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The Future Of...

by Azam Farooqui & Vasie Papadopoulos

The Future of... aims to peak into what our future may hold for us. Both at macro and micro levels we try and uncover the impact on our day to day lives. Whether it is ideologies, social structures, means of work or communication, or how we live and work, what does the future hold for us?

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  1. The Future of Democracy & AI

    A Silicon Valley tech veteran, Murray has led the commercialization of major technologies at Microsoft and numerous startups. He founded an eCRM company, eAssisst, which was venture backed by Intel Capital and used by millions globally. Now, he's focused on AI with his company CITIZN and its...

  2. The Future of Investing and Pensions

    Pamela Allen, in her role as Chief Executive Officer of MD Financial Management (MD), is responsible for defining MD's strategic direction. Her focus is on delivering enhanced value to physicians and their families, all while ensuring the long-term sustainability of the business. Under Pamela's...

  3. The Future of Climate Geopolitics

    Gerald Butts has spent a lifetime working on environmental issues both in the public sector and now the private sector. Gerald was a key political advisor to Canadian Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Principal Secretary to Canada's current Prime Minister - Justin Trudeau. Gerald also…

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  4. The Future of Conservatism

    Tasha Kheiriddin is a Canadian public affairs commentator, consultant, lawyer, policy analyst and writer.

  5. The Future of The Metaverse

    Wagner James Au is the Author of "Making a Metaverse That Matters", SVP at AnyContext, founder & editor-in-chief of Metaverse news/culture blog New World Notes. Podcast recorded June 2023

  6. Lessons from US Financial History

    Mark Higgins is a financial historian who has an upcoming book "Investing in US Financial History". We spoke with with him about the history of US financial markets, does history repeats itself? and the lessons for the future.

  7. The Future of Reading

    David Mikics is a Moores Distinguished Professor in the English Department and Honors College. His most recent book, "Slow Reading in a Hurried Age," came out from Harvard/Belknap in 2013 and was featured on NPR and in The New York Times. Other recent books are "The Annotated Emerson," and (with...

  8. Iraq War and lessons for the future

    Ahsan I. Butt is an associate professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. His main research interests lie in nationalism, political violence, and South Asia. His book, Secession and Security: Explaining State Strategy Against Separatists, was published by...

  9. The Future of Democratic Capitalism

    Martin Wolf is the Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times and is regarded as one of the most important economics commentators globally. He has a long and impressive background in economics starting off his career at the World Bank, he was a member of the UK...

  10. The Future of Polling

    Gregory Jack has spent over two decades in public affairs, government relations and communications roles across Canada, providing strategic advice and counsel to clients, elected officials, and senior executives in multiple roles. From leading multi-functional diverse teams as a public sector...

  11. The Future of Air Travel

    This Podcast was recorded on Aug 15th when most travel restrictions were in place in Canada. The govt. has announced removal of all restrictions by the end of September. Duncan Dee is the former Chief Operating Officer of Air Canada where he worked for 16 years progressively attaining more senior...

  12. The Future of Climate Change

    Gerald Butts has spent a lifetime working on environmental issues both in the public sector and now the private sector. Gerald was a key political advisor to Canadian Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Principal Secretary to Canada's current Prime Minister - Justin Trudeau. Gerald also…

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  13. The Future of Liberalism

    Dr. Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an assistant research professor of Islamic studies at Fuller Seminary. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, where he writes a monthly essay on culture and politics. Hamid is also the co-founder of Wisdom of Crowds, a...

  14. The Future of Wine Investing

    Atul Tiwari is the CEO of Cult Wines. Hailed by Investment Executive as 'having a knack for knowing what's next', Atul is thrilled to have successfully married his extensive investment experience with a passion for wine to introduce this unique asset class to the Americas market. Atul leads with...

  15. The Future of Gaming

    Rafael Brown is a game designer, game developer, XR technologist, and studio head. He is a 25 year veteran of the game industry, who traces his roots to Looking Glass and Thief, and saw this generation of virtual reality start on John Carmack's desk 11 years ago while working on Rage. Rafael…

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  16. The Future of Investing

    Professor Stephen Foerster is a Finance Professor at Ivey Business School, Western University. We spoke about his new book "In Pursuit of The Perfect Portfolio" on the development of finance as an academic field, its evolution and the future of investing.

  17. The Future of Innovation

    Matt Clancy is a Senior Fellow at Institute for Progress. He's also the creator of the website "New Things Under the Sun", a living literature review about innovation. You can visit Matt's website "New Things Under the Sun" and subscribe to his newsletter. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and...

