HELLO FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli

On this episode of HELLO FUTURE, Kevin Cirilli explores the hidden crisis behind the AI boom: America’s power grid isn’t ready. Kevin interviews Terry Ploetz, co-founder of Next Century Power. As hyperscalers race to build massive data centers, the demand for reliable energy is exposing serious vulnerabilities—from grid strain in key hubs like Virginia to overlooked cyber risks t...

For millions of Americans living with Parkinson’s, the gap between neurology appointments can feel like a void. Symptoms shift, medications need adjusting, and questions pile up with nowhere to turn. Rune Labs has built an AI caregiver inside its StrivePD app. Powered by FDA-cleared movement-analysis technology and one of the largest real-world Parkinson’s datasets, the tool gives pati...

In this episode of Hello Future, Peter Krauss — the President and CEO of Terran Orbital — answers that question and shows how small satellites are getting us ready for the future. We start with NASA’s CAPSTONE mission. This tiny satellite is acting like a scout, testing a special orbit around the Moon so astronauts can safely travel there on the Artemis missions. Then Peter expla...

In this episode of Hello Future, Peter Krauss from Terran Orbital gives us the answer and explains why the number is growing so fast. We talk about the new star trackers Terran Orbital just unveiled — smart little cameras that help satellites know exactly where they are pointing in space. These new tools will be used on many different missions, from regular Earth satellites to deep spac...

Space Symposium is the premier global gathering where the future of space exploration, commerce, and national security is shaped. In this special preview episode of HELLO FUTURE, Kevin Cirilli interviews Rich Cooper of the Space Foundation ahead of the upcoming Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. As the world’s largest and most influential space conference, the event brings together leaders...

The Artemis program isn’t just NASA’s return to the Moon — it’s the foundation for humanity’s multi-planetary future. In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Rich Cooper of the Space Foundation to break down Artemis II, the first crewed mission of the Artemis era. Slated to send four astronauts around the Moon aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft...

AI isn’t just disrupting classrooms — it’s rewriting career pathways. In this episode, Kevin Cirilli spoke late last year with Michael Hansen, CEO of Cengage, about the rise of “Education for Employment” and how adults are using AI to reskill, pivot, and compete in a rapidly shifting labor market. With more than 3.5 million people already trained through Cengage Work...

How much screen time is too much — and what is it doing to kids? In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, Kevin Cirilli speaks with Jennifer Kelman, a licensed clinical social worker and mental health expert with more than 30 years of experience working with teens and families. The conversation comes as new data raises serious questions about the relationship between screen time and youth mental hea...

The Algorithmic Author—Is Your Next Favorite Book a Bot? What if you could prompt a protagonist into existence as easily as ordering takeout? In this lively episode of Hello Future, Kevin Cirilli dives headfirst into the weird, wild, and wonderfully messy world of AI-written books. Kevin interviews Tim Boucher, who is writing books with AI. AI didn’t just show up—it kicked writer...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the battlefield. In this episode, Kevin Cirilli speaks with Dr. Craig Albert of Augusta University about how AI systems helped accelerate targeting, intelligence analysis, and battlefield decision-making during the recent U.S.–Israeli campaign against Iran, known as Operation Epic Fury. From advanced sensor-fusion platforms to large language model...

What does modern warfare actually look like in the age of AI, cyber attacks, and digital surveillance? In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Patrick Tucker, Science and Technology Editor at Defense One and author of The Naked Future, to unpack how emerging technology is reshaping global conflict. As tensions with Iran dominate headlines, Tucker explains how modern battles a...

In a world of nonstop outrage, the hardest leadership challenge isn’t identifying what’s fake — it’s knowing what not to react to. Kevin Cirilli sits down with Dan Brahmy to examine how coordinated manipulation exploits institutional reflexes, why overcorrection can do more damage than inaction, and how decision-makers can distinguish organic discourse from influence operat...

