Future Now

E 58 This week we are on the  road in beautiful Port Townsend, Washington, visiting Jim Rough, founder of www.wisedemocracy.org and Casandra Firman, Jim’s wife and partner in updating democracy as we know it. We all know about the importance of voting, and the necessities of jury duty and national defence as citizens, but have you heard of collaborative ‘choice creation?’ Jim and Cassandra help us understand what that means and why it so important for our modern democracy to embrace. In today’s show

E 57 Shakespeare in the Spring We are on a roadtrip to Seattle and doing our podcast from AirB&B’s for the next couple of shows. This week is from Ashland, a cultural hotspot known for great art galleries, theaters, restaurants, and the home of the world famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  We saw the opening production of MacBeth, and Dune, part 2.  Much to discuss and explore this week, as the future is happening now at an increasingly exponential rate, from space adventures  to musical  AI,