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Comedian and professional worrier Jon Richardson doesn’t sleep much at night. The questions he is asking himself in the small, dark hours see to that. Are we going to run out of food? Is it already too late to stop climate change? Should I start learning Mandarin? Are killer death robots from the future already among us? Will my kids grow up to see a real tiger or giraffe? Why hasn’t anyone yet made an intelligent hairbrush? Oh they have? As you were… Playing on his own paranoia Jon will discuss his fears with guarded optimists Ed Gillespie and Mark Stevenson aka ‘The Futurenauts’. Authors, futurists and provocateurs, to ease Jon’s angst Ed and Mark take him on adventures through the futures we need that already exist today. Get in touch with the show - [email protected]

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S06 EP4: The Most Wonderful Tim of the Year

2025/12/23

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S06 EP3: Laying down some firehose - with Kresse Wesling

2025/12/16

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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S06 EP2: They think it’s all Clover!

2025/11/28

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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S06 EP1: Back To The Pub

2025/11/14

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… Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; ⁠[email protected]⁠ Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 EP12: “Gardening, ball-gigs and going live”

2024/03/15

Back (finally) for a final finale of season five, Ed, Jon and Mark get stuck into gardening for the climate crisis, celebs in Vegas and their forthcoming festival headliner slot, with all the usual rambunctiousness you - dear listeners - have hopefully come to love and respect 😉 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 EP11: Festive Fecking Special

2023/12/27

Jon creates a celebrity quiz for Ed and Mark to test their popular cultural knowledge, everyone valiantly attempts to create uplifting moments and we find out what it feels like to be touched by the finger of God Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; [email protected] Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 EP10: The Future with John Elkington

2023/12/20

With special guest the ‘Godfather of Sustainability’ John Elkington the boys dig into the nitty gritty of what it feels like to write your first paper on climate change back in 1978, why we need not to dismiss ‘blowing up pipelines’ and the horrors of pecha kucha… Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; [email protected] TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 EP9: Future of Pets

2023/12/13

With special (self-invited!) guests veteran vets Jen Gale and Justine Shotton, the boys dig into the prospects for our feathered, furry and scaled friends. Are our pets eating us out of planet and home? Should we simply eat our pets? And what do you do with 22M UK cat and dog poops a DAY? Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; [email protected] TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 EP8: The Rest is Ed

2023/12/06

Insurance industry doom loops, cat-trained humans and Mark’s poetry debut all feature in a listener feedback special with that potty-mouthed dirty little moron and the other two… Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; [email protected] TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 EP7: Future of Bananas

2023/11/29

The nation’s favourite leathery berry is at risk! Join Jon, Mark, Ed and special guest Emma Stewart-Smith of Bioversity International for a banana boat voyage through spider bites, monkey peeling techniques and songs about bent yellow fruit Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; [email protected] TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 EP6: Future of talking to kids about climate

2023/11/15

With special guest award-winning ‘Carbon Diaries’ author Saci Lloyd, Jon, Ed and Mark dig into the dilemmas and tensions of talking apocalypse with young people, become anally-fixated and in the process denigrate an entire nation. Also features wild boar impressions. Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; [email protected] TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 EP5: For the love of Emma

2023/11/07

S5 EP5: Jon reveals just how Machiavellian he can be in the pursuit of looking like the good guy… and why the answer to almost everything is probably a beer…. Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; [email protected] TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 EP4: The unbearable lightness of existential doubt

2023/10/18

S5 EP4: Keeping our shit together, the point of public inquiries, and how not to record an outro Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; [email protected] TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 EP3: The Future of Neurodiversity

2023/10/11

“Jon, Mark & Ed talk with special guest legendary comedian Shaparak Khorsandi about her new book ‘Scatterbrain’ and her experiences (and Mark’s) of living with late diagnosis ADHD. Well worth listening to the end of this one 😉” Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; [email protected] TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 EP2: So-called Net Zero, the ‘real’ world, cults & civil planetary pints with convivial people

2023/09/27

S5 EP2: So-called Net Zero, the ‘real’ world, cults & civil planetary pints with convivial people. We revisit the joys of ‘traincations’, Mark gets manhandled in the House of Commons, we discuss what we mean by the ‘real world’, Blue Peter Badges, joining cults, the future of civility and announce our new partnership with the lovely folk at ‘People, Planet, Pint’ Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; [email protected] TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4.9 out of 5

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★★★★★

Paultimlin 2020/06/19

Informative

This is an informative podcast from a couple of guys who are involved in reimagining the future and a comedian who plays the part of Everyman. Jon (th...

★★☆☆☆

Samson38$ 2021/10/30

Opinions with little behind them

I listened to just a couple episodes; future or work and future of education. Largely data free opinions of 3 guys from the left side of the politica...

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