Future Forecast

Taylor & Travis, the World Cup, and Why Video Games Are Going All-Digital

Cannes Lions, Meta Glasses, and the NBC Universal Spinoff

McDonald's & Coke Breakup, Fox Buys Roku, and the Creator Acquisition Play

Boye and Chris kick things off with Jeremy Lowe, VP of Talent and Partnerships at Dick Clark Productions, reacting to the viral tech Titans Mafia game, and whether brands could create their own version of Traitors (1:43). Then they dive into the summer events landscape, from the AMAs in Las Vegas to YouTube's dominance at Coachella, and how Jeremy's team programs award shows for both TV viewers and social media feeds (8:28). The conversation shifts to the NY Knicks fever taking over the country

Today we get into Hollywood's two major events about its own future, one about AI, one about creators (4:00), how a 20-year-old YouTuber broke A24's all-time opening weekend record (22:51), and Anthropic's confidential IPO filing that could be one of the biggest in history (39:12). Subscribe to our newsletter from the Future Party here. You can follow us on social media at @futureparty as well as our hosts @boye and @chrissawtelle. We love to hear from our listeners, so if you want to message u

Today we get into why Spotify's new concert ticket program for loyal fans might actually be a good thing for music, and how it could finally be the cure for blue dot fever (19:19), how prediction markets already knew who won Survivor 50 before the season even premiered (30:15), and why a growing number of executives are now sending AI replicas of themselves to meetings instead of showing up (45:10). Subscribe to our newsletter from the Future Party here. You can follow us on social media at @fu