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Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts

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Climate Change
Sustainable Hospitality
Community Pubs
Optimism
Sustainability
Environmental Initiatives
Juries
Oil and Gas Industry
Nature
Feedback Loops
Organic Farming
Force Of Nature
Eden Project
Uncertainty
Ecocide
Eco-Anxiety
Entrepreneurship In the UK
World Uncertainty Index
Backlog In Crown Court
Judge-Only Trials

Comedian Jon Richardson finds ways to make sense of, and find hope in the future - accompanied by ‘futurenauts’ Ed Gillespie and Mark Stevenson. Praised for its rare combination of revealing insight and plenty of laughs, it’s the show that digs underneath the headlines to help you find your own confident relationship with an uncertain future… “This show is the most useful thing I do, for myself an... more

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Latest Episodes

What does the formation of the stars have in common with your own emerging personality? What does the relationship between wonderful orchids and weird looking moths tell us about evolution? Can a snake bite give you herpes? Answers to all these quest... more

E9: The Future of Life After Oil

Conflict rages in the Gulf, fossil fuel enthusiasts demand more drilling in the North Sea, and oil companies make billions whilst everyone else gets bled financially dry…surely there must be life after oil? The boys ... more

Jon, Ed & Mark are joined by Flora Page KC, a leading barrister who represented wrongly accused subpostmasters in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal to talk about the future of juries - the beating heart of the UK criminal justice system, that the Go... more

Deliberately killing the environment at an ecosystem level should really be a crime against humanity, as well as against nature.

And in the future it might well be, and that will be thanks to leaders like Jojo who heads up ‘Stop Ecocide Internationa... more

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Recent Guests

Tom Crowther
Professor of global ecology and founding chair of the UN Decade of Ecosystems Restoration
Crowther Lab; Restore
Episode: S06 EP10 The Future of Feedback
Jo Alexander
Insider turned truth-teller in the energy system, former oil and gas industry employee
Energy transition advocate
Episode: S06 EP9: The Future of Life After Oil
Samantha Cooper
Insider turned truth-teller in the energy system, former oil and gas employee
Life After Oil advocate
Episode: S06 EP9: The Future of Life After Oil
Flora Page KC
Barrister specializing in corporate wrongdoing; former Legal Services Board member; opposed jury reforms
Flora Page KC, barrister
Episode: S06 EP8: The Future of Juries
Jojo Mehta
Co-founder of Stop Ecocide International
Stop Ecocide International
Episode: S06 EP7: Future of Ecocide featuring Jojo Mehta
Katherine Templar-Lewis
Uncertainty expert with background in human and cognitive science
Independent researcher/author
Episode: S06 EP6: The Future of Uncertainty
Sam Conniff
Author, activist and professional trouble starter
Be More Pirate, Uncertainty expert
Episode: S06 EP6: The Future of Uncertainty
Mark Campanale
Founder of Carbon Tracker Initiative; climate finance expert
Carbon Tracker Initiative
Episode: S06 EP5: Climate truth-bombs & unburnable carbon’ with special guest Mark Campanale
Tim Smit
Co-founder of the Eden Project and environmentalist
Eden Project
Episode: S06 EP4: The Most Wonderful Tim of the Year

Hosts

Jon Richardson
Host of the show; guides conversation and introduces guests; comedian and commentator with a focus on future-facing topics.
Ed Gillespie
Futurenaut, contributor; co-host providing context, humor, and critical questioning.
Mark Stevenson
Futurenaut, co-host; writer and commentator on future-oriented strategy and systems thinking.

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 1.1k ratings
  • Ed and Mark.

    Ed and Mark are indescribably bad and make Jon look relatively normal with their cringeworthy descriptions of their self righteous lives of giving advice to others and battles with mental health and self analysis. I probably should just listen to Jon’s other podcasts. I would like to go to his pub (for a bit) just to beat him at darts, pool, trivia, countdown quiz machine and general pub going knowledge but I am probably barred by now. Unsubscribing especially after I looked at Ed and Mark’s web... more

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    mattymoohead
    United Kingdom10 months ago
  • I thought you’d left me!

    I adore this podcast and didn’t date to dream to see a new episode in my feed. 😍

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    -LivvyH*
    United Kingdom10 months ago
  • Well

    Turn up for the doom and dread but then find yourself engrossed in how to fix stuff. You’ll have quotes a plenty to tell your colleagues and by just doing one thing, you are probably helping more than the politicians!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    jennyologist
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • Great show

    Informative, funny and depressing in equal measures

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sir admiral lamington
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • All things considered, it was a fantastic and enlightening experience that allowed me to get my money back from an online investment platform that had tricked me into investing with their fictitious business before I discovered their strategy. I had already paid absurdly large withdrawal fees of $45,000 under the terms of the agreement that nobody had informed me about, so it was too late for me after I invested a sum $389,250. The damage had been done, and I was in too deep to just walk away, s... more

    Podchaser
    5
    emiliaschneider667
    3 years ago

Listeners Say

Key themes from listener reviews, highlighting what works and what could be improved about the show.

Listeners praise the show's mix of humor and rigorous insight, with many noting it expands thinking on climate and society.
The hosts and guests are repeatedly described as knowledgeable, engaging, and able to translate complex topics into actionable ideas.
Fans appreciate hopeful, solutions-oriented conversations, though some wish for more challenging debates between hosts and guests.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

S06 EP10 The Future of Feedback
Q: So you first came to international attention with the Trillion Trees work. Can you summarize what that study showed and why it became controversial?
The study mapped where the world's trees are and showed enormous potential for restoration, but headlines fixated on planting a trillion trees, which led to misinterpretations and critiques about monocultures and the right species in the wrong places; the episode highlights how media framing can distort complex ecological messages.
S06 EP8: The Future of Juries
Q: What is the core constitutional concern with replacing juries in many cases?
The core concern is that a jury is a fundamental check and balance against state power, ensuring public participation in justice and protecting against potential tyranny by allowing twelve ordinary citizens to deliberate independently of the judge's directions.
S06 EP4: The Most Wonderful Tim of the Year
Q: In 2008, you were critical of the state of entrepreneurship in the UK. Do you think we've got any better at it since then?
Tim Smit feels Britain hasn't improved much concerning entrepreneurship, as financiers are often more risk-averse, ultimately stifling innovation.
S06 EP4: The Most Wonderful Tim of the Year
Q: If you could change one social norm overnight, what would it be?
Tim Smit argues one should ban the idea that giving a goat for Christmas is a good present, as goats are destructive and people give them without understanding their impact.
S06 EP2: They think it’s all Clover!
Q: How did you convince your entire family to move to Indonesia?
I relentlessly lobbied, emphasizing that I wanted to learn skills to solve real problems, presenting it as a choice for the family.

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1. Tom Crowther
2. Jo Alexander
3. Samantha Cooper
4. Flora Page KC
5. Jojo Mehta
6. Katherine Templar-Lewis
7. Sam Conniff
8. Mark Campanale

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