Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAbby Smith Rumsey: Hijacked Histories, Polarized Futures
As authoritarianism continues to rise around the world, the stories we tell ourselves about our collective history become a battleground for competin…
2 years, 5 months ago
Henry Farrell: The Complex Aftermath of Globalization
Over the last two years, the US government has started thinking about the future of the world in a very different way. Across speeches and policy pap…
2 years, 5 months ago
Coco Krumme: The False Promise of Optimization
Coco Krumme traces the fascinating history of optimization from its roots in America's founding principles, to its dominance as the driving principle…
2 years, 6 months ago
Chelsea T. Hicks & Bette Adriaanse: Radical Sharing
Our bodies, our houses, our land, our space: we humans don’t always like to share. Author Bette Adriaanse engaged in deep discussion with fellow auth…
2 years, 6 months ago
Anthropocene Magazine: The Climate Parables: Reporting from the Future
**Story & Performance Credits:** **Dodging the Apocalypse** story by Mark Alpert | Actor: Stuart Briggs | Video: Ruda Virginio | Score: Tristan de Li…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ryan Phelan: Bringing Biotech to Wildlife Conservation
How can we turn the tide on species loss and help biodiversity and bioabundance flourish for millennia to come? Ryan Phelan is Executive Director of …
2 years, 10 months ago
Becky Chambers & Annalee Newitz: Resisting Dystopia
One of our guiding principles at Long Now is that in order to get to a future that we want to live in, we must first be able to imagine it. For many…
2 years, 10 months ago
Jenny Odell: Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
Jenny Odell describes _Saving Time_, her second book and the inspiration for her first Long Now Talk, as a “panoramic assault on nihilism.” The parti…
3 years ago
Ismail Ali: Psychedelics: History at the Crossroads
Psychedelics and other mind-altering substances have been used for thousands of years across the world in religious, spiritual, celebratory, and heal…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ryan North: How to Invent Everything
How would someone fare if they were dropped into a randomly chosen period in history? Would they have any relevant knowledge to share, or ability to …
3 years, 2 months ago