Episodes

  • S06 EP4: The Most Wonderful Tim of the Year

    S06 EP4: The Most Wonderful Tim of the Year
    Dec 23 2025
    Jon and the Futurenauts slide sideways into their festive final show of 2025 with pioneering space bubble greenhouse gardener and optimistic curmudgeon Sir Tim Smit and some suitably seasonal silliness to end the year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • S06 EP3: Laying down some firehose - with Kresse Wesling

    S06 EP3: Laying down some firehose - with Kresse Wesling
    Dec 16 2025
    Jon and the Futurenauts get into some serious upcycling adventures with the phenomenal Moose-inspired Kresse, self-declared ‘waste addict, co-founder of fire-hose-to-designer-luxury-goods brand ‘Elvis & Kresse’ and now also a regenerative farmer. In the process we learn about backward design, money as lubricant, and the earthy joys of ‘humanure’. And… is Mark coming round to Ed’s poetry? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins
  • S06 EP2: They think it’s all Clover!

    S06 EP2: They think it’s all Clover!
    Nov 28 2025
    This episode features special guest and literal ‘force of nature’ activist Clover Hogan, with passionate thoughts on how it feels, and what to do in response, to burgeoning ecological threats (plus how to be trolled by the richest man in the world). We also welcome back ‘Pointless Futures’ for a satirical look at the latest consumer nonsense. Plus! Jon’s agonising about the school run, Mark’s learning to edit on the job, and Ed reads a poem. What could possibly go wrong? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • S06 EP1: Back To The Pub

    S06 EP1: Back To The Pub
    Nov 14 2025
    After an 18 month hangover from Series 5, the boys return older, wiser and in wide-eyed blinking horror at what’s happened in the interim. Joining them to make some sense of things and talk boozers and ethical business is legendary pioneering organic pub maestro Geetie Singh-Watson, whose proposed rebrand for Jon’s pub might raise more than just an eyebrow or two… Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; ⁠Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com⁠ Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • S5 EP12: “Gardening, ball-gigs and going live”

    S5 EP12: “Gardening, ball-gigs and going live”
    Mar 15 2024
    Back (finally) for a final finale of season five, Ed, Jon and Mark get stuck into gardening for the climate crisis, celebs in Vegas and their forthcoming festival headliner slot, with all the usual rambunctiousness you - dear listeners - have hopefully come to love and respect 😉 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • S5 EP11: Festive Fecking Special

    S5 EP11: Festive Fecking Special
    Dec 27 2023
    Jon creates a celebrity quiz for Ed and Mark to test their popular cultural knowledge, everyone valiantly attempts to create uplifting moments and we find out what it feels like to be touched by the finger of God Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • S5 EP10: The Future with John Elkington

    S5 EP10: The Future with John Elkington
    Dec 20 2023
    With special guest the ‘Godfather of Sustainability’ John Elkington the boys dig into the nitty gritty of what it feels like to write your first paper on climate change back in 1978, why we need not to dismiss ‘blowing up pipelines’ and the horrors of pecha kucha… Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • S5 EP9: Future of Pets

    S5 EP9: Future of Pets
    Dec 13 2023
    With special (self-invited!) guests veteran vets Jen Gale and Justine Shotton, the boys dig into the prospects for our feathered, furry and scaled friends. Are our pets eating us out of planet and home? Should we simply eat our pets? And what do you do with 22M UK cat and dog poops a DAY? Get in touch with the show with any questions or topics you'd like us to discuss; Hello@jonandthefuturenauts.com TWITTER: @JANDTHEF Thanks, Jon, Ed, and Mark. A 'Keep it Light Media' Production All enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 mins