The Nowadays Podcast: Recent Episodes
Anthony Curcini
Nowadays is a brief, informative podcast seeking to inspire gratitude and a rational appreciation for the fact that we live in the greatest period of human history so far. New episodes are published once a month. Find out why the good ol’ days are nowadays.
Even in 2020, there were some amazing trends taking places.
Check out the little known, positive happenings that didn't make the 10 o'clock news.
With over 116,000,000 trees and counting, Ecosia is fighting desertification one Internet search at a time!
Find out more on today's episode.
With the massive problem of trash polluting our oceans, the Ocean Cleanup Project provides an incredible and ingenious solution!
Discover how the commonplace toilet can be reimagined to conserve millions of gallons of water every day and improve sanitation in the regions of the world that need it most!
Advanced nuclear fission may provide an essential tool in the fight against climate change. This episode explores some of the innovations in this field that make nuclear power more affordable, safer, cleaner, and and more efficient.
Find out how the non-profit, African Parks, is leading the charge in efficient solutions for conservation and wildlife protection in 18 national parks in 11 nations and counting!
Learn about an increasingly popular and powerful solution to climate change, desertification and poor nutrition with some of the best in the game: Matthew and Terces Engelhart!
The world is getting more populous and crowded every single day. Many fear that overpopulation will lead to massive famines and resource wars. Can the world really sustain the projected 11 billion people by 2100?
The answer may surprise you.
Dissatisfied with our current politicians? At least, we can fire them every few years.
For millennia, tyrants ruled and their decisions were final. Some kings and queens were benevolent but the vast majority was not. The long, costly march through the centuries to achieve greater autonomy for all people continues today and is paid for with the blood, sweat, and tears of all freedom-loving people.
Find out how democracy became the dominant form of government in our world making this the most free era in human history!
We get it. Libraries seem outdated, obsolete even, especially with the advent of Google.
Well, you're a little right about that.
Though search engines have stolen some of their thunder, libraries are still the repository of human knowledge and centers of intense research. They offer new services that continue their mission to help people educate themselves and improve their lives.
Find out how!
Quick! What time is it?
The fact that you can know that in under 5 seconds or that we even understand the concept of a second shows the ever-increasing progress that we have in telling time.
Find out how important accurately measuring time truly is in our modern world!
Cars have come a long way from their invention over a hundred years. They have transformed society and have allowed us to see more of the world on our terms. Never have cars been safer, more inexpensive, and more fuel-efficient! And now they can drive themselves?
Find out more about the evolution of the car and where it's headed.
If you're not a parent with toddler, you never think about these little pillow pants designed to get dirty.
If you are, that's all you think about...besides the bundle of joy wearing them.
We all can be grateful for the vital role seemingly insignificant diapers have played in our lives.
Find out more!
Listen to Dr. Brandan Tong speak about the wonders of chiropractic care in the very first Nowadays interview!
Say cheese!
Today, the fact that we can capture high-definition glimpses into the past and have thousands of these glimpses in the palm our hands barely even registers for us.
In the past, they couldn't fathom this ability.
Find out how photography has revolutionized the way we see the world and ourselves.
You're doing a great job reading this!
This comment seems out of place because today the assumption is that you can read. Of course, it hasn't always been this way. For millennia, literacy was only reserved for the elites and now the world is fast approaching full-literacy.
Find out more about this superpower that unlocks limitless knowledge!
Supermarkets provide variety, cost-efficiency and healthy, organic options and increasingly so.
Learn more about how these markets are evolving to meet your tastes, your budget and your desire to live healthy.
Cats or dogs?
DOGS!!
These furry friends come in so many shapes and sizes with such love in their eyes that it makes you want to welcome them into your home and pay all of their expenses for the rest of their lives. Seriously, how do they do that?
Find out more about how dogs became man's best friend and how that's not changing any time soon.
Despite setbacks, more and more people across the world are starting to see others not as black, white, brown, red or yellow but has individuals with unique gifts and personalities.
Learn more about how our societies have become more tolerant over time as we seek harmony and equality under the law for all people.
Socks are underrated although they perform an overrated function. As the sock renaissance continues, socks come in so many different materials, colors, patterns and so much more...like toe sleeves.
Find out more about how the humble sock has impacted our world.
People are a lot better off since we've switched over to using the scientific method to learn about the world around us.
Case in point:
-Doctors wash their hands now that they believe that germs exist.
-We no longer practice bloodletting.
-People do not believe that basil leaves pressed between two bricks make scorpions.(What?!)
Learn more about the crazy things we used to believe without the incredible scientific method.
Satellites make the world go 'round as they themselves go around the world.
These complicated pieces of metal whizzing tens of thousands of miles above our heads allow us to accomplish incredible feats and keep our modern world running.
Learn more about how satellites have changed our world.
Despite the set backs, incredibly the world is seeing the greatest leap in wealth in human history. And it's not just the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer but the vast majority of people across the world are actually getting richer.
Find out how billions of people have escaped of poverty in the past 30 years!
War, what is it good? Absolutely nothing, except maybe self-defense. As national leaders and citizens accept this answer, war has taken a nose-dive when you compare frequency, duration and battle deaths from wars today and wars in the past.
Find out how the world has fortunately become a much more peaceful place to live and how we can keep it that way!!
Humans today are living longer than at any other time in human history. All people groups have experienced a huge increase in life-expectancy over the last 100 years, even though life-expectancy stayed only around 35 years for thousands of years!
Find out how this millennia-old trajectory dramatically changed!
Do you remember as a kid when Saturday morning cartoons were so sweet, especially after a brutal, 60 hour work week at the factory or the coal mine?
Yeah, me neither.
The fact that child labor across the globe is in stark decline allows kids to pursue an education.
Learn more about the rare historical moment we're living in when most kids don't have to work to make ends meet and instead they can focus on the finer things in life, like being kids.
Although it prevents diseases and provides a quick and efficient way to get our waste far away from us, we never even think about sanitation systems...until they stop working.
Find out more about sanitation and how it has radically changed our lives.
Today, more than ever before, people are traveling faster than they ever thought they could by means that seemed absolutely insane just a couple centuries ago.
Air travel has allowed more and more people to explore the world in a quicker, cheaper and safer way.
Find out how air travel has revolutionized the way we get around!
Bath or shower?
There's only one right answer to this question; showers!
Find out more about the wonders of this modern-day comfort!
Food, glorious food!
We can't live without it and, fortunately, more and more of a percentage of our world population is overcoming hunger and starvation.
But how does the world keep producing some much food with such a growing population?
Find out how most of humanity went from perpetually starving to over-eating in the span of a century.
Nowadays:
what it is, what it is not and the reasons for its existence.
Find out why the good ol' days are nowadays!