Distributed Future Podcast

Immersive StoryLab 29.10.2019 40:21 ↓

A discussion about immersive storytelling, AR, VR and the politics of new power

Amateur space and open source rocketry 15.10.2019 47:37 ↓

We discuss building your own satellite and sending it to space as well as amateur rocketry along with the communities and organizations that make this possible.

Illustration and the future of adult education 02.10.2019 43:51 ↓

Is the future visual? How much of that is digital media? How should we educate future media creators? A chat with some answers...

The future of voice and voice interfaces 19.09.2019 48:49 ↓

We talk with Allison Smith about the experience of being the voice of many inanimate objects!

Will the social enterprise model help us make better tech? 01.09.2019 45:23 ↓

Imran talks about his hopes for 30 Chapel St, a new Arts, tech and Social Enterprise Hub in Bradford.

Shaping the future of farming with apps 19.08.2019 48:47 ↓

How apps can help make farming more ecologically sustainable

The future of languages 05.08.2019 45:59 ↓

Learning languages through apps, Esperanto and the future of English

New organizational structures for crisis and aid. 22.07.2019 41:16 ↓

Willow describes best practice in aid or crisis response: "It was always about finding the people who are already doing the work and showing up and saying here are the resources I have. How can I help you? Or do you want me to go away?"

The Riz test - questioning Muslim representation in Film and TV 09.07.2019 48:24 ↓

The Riz test is a set of 5 questions that help film and TV makers see how they represent Muslim characters, based on crowdsourced feedback from viewers. We chat about how tech helped form and promote the test. We also discuss what impact it has and will have in the future.

Recycling houses, routers and bandwidth 24.06.2019 53:50 ↓

A chat about how to reuse old houses, routers etc with the help of open source and grain legs.

A virtual year of Distributed Future 10.06.2019 26:32 ↓

We have a virtual year of episodes under our belts, so this is a look at the episodes, why we do the podcast and what's next

The benefits of inclusion in the workplace 25.05.2019 53:01 ↓

The workplace is changing, inclusive teams perform better, the old top down management styles are fading. In this chat we learn about how growing companies can benefit from these changes.

Provenance and accountability for automated systems 13.05.2019 43:30 ↓

"We've got all these new artificial intelligent machine learning algorithm systems. How can we make sure that they're accountable and we understand the process that has led to that decision making?"

Leaky things 27.04.2019 45:20 ↓

Do you your smart devices share your secrets with anyone? Do you care? What can be done?

A podcast on trends and directions in podcasting 15.04.2019 51:32 ↓

How are podcasts changing? Where and how do people listen to podcasts? How can they be used by charities? Do mics matter?

Future insights on user behaviour 02.04.2019 42:18 ↓

A converstion about research on user behaviour, the insights it gives us and what the future may hold

Play, playfulness and enchanted objects (AKA IoT) 18.03.2019 48:42 ↓

A chat about Playful Anywhere, the nature of play and how it crosses from offline to online

Hydrogen for green energy? 02.03.2019 45:12 ↓

We discuss Hydrogen production and how it can make renewable energy available when and where we need it.

VR and wine 18.02.2019 33:24 ↓

How VR can help wine appreciation

The future of education 04.02.2019 44:53 ↓

What sort of education will best prepare our children for the future? We discuss the balance between technology, problem solving and just getting out doors.

Software eats the radio. 20.01.2019 56:48 ↓

Learn about how software, specifically software defined radio, is taking over the world. What are the risks, what are the benefits?

Food and work culture 07.01.2019 50:41 ↓

We discuss the role of food in the workplace and how it can improve the culture of a workplace.

The role of online and offline groups in the future of marketing. 16.12.2018 58:37 ↓

We discuss how women are informed about cannabis in the USA and general lessons about detoxifying a brand.

A better future through Walking, Wellness, Whisky and work 02.12.2018 52:35 ↓

A conversation about the benefits of getting out from behind our screens everyday

The future of transport including personal jetsuits! 18.11.2018 52:25 ↓

We start with the lack of innovation in civic transport, then discuss Gravity Industries jetsuits and finally touch on future business models for cars.