The Future of Everything

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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.

Episode Date
The future of depression care
Dec 20, 2024
The future of Alzheimer’s treatment
Dec 13, 2024
The future of AI and democracy
Dec 06, 2024
Best of: The future of underwater robotics
Nov 29, 2024
The future of AI coaching
Nov 22, 2024
The future of extreme climate events
Nov 15, 2024
The future of climate projection
Nov 08, 2024
Best of: Computation cracks cold cases
Nov 01, 2024
The future of autonomous vehicles
Oct 25, 2024
The future of ultrafast electronics
Oct 18, 2024
Best of: An innovative polling model can move us beyond political polarization
Oct 11, 2024
The future of GPS
Oct 04, 2024
The future of female athletic health
Sep 27, 2024
Best of: How to fight climate change
Sep 20, 2024
The future of skin longevity
Sep 13, 2024
The future of AI at work
Sep 06, 2024
Best of: Better ways to build an airplane
Aug 30, 2024
The future of Russia and Ukraine
Aug 23, 2024
The future of educational technology
Aug 16, 2024
Best of: A more thoughtful approach to technology can improve medical care
Aug 09, 2024
The future of cognitive tools
Aug 02, 2024
The future of perceptual phenomena
Jul 26, 2024
Russ’s Summer Playlist
Jul 19, 2024
The future of polymers
Jul 12, 2024
Best of: How math makes markets fairer
Jul 05, 2024
The future of exercise
Jun 28, 2024
Best of: The future of proteins
Jun 21, 2024
The future of computer-aided education
Jun 14, 2024
The future of effective communication
Jun 07, 2024
Best of: What happens when computers can write like humans
May 31, 2024
The future of the universe
May 24, 2024
The future of robotics
May 17, 2024
The future of brain science
May 10, 2024
The future of cybersecurity
May 03, 2024
Best of: Regenerating and rejuvenating human tissues
Apr 26, 2024
Best of: How do you build a better robot? By understanding people.
Apr 19, 2024
Best of: Why AI must embody the values of its users
Apr 12, 2024
The future of addiction
Apr 05, 2024
The future of computer music
Mar 29, 2024
The future of pediatric pain
Mar 22, 2024
The future of measuring cancer
Mar 15, 2024
The future of reading
Mar 08, 2024
The future of culture
Mar 01, 2024
Best of: What makes a surgeon great?
Feb 23, 2024
The future of bioprinting
Feb 16, 2024
The future of language learning
Feb 09, 2024
Best of: Computational modeling can help us understand Alzheimer’s disease
Feb 02, 2024
The future of immigration
Jan 26, 2024
Best of: The future of art
Jan 19, 2024
The future of digital health
Jan 12, 2024
Best of: New life for old muscles
Jan 05, 2024
Russ's Holiday Episode Playlist
Dec 20, 2023
Best of: Making sense of the gut biome
Dec 15, 2023
Best of: What can the DNA in your blood reveal about your health?
Dec 08, 2023
The future of AI Chat: Foundation models and responsible innovation
Dec 01, 2023
The future of ecohydrology
Nov 17, 2023
Best of: Bendable electronics
Nov 10, 2023
Best of: Developing electronics for the extremes of space
Nov 03, 2023
The future of computational imaging
Oct 27, 2023
Best of: Guided missiles target cancer
Oct 20, 2023
The future of neuroscience: Karl Deisseroth sheds light on the inner workings of the brain
Oct 13, 2023
Best of: How do we educate a new kind of engineer?
