Then and Now with Morris Misel
For more than thirty years I've been on the radio talking about what's coming next, from technology and work to money, food and how we live. In Then and Now I play you what I actually said, with the date on it and nothing changed, and then I tell you how it turned out and what I make of it now.
Season one is The Years: one short episode for every year from 2006 to 2026, from MySpace and the financial crisis to the iPad, 3D printing, lab-grown meat, COVID and AI. Some of my calls held and some missed, and you'll hear both.
I'm Morris Misel, a futurist and keynote speaker.
Season 1: The Years
2008: Is the crash as bad as we fear?
New Year's Eve 2008, at the height of the financial crisis, with talk of a million Australians out of work. I said it would be tough but not severe, that the potholes would smooth out, and that by 2011 we'd find a new sense of normal. Here's how that turned out.
2007: Will everything end up in one device?
My top ten for 2007: a hundred years of change in the next ten, and all our media and talk converging into 'one central something'. Eleven days earlier Apple had dropped 'Computer' from its name and unveiled the iPhone. Plus the fridge that reorders your shopping.
2006: What is the internet actually for?
In 2006 everyone was talking about MySpace, and Facebook had only just opened its doors to the public. I said the internet was turning from a library back into people talking to people. Twenty years on, here's what held, what I had no idea about, and the safety advice that still hasn't changed.
Then and Now: twenty years of the future, one year at a time
Twenty years of me on the radio talking about what's coming, from 2006 to this year, played back one year at a time with the dates on. Some calls held, some missed, and you'll hear both.