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Adam, Faith and Maggy get inspired with Avi Telyas of Makerhoods (Makerhoods.org), an organization which advocates for urban land use policies that foster self-employment and self-sufficiency through affordable working and living space.

With so much uncertainty in today’s world, one can’t help but question everything- from politics and pandemics, to social justice and social media, it’s hard to know who to listen to, and even more so, who to trust. But have you ever questioned your spirituality? Or even the existence of God?  Today, Jolty is happy to welcome John Follis, director of the documentary ‘Leaving God’.  Adam,...

Maggy, Faith, and Adam meet with Harvard Professor of Bioengineering Dr. David Edwards to discover amazing advances in olfactory science- from research in virus prevention, exercising your sense of smell, and how scent can affect your moods and your health in unexpected ways.

JOLTY welcomes back Dr. Joel Weinberger to delve deeper into the conversation surrounding the unconscious mind.  Are your thoughts shaped solely by your values, environment, and morals? Or is there more at work here?

Maggy, Adam, and Faith meet with Millennial marketing trailblazer Nadia Masri.  No better time than Valentine's Day to address the complexities of brand love and loyalty!

In this episode, we Jolt with Jim Ledbetter, and discuss money, the market, and why it all matters.

Faith, Maggy, and Adam connect with Editor in Chief of The Spoon, Chris Albrecht, to discuss the pandemic, robot dining, and whether or not restaurants as we knew them are a thing of the past.

Faith, Adam, and Maggy are joined by Dr. Joel Weinberger to discuss the insurrection at the United States Capitol and the psychology behind the chaos.

Do you want to live forever? Should we focus on the number of years in our life - or the life in our years?  Join Faith and Adam to review these questions and more, plus dive into the topic of genetics and super-aging. Guest Raymond McCauley, Founding faculty and chair of Digital Biology at Singularity University, joins the team as they explore new (and not-so new) methods of extending life e...

Join Faith and Adam as they connect with Insight Scientist, Technologist, and fellow Futurist – Sarah DaVanzo. This week the group explores self-fulfilling prophecies, universal consciousness and the cocooning chrysalis.

There are few things that present a bigger jolt to society than psychedelics so let us be your “Trip Advisors.” It is no secret that we as a society have been slow to adopt recreational drugs for medicinal use, but this has thankfully not deterred the field of psychedelic research. Researchers have been conducting cutting-edge research that has the potential to significantly alter the field of med...

Join Faith and Adam as they close the loop on their election coverage, and review what they think could be next, now that America has finally named our next President Elect.

Praised and proven futurists, Adam Hanft and Faith Popcorn, breakdown the 2020 Presidential Election thus far, and try to get to the bottom of “What The Heck Is Happening?!”. Join us for a JOLTING conversation where we discuss exactly what happened this week, and explore how the 2020 election process will shape our future.

Praised and proven futurists, Adam Hanft and Faith Popcorn invite you to an intimate and JOLTING conversation between two friends. Join us for a stripped down, thought-provoking conversation where we reflect on a list of “Things We’d Like to See” both now and in the future. No special guests. No planned questions. We are flying by the seat of our pants as we dive right in and explore a series of a...

We’re back with Jim McCann, founder and Chairman of 1-800-Flowers, for part two of a conversation that was so rich with insights and provocations that we decided to split it into two episodes. We’re calling Part Two the “Connection Crisis.” As a result of the pandemic, a quiet epidemic of loneliness has spread around the world at a fast rate. Jim joins Faith and Adam to talk about this and why he...

Faith and Adam sit down with their friend Brad Jakeman, former president of Pepsi Global Beverage, to advocate for the necessity of abandoning the leadership mindsets and structures of the past.  Selective amnesia is required in this Jolty world as we must un-learn and adopt radically new practices and behaviors in real time.  Brad is also a partner in a disruptive venture company called...

Nothing is the same in this Jolty world, but some things are more shocked-to-the-roots than others. This Christmas will no doubt be unlike anything we have ever seen. We won't be able to gather in the same way. We'll be carrying our reactions to COVID-19, and the new behaviors we developed, into a season which is all about ritual and nostalgia. It's a fascinating collision between a past filled wi...

In a Jolty world – who doesn’t want their Blankie? Rituals and routines create comfort and structure. Babies and children are possessed by the need for ritual because they confront a world they often can’t grasp or control. They are victims of circumstance and lack agency or autonomy. Sound familiar? The virus has reduced us to emotional children with adult minds. “Where’s my Blankie” is a global...