Stay ConnectedIf you’re curious about what the future holds, the new Future Curious podcast from Nesta is right up your street.
In this thought-provoking but chatty podcast, we bring together leading experts and radical thinkers to discuss the big issues that will affect our future, and what we can all do about them. Each week, Future Curious will bring new insights, challenge existing wisdom and explore new thinking into some of the most challenging issues of our time.
It's time for Nesta's ten predictions for 2020! This episode delves into the trends, social movements and technological breakthroughs set to impact our lives over the next twelve months.
From the beginning of the end for fireworks to an outbreak of silly walks and the chance to meet your digital twin, host Tiernan Douieb introduces Nesta's predictors for a rundown of what could be on the cards for 2020.
Useful linksGet in touch with the Future Curious team: futurecurious@nesta.org.uk
Or on twitter @Nesta_UK, #FutureCurious and #NestaPredicts
Future Curious is presented by Tiernan Douieb and produced and published by Nesta's communication team. This episode was recorded by Sonia Foday and edited by Wardour Studios. Original music by Ged Flood.
Listen to host Tiernan Douieb give a taster of Nesta Predicts 2020 and discover some innovation-flavoured #GE19 thoughts and reflections from the team at Nesta.
Please do come back on Thursday for your full-length weekly fill of the Nesta podcast.
Useful links:
Get in touch with the Future Curious team: futurecurious@nesta.org.uk
Or on twitter @Nesta_UK, #futurecurious
Future Curious is presented by Tiernan Douieb and produced and published by Nesta's communication team. This bite-sized episode was recorded by Sonia Foday and edited by Wardour Studios. Original music by Ged Flood.
We know that what matters most for our health is the food we eat, the air we breathe, the places we work and the homes we live in. But even though we know a lot about what causes ill health, we know far too little about how to prevent those factors from making us ill.
In this episode, host Tiernan Douieb talks to Nesta's Christina Cornwell about tipping the health research balance away from the biomedical: what happens when you look for solutions to the causes of illhealth - like pollution and inequality?
We hear from the Ella Roberta Family Foundation founder, Rosamund Adoo Kissi-Debrah, about her campaign for better air quality after her young daughter suffered from a fatal asthma attack.
Finally, Lita Wallace of The Winch, joins Tiernan and Christina to talk about why youth violence is a public health issue and how research led by young people in North London is trying to find solutions.
Get in touch with the Future Curious team: futurecurious@nesta.org.uk
Or on Twitter @Nesta_UK, #futurecurious
Future Curious is presented by Tiernan Douieb and produced and published by Nesta's communication team. This episode was recorded at and edited by Wardour Studios. Original music by Ged Flood.
From the comfort of your very own podcast stream, join us at London's Barbican for an evening of talks, installations and an interactive performance about the future of storytelling…
Stories of the past have been carved, painted and printed. Today, they are whispered through earbuds, watched through screens and available to download.
In this episode, host Tiernan Douieb talks to writer and critic Olivia Laing, near-future author Stephen Oram and writer and narrative designer Chella Ramanan.
We will also explore how stories might be told in the future through installations from the Royal College of Art, and immersing ourselves in an animal love story with performance artist David Finnigan.
Find out about Nesta's new Alternarratives Prize - a £15,000 prize for writers to explore innovation in short-form storytelling.
And don't forget to listen out for your discount code for Nesta's FutureFest on 20 March 2020.
Get in touch with the Future Curious team: futurecurious@nesta.org.uk
Or on twitter @Nesta_UK, #futurecurious
Future Curious is presented by Tiernan Douieb and produced and published by Nesta's communication team. This episode was recorded on location by Sonia Foday and edited at Wardour Studios. Original music by Ged Flood.
Engineer and designer Nicola Millar joins AI specialist Simi Awokoya to discuss inclusivity and diversity with host Tiernan Douieb and Nesta's Madeleine Gabriel.
We listen in on a conversation about Nicola's quest to design a menopause 'pebble' with focus-group member, Emily. They meet to talk about how an honest conversation with women heading into the menopause led to the product Emily trials for Nicola.
Nesta's Alex Glennie gives a glimpse into inclusive innovation in Vietnam with her report on disability, from Hanoi.
With special thanks to NICA and The Voice
Links featured in this episode
Read more about menopause tech, The Pebble
Get in touch with Future Curious: futurecurious@nesta.org.uk
Or on Twitter @Nesta_UK, #futurecurious
Future Curious is presented by Tiernan Douieb and produced and published by Nesta's communication team. This episode was recorded and edited at Wardour Studios. Original music by Ged Flood.
We'll explore the tools and techniques to get people involved in the shape of things to come.
Host Tiernan Douieb brings together Kazakhstan-based futurologist John Sweeney with Nesta's Kathy Peach and Laurie Smith. They talk about why we should all participate in designing our future - and how to go about it.