Oct 06, 2023
The future of quantum mechanics: Unraveling entanglement's secrets
Sep 29, 2023
The future of the gut microbiome
Sep 22, 2023
The future of coastal erosion
Sep 15, 2023
The future of Muslim mental health
Sep 08, 2023
The future of science education: Cultivating critical thinkers
Sep 01, 2023
Best of: How computer chips get speedier through specialization
Aug 25, 2023
Best of - AI and safety critical systems
Aug 18, 2023
The future of longevity
Aug 11, 2023
The future of health outcomes
Aug 04, 2023
Best of - How misinformation spreads
Jul 28, 2023
Best of - How light can power higher speed computing
Jul 21, 2023
The future of antibiotic synthesis
Jul 14, 2023
Best of - How 3D printing is changing medicine
Jul 07, 2023
The future of human vision
Jun 30, 2023
The future of trauma therapy
Jun 23, 2023
Best of - The future of robot simulations
Jun 16, 2023
The future of wastewater
Jun 09, 2023
The future of greenhouse gases
Jun 02, 2023
Best of - New forms of semiconductors are key to the future
May 26, 2023
The future of art
May 19, 2023
The future of movement disorders
May 12, 2023
The future of computational linguistics
May 05, 2023
Best of - The future of computer science education
Apr 28, 2023
The future of simple rules
Apr 21, 2023
The future of proteins
Apr 14, 2023
The future of mosquito-borne diseases
Apr 07, 2023
The future of infectious disease immunology
Mar 17, 2023
The future of computational health economics
Mar 10, 2023
Michael Snyder: Insights from medicine’s most-measured man
Mar 03, 2023
Barbara van Schewick: Net neutrality and the future of the internet
Feb 24, 2023
Beatriz Magaloni: Data illuminate the cycle of police violence in Latin America
Feb 17, 2023
Nicholas Bloom: Home is where the work is
Feb 10, 2023
Mac Schwager: How engineers are putting the ‘auto’ in autonomous
Jan 27, 2023
Ilan Kroo: Better ways to build an airplane
Jan 20, 2023
Helen Blau: New life for old muscles
Dec 16, 2022
Lawrence Wein: Computation cracks cold cases
Dec 02, 2022
Doug James: Computer-generated sound catches its graphical sibling
Nov 18, 2022
Melissa Valentine: The rise of the flash organization
Nov 11, 2022
Elaine Treharne: Why physical books will always be with us
Nov 04, 2022
Oussama Khatib: What if Aquaman were a robot?
Oct 28, 2022
Desiree LaBeaud: The curious connection between plastic trash and infectious disease
Oct 21, 2022
Alexandria Boehm: Wastewater helps reveal COVID’s real reach
Oct 14, 2022
Is a good diagnosis possible without revealing your medical secrets?
Oct 07, 2022
The water problem that’s still unresolved in schools across the country
Sep 20, 2022
A scientist uses radar technology to map the insides of ice sheets
Sep 19, 2022
How un-syncing the brain can help Parkinson’s patients
Sep 07, 2022
How to put AI tools into the hands of primary care physicians
Aug 18, 2022
A mobile app can be the gateway for helping communities improve their health and well-being
Aug 16, 2022
How to design algorithms with fairness in mind
Aug 08, 2022
Using technologies from the gaming industry to improve medicine
Jul 25, 2022
How to make quieter airplanes
Jul 18, 2022
A cardiologist says embracing diversity will catalyze medical research
Jul 18, 2022
An innovative polling model can move us past political polarization
Jun 24, 2022
How cryptography and Web3 can fight misinformation and help restore trust in digital media
Jun 17, 2022
Computational modeling can help understand Alzheimer’s disease
Jun 14, 2022
Data is transforming our understanding of natural disasters
Jun 14, 2022
How to develop ever better computer chips
May 25, 2022
Training the next generation of entrepreneurs
May 25, 2022
How to Fight Climate Change
May 17, 2022
The physics of gel-like substances
May 05, 2022
What makes a surgeon great?
Apr 15, 2022
How social media can help gauge societal health
Apr 07, 2022
What happens when computers can write like humans
Apr 04, 2022
The impact of income gaps on children’s health
Mar 23, 2022
The crucial role of data compression
Mar 13, 2022
Regenerating and rejuvenating human tissues
Mar 12, 2022
Why AI must embody the values of its users
Feb 22, 2022
A more thoughtful approach to technology can improve medical care
Feb 18, 2022
How do you build a better robot? By understanding people.
Feb 10, 2022
James Zou: Trust is AI’s most critical contribution to health care
Jan 20, 2022
Johan Ugander: How misinformation spreads faster than truth
Jan 07, 2022
Martin Fischer: AI and virtual reality can help society build better
Jan 06, 2022
Gill Bejerano: How cryptogenomics advances both science and privacy
Jan 05, 2022
Cynthia Lee: How to teach computer science
Dec 13, 2021
Chelsea Finn: How to make artificial intelligence more meta
Nov 15, 2021
Kayvon Fatahalian: How the pandemic changed the virtual world
Nov 03, 2021
Kuang Xu: How to make (and keep) genetic data private
Oct 18, 2021
Eric Appel: Gels are changing the face of engineering ... and medicine
Oct 04, 2021
Lianne Kurina: How controlling confounders makes better epidemiology
Oct 01, 2021
Priyanka Raina: How computer chips get speedier through specialization
Sep 18, 2021
Biondo Biondi: How to measure an earthquake through the internet
Aug 24, 2021
Emmanuel Candès: How to increase certainty in predictive modeling
Aug 23, 2021
Srabanti Chowdhury: New forms of semiconductors are key to the future
Jul 19, 2021
Simona Onori: How ready are we for our electric future?
