BBC Radio Podcasts from FutureProofing

Apocalypse

Will 21st century technology avert or accelerate the Apocalypse?

Home

How the home will be disrupted and transformed by radical technological change.

Opportunity

How social trends and technology may radically alter the future landscape of opportunity

Reality

Reality itself is changing, so how will we experience and understand reality in future?

Fashion

How technology and social change could mean the end of fashion in future.

Mental Health

FutureProofing discovers how we can protect and improve our mental health in future.

Animals

When we properly understand animals, how much will our relationship with them change?

Faith

Does science now challenge religion to destruction, and what happens to faith in future?

Sin

Will sin disappear in future, as technology enables us to stop sinning before we act?

Small

Discover how small things look set to shape the future in increasingly significant ways.

Wealth

FutureProofing discovers what will be the secrets to achieving wealth in future.

Healthcare

How will technology transform healthcare in the 21st century?

Living in Space

What will it be like to colonise space? What are the implications for humanity if we do?

The Future of the Future

How does the accelerating pace of technology change the way we think about the future?

Sport

Is there a future for sport in the digital age?

Art

Will art survive the technological and social change of the 21st century?

Cities

How city living could be transformed by the digital revolution.

Work

What really changes in our society when machines do most of the work?

Intimacy

Will intimacy survive the challenges it faces in the 21st century?

The Future of War

Will robots be the future of war? And how would warfare change if they were?

Language

Will technology make language barriers obsolete?

Memory

What happens to us when we can create and manipulate our memories artificially?

Energy

If new energy sources offer cheap, plentiful power to everyone, how will the planet cope?

Crime

Who will be on top in the world of future crime - the cops or the criminals?

Ageing

How will our ideas about ageing change as life expectancy rises to 100 and beyond?

Mobility

How will we move from place to place in future? Will speed and freedom always be the goal?

Ownership

Does the growth of the sharing economy mean ownership is over?

Food

How technology - and two billion extra mouths to feed - will change our food in future.

The Blockchain

How could new technology change the nature of money and the role of government?

Identity

How will people answer the question 'Who am I?' in the future?

Life

Will biotechnology transform how we understand and control life itself?