Listen Now to Future News 6.2.20
A full show today, with news, both local and global. A big congrats to Space-X and their successful ferrying of humans to the ISS, just wow! Too bad about the Starship explosion, though it was half expected. Thanks to Monica McGuire for her report on our Santa Cruz City Council meeting, including plans for our slow re-opening of businesses locally.
And a special report from Greg Panos on Augmented World Expo 2020, covering such topics as new VR/AR hardware, social spaces like Alt Space, spatial io, and Alt Space. And good to hear from Shane, an Australian listener who loves our show and bringing our attention to Dr. Douglas Gentile, a renowned media psychologist at Iowa State University.
Dr. Dan Beilin checks in with an update on Covid, with some good conversations between him, us and Bobby Wilder, our science journalist co-host. We all got so engaged with our discussion about Dr. Zack’s work with the microbiome, we forgot it was the end of the show! Enjoy..

Future News - Huge Sahara Dust Cloud Approaches, Pulling ads from Facebook, Sars Cov2 in Barcelona March 2019, online distrust, updates on Remdesivir/Fabiflu, Craziness coping strategies,Olsen on Chinese Viral Sabotage of US Economy, Antibody testing issues, chipping ahead?
A massive dust storm bigger than the state of Texas is heading our way from Africa! What does this mean, what should we do?
If the finding SarsCov2 in Barcelona sewage samples from March 2019 hold, then we have a deeper mystery on our hands. Current understanding is that the virus first appeared as early as October 2019, and indirect evidence (crowded hospital parking lots in Wuhan), date as far back as August 2019. Hmmm…
Michael Olsen, KSCO program director, floats the idea of Covid-19 being intentionally spread by the Chinese in the US, in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs. On the medical front our science correspondent Bobby Wilder updates us on the latest anti-viral treatments, Remdesivir and Fabiflu. And what’s happening with antibody tests? These and related issues, with many callers, complete today’s show.!