HELLO FUTURE: Digital Detox: Kids, Screens, and the Mental Health Crisis

How much screen time is too much — and what is it doing to kids? In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, Kevin Cirilli speaks with Jennifer Kelman, a licensed clinical social worker and mental health expert with more than 30 years of experience working with teens and families. The conversation comes as …

HELLO FUTURE: AI Writing Revolution: Are Algorithmic Authors Replacing Human Storytelling?

The Algorithmic Author—Is Your Next Favorite Book a Bot? What if you could prompt a protagonist into existence as easily as ordering takeout? In this lively episode of Hello Future, Kevin Cirilli dives headfirst into the weird, wild, and wonderfully messy world of AI-written books. Kevin interview…

HELLO FUTURE: AI, War & the Economy: How the Future Is Being Rewritten Right Now

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the battlefield. In this episode, Kevin Cirilli speaks with Dr. Craig Albert of Augusta University about how AI systems helped accelerate targeting, intelligence analysis, and battlefield decision-making during the recent U.S.–Israeli campaign against I…

HELLO FUTURE: AI, Global Conflict & Economic Shifts Reshaping Tomorrow

What does modern warfare actually look like in the age of AI, cyber attacks, and digital surveillance? In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Patrick Tucker, Science and Technology Editor at Defense One and author of The Naked Future, to unpack how emerging technology is res…

HELLO FUTURE: EPISODE 2: TRUST, OVERREACTION, AND THE SIGNAL-TO-NOISE PROBLEM

In a world of nonstop outrage, the hardest leadership challenge isn’t identifying what’s fake — it’s knowing what not to react to. Kevin Cirilli sits down with Dan Brahmy to examine how coordinated manipulation exploits institutional reflexes, why overcorrection can do more damage than inaction, an…

HELLO FUTURE: EPISODE 1: WHEN INFLUENCE BECOMES WEAPONIZED

The biggest risk in the digital age isn’t fake content — it’s mistaking coordinated manipulation for real public sentiment. In this episode, Kevin Cirilli speaks with Dan Brahmy, CEO of Cyabra, about how governments, companies, and institutions can tell when online discourse actually matters — and …

HELLO FUTURE: Episode 2: Leveraging AI to Pivot Into Careers — Education for Employment

AI isn’t just disrupting classrooms — it’s rewriting career pathways. In this episode, Kevin Cirilli spoke late last year with Michael Hansen, CEO of Cengage Group, about the rise of “Education for Employment” and how adults are using AI to reskill, pivot, and compete in a rapidly shifting labor m…

HELLO FUTURE: Episode 1: Kids Cheating in the Age of AI — Crisis or Catalyst?

Artificial intelligence has entered the classroom — and students are using it. But is this the death of academic integrity… or the beginning of a new learning model? Kevin Cirilli sat down late last year with Michael Hansen, CEO of Cengage Group, one of the world’s largest edtech companies serving…

HELLO FUTURE: Episode 3: The Varginha Case — Testimony, Democracy, and the Sol Foundation Approach

In 1996, witnesses in Varginha, Brazil reported a cigar-shaped object crashing into a field, followed by claims that three young women encountered a nonhuman biological entity and that additional beings were recovered — some dead, one possibly alive. Nearly three decades later, the case resurfaced …

HELLO FUTURE: Inside the Sol Foundation — A Serious Approach to UAP

The Sol Foundation is bringing academic rigor to one of the most controversial subjects of our time: unidentified anomalous phenomena. In this conversation, Dr. Peter Skafish — anthropologist, philosopher, and Sol co-founder alongside Garry Nolan — explains how the organization is building a “whole…