We also hear from Professor Mark Tewdwr-Jones from Newcastle University. Mark reflects on the Newcastle City Futures project and the ways in which it engaged the wider community to steer the course of the city.
Nesta's new 'Participatory Futures' game - coming early 2020! Check back in the New Year.
Future Curious is presented by Tiernan Douieb and produced and published by Nesta's communication team. Recorded by Sonia Foday and edited at Wardour Studios. Original music by Ged Flood.
Get in touch with Future Curious: futurecurious@nesta.org.uk
Or via Twitter @Nesta_UK / #futurecurious
As well as looking after Nesta for the last nine years, Geoff has had an eclectic career, involving research, policy-making and shaping the way the UK 'does' social innovation.
In this episode, Geoff Mulgan and Tiernan Douieb discuss:
Geoff also reflects on some of the Nesta projects that he has overseen during his time as Chief Executive.
If you want to learn more about Geoff's work, he has released a new book. It's called Social Innovation - How Societies Find the Power to Change and it's published by Policy Press.
Future Curious is presented by Tiernan Douieb and produced and published by Nesta's communication team. Recorded by Sonia Foday and edited at Wardour Studios. Original music by Ged Flood.
Get in touch with Future Curious: futurecurious@nesta.org.uk
Or on Twitter @Nesta_UK
Yesterday, 28 October 2019, the EU agreed to a Brexit flextension to 31 January 2020. Who correctly predicted the turn of events - and how did they form those views and gather their insights?
On 16 October, we recorded this episode to look at predictions and forecasts about the way Brexit events might unfold - ahead of the 31 October withdrawal deadline.
So who got it right? Which method gazed accurately into the future?
Using Brexit as a case study, this episode discusses different prediction and forecast methods - polling, betting, the wisdom of the crowds and academic research.
Host Tiernan Douieb is joined by an expert line-up of YouGov's Chris Curtis, University of London's Professor Chris Hanretty and Nesta's Aleks Berditchevskaia. They weigh up experimental techniques, explore the merits of traditional prediction methods and discuss how we can predict and forecast in turbulent times.
We also hear from Sarbjit Bakhshi at Smarkets. He gives a snapshot into how betting and betting exchange activity can show the ebbs and flows of public opinion.
Useful links featured in this episode:
Get in touch with Future Curious: futurecurious@nesta.org.uk
Or via twitter @Nesta_UK / #futurecurious
Future Curious is presented by Tiernan Douieb and produced and published by Nesta's communication team. Recorded and edited at Wardour Studios. Original music by Ged Flood.
What are the applications or the ramifications of new tiny mechanical bees? And how will society adjust?
This episode is about the technologies that we may well see in the 2020s, such as swarm robotics. We look at the uses but also the responsibilities that need to accompany such technological and scientific shifts.
Dr Edmund Hunt talks to Nesta's Bea Karol Burks about his work in swarm robotics. Science and tech writer, speaker and thinker Sumit Paul-Choudhury joins Bea and presenter Tiernan Douieb to discuss tomorrow's innovations and the consequences and considerations they may hold for society.
From swarms of robots to swarms of cells, you will also hear a snippet from broadcaster and writer Philip Ball talking about turning his own skin cells into neurons and how they organised themselves in to 'mini brains'.
Useful links featured in this episode:
Get in touch with Future Curious by email at futurecurious@nesta.org.uk
Or via twitter @Nesta_UK / #futurecurious
Future Curious is presented by Tiernan Douieb and produced and published by Nesta's communication team. Sound by Sonia Foday. Edited by Wardour Studios. Original music by Ged Flood.
Future Curious is back!
Season 2 kicks off by discussing 'The Survival Kit for the Future'. What do you want your future to look like? What shape will it take? What skills do you need to get there? And who do you want to share it with?
In this episode, Steve Cross, Maryam Pasha, Kajal Odedra and Tiernan Douieb discuss: How to build your own future (and the resilience to make it happen) Why survival kits are about skills and experiences, and not about rubbing twigs together What's in their toolkit for the future How to share your ideas to influence others to create a better world.
The team also gives a preview of Nesta's FutureFest 2020 event, which is happening on Friday, 20th March 2020 at Tobacco Dock in East London.FutureFest 2020: https://www.futurefest.org/futurefest-2020 (promo code tucked inside the episode for £10 off adult tickets)
FutureFest Lates: https://www.futurefest.org/lates
Get in touch with Future Curious: futurecurious@nesta.org.uk
Future Curious is published by Nesta. Nesta.org.uk @Nesta_UKPresenter: Tiernan Douieb Guests: Dr. Steve Cross, interim co-director, Explorations, Nesta Maryam Pasha - Director and Curator of TEDxLondon and FutureFest 2020 curator Kajal Odedra - Executive Director, Change.org, author of Do Something; activism for everyone + FutureFest 2020 speaker. With thanks to BBC Ideas for the clip of Glamrou.
Sound: Sonia Foday Produced Nesta communications team for Nesta.
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