Mark Pesce - The Next Billion Seconds
216 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsHosted by award-winning podcast creator, journalist & futurist Mark Pesce, The Next Billion Seconds is everything you need to know about the future — so you can make the best decisions today. The rate of change we are experiencing is the fastest humanity has ever seen. Stay informed as Mark simplifies the complex technological and societal changes we face. How we will work, connect, use money, drive, eat is all changing at a rapid pace. For more information on The Next Billion seconds with Mark Pesce, please check out https://nextbillionseconds.com
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Edited by: Isabel Vanhakartano
Mixed by Carter Quinn
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TNBS Rerun - Designing for Flood Resilience in a Wetter World
March 31, 2022 06:34 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBIn light of the recent flood events in Australia, it felt apt to revisit this 2020 episode of The Next Billion Seconds, "Designing for Flood Resilience in a Wetter World". Mark is joined by some of the world's leading climate scientists - including Australian of the Year Tim Flannery - to learn all about the future of precipitation and how to make our homes resilient in floods. Thanks to: Futurist Sally Dominguez; UNSW climate scientist Professor Steven Sherwood; Monash University climate...
What three changes can we make to effortlessly lower our carbon emissions?
September 26, 2021 15:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBSUSTAIN #6: Three simple, easy changes show us how much we can do - and how empowered we already are to fix this problem. Why do we worry that doing 'the right thing' for the climate will be hard yards? https://nextbillionseconds.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Can we radically reduce the emissions created growing our food?
September 19, 2021 15:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBSUSTAIN#5: Growing the meat we eat produces a lot of Australia's carbon emissions. The four innovations explored in this episode show us a path toward an agriculture that is radically more efficient. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Would electrifying everything eliminate carbon emissions?
September 12, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBSUSTAIN #4: Inventor Saul Griffith makes a radical proposal: electrify everything, saving energy, money, and cutting emissions almost to zero. It also transforms the costs of climate change into enormous opportunities. Co-host Sally Dominguez explores three amazing new battery technologies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Can we collect and store enough renewable energy to replace coal-fired electricity?
September 05, 2021 15:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBSUSTAIN #3: In 2020, renewables became the cheapest source of electricity. Without cheap storage, renewables will never be able to be the entire solution for a world that will need a lot more electricity. Australian startup MGA Thermal may have invented the ideal technology to accelerate our transition from coal to solar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Will electrified transport help us ‘flatten the curve’ on climate change?
August 29, 2021 15:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBSUSTAIN #2: Mercedes goes all in on EVs, with studies now indicating EVs save 50% of emissions over their lifetime, versus petrol vehicles. Is this enough to keep on course to a low-carbon future? Co-host Sally Dominguez and Special Correspondent Drew Smith have some answers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Can we 'flatten the curve' on climate change?
August 22, 2021 15:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBSUSTAIN #1: The recent UN report on climate change gives us about twelve years to really reign in our carbon emissions. That means it’s time to think clearly and methodically about how to get the most benefit for the least pain. We can do this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Will the next war be fought for control of semiconductors?
June 06, 2021 15:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBTSMC now makes the best computer chips - making Taiwan a prize that China needs in order to continue its rise as an economic and military superpower. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How did America lose the semiconductor race?
May 30, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBFor sixty years, Intel made the best chips in the world. As of 2020, they no longer do - and a company you've likely never heard of now holds the chipmaking crown. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why do computers get faster and smaller and cheaper?
May 23, 2021 15:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBMore than 60 years ago, integrated circuits created a revolution in electronics that transformed the entire world. How are chips made? And why do we keep getting better at making them? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why is there a global shortage of computer chips?
May 16, 2021 15:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBGEOPOLICHIPS part 1: Manufacturers of video game consoles, automobiles - even toothbrushes - have been impacted by a global shortage of semiconductor integrated circuits - chips. How did these devices become so central to everything we make? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What stands in the way of electric vehicles?
April 11, 2021 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBCo-host Sally Dominguez and special correspondent Drew Smith explore the many facets of vehicle electrification with Mark. EVs are finally happening - but does that make them inevitable? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Have Australians embraced electric vehicles?
March 28, 2021 14:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBAustralia’s cities are already chockers with electric bikes, electric scooters - even electric uniwheel skateboards. Has the nation already made a transition to EVs? And what does this tell us about the future of the family car? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What’s the next fuel after batteries?
March 21, 2021 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBSally Dominguez takes us beyond battery-powered vehicles, opening the door to a future featuring hydrogen, “paste”, and ammonia-powered engines. This diverse transition from fossil fuels enables a range of new vehicles for all of the ways we’ll live and work in the decades to come. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Has Europe gone all-in on electric vehicles?