Jun 27, 2021
Irene Lo: How math makes markets fairer
Jun 26, 2021
Joseph DeSimone: How 3D printing is changing medicine
Jun 13, 2021
Tina Hernandez-Boussard: How data improves the quality of health care
Jun 12, 2021
Nate Persily: How to restore faith in America’s elections
Jun 03, 2021
Krishna Shenoy: How brain-computer connections could end paralysis
Jun 02, 2021
Sam Wineburg: How to improve American students’ fact-checking skills
May 16, 2021
Julie Parsonnet: How faith in herd immunity may be misplaced
May 16, 2021
Maneesh Agrawala: How AI is changing video editing
May 04, 2021
Noah Rosenberg: How biology is becoming more mathematical
May 03, 2021
Ram Rajagopal: How the grid is becoming more human-centric
Apr 22, 2021
Meagan Mauter: How freshwater supply is becoming more circular
Apr 21, 2021
Catherine Gorle: How cityscapes catch the wind
Apr 07, 2021
Anthony Kinslow: How to close the clean-energy divide
Apr 06, 2021
Kunle Olukotun: How to make AI more democratic
Mar 27, 2021
Julie Owono: How local voices will shape the global internet
Mar 09, 2021
Dan Jurafsky: How AI is changing our understanding of language
Mar 08, 2021
Riitta Katila: How diversity drives innovation
Feb 19, 2021
David Miller: How light could transform computing
Feb 10, 2021
Jin Hyung Lee: How can we systematically cure brain diseases?
Feb 05, 2021
Mark Schnitzer: How to better understand the brain
Jan 29, 2021
Mutale Nkonde: How to get more truth from social media
Jan 23, 2021
Karen Liu: How robots perceive the physical world
Jan 15, 2021
Jef Caers: How better mineral exploration makes better batteries
Jan 08, 2021
Evan Reed: How to discover a magic material
Dec 10, 2020
Renée DiResta: How to beat bad information
Nov 18, 2020
Will Tarpeh: How to take the waste out of wastewater
Nov 13, 2020
Kwabena Boahen: How to build a super-efficient super-computer
Nov 09, 2020
Daphne Koller: How machine learning is transforming drug discovery
Nov 02, 2020
Markus Covert: How to build a computer model of a cell
Oct 19, 2020
Rafael Pelayo: How to get a good night’s sleep
Sep 23, 2020
Marietje Schaake: Can democracy survive in a digital world?
Sep 21, 2020
Andrew Huberman: How stress affects the mind — and how to relieve it
Sep 18, 2020
Manu Prakash: How to beat a pandemic on a budget
Aug 26, 2020
Byron Reeves: What our screens tell us about us
Aug 15, 2020
Newsha Ajami: How engineers restored hope for our water supplies
Aug 12, 2020
Susan Holmes: How statistics are reshaping our understanding of biology
Aug 03, 2020
Sheri Sheppard: How do we educate a new kind of engineer?
Jul 18, 2020
Jonathan Chen: Can algorithms make doctors better?
Jul 06, 2020
Mykel Kochenderfer: AI and Safety-Critical Systems
Jun 23, 2020
Pamela Chen: How meme culture and algorithms are reshaping photography
Jun 17, 2020
Michael O'Sullivan: Data leads New Zealand’s COVID-19 response
Jun 11, 2020
Megan Palmer: COVID-19’s scientific silver lining
May 12, 2020
Catherine Blish: Immunology is on the trail of a killer
Apr 27, 2020
Seema Yasmin: How to conquer a pandemic with communication
Apr 16, 2020
Victor Carrion: How to beat stress in a pandemic
Apr 16, 2020
Sanjay Basu: The power of healthy eating
Apr 13, 2020
Alison Marsden: Computer models could transform cardiovascular surgery
Apr 13, 2020
Jayodita Sanghvi and Grace Tang: Big data meets big business
Apr 13, 2020
William Chueh: How to build a better battery
Apr 10, 2020
Russ Altman: Artificial intelligence takes on COVID-19
Apr 09, 2020
John Etchemendy: How can we get the most from artificial intelligence?
