HELLO FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli continues his conversation with Jason Morales, CEO and co-founder of UNTILL, diving deeper into the practical challenge of changing our relationship with phones and attention. Building on the big-picture discussion of the attention economy, Morales explains how UNTILL aims to create real incentives for people to disconnect and spend more time off...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with Jason Morales, CEO and co-founder of UNTILL, about our deep addiction to phones and the attention economy. Morales’s startup is built around a simple but radical idea: using technology itself to reward people for putting their phones down, reclaiming their attention, and spending more time in the real world. The conversation exp...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli sits down with Alex Gilbert, Principal & Field Director at Rocinante Fieldworks and Fellow at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, to explore why building solar power plants in space could be key to modernizing Earth’s energy grid. Gilbert discusses the technical and strategic case for space-based solar power — collecting contin...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with Alex Gilbert, Principal & Field Director at Rocinante Fieldworks and a PhD in Space Resources from the Colorado School of Mines, about why water ice on the Moon is emerging as one of the most strategically important resources of the 21st century. Gilbert explains how lunar ice can be converted into rocket propellant, oxygen, and o...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with David Fuscus, CEO of Précis AI and creator of Willard AI, about the most dangerous flaw in artificial intelligence for the policy world: hallucinations and inaccuracies. In a town where a single wrong citation can kill a bill, Fuscus explains why general AI models remain unreliable — pointing to OpenAI’s own finding...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with David Fuscus, CEO and Founder of Précis AI, about how artificial intelligence is transforming one of Washington’s most relationship-driven industries. Fuscus’s company builds industry-specific AI platforms and has just launched the beta of Willard AI — a specialized tool for policy, Hill, and lobbying work bui...

What if the next breakthrough in medicine, semiconductor manufacturing, and artificial intelligence doesn't happen on Earth—but in space? In Part 2 of Kevin Cirilli's conversation with Momentus CEO John Rood , the discussion dives into the technologies that are shaping the next generation of the commercial space economy. John explains how Momentus is building the "UPS of Space," transporting...

What does it actually take to build the future in space—and why does it matter here on Earth? In this episode of Hello, Future , Kevin Cirilli sits down with John Rood , CEO of Momentus , former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, former National Security Council official, and former executive at Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. John shares his remarkable journey from CIA intelligence a...

Kevin Cirilli was on the ground at Vandenberg for the historic SpaceX Transporter-17 launch and sat down with Peter Cabauy, CEO of City Labs, just hours after their satellite reached orbit. City Labs made history as the first private company to launch a commercial nuclear-powered satellite, the BOHR, equipped with their revolutionary NanoTritium betavoltaic battery. This compact nuclear power sour...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli sits down with Mattie Duppler to cut through the hype and examine what the data actually says about AI’s impact on jobs, productivity, and the future of work. While generative AI is boosting productivity and accelerating learning curves (especially for less experienced workers), the picture is more complicated than “robots taking all...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli talks with Damian DiPippa, the CEO of Auria. Auria just won a big new contract with the U.S. Space Force. The project is called JAM, which stands for Joint Antenna Marketplace. Satellites are like robots high up in space. They need to talk to big antennas on the ground to get messages and send back pictures and information. Right now, this can be...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with Mary Guenther — Head of Space Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute, former Vice President of Space Policy at the Commercial Space Federation (where she built consensus among nearly 90 companies), and the Senate staffer who helped pass the CHIPS and Science Act. Mary makes the clear economic and national-security case for w...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with Philip S. Goldberg, Special Counsel for the Manufacturers’ Accountability Project at the National Association of Manufacturers, about how foreign adversaries are weaponizing America’s judicial system. Goldberg explains how foreign governments and aligned interests are increasingly using U.S. courts, litigation funding, and...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with Damian DiPippa, CEO of Auria, about the invisible war happening right now in Earth orbit. As thousands of new satellites, debris, and potential threats crowd low Earth orbit, Space Domain Awareness has become one of the most critical missions for the U.S. Space Force. DiPippa explains how Auria’s solutions are helping detect, tr...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with Mattie Duppler, fiscal policy expert, founder of Forward Strategies, and host of The Tradeoff podcast. A former Amazon public affairs leader and Senior Fellow at the National Taxpayers Union, Mattie brings sharp insight into how economic incentives, technology, and worker behavior are reshaping the labor market. A new Enhancv study re...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli sits down with his space coach, Kirby Runyon — research scientist at the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) and contributor to The Planetary Society — who is one of NASA’s leading experts mapping the Moon. Kirby breaks down the Moon’s incredible geological diversity, from massive impact basins and ancient lava plains to fut...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with Mary Guenther, Head of Space Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute and co-author of the new report Space for Progress, Earth for Keeps. Mary makes the pragmatic progressive case that the explosion in space activity shouldn't be viewed as an environmental threat — it’s a powerful tools for protecting the planet. The co...

Scott Hazard, CEO of SymmetriCall, the Mobile-First VOIP Call Command Center designed to support and champion. Small and Mid-Sized Business Owners, was a student of Steve Jobs for more than half a decade. Following Steve’s vision, Scott was instrumental in developing both innovative consumer electronic products as well as the iconic Glass designed Apple Stores all over the globe to further S...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli continues the conversation with Max Haot, CEO of Vast, shifting focus from the hardware in orbit to the jobs being created here on Earth. As Vast builds real flight hardware today — with Haven-1 already in integration — Haot discusses the surge in “space-collar” jobs in manufacturing, welding, integration, testing, and bey...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli officially recruits planetary geologist Kirby Runyon of the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) and The Planetary Society to be his personal “space coach.” Kirby, who conducts NASA-funded lunar research and leads citizen science mapping projects, works directly with the next generation of civilian astronauts through reduced-gravity para...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with Max Haot, CEO of Vast, about the urgent need for commercially developed space stations as the International Space Station approaches retirement.  Haot, who has been outspoken about NASA’s cost overruns and the need to refocus resources, explains why the current “riskiest period” in ISS operations demands real ac...

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with Dr. Peter Skafish, co-founder and Director of Research at the Sol Foundation — a leading independent research and policy institute dedicated to the serious scientific, academic, and policy study of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) and their implications for science, government, and society. With the Trump administration&rs...

Quantum computers promise breakthroughs in medicine, materials science, and encryption-breaking power that could render today’s cybersecurity obsolete overnight. In this episode of Hello Future, Kevin Cirilli talks with Leslie Beavers, former Acting DoD Chief Information Officer, about whether the United States is truly ready for the quantum era. We’ll discuss the race between quantum...

Are nation-state actors and sophisticated cyber groups already inside our most critical networks—quietly mapping infrastructure, exfiltrating data, and preparing for disruption? In this episode of Hello Future, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Leslie Beavers, former Acting DoD Chief Information Officer, to examine whether the United States is facing a persistent, low-visibility cyber invasion. F...

What if Thomas Willing — America’s forgotten first central banker and the man who helped design the financial system that powered the Republic — suddenly appeared in 2026? He’d stare at our $36 trillion national debt, the immense power of the modern Federal Reserve, explosive private credit markets, AI-powered fintech, and a new financial aristocracy far wealthier and more...