Future Now

E 60
Eclipse stories with ISS View, Lunar Time Zone! Biggest camera ever! Chilean Super Telescope, Hundreds of twin rogue planets discovered between star systems, the singing nuns at Abbey Road. 
We hope you all enjoyed your eclipse experience, be it partial, full, or virtual!  Our fav visuals were from the ISS, where you could see the eclipse, appearing as a dark cloud-like 115 mile diameter shadow cast onto the planet’s surface, speeding across the continent, southwest to northeast.  Moving at 2400 km/h, the dark shadow turned day into night for 4 minutes or so in towns and cities it swept across, creating a visual interplay of light and dark when seen from low earth orbit.  Check it out..This clips shows two views from space, one from the space station, the other from a Starlink satellite in a higher orbit.
This week Bobby is remote on the Carrizo Plain, a Central California location famous for wildflower blooms this time of year. He and Katia are in the middle of it all, surrounded by blossoming beauty and lots of crickets!  Bandwidth from there was good via his T-Mobile internet gateway, allowing us to look at the latest on a new lunar time zone, increasing Youtube comprehension speed tips, new useful AI apps, the Chile telescope and proof of the Multi/Universe, one way or another.  Oh yes, and we delve into the mystery of ‘rogue planets,’ traveling between star systems, usually in pairs. And Mrs. Future says, “check out the singing nuns at Abbey Road!” (toward the end of the show). Enjoy!
 
Episode 60 Show Links April 9, 2024
 

E 59
We are still on the road this week, this time in magical Mt. Shasta, where we introduce you one of it's residents, Mary Donnelly.  A New Englander trained as an RN in pediatric oncology, she learned of Mt. Shasta via an alternative healer, and feeling she has found her true home, has never looked back.  We speak with her about her journey to mountain and the healing modalities she is now exploring.
We begin the show this week discussing some of the hot research being conducted in studying next week’s solar eclipse, including a citizen science project that will allow you to watch the eclipse live, for over an hour, via a series of telescopes networked along the eclipse’s path of totality, enjoy!
 
Episode 59 Show Links April 2, 2024

E 58
This week we are on the  road in beautiful Port Townsend, Washington, visiting Jim Rough, founder of www.wisedemocracy.org and Casandra Firman, Jim’s wife and partner in updating democracy as we know it. We all know about the importance of voting, and the necessities of jury duty and national defence as citizens, but have you heard of collaborative ‘choice creation?’ Jim and Cassandra help us understand what that means and why it so important for our modern democracy to embrace. In today’s show we also explore related concepts, such as ‘to-beism’ in relation to the economy, unity through choice creation, the role of George Washington as a ‘space creator,’ building trust, and other elements in keeping our system up-to-date. Enjoy!
Episode 58 Show Links March 26, 2024
 

E 57
Shakespeare in the Spring
We are on a roadtrip to Seattle and doing our podcast from AirB&B’s for the next couple of shows. This week is from Ashland, a cultural hotspot known for great art galleries, theaters, restaurants, and the home of the world famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  We saw the opening production of MacBeth, and Dune, part 2.  Much to discuss and explore this week, as the future is happening now at an increasingly exponential rate, from space adventures  to musical  AI, and human behavior insights.  Enjoy!
Episode 57 Show Links March 19, 2024