

Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
Keep It Light Media
Comedian Jon Richardson finds ways to make sense of, and find hope in the future - accompanied by ‘futurenauts’ Ed Gillespie and Mark Stevenson.
Praised for its rare combination of revealing insight and plenty of laughs, it’s the show that digs underneath the headlines to help you find your own confident relationship with an uncertain future… “This show is the most useful thing I do, for myself and my audience,” says Jon.
Get in touch with the show - hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com
Praised for its rare combination of revealing insight and plenty of laughs, it’s the show that digs underneath the headlines to help you find your own confident relationship with an uncertain future… “This show is the most useful thing I do, for myself and my audience,” says Jon.
Get in touch with the show - hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com
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Dec 1, 2021 • 1h 13min
S3 - EP5: The Future of Future Generations (with Jane Davidson)
S3 - EP5: The future of future generations (with Jane Davidson) Our guest this week joining to discuss the future of future generations is the brilliant Jane Davidson. A Welsh former Labour politician, the former Assembly Member for Pontypridd, and served as minister for environment, sustainability and housing in the Welsh Government. We hope you enjoy. Please rate and review. Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. Get in touch with the show;Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.comTWITTER: @JANDTHEF A 'Keep it Light Media' ProductionAll enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 24, 2021 • 1h 8min
S3 - EP4: The Future of the State (with James Plunkett)
S3 - EP4: The Future of the State (with James Plunkett)Our guest this week joining to discuss the future of the state is the brilliant James Plunkett - author of the fantastic book 'End State: 9 Ways Society is Broken - and how we can fix it' (we highly recommend you pick up a copy!) We hope you enjoy. Please rate and review. Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. Get in touch with the show;Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.comTWITTER: @JANDTHEF A 'Keep it Light Media' ProductionAll enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 3, 2021 • 1h 13min
S3 - EP3: The Future of Race (with Nova Reid)
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts: S3 - EP3: The Future of Race (with Nova Reid)Our guest this week joining to discuss the future of race is the activist, TED speaker, podcast host and author - Nova Reid. We hope you enjoy. Please rate and review. Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. Get in touch with the show;Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.comTWITTER: @JANDTHEF A 'Keep it Light Media' ProductionAll enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 27, 2021 • 1h 10min
S3 - EP2: The Future of Leadership (with Margaret Heffernan)
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts: S3 - EP2: The Future of Leadership (with Margaret Heffernan)Our guest this week joining to discuss the future of leadership is entrepreneur, CEO, writer and keynote speaker - Margaret Heffernan. Margaret's brilliant career has seen her scale the heights of CEO at no fewer than five different businesses and is the author of five books exploring business and effective leadership. We hope you enjoy. Please rate and review. Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. Get in touch with the show;Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.comTWITTER: @JANDTHEF A 'Keep it Light Media' ProductionAll enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 21, 2021 • 1h 5min
S3 - EP1: The Future of Religion (with Sanderson Jones)
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts: S3 - EP1: The Future of Religion (with Sanderson Jones) We are back! Series 3 starts with a big one, it's a look at the future of religion. Our guest this week is Sanderson Jones. Co-Founder and Creative Director of Sunday Assembly, the worldwide movement of secular congregations that celebrate life.We hope you enjoy. Thanks,Jon, Ed, and Mark. Get in touch with the show;Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.comTWITTER: @JANDTHEF A 'Keep it Light Media' ProductionAll enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 5, 2021 • 53min
World Environment Day Special
World Environment Day Special Ahead of the Series 3 launch later in the year we get together to discuss World Environment Day 9and a whole load of other things) for a one off special episode. It's good to back! ThanksJon, Ed, and Mark. Get in touch with the show;Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.comTWITTER: @JANDTHEF A 'Keep it Light Media' ProductionAll enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 3, 2021 • 58min
S2 - EP12: James Robinson and the sweet potato fries
S2 - EP12: James Robinson and the sweet potato fries As series two comes to an end, we ask you dear listeners to send us any follow up questions you have on past topics, and any we haven't covered yet, and we tackle them in bite size form. From crypto currency to the future of libraries. And yes, the big one, what is the best biscuit?...Thanks to everyone who listened, emailed, tweeted, and reviewed this series. We'll be back soon. ThanksJon, Ed, and Mark. Get in touch with the show;Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.comTWITTER: @JANDTHEF A 'Keep it Light Media' ProductionAll enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 24, 2021 • 57min
S2 - EP11: The Future of Population
S2 - EP11: The Future of Population For our penultimate episode of this series we tackle the subject of population.We hope you enjoy. Please rate and review. Thanks,Jon, Ed, and Mark. Get in touch with the show;Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.comTWITTER: @JANDTHEF A 'Keep it Light Media' ProductionAll advertising, sale and PR enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 17, 2021 • 1h 1min
S2 - EP10: The Future of Sh*t (with Rose George)
S2 - EP10: The Future of Sh*t (with Rose George) Future of Sh*t - joined by Rose George, author of The Big Necessity, the team continue their journey into the unspeakable and explore why the taboos around poos are at the root of many of the world’s sanitation problems. Also find out why wombats have square shaped excrement. Ouch.We hope you enjoy. Please rate and review. Thanks,Jon, Ed, and Mark. Get in touch with the show;Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.comTWITTER: @JANDTHEF A 'Keep it Light Media' ProductionAll advertising, sale and PR enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 10, 2021 • 1h 7min
S2 - EP9: The Future of Death (with Cariad Lloyd)
S2 - EP9: The Future of Death with Cariad LloydJoining us this episode is the brillaint comedian, actor and writer Cariad Lloyd (who also hosts the award-winning Griefcast) the team explore the ultimate future that awaits us all in a strangely uplifting episode about The Great Leveller. From alternative funerals to the transhumanist project to cheat death altogether take a romp through the reasons why we don’t talk about it, why we should and why it may not be as bad as you think it is.We hope you enjoy. Please rate and review. Thanks,Jon, Ed, and Mark. Get in touch with the show;Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.comTWITTER: @JANDTHEF A 'Keep it Light Media' ProductionAll advertising, sale and PR enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


