HELLO FUTURE: Meet Your AI Twin: The Little Digital You That Helps You Stay Healthy

Kevin Cirilli hops on the Magic School Bus of the future with Terry Poon to explore one of the coolest ideas in medicine: a digital twin — a tiny computer version of you that lives in your phone and learns everything about your body. This AI twin watches your steps, your sleep, your snacks, your st…

HELLO FUTURE: Can We Build Data Centers Without Breaking the Planet?

Kevin and Professor Saad dive into the wild race to build greener, cooler, cleaner data centers. These buildings use tons of electricity and water — so how do we keep up with AI without melting the grid? From futuristic cooling tech to smart design that saves energy, they explore the new ideas that…

HELLO FUTURE: NEW YEAR, NEW TECH — Using AI to Actually Stick to Your 2026 Fitness Plan

New Year’s resolutions fail for one reason: humans are terrible at long-term consistency. Dr. Ted Vickey — who spent years managing the fitness and wellness needs of the President’s Executive Office — returns to explain how artificial intelligence can finally change that. Based on strategies he out…

HELLO FUTURE: A New Era for American Railroads?

Kevin Cirilli talks with rail economist Dr. Michael F. Gorman about America’s first coast-to-coast railroad — the historic merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. The new 50,000-mile system promises faster supply chains, cheaper shipping, and fewer trucks clogging highways, raising hopes for …

HELLO FUTURE: What if your doctor could make a digital copy of you?

In this episode, host Kevin Cirilli sits down with Terry Poon, CTO and Co-Founder of Twin Health, to explore how AI is being used to create digital models of a person’s metabolic health that update in real time. Twin Health combines data from continuous glucose monitors, activity and sleep trackers…

HELLO FUTURE: Can Wetware Beat Silicon? The Race to Build Living Data Centers.

Kevin Cirilli and Dr. Fred Jordan explore whether the next generation of AI will be powered not by chips — but by living neurons. They break down the global biocomputing push, from organoids that can learn tasks to Australian neurons playing Pong and U.S. labs using mini-brains to model Alzheimer’s…

HELLO FUTURE: The Beating Heart of the Internet

What if the cloud wasn’t actually… in the clouds? Hidden behind unmarked doors and miles of fiber cable, massive data centers are quietly powering everything—your favorite shows, your AI assistant, even this very episode. These are the digital cities of the future: sprawling, humming ecosystems wh…

HELLO FUTURE: Press 0 for Hope: The Future of Customer Service (Without the Wait Music)

We’ve all been there — trapped in customer service purgatory, listening to that same four-second loop of hold music while an automated voice insists our call is “very important.” But what if the future of customer service didn’t make you want to throw your phone across the room? In this episode of …

HELLO FUTURE: Sky Routes & Super Sleighs: How Drones Will Rewrite the Supply Chain

Kevin and Professor Carlsson look at the next era of delivery — a world where rooftop drone pads, airborne supply lanes, and smart trucks work together like a futuristic North Pole logistics system. Think fast: medicine delivered in minutes, groceries dropped from the sky, emergency supplies sent a…

HELLO FUTURE: Santa by Drone? Will Rudolph get replaced by AI? — The Future of Holiday Delivery

From drone drops to AI-optimized logistics, Kevin looks at how the future of shipping is rewriting Santa’s playbook — and what happens when everyone has a sleigh of their own. Host Kevin Cirilli teams up with USC Professor John Carlsson to explore a world where delivery trucks become mini flying ai…