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The Future of Everything

Host Russ Altman, a professor of bioengineering, genetics, and medicine at Stanford, is your guide to the latest science and engineering breakthroughs. Join Russ and his guests as they explore cutting-edge advances that are shaping the future of everything from AI to health and renewable energy. Along the way, “The Future of Everything” delves into ethical implications to give listeners a well-rounded understanding of how new technologies and discoveries will impact society. Whether you’re a researcher, a student, or simply curious about what’s on the horizon, tune in to stay up-to-date on the latest developments that are transforming our world.

Episodes

The future of bone health

05 Sep 2025

33m

Best of: The future of reading

29 Aug 2025

29m

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In this episode of "The Future of Everything," host Russ Altman interviews Rebecca Silverman, a professor of education at Stanford University, about the complexities of learning to read. They discuss the challenges of decoding and linguistic comprehension, the variability in reading acquisition among children, and the ...

In this episode of "The Future of Everything," Russ Altman interviews Szu-chi Huang, a marketing professor at Stanford, about the science of motivation. Huang defines motivation as the drive to move from a current state to a desired future state and emphasizes sustaining motivation over time by adapting strategies thro...

Best of: Training the next generation of entrepreneurs

06 Jun 2025

28m

The future of learning to read

30 May 2025

38m

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In this episode of Stanford Engineering's "The Future of Everything," host Russ Altman interviews Jason Yeatman, a professor at Stanford University, about the neuroscience of learning to read. They discuss how reading skills vary across the population, the nature of dyslexia as a point on a continuum rather than a disc...