Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
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Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts is a science podcast hosted by Keep It Light Media. It has 70 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.
Comedian Jon Richardson finds ways to make sense of, and find hope in the future - accompanied by ‘futurenauts’ Ed Gillespie and Mark Stevenson. Praised for its rare combination of revealing insight and plenty of laughs, it’s the show that digs underneath the headlines to help you find your own confident relationship with an uncertain future… “This show is the most useful thing I do, for myself and my audience,” says Jon.Get in touch with the show - [email protected]
science ·en ·70 episodes
S06 EP6: The Future of Uncertainty
S06 EP5: Climate truth-bombs & unburnable carbon’ with special guest Mark Campanale
S06 EP4: The Most Wonderful Tim of the Year
S06 EP3: Laying down some firehose - with Kresse Wesling
S06 EP2: They think it’s all Clover!
S06 EP1: Back To The Pub
S5 EP12: “Gardening, ball-gigs and going live”
S5 EP11: Festive Fecking Special
S5 EP10: The Future with John Elkington
S5 EP9: Future of Pets
S5 EP8: The Rest is Ed
S5 EP7: Future of Bananas
S5 EP6: Future of talking to kids about climate
S5 EP5: For the love of Emma
S5 EP4: The unbearable lightness of existential doubt
S5 EP3: The Future of Neurodiversity
S5 EP2: So-called Net Zero, the ‘real’ world, cults & civil planetary pints with convivial people
S5 EP1: The Future of Human: Animal Communication
S4 EP12: Sh*t futures, trilemmas, and going Live
S4 EP11: Traincations, dog-riding, and a feast of consequences
S4 EP10: Unequality, social fitness & marketing the apocalypse
S4 EP9: ‘Rewilding, sleep squeaks and jogging with Enya’
S4 EP8: 'Julian! Get me an acid latte'
S4 EP7: Davos, C-bombs & the right to ramble
S4 EP6: New year, new future(nauts)...
S4 EP5: It's A.I. Wonderful Life
S4 EP4: In sickness and in health
S4 EP3: Sporting politics, protestation, and polyamory
S4 EP2: Empathy, butt plugs, and Seitan worship
S4 EP1: Back! To The Future!
TOPIA SPECIAL 02: The Egg (The Futurenauts interview with Lucy Cooke)
S3 EP12: The Future of Systems (With Michael Pawlyn)
JRATFN - War in Ukraine (with Lieutenant General Richard Nugee)
TOPIA SPECIAL 01: The Big Bang (The Futurenauts interview with Jon Richardson)
S3 EP11: The Future of the Office (With Julia Hobsbawm)
S3 - EP10: The Future of the Citizen (With Jon Alexander)
S3 - EP9: The Future of Carbon Drawdown (with Dr Gabrielle Walker)
S3 - EP8: "Happy" "New" Year
S3 - EP7: The Future of Trust (with Rachel Botsman)
S3 - EP6: The Future of the Military (with Lieutenant General Richard Nugee)
S3 - EP5: The Future of Future Generations (with Jane Davidson)
S3 - EP4: The Future of the State (with James Plunkett)
S3 - EP3: The Future of Race (with Nova Reid)
S3 - EP2: The Future of Leadership (with Margaret Heffernan)
S3 - EP1: The Future of Religion (with Sanderson Jones)
World Environment Day Special
S2 - EP12: James Robinson and the sweet potato fries
S2 - EP11: The Future of Population
S2 - EP10: The Future of Sh*t (with Rose George)
S2 - EP9: The Future of Death (with Cariad Lloyd)
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