War Politics and Tech, Birds-cows-poultry virus, Noise and Judgments, General World Modeling

Something for everybody this week, from Mars popcorn, Assange’s freedom, a great report on what was happening at the Augmented World Expo in Long Beach with Nick Venden and Greg Panos, who blew away the conference by an introduction to his virtual immortality talk made by his deceased mother in virtual form!   We discuss the defense tech of Lucky Palmer, a celebrity in the XR universe, and its implications.  Greg demonstrates the power of Udio in making a lyrical song on the spot about Julian Assange’s release and Dr. Dan gives us an update on the Covid virus. Plus, we start with a pre-roll of stories before the show even begins.. Enjoy!

Episode 71 Show Links June 25, 2024

Kidneys in Space, Harvard Advanced Reptilians Theory, Michele Newman and Singing your Soul with Whales, SETI approach for probing advanced AIs, Which came first, Fun or Love?  

Apple Intelligence and WWDC 2024 Announcements, AI Steve runs for Office, Newly Discovered Alter-Magnetism, Gravity without Mass, Starship 4 Kicks Ass!

Big announcements from Apple at this week’s World Wide Developer’s Conference, and we have our very own Apple analyst, Taylor Barcroft, to cover the latest and greatest, and Bobby Wilder to discuss just what is “Apple Intelligence.” We think it is particularly exciting that developers will be able to employ AI to both make and be in Apple apps!

In Space News, Starship 4 has an amazing flight, Boeing Starliner makes it to the ISS,  Interstellar Clouds may have triggered the last ice age. And then there is gravity without mass, Alter-Magnetism, and AI Steve, running for Parliament in the UK. And then there is Mrs. Future’s plan to raise chickens. Enjoy!

Episode 69 Show Links June 11, 2024

Space News, Interview on Longevity with Stephen Sideroff, PhD., and Robert Lufkin, MD, discussion on their just published books, "The 9 Pillars of Resilience," and "Lies I Taught in Medical School"

Long time friends and colleagues Drs. Sideroff and Lufkin recently organized an online summit on the topic of human longevity, featuring many of the leading researchers and thinkers in this cutting edge field. And this week they each published a new book on their latest professional work. In today’s show we interview them both, individually and together.

Stephen Sideroff, PhD., is an internationally recognized expert in resilience, optimal performance, addiction, neurofeedback and alternative approaches to stress and mental health. He is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, with a joint appointment in the Department of Rheumatology at UCLA’s School of Medicine, as well as the Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Ethics. His new book is “The 9 Pillars of Resilience- the proven path to master stress, slow aging and increase vitality."  

Robert Lufkin, MD., is a physician/medical school professor (UCLA and USC) focusing on the applied science of health, longevity, and consciousness. After reversing chronic disease and transforming his life he is making it his mission to help others do the same. His new book is “Lies I Taught in Medical School: How Conventional Medicine is Making you Sicker and What You Can Do to Save Your Own Life.”

Episode 68 Show Links June 4, 2024

Ergothioneine, the 'longevity vitamin,' Adaptogenic Superblend MycoSpectrum, Tauonium-Beyond Hydrogen, The upcoming Starship Flight #4, Dreamchaser to take Flight, Dandelion Rubber, Personality and Dementia

Though we covered a fair number of topics in today’s podcast, we kept coming back to discussing the health benefits of fungi, from how they assist the ATP Kreb's cycle in generating bodily  energy to memory enhancement and longevity.  We also had the privilege of once again speaking with Gabrielle Cianfrani, who has created an adaptogenic blend of 14 fungi for optimal health. And there’s something about Ergothioneine and improved cognition and energy.. Go figure.. Meanwhile, Starship Test #4 will be flying shortly as will the Dreamchaser space plane!

Whiskey Hill Farm, Trimtab Times, M4 Solex Power, AI Music Demo and Experiment

Auroras and Special Report- Gabrielle challenges Meta.ai and ChatGPT 4 to compete in understanding the true nature of Reality itself. Guess who is more aware?

This show takes the cake when it comes to more unusual content for us.  It started with our correspondent Gabrielle Cianfrani asking Meta.ai a ‘simple’ question before bed, “I’ve been thinking lately that we are just pure consciousness experiencing itself, what do you think about that?” And Meta.ai did a decent job in answering, “What a profound and intriguing perspective! The idea that we are pure consciousness experiencing itself is a philosophical and metaphysical concept that has been explored in various spiritual and philosophical traditions. This notion suggests that our essence is not solely bound to our physical bodies or minds, but rather we are an expression of a universal, all-encompassing consciousness.”

Gabrielle naturally, took the AI to task, nudging it to go even deeper, by responding, “I think that any time I am not present, truly present, that I am not pure consciousness experiencing itself. I believe that it is consciousness playing a game, a theater, an act. I think that past and future create suffering because they take us away from The only thing that we really know is real which is this moment right now.” How did Meta respond to that? Tune in!  Enjoy...

Episode 65 Show Links May 14, 2024

Living Solar Panels, Llama 3 freely available, Messages from Voyager, Light Sail 3 Launched, Dune 2 & Anti-social Network reviews, Our view of venture capitalist Vinod Khosla's world changing predictions, AI $$ ideas, jokes, and blended coffee!