Episodes 39
Avg. Duration 39m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Jul 2020
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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Monthly
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About This Podcast

In our Back to the F**kture podcast, hosted by The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond, we ask a future-thinker to put foresight predictions under the hindsight spotlight and explore how trends were disrupted and what this has meant for the future. 

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Recent Episodes

S3E3 S3 Ep3: S3 Ep3: Leila Fataar on Building Culture-Led Brands

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In the latest episode of Back to the F**kture!, Leila Fataar, founder of Platform13 and author of Culture-Led Brands, explores how culture-led branding – rooted in real people and real contexts, not…

S3E2 S3 Ep2: Dr Knatokie Ford on Augmented Futures and Redefining What’s Possible for Next-Gen Teens

Mar 27, 2025 34m

In the latest episode of Back to the F**kture!, Dr Knatokie Ford explores how Augmented Futures – a fusion of science, storytelling and futurism – can empower under-represented teens to shape their…

S3E1 S3 Ep1: Jacynth Bassett on Reframing Ageing

Mar 07, 2025 36m

In the latest episode of Back to the F**kture! Jacynth Bassett, founder and CEO of global consultancy, community and campaign Ageism Is Never In Style, joins The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin…

S2E26 S2 Ep26: Des Fitzgerald in Search of the Cities of Tomorrow

May 24, 2024 36m

We’ve covered a lot about green cities and the rise of blue zone city districts on LS:N Global, but what if we have been too simplistic, judgemental and morally narrow in our approach and…

S2E25 S2 Ep25: Susanne Etti and the reality of a carbon footprint

Feb 16, 2024 37m

In our latest Back to the F**kture podcast, Dr Susanne Etti talks carbon labelling and more collaborative and constructive ways to tackle the climate crisis through her role and work with sustainable…

S2E24 S2 Ep24: Tasha Golden and the impact of art on mental health

Jan 26, 2024 35m

According to the World Health Organization, good health isn’t ‘merely the absence of disease’, but ‘complete physical, mental and social wellbeing’. Dr Tasha Golden, my latest guest on Back to the…

S2E23 S2 Ep23: To Luxury and Beyond with Carlota Rodben

Dec 19, 2023 37m

In our latest Back to the F**kture podcast, Beyond Luxury author and innovator Carlota Rodben discusses the future of luxury and emotion with The Future Laboratory’s co-founder, Martin…

S2E22 S2 Ep22: Mimi Nicklin is Softening the CEO edge

Dec 08, 2023 33m

Successful leaders are empathetic ones, according to author, leadership coach and strategic thinker Mimi Nicklin. They are also great perspective takers who understand the context of our decisions,…

S2E21 S2 Ep21: A very private function with Peter Cole

Nov 02, 2023 36m

As private membership clubs try to regain their privacy and mojo, on this week’s Back to the F**kture podcast The Future Laboratory’s co-founder Martin Raymond talks with hospitality entrepreneur…

S2E20 S2 Ep20: Sarah Wilson on 'Giving a f**k'

Oct 12, 2023 34m

Life is f**ked – then you make it happen. And this epithet seems to embody the life of Australian author, broadcaster and entrepreneur, Sarah Wilson. Not that her life has been fu**ed –if anything,…

S2E19 S2 Ep19: The Foresight Manifesto

Sep 22, 2023 38m

It’s November 2019, and an associate of Scott Perugini Kelly suggests that he adds a World Health Organization pandemic preparedness paper to a brief he’s currently readying for the head of the…

S2E18 S2 Ep18: Adam Scott and Dave Waddell the transformative power of the designed experience

Jul 19, 2023 34m

Design and experience strategy isn’t a top-down process for the privileged few, but a collaborative engagement along a narrative arc of surprise and transformation that changes audience and designer…

S2E17 S2 Ep17: Henry Coutinho Mason & Rohit Bhargava on the future normal

Jun 30, 2023 33m

Reluctant futurists is the collective descriptor used by Henry Coutinho-Mason and Rohit Bhargava to describe their current career trajectory. Their preferred term is near futurists since their work…

S2E16 S2 Ep16: Dacher Keltner on the power of everyday awe

Jun 01, 2023 33m

How can we use the power of everyday awe to prime innovation or create heightened levels of wellbeing? In his latest Back to The F**kture podcast episode with professor Dacher Keltner, The Future…

S2E15 S2 Ep15: Rhona Ezuma on third-space moments and third-culture places

May 18, 2023 37m

In the latest episode of the Back to the F**kture podcast, The Future Laboratory’s co-founder Martin Raymond chats with Rhona Ezuma, entrepreneurial founder of THIIIRD magazine, a multi-faceted…

S2E14 S2 Ep14: Ian Johnston on the escapist experience

May 05, 2023 36m

Retail experience isn’t just about UX tech, but about understanding how we blend all touchpoints we have with the customer into a single, seamless conversation, as Quinine’s founder Ian Johnston…

S2E13 S2 Ep13: Ruby Warrington on women without kids

Apr 11, 2023 37m

Author, feminist and founder of the sober-curious movement Ruby Warrington chats to Back to the F**kture’s Martin Raymond, co-founder of The Future Laboratory, about why women without children isn’t…

S2E12 S2 Ep12: Sue Fennessy on anti-provocation platforms

Mar 31, 2023 33m

In a world of fake news and hate-fuelled algorithms, entrepreneur Sue Fennessy discusses her new power-for-good platform, WeAre8, in the latest episode of Back To The F**kture with The Future…

S2E11 S2 Ep11: Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross on the science behind art

Mar 24, 2023 32m

As we seek purpose at a time of continued global uncertainty, Your Brain on Art authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross join Martin Raymond on his Back To The F**kture podcast to discuss the science…

S2E10 S2 Ep10: Matteo Magnani on forging the future of fragrance

Mar 03, 2023 34m

Scent is set to change the nature of health, wellbeing and self-care, according to Firmenich’s chief consumer and innovation officer Matteo Magnani, who speaks to The Future Laboratory’s co-founder…

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