HELLO FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli

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HELLO, FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli is the daily podcast where tomorrow’s biggest questions come alive. Are aliens already visiting us? Could your next job be in space? What if satellites could find lost cities, or stop the next wildfire? What happens if America loses the space race… or if every satellite went dark tomorrow? From Mars to UFOs, from flying cars to “civilization starter kits,” each episode blends science, technology, and imagination with the real choices shaping our world. It’s smart, fast, and curious, built for anyone who’s ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what comes next. This isn’t science fiction. It’s the future, knocking on your door.  Kevin Cirilli is the founder of meet the future™ (mtf.tv). Cirilli has advised some of the nation’s leading military nonprofit philanthropists and policymakers and he is an emerging playwright. As a journalist, he is the former Chief Washington Correspondent for Bloomberg Television and Radio, where he covered the White House, Congress, and global economic policy while anchoring a daily geopolitical business affairs program. Before founding mtf.tv, Kevin appeared across nearly every major network — including CBS News, MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, C-SPAN, NPR, and Yahoo Finance — providing nonpartisan political and economic analysis and conducting exclusive interviews with some of the most influential figures of the 21st century. He was also a media fellow at the Atlantic Council in the Global China Hub. He has reported from across the United States and around the world — including assignments in Israel, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia — covering pivotal moments in global affairs and the people driving change.

  1. 6d ago

    HELLO FUTURE: How Do You Actually Get People to Put Their Phones Down?

    In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli continues his conversation with Jason Morales, CEO and co-founder of UNTILL, diving deeper into the practical challenge of changing our relationship with phones and attention. Building on the big-picture discussion of the attention economy, Morales explains how UNTILL aims to create real incentives for people to disconnect and spend more time offline. The conversation explores what it takes to shift behavior at scale, how a business can be built around helping people spend less time glued to screens, and whether carefully designed rewards and systems can compete with the powerful forces that keep us scrolling. At its heart, the episode asks a deceptively simple question with massive implications: How do you actually get people to put their phones down? Meet The Future: https://mtf.tv/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    HELLO FUTURE: How Do You Actually Get People to Put Their Phones Down?

  2. Aug 18

    HELLO FUTURE: Can Technology Help Us Break Our Addiction to Technology?

    In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with Jason Morales, CEO and co-founder of UNTILL, about our deep addiction to phones and the attention economy. Morales’s startup is built around a simple but radical idea: using technology itself to reward people for putting their phones down, reclaiming their attention, and spending more time in the real world. The conversation explores whether digital tools can be redesigned to reduce screen time rather than maximize it, what it takes to compete with the algorithms engineered for addiction, and whether a new generation of products can help people regain control over their focus and presence. At its core, the episode asks a question that defines the moment: Can the same technology that captured our attention be redesigned to help us free it? Meet The Future: https://mtf.tv/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    HELLO FUTURE: Can Technology Help Us Break Our Addiction to Technology?

  3. Aug 13

    HELLO FUTURE: Space-Based Solar Power and the Future of the Grid

    In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli sits down with Alex Gilbert, Principal & Field Director at Rocinante Fieldworks and Fellow at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, to explore why building solar power plants in space could be key to modernizing Earth’s energy grid. Gilbert discusses the technical and strategic case for space-based solar power — collecting continuous energy in orbit and beaming it back to Earth — and how this frontier infrastructure could help address terrestrial energy challenges.  Drawing on his background in nuclear innovation, energy security, and extreme-environment systems, he explains what it would take to make orbital power plants a reality and why this approach may become a critical part of the long-term solution for clean, reliable energy. Meet The Future: https://mtf.tv/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    HELLO FUTURE: Space-Based Solar Power and the Future of the Grid

  4. Aug 11

    HELLO FUTURE: Why Moon Ice Is the Oil of Space

    In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with Alex Gilbert, Principal & Field Director at Rocinante Fieldworks and a PhD in Space Resources from the Colorado School of Mines, about why water ice on the Moon is emerging as one of the most strategically important resources of the 21st century. Gilbert explains how lunar ice can be converted into rocket propellant, oxygen, and other essentials that unlock sustained human presence and commercial activity beyond Earth — effectively serving as the “oil of space.” Drawing on his research into lunar commercialization and off-world resource strategy, he breaks down where the ice is located, why it matters for NASA and private industry, and how controlling access to it could reshape the economics of space exploration. Meet The Future: https://mtf.tv/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    HELLO FUTURE: Why Moon Ice Is the Oil of Space

  5. Aug 6

    HELLO FUTURE: Can You Trust AI in Washington? Hallucinations, Fake Grassroots, and the High Cost of Being Wrong

    In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with David Fuscus, CEO of Précis AI and creator of Willard AI, about the most dangerous flaw in artificial intelligence for the policy world: hallucinations and inaccuracies. In a town where a single wrong citation can kill a bill, Fuscus explains why general AI models remain unreliable — pointing to OpenAI’s own findings that newer models sometimes hallucinate at higher rates, and Stanford research showing chatbots get legal questions wrong more than half the time and tend to agree with false statements from users. The conversation digs into how Willard addresses this by wiring directly into federal government databases rather than relying solely on internet training data, and why the ability to trace every answer back to its source is essential for lobbyists and Hill staff. Fuscus also addresses growing concerns about AI flooding the system with synthetic public comments — including a California case that generated more than 20,000 AI-written submissions against clean-air rules — and whether lawmakers can still tell real constituent voices from manufactured noise.  The episode closes with practical guidance for everyday listeners on when to trust tools like ChatGPT and when to treat their answers with extreme caution. Meet The Future: https://mtf.tv/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    HELLO FUTURE: Can You Trust AI in Washington? Hallucinations, Fake Grassroots, and the High Cost of Being Wrong

