{"podcast":{"title":"comedy4cast comedy podcast","slug":"comedy4cast-comedy-podcast-1065420","podcast_index_feed_id":1065420,"rss_url":"https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/comedy4cast","website_url":"https://www.comedy4cast.com/","image_url":"https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/~images/2380381782121028.jpeg","author":"Clinton Alvord","episode_count":354,"summary":"Random bits of audio fun","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T08:18:29.437746+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/comedy4cast-comedy-podcast-1065420"},"episode":{"title":"Future Things Now","slug":"future-things-now","published_at":"2025-12-23T05:28:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/comedy4cast-comedy-podcast-1065420/future-things-now","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/comedy4cast-comedy-podcast-1065420","url":"https://www.comedy4cast.com/2025/12/23/future-things-now/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/comedy/content.blubrry.com/comedy/comedy4cast-859-fut.mp3","summary":"Innovations you never knew you didn't want. Are you tired of technology making your life too easy? Do you wake up wishing your daily routine had just a few more complications and monthly fees? Then you have come to the right place. Experience Future Things Now In this episode, we welcome back a guest who hasn’t graced our studio in a decade, and he certainly makes up for lost time. Yes, Dr. Malcolm Edelstein is back! And he brings with him a suitcase full of \"innovations\" designed to tackle the biggest issues facing modern society. Or at least the issues he thinks we have. From a revolutionary, headache-inducing way to experience live music to a footwear update that might just outsmart the person wearing it, he covers it all. It is a bold look at future things now that proves progress isn't always a straight line. Sometimes it's a circle that costs you money. Ready to upgrade your reality? Click play to hear the latest predictions before they become obsolete! >> You can also support comedy4cast by becoming a patron on Patreon>> Or you can get Clinton a Dunkin' card or a cup of coffee via Ko-Fi>> Follow comedy4cast on BlueSky, Instagram, Facebook, MeWe, and Mastodon >> Give us a call via the Super Secret Phone Line (213) 290-4451>> Also check out Clinton's other podcast, The Topic is Trek>> Certain sounds effects heard on comedy4cast are courtesy of freeSFX and FreeSound.org Click here for a transcript of this episode.","meta_description":"Innovations you never knew you didn't want. Are you tired of technology making your life too easy? Do you wake up wishing your daily routine had just a fe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":608,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/comedy4cast-comedy-podcast-1065420/episodes/future-things-now/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/comedy4cast-comedy-podcast-1065420/future-things-now.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}