by Futur-ish
This is futur-ish, a podcast about how nothing is new and everything has happened before. With careers spent meandering (sometimes fortuitously) through design and futures, Radha Mistry and Tobias Revell emerge from the smoking wreckage of existential dread to decode the strange signals, hype and bluster of the everyday future to try, try and try again to make it make sense.
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June 2, 2026
<p>It's all just a little bit too much. With Tobias running headlong into a thesis submission in September it's time to take a summer break and come back even stronger.</p>
May 14, 2026
<p>Only Radha could find the glorious spectacle of space flight ‘meh.’ Luckily for Tobias, I write these blurbs. Artemis II went round the moon and back and only one year off plan. Is this the kick-off for a new space race?</p><p>If it is, it’s a very different flavour than the last one. Gone are the cultural politics preceding the ‘end of history.’ This race is all about who gets to set the terms of the coming cislunar economy that the world’s largest economies are setting their clocks to. </p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><ul><li>Great Britain households to be urged to use more power this summer as renewables soar, The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/14/uk-households-power-renewables-soar"><u>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/14/uk-households-power-renewables-soar</u></a></li><li>France investigates suspected tampering with weather sensors after Polymarket bets, CNN: <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/23/europe/france-weather-sensor-polymarket-bet-intl-latam"><u>https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/23/europe/france-weather-sensor-polymarket-bet-intl-latam</u></a></li><li>Waymo Has a Bike Lane Problem. Futurism: <a href="https://futurism.com/future-society/waymo-bike-lanes-traffic"><u>https://futurism.com/future-society/waymo-bike-lanes-traffic</u></a></li><li>Maui County passes historic law to phase out thousands of vacation rentals, Hawai’i Public Radio: <a href="https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2025-12-16/maui-county-passes-historic-law-to-phase-out-thousands-of-vacation-rentals"><u>https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2025-12-16/maui-county-passes-historic-law-to-phase-out-thousands-of-vacation-rentals</u></a></li><li>Artemis II mission was a triumph. Now comes the hard part, BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0v119zp19o</li></ul><p><br></p>
April 30, 2026
<p>If you expected four leading foresight professionals to come and deliver a grab-bag of incredible intel, you are sorely mistaken. Instead we’re joined by Dr. Bree Trevena and Charlie Warwick to talk about recent reflections on what it means to be a ‘good’ futurist in the time of systemic complexity, fracturing identities and AI. </p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><ul><li>Perspective A ‘Kill Switch’ Could Shutter Europe’s Access to US Tech. Here’s How. Tech Policy Press: <a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/washington-could-activate-a-kill-switch-to-terminate-european-access-to-us-tech-heres-how-it-could-work/"><u>https://www.techpolicy.press/washington-could-activate-a-kill-switch-to-terminate-european-access-to-us-tech-heres-how-it-could-work/</u></a> </li><li>UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears, The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/16/uk-bank-bosses-plan-visa-mastercard-alternative"><u>https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/16/uk-bank-bosses-plan-visa-mastercard-alternative</u></a></li><li>Slight decrease in deaths on Dutch roads last year, NL Times: https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/17/slight-decrease-deaths-dutch-roads-last-year</li><li>There Are No Cars in Wakanda, SPUR: <a href="https://www.spur.org/news/2020-02-20/there-are-no-cars-wakanda"><u>https://www.spur.org/news/2020-02-20/there-are-no-cars-wakanda</u></a></li><li>StudioCone’s Plurality Player Wants You to Feel the Planet, Imagine Magazine: <a href="https://imaginemagazine.co/news/studiocones-plurality-player-wants-you-to-feel-the-planet/"><u>https://imaginemagazine.co/news/studiocones-plurality-player-wants-you-to-feel-the-planet/</u></a></li><li>APF Compass (What Makes a Futurist): <a href="https://www.apf.org/compass"><u>https://www.apf.org/compass</u></a></li><li>Mind the Gap Refisited, Nordmann & Rip: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/nnano.2009.26"><u>https://www.nature.com/articles/nnano.2009.26</u></a> </li><li>Building Performance Reimagined, CIBSE: <a href="https://www.cibse.org/policy-advocacy/industry-initiatives/building-performance-reimagined/"><u>https://www.cibse.org/policy-advocacy/industry-initiatives/building-performance-reimagined/</u></a></li></ul>
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This is futur-ish, a podcast about how nothing is new and everything has happened before.
With careers spent meandering (sometimes fortuitously) through design and futures, Radha Mistry and Tobias Revell emerge from the smoking wreckage of existential dread to decode the strange signals, hype and bluster of the everyday future to try, try and try again to make it make sense.
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