Tom Merritt
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Synopsis
“Join Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt to get short term, long term, and crazy predictions.”
Join Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt to get short term, long term, and crazy predictions, as well as the always interesting FourCast Findings and FourCast QuickFire Questions segments. They're a little lazy, so they bring on two guests every episode and make them do the work.
Episodes
Season 1
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- 1. Beware the Lunar MolemenNow viewing2009-07-1443mWe're proud to have Len Peralta of JawBone Radio and Monsters By Mail, and Veronica Belmont of Tekzilla and Qore as our first victims, er, guests. This episode was a blast, dealing with the end of the world, the terraforming of Mars, and of course, MoleMen.
- 2. Water Wars2009-08-0648mFor our next trick, Scott and I got Leo Laporte of TWiT fame, and Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback to square off with their visions of the future. You may think Leo is the optimist, but you'd be wrong. Witness the title of our episode. It was Jim that has the rosier view of the future. Including the chance for all of us to someday become Ashton Kutcher. Listen in folks, it's a good one.
- 3. Superheroes at Play in Domed Cities2009-09-1042mThis time on FourCast, comic, movie, and TV writer Gerry Conway and podcaster Brian Ibbott predict a world brimming with superheroes, domed cities, and RPGs based on your trip to the grocery store.
- 4. The Machine President Sits Alone2009-10-1535mThis time we are blessed with two musicians whom we are both fans of. Jonathan Coulton, known best for his Code Monkey and zombie songs, and MC Frontalot, known best, apparently for his back trouble int he nerdcore documentary but really for his amazing nerd rap prowess. We discuss their visions of synthetic life, machine-led government, nanobots, and the amazing growth of our brains. Or will we have brains in the future?
- 5. Goodbye Journalism and Game Consoles2009-11-0522mWe're doing things a little differently this time. We had so much good conversation this time around, that we're pbreaking the show into three parts. Part one of the prediction extravaganza with Scott Kurtz and Jeff Cannata sees us discuss the end of journalism as we know it and ponder a world with one game console platform.
- 6. America Gives Way to the First Virtual Nation2009-11-1223mIn part two of our conversation with Jeff Cannata and Scott Kurtz, it's time for the long term predictions. We discuss the decline of America and the potential rise of virtual nations.
- 7. Omega Point Steals Our Gender2009-11-1831mThe final part of our conversation with Jeff Cannata and Scott Kurtz covers the final simulation of everything and the elimination of all genders. Or does it? In fact, it does.
- 38. Sing Along with the Singularity2010-07-0659mWhile we have a lot of fun worrying about self-driving cars, it's really the singularity we should be worried about. Justin Robert Young pretty much believes it will be disaster, while Brian Brushwood has a rosier vision.
- 39. House of Trash2010-07-1245mEverything's going wireless, and magazines are on the way out. So we'll build our houses out of old wires and magazines.
- 40. Apple Is the Chigger of Tech Companies2010-07-2048mAmong the solid state drives and USB appendages we discover the similarity between Apple and the itchy pest, chiggers.
- 41. Goodbye to Our Bodies2010-07-2645mDefying gravity, leaving our bodies, and eliminating humanity. In a good way.
- 42. It's a Dune Dune Dune Dune World2010-08-0248mNo matter what we predict in this episode we find it all leads back to Dune... and the Space Amish.
- 43. Don't Insert Animals There2010-08-091h 11mCandy-coated humans, the Gross Domestic Happiness quotient, one language to rule them all, and more.
- 44. Humanity Is Saved!2010-08-1654mBody mods, presidential elections in the future, and the survival of humanity.
- 45. Whale Wars2010-08-231h 2mWe will ditch copyright, public libraries and traditional narrative, and embrace mutations. But don't worry, time is running out. Literally.
- 46. Sgt. Zapata Regrows an Arm2010-08-3053mFind out why teleportation will work for dead cats. Also, we'll pick a job for you but it won't be in self-help.
- 47. Don't Steal My Arm2010-09-1359mLooking forward to better airlines, stain-resistant clothing, pay-by-arm transactions, and more.
- 48. The Great Seawall of Atlantica2010-09-2051mWireless brains, boundless energy, virtual religion, and more.
- 49. Moop-A-Chicka-Wow-Wow2010-09-2750mDarthweef and PhatEmoKid tells us about the bedbugs, cures and Utopias in our future.
- 50. Rise of the Dolphoctopus2010-10-041hSolutions for cancer and money problems, and why the small humans will come out on top.
- 51. Planet of the 1990s Diseases2010-10-1236mCheap tech saves us all while our lungs are infected by solar cells.
- 52. Subscribe to the Perfect Memory2010-10-1852mFighting the intelligence gap, ending the judicial system, and more.
- 53. BBQ on Mars2010-10-2553mLooking forward to an alliance of space colonies rebelling against their BBQ-hating overlords.
