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Engineering is for everyone and impacts all our lives. At this crucial moment for humanity, it couldn’t be more relevant to listen to engineers, thinkers, and designers as they debate how our future could - and should - look. Hosts Roma Agrawal MBE, George Imafidon MBE , and Guru Madhavan facilitate deep conversations about how we might restructure and rebuild the world we live in, from space travel to smart cities to a circular economy. New episodes every other Friday. Follow @QEPrize on Twitter , Instagram , and Facebook for more. Transcripts available here . <
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Signup to Generate a PitchEngineering is for everyone and impacts all our lives. At this crucial moment for humanity, it couldn’t be more relevant to listen to engineers, thinkers, and designers as they debate how our future could - and should - look.
Recent episodes include "Guru & Roma reflect" (30 June 2025, 25 minutes), "Engineering For Disability" (10 January 2025, 25 minutes), and "The Future of Failure" (27 December 2024, 33 minutes).
Create the Future publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 112 episodes.
Booking probability for Create the Future is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Create the Future requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Create the Future's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Create the Future are Scientific Research & Development. Create the Future has a technology audience.
Create the Future is a technology podcast with 112 episodes published.
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Episode #51
Two of our podcast hosts, Roma Agrawal and Guru Madhavan, sit down for a conversation about the Create The Future series. Find podcast transcripts on our website . Follow @QEPrize on Twitter , Instagram , and Facebook...
Episode #50
The link between disability, design and engineering tells a complex story. Host Guru Madhavan welcomes two people who have thought deeply on the subject: Dr. Ashley Shew , is associate professor of Science, Technology &...
Episode #49
What happens when a bridge collapses? Or a space mission ends in tragedy? You call in forensic engineers to investigate. Host Anna Ploszajski contemplates the nature of failure with Dr Sean Brady , who uses scientific...
Episode #48
Over decades of space exploration, thousands of rockets have launched, resulting in a sea of debris circling the Earth. It's estimated that there are 30,000 objects over 10 cm, 500,000 marble-sized debris, and 100...
Episode #47
When you have your morning shot of caffeine, do you stop to savour the engineering involved? Chemistry and mechanics are vital to the growing, roasting, grinding, brewing, and pouring ... Host Guru Madhavan - a tea...
Episode #46
First described in sci-fi writing in the '50s, the revolutionary dream of 3D printing became a basic reality in the 1980s. One field that is truly has transformed today is that of assistive tech and prosthetics. Host...
Episode #45
It's been a year of elections around the world. How do engineering and design choices affect the candidates running and results generated in our elections? And why do we have far more channels to rate our Uber drivers...
Episode #44
Super shoes are reshaping distance running. Thanks to innovative materials and construction, this new type of footwear is engineered to help runners go quicker with less effort. So how fast can we go in the future? And...
Episode #43
Stronger than steel, more robust than concrete, more flexible than wood? Is bamboo the construction industry's new miracle material. And do bamboo buildings really perform better in earthquakes? Host George...
Episode #42
How might flocks of birds, nests of ants, and swarms of bees influence the future behaviour and self-organisation of robots? Welcome to the world of swarm engineering, where sci-fi meets bio-mimicry. George Imafidon...
Episode #41
Robotic spacecrafts? Manned missions to Mars? Affordable tourist trips to the stars? New life found? What is the likely future of space flight? Host Guru Madhavan pilots a soaring, speculative conversation with: Charles...
Episode #40
Could the creation of reversible glue unlock a new future for the way we recycle plastic bottles and their labels? Host George Imafidon gets stuck into a sticky conversation about glue with: Professor Mark Geoghegan...
Episode #39
Cement production creates around 7% of man-made carbon emissions. Meanwhile, in the UK crumbling concrete is forcing schools to close ... So how big a problem is concrete, exactly?! George Imafidon gets in the mixer to...
Episode #38
The way we make music is changing. AI songs are everywhere - even The Beatles used the technology last year. So what does a digitised, computerised future mean for the fate of artists and their acoustic...
Episode #37
Why do we fixate on plastic as the main waste issue of our time? Is all plastic bad? Have we got Bags For Life and paper straws totally wrong? Anna Ploszajski - materials scientist and storyteller - assembles her first...
Episode #36
From AR shopping to new age sustainable materials to wearable AI, the world of fashion tech is starting to look very vibrant. Host Roma Agrawal weaves together a seamless conversation with: Louise Katzovitz...
Episode #35
What happens after we flush? Sanitary engineers might just be the unsung heroes of civilisation, ensuring the safe disposal of waste water and assuring a supply of safe drinking water. Host Guru Madhavan gets his...
Graphene is the world's thinnest, super-strong, super-flexible material. It could have dramatic applications in everything from engineering tissue to making new technological devices. George Imafidon discusses the...
Episode #33
In February, the 2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering was awarded to Andrew Garrad CBE and Henrik Stiesdal for their achievements in advancing the design, manufacture and deployment of high-performance...
Episode #32
In the future, virtual models of our organs could aid the development of personalised medicine. These digital twins can be experimented on to identify the best possible treatment, without you having to go near a pill...
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Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar, Senior Director of Programs, Director of the Forum on Complex Unifiable Systems (FOCUS) at the US National Academy of Engineering, U.S. National Academy of Engineering
forensic structural engineer, Society of Construction Law Australia
Executive Medical Director of Immersive and Experiential Learning, University of Hertfordshire
long distance runner, Olympian, and BYU professor, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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