The Future and You is an hour-long, radio talk-show style podcast, hosted by the science fiction author Stephen Euin Cobb.
I was interviewed a few weeks ago for this podcast, and the first excerpt from that conversation is included in the February 11 show. Here's a full description from their web site:
Science fiction authors David Brin and Joe Haldeman are among the guests, along with: the head of a nanotech org, a marketing consultant, a cryonic insurance provider, and the actress Robin Curtis, who played a Vulcan Starfleet officer in two Star Trek movies. This is the February 11, 2006 episode of "The Future And You." [Running time: 79 minutes]
Topics include: [1] David Brin (bestselling author and scientist) warns that "Righteous Indignation" is an addictive high chemically similar to heroin, and also describes our civilization's unfounded Crisis of Confidence. [2] Predicting the risks and potential misuse of nanotechnology's vast and marvelous future is the mission of CRN: the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology. CRN's Executive Director, Mike Treder, provides a heads-up. [3] Another installment in our serialization of the novel: "Bones Burnt Black" by Stephen Euin Cobb. [4] More powerful than propaganda, social marketing has been used to engineer changes in the beliefs and behaviours of entire populations, and has suceeded with surgical precision. David Pascal, a marketing consultant who specializes in social marketing, explains this power; as well as how it is used--and misused--in today's american politics. [5] Technological immortality: will we develop it in the next few decades? The award winning science fiction author Joe Haldeman shares a few thoughts on the subject. [6] A few more thoughts on technological immortality; this time from Rudi Hoffman, the world's leading cryonics insurance provider. [7] A listener's comments on the host's use of the word "dead" when referring to the cryopreserved. [8] She worked with Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner and the rest of the cast of Star Trek. A celebrity interview with the actress Robin Curtis, who played the Vulcan Starfleet officer Lieutenant Saavik in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" as well as (the host's favorite of the Star Trek movies) "Star Trek IV: The Journey Home."
Check it out and let us know what you think!
Mike Treder
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