  6. Aug 4

    HELLO FUTURE: How AI Is Rewiring Lobbying and Policy Work

    In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with David Fuscus, CEO and Founder of Précis AI, about how artificial intelligence is transforming one of Washington’s most relationship-driven industries. Fuscus’s company builds industry-specific AI platforms and has just launched the beta of Willard AI — a specialized tool for policy, Hill, and lobbying work built on the world’s largest AI-accessible database of Congressional and government documents. The conversation explores why one in four federal lobbyists now work on AI issues (up from roughly one in ten three years ago), what Willard can do that was impossible just a year ago, and why connecting to 132 federal databases changes the game compared with general tools like ChatGPT. Fuscus shares real examples of tasks that once took government affairs teams a week and now take minutes, and addresses whether AI levels the playing field for smaller shops and nonprofits or simply accelerates the biggest K Street firms. They also dig into the flood of more than 1,500 AI-related bills introduced across 45 states this year, what the technology means for junior lobbyists and the entry-level path, and the critical line where machines stop and human judgment, trust, and relationships still begin. Meet The Future: https://mtf.tv/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    HELLO FUTURE: How AI Is Rewiring Lobbying and Policy Work

  7. Jul 23

    HELLO FUTURE: The Future of Space Manufacturing, AI Satellites & Zero-Gravity Innovation with Momentus CEO John Rood

    What if the next breakthrough in medicine, semiconductor manufacturing, and artificial intelligence doesn't happen on Earth—but in space? In Part 2 of Kevin Cirilli's conversation with Momentus CEO John Rood, the discussion dives into the technologies that are shaping the next generation of the commercial space economy. John explains how Momentus is building the "UPS of Space," transporting scientific payloads, AI-powered satellites, and cutting-edge research into orbit. He also reveals how zero-gravity manufacturing could transform semiconductor production, accelerate medical breakthroughs, and unlock entirely new industries. The conversation explores DARPA and NASA missions, AI-guided satellite operations, robotic assembly in orbit, Wi-Fi in space, and the growing demand for America's next generation of space professionals. Whether you're interested in commercial spaceflight, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, or the future of innovation, this episode offers an exciting look at where technology is headed next. Meet The Future: https://mtf.tv/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    HELLO FUTURE: The Future of Space Manufacturing, AI Satellites & Zero-Gravity Innovation with Momentus CEO John Rood

  8. Jul 21

    HELLO FUTURE: How Space Innovation Is Transforming Life on Earth with Momentus CEO John Rood

    What does it actually take to build the future in space—and why does it matter here on Earth? In this episode of Hello, Future, Kevin Cirilli sits down with John Rood, CEO of Momentus, former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, former National Security Council official, and former executive at Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. John shares his remarkable journey from CIA intelligence analyst to leading one of America's most innovative commercial space companies. Together, they explore how the rapidly growing space economy is creating new jobs, strengthening national security, lowering launch costs, and unlocking technologies that improve everyday life. The conversation also explains how Momentus is becoming the "UPS of Space," transporting satellites and scientific payloads to their destinations while helping accelerate research, communications, and the next generation of space infrastructure. Whether you're fascinated by commercial spaceflight, defense technology, or the future of American innovation, this episode offers an inside look at one of the fastest-growing industries shaping the decades ahead. Meet The Future: https://mtf.tv/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    HELLO FUTURE: How Space Innovation Is Transforming Life on Earth with Momentus CEO John Rood
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HELLO, FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli is the daily podcast where tomorrow’s biggest questions come alive. Are aliens already visiting us? Could your next job be in space? What if satellites could find lost cities, or stop the next wildfire? What happens if America loses the space race… or if every satellite went dark tomorrow? From Mars to UFOs, from flying cars to “civilization starter kits,” each episode blends science, technology, and imagination with the real choices shaping our world. It’s smart, fast, and curious, built for anyone who’s ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what comes next. This isn’t science fiction. It’s the future, knocking on your door.  Kevin Cirilli is the founder of meet the future™ (mtf.tv). Cirilli has advised some of the nation’s leading military nonprofit philanthropists and policymakers and he is an emerging playwright. As a journalist, he is the former Chief Washington Correspondent for Bloomberg Television and Radio, where he covered the White House, Congress, and global economic policy while anchoring a daily geopolitical business affairs program. Before founding mtf.tv, Kevin appeared across nearly every major network — including CBS News, MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, C-SPAN, NPR, and Yahoo Finance — providing nonpartisan political and economic analysis and conducting exclusive interviews with some of the most influential figures of the 21st century. He was also a media fellow at the Atlantic Council in the Global China Hub. He has reported from across the United States and around the world — including assignments in Israel, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia — covering pivotal moments in global affairs and the people driving change.

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