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Comedian Jon Richardson finds ways to make sense of, and find hope in the future - accompanied by ‘futurenauts’ Ed Gillespie and Mark Stevenson. Praised for its rare combination of revealing insight and plenty of laughs, it’s the show that digs underneath the headlines to help you find your own confident relationship with an uncertain future… “This show is the most useful thing I do, for myself and my audience,” says Jon. Get in touch with the show - hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchComedian Jon Richardson finds ways to make sense of, and find hope in the future - accompanied by ‘futurenauts’ Ed Gillespie and Mark Stevenson.
Recent episodes include "S06 EP10 The Future of Feedback" (3 August 2026, 68 minutes), "S06 EP9: The Future of Life After Oil" (2 June 2026, 75 minutes), and "S06 EP8: The Future of Juries" (8 May 2026, 62 minutes).
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 52 minutes across 75 episodes.
Booking probability for Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts's contact route on record: verified email.
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts is a science podcast with 75 episodes published.
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Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
What does the formation of the stars have in common with your own emerging personality? What does the relationship between wonderful orchids and weird looking moths tell us about evolution? Can a snake bite give you...
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
<p>E9: The Future of Life After Oil</p> <p><br></p> <p>Conflict rages in the Gulf, fossil fuel enthusiasts demand more drilling in the North Sea, and oil companies make billions whilst everyone else gets bled...
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
<p>Jon, Ed & Mark are joined by Flora Page KC, a leading barrister who represented wrongly accused subpostmasters in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal to talk about the future of juries - the beating heart of the UK...
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
<p>Deliberately killing the environment at an ecosystem level should really be a crime against humanity, as well as against nature. </p> <p>And in the future it might well be, and that will be thanks to leaders like...
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<p>Joined by ‘Uncertainty experts’ Katherine Templar-Lewis & Sam Conniff the boys dig into one of the root causes of all our terrible decision-making - our inability to tolerate uncertainty. We will literally do almost...
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<p>Doubling the number of ‘Marks’ in the podcast (again) the boys discuss declining male fertility, why markets still value fossil fuels we can’t burn (and why your investments are probably still in them), and why the...
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<p> Jon and the Futurenauts slide sideways into their festive final show of 2025 with pioneering space bubble greenhouse gardener and optimistic curmudgeon Sir Tim Smit and some suitably seasonal silliness to end the...
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
<p>Jon and the Futurenauts get into some serious upcycling adventures with the phenomenal Moose-inspired Kresse, self-declared ‘waste addict, co-founder of fire-hose-to-designer-luxury-goods brand ‘Elvis & Kresse’ and...
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<p>This episode features special guest and literal ‘force of nature’ activist Clover Hogan, with passionate thoughts on how it feels, and what to do in response, to burgeoning ecological threats (plus how to be trolled...
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<p>After an 18 month hangover from Series 5, the boys return older, wiser and in wide-eyed blinking horror at what’s happened in the interim. </p> <p>Joining them to make some sense of things and talk boozers and...
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<p>Back (finally) for a final finale of season five, Ed, Jon and Mark get stuck into gardening for the climate crisis, celebs in Vegas and their forthcoming festival headliner slot, with all the usual rambunctiousness...
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
<p>Jon creates a celebrity quiz for Ed and Mark to test their popular cultural knowledge, everyone valiantly attempts to create uplifting moments and we find out what it feels like to be touched by the finger of...
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
<p>With special guest the ‘Godfather of Sustainability’ John Elkington the boys dig into the nitty gritty of what it feels like to write your first paper on climate change back in 1978, why we need not to dismiss...
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
<p>With special (self-invited!) guests veteran vets Jen Gale and Justine Shotton, the boys dig into the prospects for our feathered, furry and scaled friends. Are our pets eating us out of planet and home? Should we...
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
<p>Insurance industry doom loops, cat-trained humans and Mark’s poetry debut all feature in a listener feedback special with that potty-mouthed dirty little moron and the other two…</p><p><br></p><p>Get in touch with...
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<p>The nation’s favourite leathery berry is at risk! Join Jon, Mark, Ed and special guest Emma Stewart-Smith of Bioversity International for a banana boat voyage through spider bites, monkey peeling techniques and songs...
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<p>With special guest award-winning ‘Carbon Diaries’ author Saci Lloyd, Jon, Ed and Mark dig into the dilemmas and tensions of talking apocalypse with young people, become anally-fixated and in the process denigrate an...
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
<p>S5 EP5: Jon reveals just how Machiavellian he can be in the pursuit of looking like the good guy… and why the answer to almost everything is probably a beer….</p><p><br></p><p>Get in touch with the show with any...
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
<p>S5 EP4: Keeping our shit together, the point of public inquiries, and how not to record an outro</p><p><br></p><p>Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to...
Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
<p>“Jon, Mark & Ed talk with special guest legendary comedian Shaparak Khorsandi about her new book ‘Scatterbrain’ and her experiences (and Mark’s) of living with late diagnosis ADHD. Well worth listening to the end of...
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