Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts

Doubling the number of ‘Marks’ in the podcast (again) the boys discuss declining male fertility, why markets still value fossil fuels we can’t burn (and why your investments are probably still in them), and why the oil industry is like the terrible computer printer company that just wants to sell you more ink, forever! Seriously important systemic stuff, plus the usual banter….

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Jon and the Futurenauts slide sideways into their festive final show of 2025 with pioneering space bubble greenhouse gardener and optimistic curmudgeon Sir Tim Smit and some suitably seasonal silliness to end the year

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Jon and the Futurenauts get into some serious upcycling adventures with the phenomenal Moose-inspired Kresse, self-declared ‘waste addict, co-founder of fire-hose-to-designer-luxury-goods brand ‘Elvis & Kresse’ and now also a regenerative farmer. In the process we learn about backward design, money as lubricant, and the earthy joys of ‘humanure’. And… is Mark coming round to Ed’s poetry?

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This episode features special guest and literal ‘force of nature’ activist Clover Hogan, with passionate thoughts on how it feels, and what to do in response, to burgeoning ecological threats (plus how to be trolled by the richest man in the world).

We also welcome back ‘Pointless Futures’ for a satirical look at the latest consumer nonsense. Plus! Jon’s agonising about the school run, Mark’s learning to edit on the job, and Ed reads a poem. What could possibly go wrong?

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After an 18 month hangover from Series 5, the boys return older, wiser and in wide-eyed blinking horror at what’s happened in the interim.

Joining them to make some sense of things and talk boozers and ethical business is legendary pioneering organic pub maestro Geetie Singh-Watson, whose proposed rebrand for Jon’s pub might raise more than just an eyebrow or two…

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Thanks,

Jon, Ed, and Mark.

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