Apr 08, 2020
Nigam Shah: A researcher turns to data to fight the COVID-19 virus
Apr 08, 2020
Alex Dunn: When cells communicate by nudging one another
Apr 03, 2020
Fiorenza Micheli: The race to save the ocean
Mar 17, 2020
Nick Ouellette: What flocks of birds can tell us about engineering
Mar 06, 2020
Shaili Jain: Treatments for PTSD are more effective than ever
Feb 29, 2020
Michelle Mello: Patient privacy and the law are on a collision course
Feb 24, 2020
Bonnie Maldonado: The science is clear. Vaccinations save lives.
Feb 19, 2020
Simone D’Amico: “The Swarm” is coming to an orbit near you
Feb 13, 2020
Jelena Vuckovic: Photonics — a light on the computing horizon
Jan 24, 2020
Sharon Chinthrajah: The air is making us sick
Jan 21, 2020
Emma Brunskill: Amped-up education with AI
Jan 10, 2020
Scott Delp: Better gait, better life
Dec 13, 2019
Stephen Quake: What can the DNA in your blood reveal about your health?
Nov 22, 2019
Elizabeth Sattely: Plants are the ultimate chemists
Nov 15, 2019
Ross Shachter: Can AI improve mammography?
Oct 25, 2019
Ash Alizadeh: A New Age in Oncology
Oct 18, 2019
Margot Gerritsen: How to get more women into data science
Oct 11, 2019
Mildred Cho: Ethics in the age of easy gene editing
Oct 04, 2019
Lynn Hildemann: What pollutants are lurking in our indoor spaces?
Sep 27, 2019
Steven Collins: New prosthetics should be better than the real thing
Sep 20, 2019
Ami Bhatt: Lessons from the microbial world living within us
Sep 13, 2019
Mehran Sahami: The evolution of computer science education
Aug 23, 2019
John Markoff: The past, present and future of Silicon Valley
Aug 16, 2019
Sylvia Plevritis: Better cancer treatment through data
Jul 19, 2019
James Landay: What’s next in human-computer interaction?
Jul 19, 2019
Jeremy Weinstein: Technology in the public interest
Jul 12, 2019
Kari Nadeau: Science takes on food allergies
Jun 28, 2019
Monica Lam: Privacy in the age of virtual assistants
Jun 04, 2019
Sharad Goel: How hidden bias affects the criminal justice system
May 31, 2019
Paul Yock: Innovation in medical technology
May 06, 2019
Margaret Brandeau: Math and computers help reshape health policy
May 06, 2019
Tony Oro: Stem cell therapies for incurable diseases
Apr 22, 2019
Michelle Monje: New therapies for brain cancer
Apr 22, 2019
Dennis Wall: The changing face of autism diagnosis and treatment
Apr 03, 2019
Xiaolin Zheng: New benefits of combustion revealed
Mar 12, 2019
Londa Schiebinger: Why does gender matter?
Mar 06, 2019
Billy Loo: “FLASH” radiation therapy brings hope to cancer patients
Mar 05, 2019
Carlos Bustamante: Genomics has a diversity problem
Feb 14, 2019
​Robert Reich: Is it time to rethink philanthropy?
Feb 11, 2019
Toomas Ilves: Lessons in digital democracy from Estonia
Feb 04, 2019
Nigam Shah: Artificial Intelligence transforms health care
Dec 20, 2018
Paul Oyer: Where, exactly, is the gig economy taking us?
Dec 20, 2018
Alex Stamos: How do we preserve free speech in the era of fake news?
Dec 20, 2018
Adina Sterling: How will artificial intelligence change hiring?
Dec 20, 2018
Greg Beroza: Data helps prepare us for ‘The Big One’
Nov 17, 2018
​Anne Kiremidjian: Cities built to endure disaster
Nov 17, 2018
Annelise Barron: The battle against Alzheimer’s is reinvigorated
Oct 24, 2018
Riana Pfefferkorn: How are the boundaries of digital privacy shifting?
Sep 22, 2018
​Marshall Burke: The impact of climate change on human behavior
Sep 22, 2018
David Magnus: How will artificial intelligence impact medical ethics?
Sep 08, 2018
​Balaji Prabhakar: Can digital incentives help alleviate traffic?
