HELLO FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli

What would faith look like if we weren’t alone in the universe? In this episode of HELLO FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli, Kevin sits down with Dr. Lance Gharavi of Arizona State University — a leading scholar of artificial intelligence, emerging tech, religion, theater, and space exploration — to explore how the discovery of extraterrestrial life could transform belief as we know it. From ancient creation stories to fut...

Artificial intelligence is changing everything — including the art of espionage. From spy satellites to deepfake deception, the world’s oldest profession is entering a new digital era. Kevin Cirilli sits down with Dr. Anthony Vinci — the first CTO of the NGA — to explore how AI is transforming the future of spying. Vinci’s new book, The Fourth Intelligence Revolution, argues that we’re entering a...

What happens when the classroom itself becomes intelligent? In this episode, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Dr. John Licato, associate professor at the University of South Florida and director of the Advancing Machine and Human Reasoning Lab, to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping higher education. From handwritten quizzes to AI-powered study assistants, Kevin and Dr. Licato discuss the launch of the new Bellini College ...

In this episode, Kevin sits down with Gabriel Demombynes, Manager of the World Bank’s Human Capital Project, to explore how AI could either level the global playing field or make inequality permanent. Which jobs are most exposed? Why are women and urban workers more likely to feel the first wave of automation? And what happens when AI meets energy poverty? This is a look at the most important — and overlooked — qu...

Kevin Cirilli steps into the darkness with Ben Armstrong, co-owner and creative mastermind behind NETHERWORLD Haunted House — the legendary Atlanta attraction that’s redefined what it means to be scared. But this isn’t just a Halloween story. Kevin and Ben explore how cutting-edge technology, psychology, and storytelling combine to create immersive fear. From AI-driven monsters and sensory illusions to the neurosc...

What happens when computers start writing songs? In this episode of HELLO FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli, Dr. Maya Ackerman — co-founder of WaveAI and author of Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us — joins Kevin to talk about how artificial intelligence is changing music. From the AI-restored Beatles song “Now and Then” to The Velvet Sundown, a viral all-AI band with almost a million listeners, the line between hu...

While everyone debates Silicon Valley’s AI boom, the real story is unfolding in the Global South. World Bank economist Gabriel Demombynes joins HELLO FUTURE at the Fall meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to unpack how artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping work in low- and middle-income countries — where electricity, not algorithms, may be the biggest barrier. From farmers with smartphones ...

Just in time for Halloween, Kevin Cirilli takes flight into the shadows with Dr. Nitin Sanket, assistant professor of robotics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute — whose lab is building tiny flying robots that navigate like bats. Forget broomsticks and ghosts — these real-life “bat bots” use sound and echolocation to find people trapped in smoke, fog, or darkness, where human rescuers — and even drones...

What Are We Betting On Next? Kevin Cirilli sits down with Dustin Gouker, one of America’s leading experts on sports betting and the former Vice President of Content for North America at Catena Media, to explore how gambling has become a defining part of modern sports culture — and where it’s now crossing the line. As news breaks that NBA figures including Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Hea...

In this episode, Kevin Cirilli welcomes Max Haot, CEO of Vast, to explore how space could change the future of medicine — and even life itself. As Haven-1 nears launch, Vast and its partners are preparing to conduct cutting-edge biomedical experiments in orbit, from stem-cell research to growing human organs in microgravity. Without Earth’s pull, cells form more complex structures — opening the door to b...

Kevin Cirilli welcomes back Dr. Ed Lu, Executive Director of the Asteroid Institute and veteran NASA astronaut, to discuss a headline straight out of Armageddon: should we use nuclear weapons to stop an asteroid — not from hitting Earth, but the Moon? A team of scientists, including NASA researchers, has floated the idea of nuking an asteroid that poses a small threat of colliding with the Moon in 203...

Adjunct Artificial Intelligence Policy Advisor Chloe Autio joins Kevin Cirilli to talk about the rise of “AI slop” — the wave of low-quality, machine-generated content flooding our feeds. From auto-written headlines to algorithmic art, originality is being replaced by imitation. But maybe the real threat isn’t that AI is taking our jobs — it’s that we’re letting it take our imagination. Kev...

Jeff Burningham, author of The Last Book Written by a Human: Becoming Wise in the Age of AI, returns to talk with Kevin about faith in the era of algorithms. How will AI reshape belief, spirituality, and the search for meaning? Can technology deepen empathy and inclusion, or will it fracture communities of faith? A conversation about divinity, data, and the soul in a wired world.

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Kevin Cirilli sits down with Max Haot, CEO of Vast, the company racing to launch Haven-1 — which aims to be the world’s first private space station. Scheduled for liftoff in May 2026 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, Haven-1 is designed not as a luxury hotel but as humanity’s first true commercial habitat in orbit: a compact, human-centered station with private sleeping pods, Starlink internet, and a s...

Jeff Burningham, author of The Last Book Written by a Human: Becoming Wise in the Age of AI, joins host Kevin Cirilli to explore how artificial intelligence mirrors the human mind. Is AI reflecting our creativity and compassion—or our fear and bias? Together, they unpack what this technology says about who we are and who we’re becoming, and how that reflection might help us grow wiser in the age of m...

Kevin Cirilli welcomes Chloe Autio to unpack how AI is reshaping the way we learn — and maybe even the way we think. In a world where students use ChatGPT to write essays faster than teachers can grade them, is curiosity dying, or just evolving? Kevin and Chloe dive into the politics of AI in classrooms, the ethics of “study buddies that never sleep,” and what happens when prompting replaces qu...

In this episode, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Dr. Ed Lu, Executive Director of the Asteroid Institute, a program of the B612 Foundation. A former NASA astronaut who spent six months aboard the International Space Station, Ed joins Kevin to unpack one of the closest asteroid flybys in recorded history. Just a few weeks ago, asteroid 2025 TF skimmed past Earth — flying over Antarctica at only 428 kilometers above...

In this episode, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Harvard Business School Professor Matt Weinzierl to examine the future of data centers amid the AI boom, exploring the feasibility of building them on the moon or in space. They discuss the economic, legal, and national security implications of space-based infrastructure, highlighting the need for Ameri...

In this episode, Kevin welcomes back Chris Mattmann— UCLA’s head of AI and former NASA JPL CTO — to explore the rapidly approaching future of humanoid robots. They dive into the technological breakthroughs and ethical dilemmas shaping a world where robots could become part of daily life by 2050. From job displacement and environmental impact to national security and cultural atti...