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It helps with epilepsy and arthritis, Portugal and California have noted no upticks in crime rate since liberalisation – so is it time to look again at marijuana as a medicine? I speak to Dr. Charlie Easmon of Harley Street about where the controversies are and how we’re likely to move forward.
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Lockdown is increasingly eased and the exhibition and event industry wants to come back. Its clients are mad keen to get on with it too – but will people want to come back and rub shoulders with…actually, just rub shoulders? James Tucker, chief operating officer of events company GovNet, tells this episode of the #nearfuturist about how events are going virtual, blended, hybrid…
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The shops, pubs and cinemas are back albeit in altered forms and they need our money – which we also need because so many households have less than £1500 in savings. Good luck with that if your boiler breaks down. In this episode of the #nearfuturist I speak to Kathryn Wright of Upside Saving about how apps and open banking can help.
The Near Futurist has been gaining listeners during lockdown. If you’re new, you’re very welcome – and if you’re not new, you’re also very welcome. Thank you.
In case you’ve been hiding, shopping is back for non-essential goods BUT not everyone wants to go. So what are the options for the shopper who wants to make a considered purchase so just a click on a website won’t do? In this episode I speak to Aman Khurana, co-founder of Go Instore, about how technology can play its part.
This podcast has been hitting higher numbers than ever during the lockdown period. If you’re one of the new listeners, welcome! (Existing listeners welcome too, just thanks everyone).
Carbon footprints are an issue and have gone down during lockdown, so how do we continue to reduce them as we emerge? Near futurist podcaster Guy Clapperton talks to Siemens’ Faye Bowser about what her company has done, what it advises its large clients and what smaller companies can do.
Hearing aids can be stigmatised because they’re associated with growing old – meanwhile the effects of hearing isolation on mental health can be profound. In this episode of the Near Futurist podcast I speak to Nick Hunn, chair of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, about moves to combine hearing aids with earbuds and turn them into something fun.
You can buy glasses as a fashion statement when their core function is to help your eyes – why should something to help your ears be any different?
Many schools in the UK were back this week but only for certain year groups. In this Near Futurist podcast Guy Clapperton talks to Quiznet’s UK Country Manager Rahim Hirji about his own experience teaching his kids at home and how some technology, including his company’s own, is going to help.
With everybody under lockdown and entire households simultaneously on Zoom and Netflix, to say nothing of the business sector, you could be forgiven for expecting the Internet to slow down and collapse under the weight. It hasn’t. In this podcast Near Futurist Guy Clapperton chats to Angie Mistretta, CMO at AppDynamics, about what’s gone right and what businesses and individuals need to do to keep going.
Nobody is kidding themselves that the retail market is going to be the same when Lockdown has stopped – names will vanish, already-squeezed margins will shrink. This is why retail consultant Meredith O’Shaughnessy thinks shops will have to focus on experience rather than shifting items – she tells near futurist Guy Clapperton more.
A slightly earlier release than normal as our usual Friday would clash with a bank holiday.
Sexting, grooming, bullying – we all know what can happen to our children online and we hate it. In this edition, Neil Brother of the SafeToNet Foundation talks Guy Clapperton through some of the practical steps people can take if they are concerned about their kids’ security online and outlines the changes coming up in the legislation.