February is National Cancer Prevention Month—a moment to talk about early detection, risk reduction, and patient empowerment. But this episode asks a harder question: what happens when patients do everything right—and the system still misses the signs?

On HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli sits down with Steve Brown, whose cancer story didn’t begin with a diagnosis, but with months of uncertainty. Multiple doctors. Endless tests. No clear answers. It wasn’t until a wildfire evacuation sent him to a new hospital—and an AI prototype he built himself—that the truth emerged: an aggressive blood cancer hiding in plain sight. In minutes, the AI flagged a bone marrow disorder human review had missed for months.

That near-miss became a mission.

From his hospital bed, Brown built CureWise, an AI-powered platform designed to do what overstretched systems often can’t—connect the dots. CureWise transforms fragmented medical records into clear, personalized insights, translating complex oncology data into plain language and simulating a virtual tumor board powered by AI agents modeled after oncologists, hematologists, and geneticists.

This episode is about more than technology. It’s about agency, trust, and what the future of healthcare looks like when patients are informed, empowered, and finally equipped to ask the right questions.

February is National Cancer Prevention Month&mdash;a moment to talk about early detection, risk reduction, and patient empowerment. But this episode asks a harder question: what happens when patients do everything right&mdash;and the system still misses the signs?
On HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli sits down with Steve Brown, whose cancer story didn&rsquo;t begin with a diagnosis, but with months of uncertainty. Multiple doctors. Endless tests. No clear answers. It wasn&rsquo;t until a wildfire evacuation sent him to a new hospital&mdash;and an AI prototype he built himself&mdash;that the truth emerged: an aggressive blood cancer hiding in plain sight. In minutes, the AI flagged a bone marrow disorder human review had missed for months.
That near-miss became a mission.
From his hospital bed, Brown built CureWise, an AI-powered platform designed to do what overstretched systems often can&rsquo;t&mdash;connect the dots. CureWise transforms fragmented medical records into clear, personalized insights, translating complex oncology data into plain language and simulating a virtual tumor board powered by AI agents modeled after oncologists, hematologists, and geneticists.
This episode is about more than technology. It&rsquo;s about agency, trust, and what the future of healthcare looks like when patients are informed, empowered, and finally equipped to ask the right questions.

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. 

Kevin Cirilli is the founder of meet the future™ (mtf.tv). Cirilli has advised some of the nation’s leading military nonprofit philanthropists and policymakers and he is an emerging playwright. As a journalist, he is the former Chief Washington Correspondent for Bloomberg Television and Radio, where he covered the White House, Congress, and global economic policy while anchoring a daily geopolitical business affairs program.

Before founding mtf.tv, Kevin appeared across nearly every major network — including CBS News, MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, C-SPAN, NPR, and Yahoo Finance — providing nonpartisan political and economic analysis and conducting exclusive interviews with some of the most influential figures of the 21st century. He was also a media fellow at the Atlantic Council in the Global China Hub.

He has reported from across the United States and around the world — including assignments in Israel, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia — covering pivotal moments in global affairs and the people driving change.

HELLO, FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli&nbsp;is the daily podcast where tomorrow&rsquo;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&hellip; or if every satellite went dark tomorrow? From Mars to UFOs, from flying cars to &ldquo;civilization starter kits,&rdquo; each episode blends science, technology, and imagination with the real choices shaping our world. It&rsquo;s smart, fast, and curious, built for anyone who&rsquo;s ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what comes next. This isn&rsquo;t science fiction. It&rsquo;s the future, knocking on your door.&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-cirilli-943b162a/">Kevin Cirilli</a>&nbsp;is the founder of meet the future&trade; (mtf.tv). Cirilli has advised some of the nation&rsquo;s leading military nonprofit philanthropists and policymakers and he is an emerging playwright. As a journalist, he is the former Chief Washington Correspondent for Bloomberg Television and Radio, where he covered the White House, Congress, and global economic policy while anchoring a daily geopolitical business affairs program.
Before founding mtf.tv, Kevin appeared across nearly every major network &mdash; including CBS News, MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, C-SPAN, NPR, and Yahoo Finance &mdash; providing nonpartisan political and economic analysis and conducting exclusive interviews with some of the most influential figures of the 21st century. He was also a media fellow at the Atlantic Council in the Global China Hub.
He has reported from across the United States and around the world &mdash; including assignments in Israel, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia &mdash; covering pivotal moments in global affairs and the people driving change.

HELLO FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli

February is National Cancer Prevention Month—a moment to talk about early detection, risk reduction, and patient empowerment. But this episode asks a harder question: what happens when patients do everything right—and the system still misses the signs?  On HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli sits down with Steve Brown, whose cancer story didn’t begin with a diagnosis, but with months of uncertainty. Multiple doctors. Endless tests. No clear answers. It wasn’t until a wildfire evacuation sent him to a new hospital—and an AI prototype he built himself—that the truth emerged: an aggressive blood cancer hiding in plain sight. In minutes, the AI flagged a bone marrow disorder human review had missed for months.

HELLO FUTURE: The Diagnosis AI Caught: How One Patient Outsmarted a Missed Cancer

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