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Sloppy Clankers: Is This AI’s Frankenfood Moment?
Episode 50
In this lively milestone episode of Modem Futura, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard dive into the strange cultural moment where AI hype collides with soc…
9 months ago
Futures Thinking: Foresight You Can Use
Episode 49
Stuck in traffic and daydreaming about an eVTOL escape, Sean and Andrew use “flying cars” (and a new Blackmagic URSA spatial camera that gobbles tera…
9 months, 1 week ago
Films from the Future: Moviegoer’s Guide to Tomorrow
Episode 48
In this episode of Modem Futura, hosts Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard dive into Andrew’s book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sc…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Up in the Air: The Future of eVTOLs and Urban Air Mobility
Episode 47
In this episode of Modem Futura, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard take to the skies—literally exploring the promise and pitfalls of eVTOLs (electric ver…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Agentic AI in Education & the Art of Becoming with Punya Mishra
Episode 46
Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard welcome ASU’s Punya Mishra back to unpack what “agentic AI” could—and shouldn’t—mean in education. After a nostalgic co…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
AI, Not AI: Riding the Hype Cycle
Episode 45
Summer-mode serendipity turns into a sharp tour of today’s tech hype and what actually matters. Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard open with the rapid-fir…
10 months ago
Show Me the Receipts: the Futures of AI Super-intelligence
Episode 44
In this wide‑ranging summer episode, Sean and Andrew begin with the strange calm of an almost‑empty university campus and ponder how AI‑assisted “dig…
10 months, 1 week ago
Living Machines: Inside the Future World of Bio‑Hybrid Robotics
Episode 43
What happens when living organisms become components of our machines—and our machines become partly alive? In fact – how do we tell when or if someth…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Futures of Agentic AI and the 2025 AI Action Plan
Episode 42
In this episode, Sean and Andrew dissect the newly released U.S. 2025 AI Action Plan, exploring its three pillars—accelerating innovation, building …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Summer School with AI: Rethinking Learning in the Age of GPT
Episode 41
In this “summer session” of Modem Futura, