HELLO, FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli is the daily podcast where tomorrow’s biggest questions come alive. Are aliens already visiting us? Could your next job be in space? What if satellites could find lost cities, or stop the next wildfire? What happens if America loses the space race… or if every satellite went dark tomorrow? From Mars to UFOs, from flying cars to “civilization starter kits,” each episode blends science, technology, and imagination with the real choices shaping our world. It’s smart, fast, and curious, built for anyone who’s ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what comes next. This isn’t science fiction. It’s the future, knocking on your door.
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HELLO, FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli is the daily podcast where tomorrow’s biggest questions come alive. Are aliens already visiting us? Could your next job be in space? What if satellites could find lost cities, or stop the next wildfire? What happens if America loses the space race… or if every satellite went dark tomorrow? From Mars to UFOs, from flying cars to “civilization starter kits,” each episode blends science, technology, and imagination with the real choices shaping our world. It’s smart, fast, and curious, built for anyone who’s ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what comes next. This isn’t science fiction. It’s the future, knocking on your door.
In this episode, Kevin sits down with Gabriel Demombynes, Manager of the World Bank’s Human Capital Project, to explore how AI could either level the global playing field or make inequality permanent. Which jobs are most exposed?
Kevin Cirilli steps into the darkness with Ben Armstrong, co-owner and creative mastermind behind NETHERWORLD Haunted House — the legendary Atlanta attraction that’s redefined what it means to be scared. But this isn’t just a Halloween story. Kevin and Ben explore how cutting-edge technology, psychology, and storytelling combine to create immersive fear. From AI-driven monsters and sensory illusions to the neuroscience of adrenaline and dread, they break down why our brains crave the thrill of being scared — and how that ancient instinct is being reimagined for the digital age. What happens when virtual reality, robotics, and emotion mapping collide with the oldest human emotion? Welcome to the next frontier of entertainment — where fear meets innovation, and horror becomes high tech.
What happens when computers start writing songs? In this episode of HELLO FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli, Dr. Maya Ackerman — co-founder of WaveAI and author of Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us — joins Kevin to talk about how artificial intelligence is changing music. From the AI-restored Beatles song “Now and Then” to The Velvet Sundown, a viral all-AI band with almost a million listeners, the line between human and machine music is getting blurry. Ackerman explains how her tool, LyricStudio, helps people write hit songs with AI — not to replace artists, but to inspire them.
While everyone debates Silicon Valley’s AI boom, the real story is unfolding in the Global South. World Bank economist Gabriel Demombynes joins HELLO FUTURE at the Fall meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to unpack how artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping work in low- and middle-income countries — where electricity, not algorithms, may be the biggest barrier. From farmers with smartphones to teachers using AI in classrooms without Wi-Fi, this conversation dives into what the “AI revolution” really looks like for 3.5 billion people.
Just in time for Halloween, Kevin Cirilli takes flight into the shadows with Dr. Nitin Sanket, assistant professor of robotics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute — whose lab is building tiny flying robots that navigate like bats. Forget broomsticks and ghosts — these real-life “bat bots” use sound and echolocation to find people trapped in smoke, fog, or darkness, where human rescuers — and even drones — can’t see.
What Are We Betting On Next? Kevin Cirilli sits down with Dustin Gouker, one of America’s leading experts on sports betting and the former Vice President of Content for North America at Catena Media, to explore how gambling has become a defining part of modern sports culture — and where it’s now crossing the line. As news breaks that NBA figures including Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in alleged Mafia-linked betting and game-fixing schemes, Kevin and Dustin examine what this moment says about the multi-billion-dollar legal sports-wagering industry.
In this episode, Kevin Cirilli welcomes Max Haot, CEO of Vast, to explore how space could change the future of medicine — and even life itself. As Haven-1 nears launch, Vast and its partners are preparing to conduct cutting-edge biomedical experiments in orbit, from stem-cell research to growing human organs in microgravity. Without Earth’s pull, cells form more complex structures — opening the door to breakthroughs in regenerative medicine, cancer treatment, and tissue engineering.
