Great Reads Podcast Selections

Rob Reid is the former founder of Rhapsody and an accomplished fiction author. His new book, After On, is available now and he has a lot to say about art, design, and the future. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we'll rerun an amazing episode I recorded with Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn. Enjoy! Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Rahul Sood is the former CEO of VoodooPC and now runs an e-sports betting system called Unikrn. He has been doing some deep thinking about the future of cryptocurrency and has some fascinating things to say about our wallets. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Founder of beacon company Estimote talks about the softness of our future and how knowledge workers can join the machine. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk to Bassem Hamdy of Procore about the future of construction and the coming changes that will fix the way we build buildings. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode Jim Poole talks about the future of sensor networks. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk about the future of video with Susan Danziger. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we feature Stephen Forsey, co-founder of high-end watch company Gruebel Forsey. These watches are miracles of mechanical engineering and it's fascinating to hear Stephen talk about the future of watchmaking. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Bryony Cole is the founder of the Future of Sex podcast and she joins us to talk about, well, the future of sex and to let us know about a sex tech hackathon happening in New York THIS WEEKEND. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk to the founder and CEO of Hint, Kara Goldin, about the future of water and diet. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we're talking to Sarah Kaufman, Assistant Director at the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation. Kaufman believes that transportation is about to experience a sea change and that, in the end, New York and other urban areas will have to adapt or fail. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week on Technotopia we present Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn. We talk about sex tech and the problem of connection in an over-connected society. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

On this week's show we talk with Andrew Zimmern, a chef and traveler. Zimmern believes that food culture is now the driving force behind the future of ecology and the environment and that everyone has the right to good, wholesome food. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Richard Clarke is a former White House cybersecurity expert and one of the most interesting people I've talked to on the podcast. His next book, Warning, will be out May 23. In this episode he talks about the "sentinel personality" and what it takes to tell the world something terrible is about to happen. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week on Technotopia I talk to Greg Mark, founder of Markforge. Mark has made 3D printers that can make carbon fiber and true metal parts at a fraction of the cost of traditional printers. It's an amazing technology and he's a really cool guy. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we bring back a great interview with Makerbot founder Bre Pettis on the future of manufacturing. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Richard Florida is a professor and writer and his latest book, The New Urban Crisis, looks at the way cities can expand and grow with technology and innovation. You can pick up his book now. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This episode we talk to Peter Walker, author of How Cycling Can Save the World. He has some fascinating ideas on how future cities can make the most of cycles and ebikes. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week I talk to Ryan Holiday, author and media columnist for the New York Observer. Ryan has been writing on stoicism and the future of media and he offers a quick and final fix for our social media woes. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk about Estonian e-residency and the eventual dissolution of borders with entrepreneur Tobias Stone. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Greg Ferenstein has a lot to say about the future of politics and media and he's a fascinating writer and speaker. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk to AI expert Michel Morvan about augmented intuition. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we revisit the podcast we ran with Charlie White, a write and cannabis consultant. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

UPDATED AUDIO. This podcast features the creator of the Ripple Rug, Fred Ruckel. Ruckle talks about the future of manufacturing in America and how to thwart scammers. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk to Kirill Tatarinov, the CEO of Citrix and a man who knows his way around punch cards. Our topic? The future of computing, from quantum machines to 3D interfaces. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe