Trends Episodes

March 12, 2024

Existential Risks

In this episode of the Futurized podcast, host Trond Arne Undheim interviews Dan Zimmer, Affiliate at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation and the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI). They discuss takeaways...

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Feb. 20, 2023

Stanford Cascading Risk Study

In this episode of the Futurized podcast, we feature Trond Arne Undheim, Ph.D, Research Scholar in Global Systemic Risk, Innovation, and Policy at the Stanford Existential Risk Initiative (SERI), Center for International Security and Cooperation (CIS...

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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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Dec. 21, 2022

Existential Risk conversation with Chat GPT

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, scholar, author, investor, and serial entrep...

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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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March 15, 2022

How to Demystify Technology

Jennifer Byrne (@jenniferabyrne1), CEO of Arrived Workforce Connections, is futurist Trond Arne Undheim's (@trondau) guest in episode 111 of the Futurized (@Futurized2) podcast, the topic is: How to Demystify Technology. In this conversation, they talk a...

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March 1, 2022

How Presidents Pitch the American Idea

Today, Jason Voiovich (@JasonTVoiovich), author of Marketer in Chief, guests the Futurized podcast (@futurized2).  In this conversation, they talk about [the role of marketing in presidential politics, more specifically how Voiovich has grouped president...

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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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Jan. 25, 2022

The Future of Content Creation

Jesse Krieger, Chief Content Officer, PowerFan.io (@powerfanio) guests Futurized podcast, episode 142, hosted by futurist Trond Arne Undheim (@trondau). In this conversation, they talk about what content creation is, what's wrong with the business model,...

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Dec. 14, 2021

How Executives Handle Crisis

In episode 129 of the podcast, the topic is How Executives Handle Crisis. Our guest is Stephynie Malik (@stephyniemalik), Host, Spin It podcast, Founder, Smalik Enterprises. In this conversation, they talk about how Stephynie came to do what she does and...

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Nov. 23, 2021

Future Bestsellers

In episode 130 of the Futurized podcast (@futurized2), the topic is: Future Bestsellers. Our guest is Vikrant Shaurya (@VikrantShaurya), CEO & founder, BestsellingBook.com. Futurized is hosted by Trond Arne Undheim (@trondau), futurist, author, investor,...

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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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May 11, 2021

Seed VC Trends: Founder Obsession

Tyler Norwood, Partner at Antler, the global early stage venture capital firm, interviewed by host Trond Arne Undheim, futurist, investor, and author. In this conversation, we talk about how Tyler got into venture. We discuss betting on founders, teams a...

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April 20, 2021

Workforce, Humanity, and Future Tech

Alexandra Levit, 8x author, speaker, and career expert, interviewed by Trond Undheim, futurist and author.  In this conversation, we talk about the future of careers and strategic HR. We discuss a recent book by Levit: Humanity Works: merging tech and pe...

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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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Jan. 14, 2021

Futuristic AI

Ben Goertzel, CEO and founder of SingularityNET and Chairman of the Artificial General Intelligence Society, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim.  In this conversation, we talk about Futuristic applications of interoperable AI. Sophia- the robot. ...

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Jan. 5, 2021

Industrial-grade Mixed Reality

Urho Konttori,  co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Varjo, the mixed reality equipment maker, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim.  In this conversation, they talk about The Future of Industrial-grade Mixed Reality (MR).  The advent of ente...

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Jan. 1, 2021

The Future of Cleantech

Neal Dikeman, Managing partner and founder of Energy Transition Ventures, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim.  In this conversation, they talk about Where do we currently stand on energy transition? Disruptive forces (tech, regulation, business m...

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Dec. 22, 2020

The emergent Arabian startup scene

Gary Sheynkman, a first generation immigrant (to the US) from Kiev, Ukraine living in Dubai who runs Leyden Ventures, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim.  In this conversation, they talk about Arabian Tech. The Arabian startup scene. Accelerators...

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Dec. 15, 2020

The Tokenization of Securities

Yael Tamar, CMO and co-founder of SolidBlock, the issuance platform for digital securities, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim. In this conversation, they talk about The tokenization of securities, starting with the pioneering use case of real es...

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Dec. 10, 2020

Building the Southern California of Tomorrow

Bill Carpou, CEO at OCTANE, the accelerator in California and General Partner at Visionary Ventures a growth stage fund is interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim.  In this conversation, they talk about how the newly formed Innovation Network of South...

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Dec. 8, 2020

Future of Family Office Investing

Sidney Wheatley, CIO, Private Office of H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Salman bin Abdulla bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Kingdom of Bahrain, is interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim, host of the Futurized podcast, and author of Future Tech (2021), Pandemic Aftermat...

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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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