Pop Sci's Future Of...

Anyone who doesn't have a TV package including the ever popular History Channel and it's affiliates, Discovery Channel and it's affiliates, Science, Military, Travel, Planet Green and National Geographic, is at a loss for informative, educational, interesting and relevant TV programming. Each of these networks are filled with programs that give us an insight to some of the latest technologies being created and how they influence our daily lives, communities, governments, as well as our earth's environment as a whole.

One particular program titled, "Pop Sci's Future Of..." accomplishes said tasks tastefully and with a humorous twist . Each episode examines how one important characteristic of human life will fundamentally change within our lifetimes. The show is hosted by a man named Baratunde Thurston although perhaps somewhat feminine, does well reinforcing the concepts described and demonstrating the new technologies expected to become every-day gadgets. As an author, comedian and writer Baratunde is anything but lacking on his credentials and resume.

Currently, Thurston serves as the web editor for The Onion, but also writes for The Huffington Post and his own website baratunde.com. He is also the co-founder of one of the top 10 black blogs, called Jack and Jill Politics. As for his other accomplishments, he has written three books, was nominated for the Bill Hicks Award for Thought Provoking Comedy, declared a Champion of the First Amendment by Iowa State University, and described by Barack Obama as "someone I need to know." Baratunde graduated Harvard University with a degree in Philosophy and spent eight years offering strategic advice to Fortune 100 companies on the future of communications and media.

Thurston interviews radical noncomformist scientists about their advancements, performs hands-on experiements, critiques the developments, and educates viewers how within a matter decades scientific breakthroughs will continue to shape nearly every aspect of every day life as our technologies evolve.

Granted that TV production, editing, and network coordination results in a significant delay, the show explores different advancements that are still relatively new, unique and have yet to hit consumer markets.