  18. Coronavirus IV - Special Episode

    Dr. Andrew Park is an emergency physician at London Health Sciences Centre and an assistant professor of medicine at Schulich School of Medicine. As a lifelong learner, he also has a Masters degree in Adult Learning and Global Change through UBC and a MBA through Ivey Business School. Andrew is...

  19. The Future of Space Exploration

    Vasie & Azam spoke with Dr. Shawna Pandya, scientist-astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM, physician, aquanaut, speaker, martial artist, advanced diver, skydiver, pilot-in-training, VP Immersive Medicine with Luxsonic Technologies and Fellow of the Explorers' Club We spoke about the future of...

  20. The Future of Work

    Vasie & Azam spoke with Peggy Capitain - an HR professional about The Future of work, what are some of the forces that are shaping it, how has the pandemic accelerated or shifted strategy, how does it impact workers and what forces will continue to shape the future of work. 📌 SUBSCRIBE, LIKE &...

  21. Coronavirus Special III

    We spoke once again with Dr. Kashif Pirzada, following up on our conversation in January. Ontario's Third Wave, Vaccine Rollout, Astra Zeneca/J&J and vaccine hesitancy as well as what do the next few weeks could look like. 📌 SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & COMMENT for MORE! 📌 Listen to our episodes:...

  22. The Future of Fashion

    We spoke with Nada Shepherd - Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Resuit, an upcoming fit based peer-to-peer marketplace app for the rental, and purchasing of clothing and accessories.

  23. Coronavirus Special II

    Dr. Kashif Pirzada is an Emergency Physician in Toronto, he's also a co-founder of "Conquer Covid-19" and http://masks4canada.org. He spoke with Vasie & Azam about his experience dealings with covid-19 patients in the ER, upcoming vaccine rollout and the optimism around the end of the pandemic.

  24. The Future of Capitalism with Branko Milanovic

    We speak with Brank Milanovic about his book Capitalism, Alone. Liberal Meritocratic Capitalism of the west and Political Capitalism practiced by China and what does the Future of Capitalism look like? Branko Milanovic is a Visiting Professor and Core Faculty at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic...

  25. The Future of Public Relations

    Marian Salzman is considered one of the world's top trendspotters and is a world renowned public relations executive. Throughout her career, she has been at the leading edge of the rapid revolution in technology and social change. Nearly three decades ago, she co-founded the first online market...

  26. The Future of Leadership

    Erik Kieser, "The Conflict Guru" joins Azam & Vasie to kick of season 2 to talk about leadership, crises management and what does the future of leadership look like. https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-kieser-1372491/ Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Google Pocasts Visit us at www.ftrof.com...

  27. The Future of Capitalism

    Sir Paul Collier is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. He's also the author of "The Bottom Billion" and the "The Future of Capitalism". He offers a unique insight into solving capitalism's problems.

  28. The Future of Marketing

    Tricia Gellman is the Chief Marketing Officer of Drift, she's also the former CMO of Salesforce Canada. She joins Vasie & Azam to talk about the future of marketing

  29. The Future of Post COVID-19 Economy

    Tony Frost is an associate professor of international business, and the former MBA Program Director at the Ivey Business School. He joins Azam & Vasie to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on our economy and what does a future state post COVID-19 look like?

  30. Coronavirus special

    Today we speak with Dawn Bowdish, Professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at McMaster University's Immunology Research Centre. We talk about the Coronavirus, potential timelines for a vaccine, misconceptions and how will this impact our future.

  31. The Future of Baseball

    In this episode, we speak with Andrew Stoeten, who covers the Toronto Blue Jays for The Athletic.

  32. The Future of Big Data in Politics

    Sean Wilshire joins us to talk about The Future of Big Data in political campaigns

  33. The Future of Tobacco

    Today we speak with Peter Luongo, Managing Director, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges on The future of Tobacco.

  34. The Future of Cities

    Azam & Vasie talk to Shahrukh Wani, a cities economist with the University of Oxford on The future of cities.

  35. The Future of Photography

    Nevada Wier joins Azam & Vasie to discuss the future of Photography

  36. The Future of Lobbying

    Chad Rogers from Crestview Strategy joins Azam & Vasie for a conversation on the future of lobbying.

  37. The Future Of...

    Introduction with Azam & Vasie.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Future of... aims to peak into what our future may hold for us. Both at macro and micro levels we try and uncover the impact on our day to day lives. Whether it is ideologies, social structures, means of work or communication, or how we live and work, what does the future hold for us?

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Azam Farooqui & Vasie Papadopoulos

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