- 54. The Bug People Will Inherit the Earth2010-11-0151mUnicorns at the bottom of the sea, level 3 civilizations, organs in jars, and more.
- 55. Giraffe Burger To Go, Please2010-11-0850mNo more borders, but we will have a civil war and we'll be saved by alien cyclopicorns.
- 56. What Would Blue-Jay Do?2010-11-1553mThe wild turkey shoot is coming to a big city near you, and you'll be able to literally share your memories of the event.
- 57. Vote Arsonist!2010-11-221h 2mWe will be burning everything down and creating artificial consciousness, resulting in self-aware fire-robots.
- 58. It's All a Simulization2010-11-2942mDogs talk while we use our networked brains to chat with artificial sentient life on the bottom of the ocean.
- 59. Holodeck Full of Tuba Rock2010-12-0656mDeciding which brain-machine interface to use for immortality: organic, mechanical or virtual.
- 60. Spray-on Shopping With Cher2010-12-1352mOur mems-pants we downloaded while VR-shopping can change colors with the situation but can't save us from destruction.
- 61. Government Is Soylent Green2010-12-201h 2mDemocracy through Farmville, chip implants for nutrition advice, and more.
- 62. Goober Great!2011-01-031h 2mSeth Rogen's future, landfill rage, and the greatest peanut butter combination of all time.
- 63. Nanite-Controlled Algorithms for Better Living2011-01-1755mLife will be sweet when algorithms govern our social lives and body bugs govern our biology.
- 64. Infinity Is Freaking Huge2011-01-241h 4mBrain hacking will be easier when we're always connected to the Net to watch live coverage of state secessions.
- 65. Gold-Backed Data Currency2011-01-3157mHot swap your organs without interrupting the WiFi in your brain, and bad news is consolidated at MySpoo.
- 66. Robot Sugar2011-02-0758mIn our parochial future filled with pirates, robots will tolerate us while Scott pole-dances under the name Robot Sugar.
- 67. Goodbye Governments, Hello Science War2011-02-1459mIn our future, there will be no governments, only science wars.
- 68. Global Harmony Meets the Multiverse2011-02-281h 3mThe rise of citizen scientists who record their life will lead us to global harmony on Mars.
- 69. We Are All X-Men2011-03-0752mWe learn to love the mole men, throw out our DVDs and break up into small countries.
- 70. The Future Is Unclear2011-03-2150mOur guests have good reasons for having hazy future predictions. But the crazy? They bring the crazy.
- 71. To The Caves!2011-03-281h 2mWe're headed to the gold standard, going bankrupt, losing our faith in science and we'll lose the world to the slime molds anyway.
- 72. We Are the Mole Men2011-04-0444mHollywood won't stop making comic book movies, but we will stop talking to teach other in our ultraseats. And it will all happen underground.
- 73. You Died of Spacsyntery2011-04-1151mThe proxy war will rage but we'll find water on 581g, and get plenty of online music and education.
- 74. The Future of No More2011-04-1858mNo more I/O devices, no more copyright and no more URLs. But we will have ChromeOS!
- 75. Weightless Immortality2011-04-2558mFind out the best way to be weightless and live forever with Aaron and Mary on this episode of FourCast.
- 76. Head in the Clouds2011-05-0958mWe're putting a hard drive in our heads, and we can't tell the Google history index has changed history, but we're all in caves now, so it's OK.
- 77. Stop Chad!2011-05-2456mIf Chad doesn't get us in his dictatorial domination of new media, thumb-cats will!
- 78. Got Nanobots?2011-06-0654mDesktop sales take off, data mining makes us safer, memories get cataloged, and more.
- 79. Talk to the Animals2011-06-1359mTwitter and Facebook will die, GPS gets hacked, animal chats make us all vegetarians, but we all die anyway, and more.
- 80. Space Nomads2011-06-2152mWe wander the universe playing Call of Duty 20 on our million-core processors, and using our slaptops, and more.
- 81. Robot Everything2011-06-2751mHumans grow the eff up, get happy, replace our body parts and get happy.
- 82. Prime Minister Doctorow If You Please2011-07-1159mTextbooks are free, hydroponic farmers grow in our cities, and computers become Gods.
- 83. Nice Bioluminescent Spots2011-07-1858mBioluminescent spots running down your back with billboards.
- 84. It's All About Superheroes2011-07-2542mWe won't die, and we won't have nay land, but we'll all be experts.
- 85. Distributed Everything2011-08-0146mWe all share Internet, power and brains, but how long now will be really smelly and social.
- 86. The Gassy One2011-08-081hWe'll taste our movies and burn our trash, but we'll all be made of broccoli. Yet a trip to Jupiter will take our mind off it.
- 87. Grow Your Own Home2011-08-1559mScan your tomatoes, travel at Mach 20 and put your phone in your brain.