March 14, 2021 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBSpecial correspondent Drew Smith explores a European car market that appears to have reached a tipping point in sales of electric vehicles. Is it real? Is it sustainable? Can the power grid handle all those new EVs? Drew asks the experts - and gets some surprising answers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Has social media turned us all into conspiracy theorists?
March 07, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBThe Capitol Insurrection, #wallstreetbets and Facebook’s brief war with Australia demonstrate the power of social media to change how we believe - and behave. At the end of this decade, could social media drive us all into our own private worlds of fantasy, conspiracy, and fakery? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Can we make friends with a superpower China?
February 28, 2021 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBPrediction: Our long-running low-level spats with China are the new normal, the Chinese superpower rubbing up against the regional power of Australia. Series 5 continues with some predictions on geopolitics in this decade, when America and China swap positions, and political power tilts eastward. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Will you own an electric car this decade?
February 21, 2021 14:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBPrediction: At least half of all passenger vehicles sold by 2030 will be electric, revolutionising transportation - and energy. Series 5 continues with more bold predictions for the next decade -- an era of transition and remediation, as we work to cool the climate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why will all cash will be digital by 2030?
February 14, 2021 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBRevolutionising how we spend, save and invest - Series 5 launches with bold predictions for the next decade - starting with the incredible transformations happening to money. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What lessons has 2020 taught us?
December 15, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBThe pandemic has touched every aspect of our lives - forcing us to recalibrate our privacy, our connections with others, even the way we use cash. Walking through series 4, we peek into a few of the significant discoveries in this series - reflecting on what we’ve learned. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What’s the secret to building a better world?
December 08, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBDo we have surrender our hopes for utopia, or can we learn from others who found the levers to move our world to a better place? Together, are we strong enough to use these tools to change our course? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Could PayPal be the tipping point for cryptocurrencies?
November 10, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBPayPal is the global leader in payments. Early in 2021 they’ll offer Bitcoin to their nearly half billion users, changing how we think of money. Are we ‘crossing the Rubicon’ into a time when cryptocurrencies are used and traded by people everywhere? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Should a video game simulate the whole world?
October 21, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBWe’re rapidly erasing the boundary between the make-believe worlds of video games and the real world of sensors and visualisation. Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 2020 allows you to fly over the whole world - with all the cities and countryside presented in detail - just as they are in reality. Is it now possible to “fly" through everything we know about the world - But there's even more being simulated for us to explore, from ground level, all the way up to the heavens. See omnystudio.com/lis...
Is there a “secret history” of video games?
October 14, 2020 13:01 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBIn the late 90s, military technology collided with entertainment, a destiny reaching back to the first flight simulators, nearly a century ago. We have amazing games today because of the Cold War - and a historic tank battle no one saw coming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Will work ever be the same and how do we hang onto our jobs?
September 23, 2020 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBThe post-COVID world won’t be dominated by office work. We’ll blend technologies - and new leadership skills - to create meaningful 21st century jobs. Australian tech giant 'Atlassian’s' “work futurist” Dom Price and Sally Dominguez share insights we can all apply to craft a career that’s both satisfying, and resilient in a world of rising automation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If your car can phone home, can it be stolen?
September 21, 2020 16:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBIt should be getting harder to steal - but connectivity is helping thieves, possibly even more than it helps us protect ourselves from theft. So, now that everything is connected can our possessions tell us where they are so we can bring them home? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If you car can phone home, can it be stolen?
September 21, 2020 16:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBIt should be getting harder to steal - but connectivity is helping thieves, possibly even more than it helps us protect ourselves from theft. So, now that everything is connected can our possessions tell us where they are so we can bring them home? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What will flying be like in a post-COVID world?
September 16, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBCan airlines recover after the 99% fall in International flights during the pandemic? If they do, will we even be able to afford the ticket? Is there any future in cheap travel? Airline expert Ron Bartsch takes us on a journey through the near future of air travel : It looks a lot like the past, when air travel was expensive - and subsidised by governments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Can we fight bushfires with cool burns?
September 14, 2020 16:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBLife in the bush can be beautiful - and dangerous. Can a simple examination of our homes make them safer in bushfires? How can we ‘read’ the bush - and heal it - to avoid catastrophic bushfires? Mark Pesce speaks with Indigenous land and fire expert Victor Steffenson about what we don’t know about the bush - and should. Architect Ian Weir then walks us through some simple steps to make a home in the bush more resistant to bushfire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See ...
Why are we seeing more heatwaves?
