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Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts

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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

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August 3 · 1 hr 8 min
S06 EP10 The Future of Feedback
What does the formation of the stars have in common with your own emerging personality? What does the relationship between wonderful orchids and weird looking moths tell us about evolution? Can a snake bite give you herpes? Answers to all these questions and much more are contained in this perfectly formed episode with Professor(s) Tom Crowther of https://restor.eco as we dig into the fertile regenerative soil of positive feedback loops and their potential to rejuvenate the natural world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
June 2 · 1 hr 14 min
S06 EP9: The Future of Life After Oil
E9: The Future of Life After Oil Conflict rages in the Gulf, fossil fuel enthusiasts demand more drilling in the North Sea, and oil companies make billions whilst everyone else gets bled financially dry…surely there must be life after oil? The boys are joined by Jo Alexander and Samantha Cooper, both ex-BP to talk about their experiences in the heart of big oil, what made them finally leave (in Jo’s case twice!) and their message to former colleagues and friends. There is life after oil and we all need to realise that sooner rather than later. https://lifeafteroil.net/ And for tickets to the next live show here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 8 · 1 hr 2 min
S06 EP8: The Future of Juries
Jon, Ed & Mark are joined by Flora Page KC, a leading barrister who represented wrongly accused subpostmasters in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal to talk about the future of juries - the beating heart of the UK criminal justice system, that the Government seems hellbent on destroying, deliberately. A challenge beyond politics, the right to a trial by a diverse group of your peers is an eight hundred year old tradition going back to Magna Carta, and provides the last defence against State-led authoritarianism and tyranny. An essential listen for anyone who cares about justice, we explore why axing juries won't cut the scandalous 80,000 cases court backlog, whether Labour MPs who are lawyers and supporting the legislation should be charged with professional malpractice and why the absence of a 'sunset clause' in the legislation reveals the Government's true malintent. Listen and get involved! thejuryalliance.uk 1. Write to your MP: https://www.criminalbar.com/resources/news/the-right-to-trial-by-jury/ 2. Not only a right, but a duty: https://www.thejusticegap.com/not-only-a-right-but-a-duty-a-history-of-perverse-verdicts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
April 20 · 33 min
S06 EP7: Future of Ecocide featuring Jojo Mehta
Deliberately killing the environment at an ecosystem level should really be a crime against humanity, as well as against nature. And in the future it might well be, and that will be thanks to leaders like Jojo who heads up ‘Stop Ecocide International’ and is pioneering a revolution in the law internationally. Join us for the usual uplifting and inspiring conversation as we explore the legal origins of ecocide and where next. Also includes the normal irresponsible humour and hijinks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
March 13 · 52 min
S06 EP6: The Future of Uncertainty
Joined by ‘Uncertainty experts’ Katherine Templar-Lewis & Sam Conniff the boys dig into one of the root causes of all our terrible decision-making - our inability to tolerate uncertainty. We will literally do almost anything to avoid it! So join us for one of the most powerful episodes we’ve ever recorded and get better at embracing the unknown in order to thrive differently! https://www.uncertaintyexperts.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
March 3 · 51 min
S06 EP5: Climate truth-bombs & unburnable carbon’ with special guest Mark Campanale
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…. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 23, 2025 · 46 min
S06 EP4: The Most Wonderful Tim of the Year
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
Dec 16, 2025 · 33 min
S06 EP3: Laying down some firehose - with Kresse Wesling
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
Nov 28, 2025 · 40 min
S06 EP2: They think it’s all Clover!
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
Nov 14, 2025 · 29 min
S06 EP1: Back To The Pub
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; ⁠Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com⁠ Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 15, 2024 · 41 min
S5 EP12: “Gardening, ball-gigs and going live”
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
Dec 27, 2023 · 49 min
S5 EP11: Festive Fecking Special
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; Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 20, 2023 · 1 hr 2 min
S5 EP10: The Future with John Elkington
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; Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 13, 2023 · 49 min
S5 EP9: Future of Pets
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; Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 6, 2023 · 36 min
S5 EP8: The Rest is Ed
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; Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 29, 2023 · 1 hr 5 min
S5 EP7: Future of Bananas
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; Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 15, 2023 · 58 min
S5 EP6: Future of talking to kids about climate
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; Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 7, 2023 · 40 min
S5 EP5: For the love of Emma
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; Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 18, 2023 · 53 min
S5 EP4: The unbearable lightness of existential doubt
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; Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 11, 2023 · 1 hr 20 min
S5 EP3: The Future of Neurodiversity
“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; Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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