88. Black Tar Einstein2011-08-2249mWe got brain drain, big bangs and charity that gives back.- 89. We Welcome Our Tank Spider Overlords2011-08-2951mWe wear our computers, improve our toilets and all die in a singularity. But we can think our way out of it.
- 90. Putting the "I" In IPO2011-09-1251mBeatniks, home power and board games will make our future complete.
- 91. Designer Prosthetics2011-09-1951mAliens will bind us, waste will be dealt with and the makers will inherit the Earth.
- 92. Vote Gibbon2011-09-2650mIt's survival of the cutest, or survival of the aliens that can't enjoy simulations. But we can't use telepathy because of the ads.
- 93. Go Goa'uld or Go Home2011-10-0459mCivil War leads to education reform, and finally to the singularity.
- 94. Space Dragons2011-10-1258mWe live long enough to end the US, colonize the universe and meet the alien dragons.
- 95. Swappin' Body Parts2011-10-1755mWe'll archive our brains, defy gravity, and colonize planets with SimCity Arcologies.
- 96. Return of Alien Nation2011-10-241hGiant halogens on Mars, equal rights for time, and all hail the electronic king.
- 97. Pulp Toy Story Dogs2011-10-3159mWe all create the movies we want in our barter society, when we're into playing realistic D&D sims. But we're all part of the AI game.
- 98. Holographic Bieber2011-11-0848mSure, you can't hug a child with robotic eyes, and printing a baby has issues, but our perma-kittens will take our minds off it.
- 99. Spider State2011-11-141h 2mWe stay away from space, impose a police state and then hand it over the printed-out spiders.
- 100. Voodoo Bernie Is the Future2011-11-2156mWe get avatars and live for a long time, but the aliens will keep us in line.
101. The Guilted Age2011-11-281h 4mPop in your new eyes and enjoy the new middle ages, before humanity shuts down for good and becomes hermit snipers.- 102. Megafauna2011-12-051hChip me baby one more time. Also giant elephants protect us.
- 103. Moonifest Destiny2011-12-1257mChina's on the Moon, the robots beat everyone else, but at least we have voice control.
- 104. Introducing the Thought DVR2011-12-191h 2mWe move into the ocean, shut off annoyances and stop cruelty. Really? Yes.
- 105. My Bricks Are Online2012-01-0350mWe all stop commuting, but we have self-driving cars! And holographic keyboards.
- 106. Eyeball in My Colon2012-01-1658mWe learn how to grow eyeballs in inappropriate places, our biometrics gets hacked, but we don't care because we can get our entertainment everywhere.
- 107. Robot Death or Lizard Face2012-01-241h 3mSure we can't tell if it's a computer, but it won't kill us. It will kill our physical-altered progeny. Am I right?
- 108. Nobody Wants To Raise Grandma2012-02-0652mAlso you'll need an email address in the future, but not necessarily an ID.
- 109. Ubiquitous Media2012-02-1345mComputing will be everywhere and so will media, but it will all happen in our minds.
- 110. Photography Becomes Archaeology2012-02-2751mWe pick our pictures after the fact and take back control of publishing!
- 111. Beam Me Out Mommy2012-03-0551mPregnancy will get easier, safer and we'll pay the hospital bills in hugs.
- 112. The Nanobots Made My Brain Do It2012-03-1253mYour heads up display won't let you get lost, but you're rewired brain may not like where you go.
113. Kickstart My Comic Heart2012-03-1951mKickstart my comic heart and speak my version of English while you do it.- 114. No Keyboard, No Security2012-04-0250mWe'll need a disaster to teach us computer security, but we won't have those nasty keyloggers since we'll all use tablets.
- 115. Spectrum in My Head2012-04-0948mWe'll have enough bandwidth to live in the Simiverse and shoot documentary movies there.
- 116. TV and Movies Merge2012-04-2345mCinemas will show TV shows, movies come straight to your TV, plus other shocking developments.
- 117. Free Phone, Strong Heart, Can't Lose2012-04-3042mWe'll have an Amazon phone that's ad supported and upgraded organs to enjoy it with.
- 118. No Ultrabooks, Just Paper Books2012-05-0749mWhile the name ultrabook will become meaningless, eBooks will not replace the dead trees entirely.
- 119. What’s the Digital Matter?2012-05-1446mWe'll be able to program matter to be whatever we want, too bad nobody will know how it works.
- 120. Your Tube Is Here2012-05-2150mTravel by tube in your custom car listening to your custom station.
- 121. Jam the Reptile Terrorists2012-06-0447mWhen we all have wearable computing we'll need to jam it and stop the parallel universes from invading us. But at least we have easy access to Point Break.
- 122. Lastcast2012-06-111h 2mScott and Tom share their predictions in this the triumphant finale of FourCast.
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How many seasons does FourCast have?
FourCast has 1 season and 92 episodes.
When did FourCast first air?
FourCast first aired in 2009.
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