Future Around & Find Out

Hey, great news! We’ve been nominated by the Webby Awards for best tech podcast! Voting is open now and we’re in second place for the popular choice prize. Just behind The Verge. They really don’t need this win, but it would really help this show grow. Would you please (ask a friend to) vote for Future Around & Find Out?

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OK, here’s this week’s FAFO Friday… (we record on Fridays and the show has Friday/weekend vibes, so just go with it no matter what day of the week it is :) 

This week, Kwaku and I…
  • Gape at the moon in wonder
  • Ask why we sent humans on this mission when space robots could’ve done the job (related: why climb Mount Everest?) 
  • Marvel at Anthropic’s new Mythos model, which they say is remarkably good at finding flaws in the world’s critical software — or is this just another example of their marketing savvy? — or both!?
  • Dig into AI world models and Jeff Bezos’s (modestly named) Project Prometheus
  • Ask whether we want robots in our houses (yes, but only if they’re dumb)
  • Keep FAFO weird (because in the age of AI that’s how you prove you’re human)
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What is Future Around & Find Out?

* Winner of the 2026 Webby Award for Best Technology Podcast *

Future Around & Find Out helps builders think clearly about AI and emerging technologies, grapple with the implications, and decide what to build next.

Independent technologist and former NPR journalist Dan Blumberg speaks with founders, makers, and you to celebrate breakthroughs, call BS on the hype, explore how things might go sideways — and how we can steer the future in the right direction.

On Tuesdays, we interview the builders changing how we work, live, and play.

On FAFO Fridays, futurist Kwaku Aning joins Dan for a playful recap of the week in tech, including the amazing, the scary, and the strange.

You’ll also hear about innovations that too often get overshadowed by AI, including in deep tech, biotech, fintech, quantum computing, robotics, blockchain, and more.

Across it all, you’ll hear sharp takes on what comes next and what builders need to know now.

So let’s Future Around & Find Out together!

https://www.FutureAround.com