Sep 08, 2018
Gopi Shah Goda: You’re probably not saving enough for retirement
Jul 28, 2018
Dan Boneh: Still in early days, Blockchain is rich with possibility
Jul 28, 2018
Jeffrey Pfeffer: Your job is killing you
Jul 14, 2018
​Sarah Billington: How we shape our buildings — and how they shape us
Jul 14, 2018
Anna Grzymala-Busse: Lessons from the rise of global populism
Jun 30, 2018
​Andrew Grotto: Combating cyberthreats in the age of the cloud
Jun 16, 2018
Anna Lembke: How do we fight the disease of addiction?
Jun 16, 2018
​Martha Crenshaw: Fighting terrorism in the age of social media
Jun 02, 2018
Fred Turner: The 60s counterculture roots of today’s social networks
May 19, 2018
Maya Rossin-Slater: Health policy and its impact on families
May 19, 2018
Jeremy Bailenson: Taking a grand tour of the latest in virtual reality
May 05, 2018
​Roz Naylor: Changing how — and what — the world eats
Apr 21, 2018
Michal Kosinski: Living in a post-privacy world
Apr 21, 2018
Craig Criddle: Redefining waste treatment
Apr 07, 2018
Michael Fischbach: Making sense of the gut biome
Apr 07, 2018
​Michael Bernstein: Welcome to the future of crowdsourcing
Mar 24, 2018
Paul Wise: Saving the children, on the frontlines of war
Mar 24, 2018
Sarah Heilshorn: Building replacement parts for the human body
Feb 24, 2018
Maneesh Agrawala: Artificial intelligence comes to multimedia
Feb 24, 2018
Manu Prakash: The physics of biology
Feb 10, 2018
Jennifer Cochran: Guided missiles target cancer
Feb 10, 2018
David Relman: What dolphins can teach us about our own health
Jan 27, 2018
​Megan Palmer: How do we solve the security challenges in biotech?
Nov 11, 2017
​Marco Pavone: How autonomy is shaping the future of space exploration
Oct 28, 2017
Audrey Shafer: Why Frankenstein still holds a mirror to modern science
Oct 28, 2017
Jenny Suckale: A Better Plan B for Managing Disasters
Oct 21, 2017
​Allison Okamura: Exploring the next big thing in modern robotics
Oct 21, 2017
David Lentink: What small birds teach us about the physics of flight
Oct 07, 2017
Debbie Senesky: Developing electronics for the extremes of space
Oct 07, 2017
​Euan Ashley: Exploring a new age of medical diagnostics
Sep 09, 2017
Kwabena Boahen: What does the next generation of computers look like?
Aug 26, 2017
​Per Enge: How safe and secure is GPS?
Aug 26, 2017
Amy Zegart: How vulnerable are we to cyber attacks?
Aug 19, 2017
Emmanuel Mignot: Sleep impacts our lives in ways we might not even recognize
Aug 19, 2017
Jure Leskovec: The power of social networks
Aug 05, 2017
Pamela Hinds: How do you get the most out of a global team?
Aug 05, 2017
Pat Brown: Where’s the beef? How plants could be used to build a better burger.
Jun 17, 2017
John Dabiri: Technology inspired by nature
Jun 17, 2017
Jennifer Dionne: The power of light
Jun 03, 2017
David Eagleman: Adding to the senses
Jun 03, 2017
Drew Endy: ​Exploring the biotechnology revolution
May 20, 2017
Fei-Fei Li and Chris Gerdes: ​The future of artificial intelligence and self-driving cars
May 06, 2017
Oussama Khatib: “Bringing a new revolution in robotics”
Apr 29, 2017
Christina Smolke: How to grow better painkillers and other medications
Apr 29, 2017
Carolyn Bertozzi: How the sugars on the surface of human cells affect our health
Apr 08, 2017
Audrey Bowden: What is the future of medical diagnostics?
Mar 25, 2017
David Camarillo: What can we do to protect ourselves from concussions?
Mar 25, 2017
Zhenan Bao: Bendable Electronics
Mar 11, 2017
Janine Zacharia: What is the future of media?
Mar 11, 2017
Hank Greely: ​How babies (will) get made
Feb 25, 2017
Andrea Goldsmith: ​What is the future of wireless networking and communications?
Feb 25, 2017
Marc Salit: What is the future of genome measurement?
Feb 11, 2017
Jennifer Granick: ​Our digital fingerprints are everywhere. How do we protect ourselves?
Feb 11, 2017