77 Future Now podcast - Live from Maui with Richard Cray, Man of la Mancha, Greg Panos with the latest in AI music and Avatars, Ed Ellsworth and the Maui Fires, Jerry Isdale on Island tech and the arts

Listen Now to 77 Live from Maui

This week we broadcast from Maui with a wonderful selection of friends who clue us in to what’s happening in this Hawaiian paradise.  It’s been a year since the horrible Lahaina fires and recovery has been slow and agonizing to many.  Ed Ellsworth gives us an update on that situation.  To help recover the Aloha spirit of the island, the Maui Arts and Cultural Center in partnership with The Makana Aloha Foundation and County of Maui Office of Economic Development, sponsored a professional production of the famous Broadway play, Man of la Mancha, starring former Broadway actor/singer Richard Cray, and  Hawaii music legend,  Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom.  Richard is a big fan of our podcast and we interview him about his epic role of Don Quixote, and the play’s ability to lift the spirits of all who see it.  His partner, Greg Panos, shares with us some of the innovations he sees in the use of virtual and augmented reality and AI music and visuals in enhancing a production’s impact.  

Richard Cray and Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom

Maui maker faire creator Jerry Isdale joins us to share info on Maui arts and tech projects currently underway, his latest works involving dancers, and an update on the formidable looking high tech installations at the top of the local volcano, Haleakalā.  Enjoy!

L-R The Futures, Ed Ellsworth, Bobby Wilder, and Richard Cray

28 Future Now Show - on the road with guest Irene Lambert (Mom) and Interview with Ted Fairhurst, author of "Dare to Reach"

Listen to Future Now with Irene Lambert and Ted Fairhurst

We actually had some bandwidth this week, out here in the wilds of Canada, and were able to do this show live. Naturally for the podcast we’ve dramatically improved it in many ways, with sound fx, edits and additions to The Futures with Mothermake the show flow well and be more entertaining.  To help discuss this week’s Future stories, we have Bobby Wilder, our science correspondent in San Francisco, and Irene Lambert in Montreal, who just happens to be Dr. Future’s  Bio-mom! She just turned 93, but doesn’t miss a beat in our high-paced, hi-browTed Fairhurst during our on the road interview conversations. Our disussion on the Maui wildfire, for example, covers insights gained from our collective  personal experiences with California and the big Canada wildfires this year.  Also of interest this week is our interview with Ted Fairhust, an adventurer who has summited the highest peaks and volcanos in every continent in his 60’s and 70’s! He’s written a book on his experiences, “Dare to Reach,” and is one healthy inspired spirit! Enjoy..