Kevin Cirilli welcomes back Dr. Ed Lu, Executive Director of the Asteroid Institute and veteran NASA astronaut, to discuss a headline straight out of Armageddon: should we use nuclear weapons to stop an asteroid — not from hitting Earth, but the Moon? A team of scientists, including NASA researchers, has floated the idea of nuking an asteroid that poses a small threat of colliding with the Moon in 2032.
Adjunct Artificial Intelligence Policy Advisor Chloe Autio joins host Kevin Cirilli to talk about the rise of “AI slop” — the wave of low-quality, machine-generated content flooding our feeds. From auto-written headlines to algorithmic art, originality is being replaced by imitation. But maybe the real threat isn’t that AI is taking our jobs — it’s that we’re letting it take our imagination. Kevin and Chloe explore what “Original Intelligence” means, how artists and educators can fight back, and why staying human might be the most radical act of all.
Jeff Burningham, author of The Last Book Written by a Human: Becoming Wise in the Age of AI, returns to talk with Kevin about faith in the era of algorithms. How will AI reshape belief, spirituality, and the search for meaning? Can technology deepen empathy and inclusion, or will it fracture communities of faith?
Kevin Cirilli sits down with Max Haot, CEO of Vast, the company racing to launch Haven-1 — which aims to be the world’s first private space station. Scheduled for liftoff in May 2026 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, Haven-1 is designed not as a luxury hotel but as humanity’s first true commercial habitat in orbit: a compact, human-centered station with private sleeping pods, Starlink internet, and a science lab for groundbreaking research.
Jeff Burningham, author of The Last Book Written by a Human: Becoming Wise in the Age of AI, joins host Kevin Cirilli to explore how artificial intelligence mirrors the human mind.
Kevin Cirilli welcomes Chloe Autio to unpack how AI is reshaping the way we learn — and maybe even the way we think. In a world where students use ChatGPT to write essays faster than teachers can grade them, is curiosity dying, or just evolving?
In this episode, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Dr. Ed Lu, Executive Director of the Asteroid Institute, a program of the B612 Foundation. A former NASA astronaut who spent six months aboard the International Space Station, Ed joins Kevin to unpack one of the closest asteroid flybys in recorded history.
In this episode, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Harvard Business School Professor Matt Weinzierl to examine the future of data centers amid the AI boom, exploring the feasibility of building them on the moon or in space.
In this episode, Kevin welcomes back Chris Mattmann— UCLA’s head of AI and former NASA JPL CTO — to explore the rapidly approaching future of humanoid robots. They dive into the technological breakthroughs and ethical dilemmas shaping a world where robots could become part of daily life by 2050.
In this episode, host Kevin Cirilli sits down with Harvard Business School Professor Matt Weinzierl to explore the emerging world of space resource ownership and the laws shaping it. They unpack how U.S. legislation gives American companies rights to mine and profit from space resources, the growing role of autonomous technology in off-Earth operations, and the massive economic potential of the space economy.
In this episode of Hello Future, host Kevin Cirilli sits down with Dr. Chris Mattmann, UCLA’s Chief Data and AI Officer and former NASA JPL technologist, to explore how the next frontier for innovation and national security may lie on the moon.
In this episode of Hello Future, host Kevin Cirilli sits down with Rich Cooper from the Space Foundation to explore how space technology drives America’s economy, national security, and everyday life. From satellites that enable global communications and financial transactions to innovations that strengthen disaster response, they reveal how deeply space infrastructure impacts our world.
In this episode, Kevin Cirilli sits down with R. Scott Salandy-Defour, CEO of Liquid Star, to explore how “civilization starter kits” could revolutionize life in remote regions and even future space settlements. These kits provide critical resources like clean water, renewable energy, and internet connectivity — laying the groundwork for self-sufficient communities.
HELLO, FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli is the daily podcast where tomorrow’s biggest questions come alive. Are aliens already visiting us? Could your next job be in space? What if satellites could find lost cities, or stop the next wildfire? What happens if America loses the space race… or if every satellite went dark tomorrow? From Mars to UFOs, from flying cars to “civilization starter kits,” each episode blends science, technology, and imagination with the real choices shaping our world. It’s smart, fast, and curious, built for anyone who’s ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what comes next. This isn’t science fiction. It’s the future, knocking on your door.
