FutureBites with Dr. Bruce McCabe
FutureBites is a podcast exploring promising and exciting pathways to a better future. Hosted by Dr Bruce McCabe, a futurist and keynote speaker who travels the world presenting his unique insights and research on the future to corporations, governments, and audiences in all industries. In each FutureBites episode, Bruce meets with an inspiring leader in science, technology, economics or the social sciences to talk about ideas, game-changers and opportunities to create a better future.
Episodes
33 episodes
Will A.I. Boil The Planet? – With Vlad Coroama
Will A.I. use up the worlds electricity? Or will A.I. contribute more upside than downside by helping us solve the world’s sustainability problems? In an era of ‘exponential AI,’ the answers have huge implications for our future, bu...
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Multi-Sensory Surgical Robots -- With Philipp Fürnstahl
First generation surgical robots, such as the Da Vinci set new benchmarks for precision and accuracy. With A.I. and robotics developments racing ahead at breakneck speed, what new capabilities are in the pipeline? How might next-gene...
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Will We Worship A.I.? – With Beth Singler
Will we worship A.I.? How are religions already rejecting, adopting or adapting to A.I.? How could A.I. re-shape the future of organised religion? Could the questions get any bigger?My conversation today is with THE global ex...
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Modeling Our Climate Future – with Andreas Prein
How do we model the climate? How to make predictions at a local level? What role does AI play? What do our models predict about the future of extreme weather events?We sit down with world-leading atmospheric scientist Prof.
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1:01:57
Saving the Future of News – with Mark Eisenegger
Digital disinformation and the declining quality of newsmedia is one of the most important challenges of our time. Everyone is aware of it, and its easy to get overwhelmed and conclude it’s can’t be solved. But there ARE pathways fo...
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Fisheries are a Global Ponzi Scheme (and how to fix it) – With Daniel Pauly
Why does the most cited fisheries scientist in the world call modern fisheries a global Ponzi scheme?Welcome to part two of our dive into the future of oceans, where my focus is still on the pathways we can take to preserve ocean ecosyst...
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49:06
Future of Oceans and Fisheries – With William Cheung
How do we feed another 2 billion AND preserve the future of ocean ecosystems?In 2025, over three billion people rely on seafood as a significant source of protein. Over 80% of the world's biodiversity comes from oceans. A multitude of oc...
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56:33
Future of Happiness – With John Helliwell
How do we create a happier future? What are the factors that influence happiness? What can we do as managers and leaders to enhance happiness, and why is this fundamental to achieving ALL our goals? Join me for a deeply insightful d...
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Electrification of Road Freight – With David Cebon
Forget cars, what does the transition to electric FREIGHT look like? How capable are HEAVY vehicles? What’s the future of charging infrastructure? What changes for shippers and logistics companies? How should they think and plan?On this...
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Autonomous Vehicles: The Next Generation – With Paul Newman
What is driving the NEXT generation of autonomous vehicles? How are scientists upping the innovation rate? Why are AVs utterly inevitable, everywhere? How will they transform industries, cities and even economies? To get a deep sens...
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53:18
Carbon Pricing: Incentivizing a Net-Zero Future - With Cameron Hepburn
Can carbon pricing incentivize a sustainable future? Join us for a compelling conversation with Professor Cameron Hepburn, the Battcock Professor of Environmental Ec...
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36:07
Unleashing Epigenetic Potential: A New Era In Genetic Medicine - With Ben Oakes
Imagine a future where, based on a diagnostic in your teens, your doctor gives you a customized infusion with a top-up every 5 to 10 years that “dials down” your genetic risk factors for all kinds of diseases WITHOUT making permanent changes to...
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Future of Cybersecurity - with Bruce Schneier
How can we build a more secure digital future? Cyber-attacks and data-breaches are escalating, attackers are employing all manner of sophisticated tools, AI is transforming the ‘arms race’ for both attackers and defenders. We see the he...
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California's 100% Renewables Revolution - with Mark Jacobson
The fifth largest economy in the world is smashing renewables records! For 41 of the past 49 days, California's grid has met more than 100% of electricity demand using solar, wind and hydro generation supplemented by grid-scale batteries. Suppl...
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41:51
Future of Energy - with Michael Barnard (Part 2)
Welcome to Part 2 of my interview with Michael Barnard, global energy expert and consultant to the biggest investors on the planet. In this episode ...
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Future of Energy - with Michael Barnard (Part 1)
What will the global mix of energy generation look like in 2060? Which technologies are dead ends and which should we be paying more attention to? What will power long range ships and aircraft? What about nuclear?Who better to ans...
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Interfacing the Nervous System - with Elisa Donati
What does the future of medicine look like when microchips and nervous systems speak the same language?I asked Dr Elisa Donati, a Senior Scientist working at the cutting edge of neuroscience and eng...
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22:31
Countdown to Age Reversal - with George Church
Affordable age-reversal drugs. Xenotransplants to eliminate organ shortages. Revolutionizing health economics. Keeping methane sequestered under the tundra. Editing livestock and crops to be resistant to ALL viruses ... What are the genomics pa...
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58:51
What's Next in CAR T-Cell Therapy? - with Bruce Levine
The future of medicine is one where all cancers are either 100% curable or turned into manageable diseases. You’ve heard me tell the story in my keynotes for many years. Now it’s time for you to hear from one of the heroes of that story,
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A.I. and the Future of Inequality - with Wendell Wallach
Will AI exacerbate inequality? Can we stop that from happening? As the world grapples with guardrails to protect us from future dangers of AI, I thought it timely to talk to an ethicist who has spent a lifetime pondering these challenges. Enter...
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58:37
Three New Frontiers In Cancer Medicine - with Ben Stanger
The story of cancer medicine is multi-threaded. It’s a story of early detection, of surgical removal, of radio- and chemo-therapies, of understanding lifestyle factors, of sequencing and pinpointing genetic factors, and lately of immunotherapie...
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26:49
Gene Editing to Prevent Heart Disease - with Kiran Musunuru
Is this the most important gene therapy in the world? At the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, a cutting-edg...
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1:08:06
Climate Change and The Future of Insurance - with Trent Thomson
Insurance companies must deal with the financial realities of climate change. They must make quantitative decisions and translate risks into dollars. They must do it for today’s impacts as well as making quantified predictions about future impa...
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41:36
The Future of Neuromorphic Computing - with Alexandre Marcireau
I’m calling neuromorphic computing the most important computer engineering research in the world. That’s right, more important than quantum computing (you heard it here first!) So what is neuromorphic computing? How is it inspired b...
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Innovating For A Better Future - with Ken Dovey
Innovation is a deeply, deeply social phenomenon that requires many people to come along for the ride. It’s not easy! So, where to start? What are the principles? How to think about it? If you want to make the world a better place by building n...
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