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…

HELLO FUTURE: Trump, Obama’s “Aliens” Comment — What Did They Really Mean?

When Barack Obama acknowledged on national television that there are objects in our skies we “don’t know exactly what they are,” it wasn’t a punchline — it was a signal. On this episode of HELLO FUTURE, Kevin Cirilli sits down with sociocultural anthropologist Dr. Peter Skafish to unpack what that …

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

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…

HELLO FUTURE: The Future of the Olympics (Part 2)

HELLO FUTURE hosts Jeff Fellenzer, the USC Annenberg Professor of Professional Practice in Journalism with more than three decades of experience across sports management, news media, higher education, and entrepreneurship. Fellenzer — who teaches courses on sports, media, and technology, has been a…

HELLO FUTURE: The Future of the Olympics (Part 1)

Jeff Fellenzer, the USC Annenberg Professor of Professional Practice in Journalism with more than three decades of experience across sports management, news media, higher education, and entrepreneurship. Fellenzer — who teaches courses on sports, media, and technology, has been a Heisman Trophy vot…

HELLO FUTURE: Digital Twins, VR & 3D Mapping: How Esri Is Powering Smarter Decisions From Space to Elections

In this episode, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Taisha Fabricius, Product Manager at Esri, to explore how digital twins, virtual reality, and advanced 3D mapping are transforming decision-making across America’s most critical sectors. Fabricius explains how Esri’s technology is used by organizations…

HELLO FUTURE: Steve Jobs, the Genius Bar & Why Human-Centered Customer Service Still Wins

In this episode of Hello Future, Kevin Cirilli revisits a powerful conversation with Scott Hazard, CEO of Symmetricall and a former Apple employee who worked under Steve Jobs. Hazard breaks down how Jobs revolutionized customer service through the Apple Store Genius Bar—prioritizing trust, empathy,…

HELLO FUTURE: Dan Brouillette on AI, China, and the Race to Power America

Kevin Cirilli sits down with Dan Brouillette at the National Press Club for a wide-ranging, urgent conversation about the future of American energy — and the global race to power artificial intelligence. Brouillette lays out the stakes in plain terms: energy is now national security. Whoever builds…

HELLO FUTURE: Space Jobs are Everywhere (You Just Can't See Them Yet)

Kevin Cirilli sits down with Michael "Ludes" Martindale to talk about one of the most important — and least understood — challenges facing the future of space: people. As Education Director at the Space Force Association, Martindale is focused on building the pipeline for the next generation of sp…

HELLO FUTURE: Legacy Guardians and the Future of Space

Kevin Cirilli sits down with Mark Dreiling, recently named Legacy Guardian #2, at the Space Force Association’s Space Power Conference — marking six years of the United States Space Force. In this deeply personal conversation, Dreiling reflects on the early days of military space operations, the c…