The Dr.Mrs. Future Show - Blackout update, The Canadian Election, Bioneers gather, Women spacewalk, New Plans for Lunar Exploration, Waze vs Google Maps, Ford building auto E-charging Network, Mini-Brains Evolve, Blue Light ages biology, New gene editing advances, blood sugar and Altzheimers

Listen Now to the Dr.Mrs. Future Show 10.22.2019

Lots of interesting news this week, incuding a PGE blackout update, the Canadian elections, Bioneers,  the first all femae spacewak, new plans for exporing the moon, Waze vs the updated Google Maps, the new Lilium VTOL air taxi from Germany, a coast to coast eletrical car charging network by Ford,  more sophisticated mini-brains that may have some awareness, new gene editing tools, the danger of blue light, and a connection between blood sugar and Alzheimer’s.  We aso feature great audio of the world’s loudest bird from the Amazon rainforest!

And then there is our call-in to Lars Ling and the Nordics of Start North, a Finnish program for evolving the educational system of their country, and the rest of us, while they are at it! VR & 5G for all?  Check it out..

The Start North crew visit Stanford University

The Dr. Mrs. Future Show - Blackout Aftermath, Night Gallery reminiscence, Solar/Battery Payoff, Extremophiles and Venus Envy, Open Studios Tour info, a local Black Hole light show, Icon and the Ionosphere, Wakanda and the new Disney Avenger's Campus, Richard Cray sings The Galaxy Song

Listen Now to the Dr.Mrs. Future Show 10.15.2019

This show has lots of content and guests and callers, making it really fun to hear (and educational too!). With our regular irregulars from LA, Richard Cray and Greg Panos, we reflect on last week’s PGE power outages, even reaching back to a classic Night Gallery episode involving an epic power failure.. and in space news we take a new look at Venus and recent info suggesting she was always a ‘hell world’  that only an extremeophile could love.  

We have Anne Ostermann on for a segment, discussing the amazing lineup of artists you can visit this weekend in their home studios, during Santa Cruz’s Open Studio weekend, coming up in a few days.  We also have a local black hole putting on quite the light show and speaking of light shows, NASA’s new ICON probe will be studying the upper reaches of our ionosphere, from where the Northern and Southern lights hail. Richard gives us another update on the latest at Disneyland and ends the show with his rendition of Monty Python’s Galaxy Song.  Enjoy!

L-R Dr.Mrs. Future, Greg Panos, Richard Cray

Interview - Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg on his new film, 'Fantastic Fungi.'

Listen Now to filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg on Fantastic Fungi

Louie Schwartzberg is an American producer, director and cinematographer whose notable career spans more than three decades providing breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, documentaries and commercials.He is a visual artist breaking barriers, connecting with audiences, and telling stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places.

His theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film “Mysteries of the Unseen World” with National Geographic, “Moving Art” on Netflix, and “Wings of Life,” a feature-length documentary for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep. 

His latest creation is a production 13 years in the making, a major documentary on the mysteries of mushrooms. The film looks at many aspects of the fungal universe, such as mycelial networks — fungi’s extensive  fibrous underground strands likened to “an underground internet” that connects all manner of lifeforms in the soil.

We speak with him about the film, the messages he wishes to convey to us, his collaboration with Paul Stamets, mushroom guru, and what’s next. Enjoy!

Future News & Commentary - What's going on the Planned Blackouts of PG&E?

Listen Now to Future News & Commentary 10.08.2019

Today’s show was dominated by the strange move of Pacific Gas & Electric to initiate massive power outages through Northern California to potentially prevent wildfires from starting from forecasted high winds. What’s going on here? Will inconveniencing over a million people for possibly days without power be good thing? We have callers with some strong opinions on this, and maps of the planned blackouts.. I might add that trying to get gas last night was quite the zoo at every station I tried to visit. There were lines of cars, and a few very short fuses amongst the people as they filled their cars and cans with the volatile liquid. If I didn’t better it would appear as if I was in some kind “Zombie Apocalypse” movie! 

planned PGE power outages

Dr.Mrs. Future Show- Future News and Views with guests Gregory Panos, and Richard Cray On SpaceX's Starship Project, Disney World Update on EPCOT and Galaxy's Edge, Oculus 6 Conference coverage, the Uncanny Valley, and other tunes.

Listen Now to Greg Panos and Richard Cray

This week we are pleased to have in the studio with us two of our favorite corresponents and contributors to the show, Greg Panos and Richard Cray. We discuss with them the stories of the week, including Space X’s Starship tests, an update on big Disney Park projects, including EPCOT and Galaxy’s Edge,  and a big download on Oculus 6, Facebook’s exclusive annual VR conference in Silicon Valley. Richard also shares a few tunes with us between segments. Be prepared for “The Uncanny Valley” tune. Enjoy!

L-R Al Lundell (Dr F), Norm Lundell, Greg Panos, Richard Cray, Sun Lundell (Mrs. F)