17 Future Now Show - A Sign from Space, New Alien Theory, Axiom on ISS, Master Now recites AI poetry on the Futures, Sam David on Sound Healing

Listen to Future Now Show 17

A fun show today, on the eve of SETI’s “A Sign in Space,” experiment from Mars, challenging citizen scientists to decipher an alien transmission coming from Martian orbit. This inspired call-ins on the alien theme, including a new idea on how and why they would come visit the likes of us.  

Also of significance this week is our interview with shamanic sound healer Sam David, who educates us onSam David -Sound Healer his craft and demonstrates his throat singing and digeridoo skills.  The sounds were so potent that our internet connection was interrupted by their presence! Fortunately there is editing, which was necessary to give you the full experience of his demo!  For those new to the concept, sound healing is the use of specific instruments, music, tones, and other sonic vibrations to balance and heal the body, mind, and spirit. It involves using specialized sound frequencies to create a therapeutic atmosphere to promote deep rest, nervous system rebalancing, and emotional release.

In the final segment of today’s show, Master Now checks in from Georgia and recites a poem about Dr. and Sunny Future, with a little help from ChatGPT.. Enjoy!

Valentines Show - Nick Herbert and August O'Connor of "The Blarney's"

Listen Now to The Blarney’s

For our Valentine show this week we bring you love from physicist/penny whistler/poet Nick Herbert with musician August O’Connor.  Long-time Santa Cruz County residents and lovers of Nature, they share with us some whimsical prose, poetry and live music honoring the emotion of love.  And if you are interested in some great walks in nature and semi-secret places to make out outside, keep listening!  

If you enjoy their countenance and music, the full complement of the Blarney’s will be playing this Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Broadway Theater in the Santa Cruz Art League, from 5 - 7p.m. Their music can be previewed here. And Nick’s poetry heard on today’s show can be read at his blog, Quantum Tantra. Enjoy!

August O’Connor and Nick Herbert of the Blarney’s, a Santa Cruz Irish music band

Guest - Physicist Poet Dr. Len Anderson

Listen Now to Len Anderson

We had a an opportunity to meet Len Anderson last weekend and had a very stimulating conversation on physics and art and various other sundry topics.. simply delightful!  To make a long story short, we invited him to our show this week to share him with you, including his unique Science meets Art poetry.

 

Len Anderson has a BA and PhD in Physics from UC Berkeley.  He worked for four years in experimental elementary particle physics and nearly 16 years at Measurex Corporation (now part of Honeywell), developing sensors for the automation of paper manufacturing.  He and his wife have lived in Live Oak since 1998.

Len has been writing poetry since 1985 and has studied with Richard Maxwell, Robert Bly, Joseph Stroud, Joseph McNeilly and Sally Ashton.  His work has appeared in a variety of literary journals, anthologies and other publications.  He is a winner of the Dragonfly Press Poetry Competition, the Mary Lönnberg Smith Poetry Award (Cabrillo College), has received a Pushcart nomination from The DMQ Review, and was awarded the 2011 Award for Outstanding Literary Achievement from Dragonfly Press.  He has published two collections of poems, Invented by the Night (2011) and Affection for the Unknowable(2003), both from Hummingbird Press. He has also published a chapbook,BEEP: A Version of the History of the Personal Computer Rendered in Free Verse in the Manner of Howl by Allen Ginsberg.