The Next List
Air Date Profile Description
November 13 , 2011 Marco Tempest A 'cyber-illusionist ' ( magician /performance artist ) who combines video , computer graphics and other technology of the moment with the ideas and technology of magic . He stars in the television series The Virtual Magician
November 20 , 2011 Christopher Brosius A former NYC cab driver turned self-taught perfumer and founder of CB I hate Perfume , now based in Brooklyn , New York . His award-winning scents include In the Library , Burning Maple Leaves , and Snow
November 27 , 2011 Homaro Cantu A chef , inventor , entrepreneur , and molecular gastronomist . He owns iNG , Cantu Designs , and Moto in Chicago , known for its use of 'high-tech ' food created with edible paper , centifuges , lasers , and liquid nitrogen
December 4 , 2011 Heather Knight A 'social ' roboticist who analyzes how people relate to technology by creating robots that can interact with humans . Her robot , named Data , is a comedian with whom she performs a stand-up routine
December 12 , 2011 Tristan Eaton A former troubled-teen turned prolific artist and toy designer , who creates both elaborate street murals and designs for brands like Dell and Puma . He is the founder of Thunderdog Studios , a creative agency and toy brand based in New York City
December 18 , 2011 Scott Snibbe An interactive artist who uses walls , floors , and ceilings as interactive canvases . He is the founder of Snibbe Interactive and Scott Snibbe studio and has also created music applications that deliver full , all-sensory music experience
January 15 , 2012 Jake Shimabukuro A Hawaii-born ukulele virtuoso who is re-defining conventional ideas about his instrument through his eclectic approach to sound . His YouTube videos have garnered millions of hits worldwide
January 22 , 2012 Bjarke Ingels A Danish architect who views his work as a way of contributing to society , re-imagining the future , and creating possibilities for human life . He believes in 'pragmatic utopian architecture ' and heads the Bjarke Ingels Group
January 29 , 2012 Ubaldo Vitali A fourth-generation master silversmith , conservator , and scholar who uses centuries old practices to create unparalleled works of art . He is a 2011 recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and advocates appreciation of hand-crafted objects in a world saturated with technology
February 19 , 2012 Dale Dougherty A founder of MAKE Magazine and Maker Faire who believes that everyone has the potential to make things that improve our world . He is passionate about fostering a new generation of 'makers ' who are creative , innovative , and curious
February 26 , 2012 Yves Behar A designer , entrepreneur , and founder of Fuseproject . His work includes the wireless speaker Jambox and the laptop for One Laptop Per Child . He spends nearly one-third of his time on non-profit work , believing that great design should be accessible to everyone
March 4 , 2012 Dan Ogola A social-entrepreneur who rose from poverty and established a thriving community health care system , the Matibabu Foundation , in his native Kenya . He believes that health is integral to prosperity and the realization of potential
March 11 , 2012 Syyn Labs Self-described geeks who are called a drinking group with an art problem . Using technology , art , and science , they create extraordinary art , commercials and videos that look practically impossible to execute . Currently headed by Adam Sadowsky , the group is responsible for OK Go 's This Too Shall Pass video
March 18 , 2012 Blue School A nonprofit preschool and elementary school founded by the members of the Blue Man Group and their wives in 2006 . The school employs a co-constructive approach to learning in which the students have a hand in directing and developing their own curriculum through inquiry and exploration
March 25 , 2012 Hugh Herr Engineer , rock climber , and biophysicist whose legs were amputated after suffering severe frostbite while mountain-climbing . Using special prostheses that he designed himself , he was able to climb again . Now he is the head of the Biomechatronics research group at the MIT Media Lab and is the holder of more than 10 patents in rehabilitation science
April 1 , 2012 Jose Gomez-Marquez A medical device designer for MIT 's Little Devices lab , which uses toy parts to create inexpensive medical devices for developing countries . He is interested in enabling technologies and rapid prototyping approaches to health and helps create DIY medical kits for doctors and nurses in the field
April 8 , 2012 David J. Peterson Creator of the Dothraki language in the television show Game of Thrones . He is President of the Language Creation Society , a community for 'conlangers ' or people who create constructed languages or 'conlangs . ' He believes language users use their own experience to encode life as they see it
April 15 , 2012 Jane McGonigal World-renowned game designer who insists playing games for an hour a day can change your life . Gaming , Jane says , produces powerful emotions and social relationships that can really change lives , and potentially even change the world . Scientists call it game transfer phenomenon : what we think and feel in games starts to spill over into our real lives
April 29 , 2012 Jad Abumrad Co-host of the WNYC Radio show called Radiolab . Radio host may not be the best title for Abumrad . He 's an aural filmmaker rapidly changing the way we understand the world
May 6 , 2012 Quirky.com ( Ben Kaufman ) A start-up website that gives would-be inventors a place to go with their ideas . Ben Kaufman and his Quirky process are shaking up the way consumer products get to store shelves , giving people the power to choose what they buy . But most important , he 's providing creative people a platform to launch their invention ideas…a place to go when that light bulb moment strikes
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The Next List is a 30-minute weekend television program on CNN. It aired every Saturday afternoon at 2:30 pm ET/PT and was hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. CNN announced cancellation in September 2013. Each week, the show profiled innovators, visionaries, and agents of change from around the world who are steadily mapping the course to the future with their new ideas. Each half-hour episode featured one 'Next Lister' and told their story about what they're doing to change the world, what challenges they faced, and the innovative approaches they've developed to overcome obstacles. Next Listers are creative, passionate, and embracers of opportunity and change. The show premiered on November 13, 2011 and featured cyber-illusionist Marco Tempest.