Society Episodes

Jan. 31, 2023

Communicating Climate

In this episode of the Futurized podcast we interview Cindy Forde, Author of Bright New World: How to Make a Happy Planet, and Founder of Planetari. We discuss the challenge of communicating climate change to children. Futurized goes beneath the tren...

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May 10, 2022

The Rise of Empathy

In episode 153 of the Futurized podcast, the topic is: The Rise of Empathy. Our guest is Sophie Wade, author and futurist in discussion with host Trond Arne Undheim (@trondau), futurist and author.  In this conversation, they talk about how the topic got...

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April 26, 2022

Taking Antiques into the Future

In episode 154 of the Futurized podcast, the topic is: Taking Antiques into the Future. Our guest is R.T. Custer, CEO & co-founder of The Vortic Watch Company.  In this conversation, they talk about the rich history of manufacturing in the US, combining ...

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March 22, 2022

The Future of Melanoma Research

Professor David Fisher, chairman of the Department of Dermatology and director of the Melanoma Program at Massachusetts General Hospital (@massgenbrigham) is our guest on episode 138 of the Futurized podcast (@Futurized2). Futurized host Trond Arne Undhe...

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March 8, 2022

Melanoma Awareness

In episode 149 of the Futurized podcast (@Futurized2), the topic is: Melanoma awareness. Our guest is Deb Girard, Executive Director, Impact Melanoma (@IMPACTMelanoma). In this conversation with futurist Trond Arne Undheim (@trondau), they talk about the...

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Feb. 8, 2022

Teen Entrepreneurship

Today, Anjalee Naranthiren, the 19-year-old speaker, founder and Program Director at Startup Dojo and host of the YoungPreneur podcast is our guest on the Futurized podcast (@futurized2). In this conversation, we talk about teen entrepreneurship, how to ...

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Feb. 1, 2022

Tech, Art and Transformation

Author Nathalie Nahai guests the Futurized podcast, hosted by futurist Trond Arne Undheim. In this conversation, they discuss her new book Business Unusual: Values, Uncertainty and the Psychology of Brand Resilience which is about consumer trends and dig...

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Dec. 7, 2021

The Future of Policing

In episode 128 of the Futurized podcast, the topic is: The Future of Policing. Our guest is Rahul Sidhu, Co-Founder and CEO at SPIDR Tech. In this conversation, they talk about police reform, law enforcement technology, politics, and how entrepreneurship...

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Nov. 10, 2021

Health Tech Reboot

In episode 147 of the Futurized podcast (@futurized2), the topic is: Health Tech Reboot. Today, I have no guest. Instead, I'm talking about my new book, Health Tech: Rebooting Society's Software, Hardware and Mindset. In this episode, I answer the follow...

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Oct. 26, 2021

The Future of MarTech

Futurized goes beneath the trends to track the underlying forces of disruption in tech, policy, business models, social dynamics and the environment. I’m your host, Trond Arne Undheim, futurist and author. In episode #121 of the podcast, the topic is: Th...

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Oct. 19, 2021

The Future of Marketing is Curation

Futurized goes beneath the trends to track the underlying forces of disruption in tech, policy, business models, social dynamics and the environment. I’m your host, Trond Arne Undheim (@trondau), futurist, author, investor, and serial entrepreneur. Join ...

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Aug. 17, 2021

The Future of Art and Tech

Ben Kovalis, co-founder and CMO at Art.ai, interviewed by Futurized's podcast host Trond Arne Undheim (@trondau), futurist and author. In this conversation, they talk about what it means to use artificial intelligence to create one-of-a-kind artworks gen...

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Jan. 21, 2021

The Future of Personal Development

Nick Jankel, transformational futurist, the CEO and co-founder of Switch On, and author of the new book Now Lead The Change, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim.  In this conversation, they talk about The Personal Development Market. VUCA (volatil...

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Nov. 25, 2020

The Future of AR

Ori Inbar, Founder of Superventures and also CEO and founder of AugmentedReality.org, the organizer of AWE, the world’s most essential AR/VR conference since 2010, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim.  In this conversation, they talk about communi...

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Nov. 24, 2020

The Future of Peer-to-Peer

Michel Bauwens, Founder of the P2P Foundation and co-author of Peer-to-Peer: The Commons Manifesto, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim.  In this conversation, we talked about how the world may have reached a tipping point where the balance betwee...

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Nov. 23, 2020

Future Tech - a preview

In this mini-episode, futurist Trond Undheim briefly discusses his upcoming book Future Tech: How to capture value from disruptive industry trends, to be published by Kogan Page in March 2021. He also reads an excerpt from the book. Future Tech explains ...

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Nov. 17, 2020

The Urgency of a Social-Emotional Learning Fix

Shai Fuxman, Project Director at Education Development Center (EDC), interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim.  In this conversation, they talk about what’s the big deal with social and emotional learning. They cover the tremendous measurable benefits ...

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Nov. 16, 2020

Financial Megatrends in the Middle East

Biswajit Dasgupta, Chief Investment Officer - Head of Global Markets at Emirates Investment Bank, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim.  In this conversation, they talk about financial and social Megatrends, COVID-19’s impact on the region and the ...

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Nov. 10, 2020

The Future of AI in Government

Lord Clement-Jones, consultant of global law firm DLA Piper, former chair of the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim.  In this conversation, we talk about emerging regulations for subs...

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Oct. 23, 2020

The Future of Brands in Politics

Victoria Sakal, Managing Director of Brand Intelligence at Morning Consult, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim, host of Futurized podcast and author of Future Tech, Pandemic Aftermath, Disruption Games and Leadership From Below.  In this conversa...

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Aug. 24, 2020

The Future of Child Trafficking

Futurist Trond Arne Undheim interviews Vassilia Orfanou, founder of Luxembourg Diplomacy and Communications Institute, Ludci.eu, the media diplomacy agency. We talked about child trafficking, the first problem Ludci.eu will devote its attention to. Child...

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Aug. 12, 2020

Pandemic Aftermath: Introduction

In this episode, the topic is Pandemic Aftermath: How Coronavirus Changes Global Society. Trond Undheim reads from the introduction to his eponymous book which was published by Atmosphere Press in June, 2020. The first portion of the book is non-fiction....

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Aug. 4, 2020

Post-pandemic Tech

Futurist Trond Arne Undheim interviews David A. Bray, Inaugural Director of the GeoTech Center at the Atlantic Council, the esteemed Washington DC-based think tank. We talk about jazz improv, geopolitics, technology, privacy, openness, human dignity, dat...

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July 28, 2020

The Future of Elderly Care

Futurist and author Trond Arne Undheim interviews Ken Accardi, CEO and founder of Ankota.  The takeaway is that the future of elderly care, and home care specifically, is going to be shaped by predictive population health which will prevent and intervene...

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