The biggest risk in the digital age isn’t fake content — it’s mistaking coordinated manipulation for real public sentiment. In this episode, Kevin Cirilli speaks with Dan Brahmy, CEO of Cyabra, about how governments, companies, and institutions can tell when online discourse actually matters — and when it’s being artificially steered. The conversation explores how inf...

AI isn’t just disrupting classrooms — it’s rewriting career pathways. In this episode, Kevin Cirilli spoke late last year with Michael Hansen, CEO of Cengage Group, about the rise of “Education for Employment” and how adults are using AI to reskill, pivot, and compete in a rapidly shifting labor market. With more than 3.5 million people already trained through Cengage...

Artificial intelligence has entered the classroom — and students are using it. But is this the death of academic integrity… or the beginning of a new learning model? Kevin Cirilli sat down late last year with Michael Hansen, CEO of Cengage Group, one of the world’s largest edtech companies serving more than 12 million digital learners, to unpack what’s really happening in...

In 1996, witnesses in Varginha, Brazil reported a cigar-shaped object crashing into a field, followed by claims that three young women encountered a nonhuman biological entity and that additional beings were recovered — some dead, one possibly alive. Nearly three decades later, the case resurfaced in formal discussions that included written testimony, video statements, and the attendance of...

The Sol Foundation is bringing academic rigor to one of the most controversial subjects of our time: unidentified anomalous phenomena. In this conversation, Dr. Peter Skafish — anthropologist, philosopher, and Sol co-founder alongside Garry Nolan — explains how the organization is building a “whole of society” framework to address the legal, political, environmental, and cu...

When Barack Obama acknowledged on national television that there are objects in our skies we “don’t know exactly what they are,” it wasn’t a punchline — it was a signal. On this episode of HELLO FUTURE, Kevin Cirilli sits down with sociocultural anthropologist Dr. Peter Skafish to unpack what that moment actually represents: not proof of aliens, but a historic shift i...

February is National Cancer Prevention Month—a moment to talk about early detection, risk reduction, and patient empowerment. But this episode asks a harder question: what happens when patients do everything right—and the system still misses the signs? On HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli sits down with Steve Brown, whose cancer story didn’t begin with a diagnosis, but with months...

HELLO FUTURE hosts Jeff Fellenzer, the USC Annenberg Professor of Professional Practice in Journalism with more than three decades of experience across sports management, news media, higher education, and entrepreneurship. Fellenzer — who teaches courses on sports, media, and technology, has been a Heisman Trophy voter since 2007, and has interviewed generations of icons from John Wooden to...

Jeff Fellenzer, the USC Annenberg Professor of Professional Practice in Journalism with more than three decades of experience across sports management, news media, higher education, and entrepreneurship. Fellenzer — who teaches courses on sports, media, and technology, has been a Heisman Trophy voter since 2007, and has interviewed generations of icons from John Wooden to Olympians and media...

In this episode, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Taisha  Fabricius , Product Manager at Esri , to explore how digital twins, virtual reality, and advanced 3D mapping are transforming decision-making across America’s most critical sectors. Fabricius explains how Esri’s technology is used by organizations ranging from NASA to state and local governments to visualize complex data, run r...

In this episode of Hello Future , Kevin Cirilli revisits a powerful conversation with Scott Hazard, CEO of Symmetricall and a former Apple employee who worked under Steve Jobs . Hazard breaks down how Jobs revolutionized customer service through the Apple Store Genius Bar—prioritizing trust, empathy, and real human connection over cold automation. Drawing on his experience at Apple , Hazard...

Kevin Cirilli sits down with Dan Brouillette at the National Press Club for a wide-ranging, urgent conversation about the future of American energy — and the global race to power artificial intelligence. Brouillette lays out the stakes in plain terms: energy is now national security. Whoever builds power fastest will lead in AI, robotics, data centers, and advanced manufacturing — and...

Kevin Cirilli sits down with Michael "Ludes" Martindale to talk about one of the most important — and least understood — challenges facing the future of space: people. As Education Director at the Space Force Association, Martindale is focused on building the pipeline for the next generation of space talent — from high school students to undergraduates and beyond. His mission: ma...