September 09, 2020 16:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBHow can we prepare for more frequent heatwaves? The hot, dry conditions that preceded our Black Summer bushfires are becoming more common. Paleoclimatologist Nerilie Abram used coral samples to look back into a thousand years of climate, and heatwave expert Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick analysed the last seventy years of global data about heatwaves. Our climate past gives us a view into a hot future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
Designing for Flood Resilience in a Wetter World
September 07, 2020 16:00 - 36 minutes - 33 MBFire, Floods, COVID 19, what can we expect to happen next and how can we be ready for it? Over the next 6 episodes we have put together the 'Users Guide to the Future'. Starting with the future of rain, heavier rain, causing coastal erosion and floods. How can we prepare to meet these risks - to keep ourselves and homes safe? We listened to some of the world's leading climate scientists - including Australian of the Year Tim Flannery - to learn all about the future of precipitation, then spo...
Feeding twice the people on half the land
August 11, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBPlanetary limits on farming will accelerate a post-meat future. Are plants the only path, or can we grow meat without raising animals? And what does it mean for food when we can grow any meat we want to eat in a brewer’s vat? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Fake meat is very real
August 04, 2020 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBNow that we can make “meat” from plants that people prefer to animals - what will we choose to eat? v2Food’s ‘Rebel’ Whopper charts that journey - from soybean to burger patty - via a lot of science, a blind taste test, and an ignored email. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CARS - The next billion bubbles
June 23, 2020 15:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBPhysical distancing makes personal transportation a necessity. When public transport risks infection, cars & bikes become our safe spaces. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sudden Futures
May 26, 2020 15:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBWe saw more change in March & April of 2020 than in the rest of our lives. How has the pandemic accelerated our journey into the future? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Infected By Big Brother
April 28, 2020 15:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBFor a century, public health officials have contained pandemics by tracing outbreaks. COVIDsafe promises to do this - can we trust it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Betabank - The Business Of Betabanking
March 31, 2020 14:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBBanks are not like other businesses - Andrew & Mark talk to four neobank founders about what it takes to launch a neobank - and succeed. Recorded live at Stone and Chalk Sydney. Thank you to all those that attended and our panelists. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Betabank - The World's Bank
February 24, 2020 14:05 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBEp 5: Most of humanity doesn’t bank. Kosta Peric of the Gates Foundation explains how mobile banking transforms the lives in the developing world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Betabank - Open Wide
February 24, 2020 14:04 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBEp 4: Open banking gives us control over all of our financial data. CEO of Neobank '86400' Rob Bell, promises this will transform our relationship to banks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Betabank - Down to Business
February 24, 2020 14:03 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBEp 3: Business banking can’t be coded in an app. Judo Bank CTO Alex Twigg reveals the sweet spot between business relationships and digital banking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Betabank - Everybody Banks
February 24, 2020 14:02 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBEp 2: Retail banking generates most of the sector’s profits. Founder of neobank Up!, Dominic Pym, tells us why the best user experience wins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Betabank - A Better Bank?
February 24, 2020 14:01 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBEp 1: Can a digital-only bank, known as a ‘neobank’, offer a better experience? We ask Brett King, the prophet of neobanking, what a better bank might look like? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BETABANK - Trailer
February 24, 2020 04:05 - 1 minute - 1.05 MBThe global banking system as we know is changing, so will you be ready for it? From transformations in how we save, spend and invest, futurists Mark Pesce & Andrew Davis explore the rise of the ‘Neobank’ on this new series… BETABANK! This 5 part mini series is live tomorrow! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What is the 'digital Sabbath' and why is it so important to keep us grounded?
December 03, 2019 14:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBCould a 3000 year-old practice of 'shabbat' help us tame our digital devices? Tiffany Shlain looks to the old to help us manage the new See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Day of rest - with Tiffany Shlain
December 03, 2019 14:00 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBCould a 3000 year-old practice of 'shabbat' help us tame our digital devices? Tiffany Shlain looks to the old to help us manage the new See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
Cryptonomics - Balance of Power
November 19, 2019 14:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBCongress strangles Libra in the crib, but Zuck’s secret weapon may be fear of the Chinese digital yuan. Geopolitics & our expert panel! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Gods and Monsters - with Aaron Z. Lewis
November 06, 2019 14:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBWe see superheroes on cinema screens - but what about our technological superpowers? Naming these new powers helps to understand them See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
What can ancient mythology teach us about our technological world?
November 06, 2019 14:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBWe see superheroes on cinema screens - but what about our technological superpowers? Naming these new powers helps to understand them See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cryptonomics - Money Wars
September 10, 2019 15:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBFacebook’s Libra was first ‘digital reserve currency’ - now we’re seeing an arms race between corporations and nations, all fighting to create the next form of money. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cryptonomics - Discussing Facebook's crypto, Libra
August 27, 2019 17:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBWhat does Facebook’s Libra mean for the future of money - and the global economy? Insights in conversation with Mark Jeffrey & Rob Tercek. Learn more at cryptonomics.show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.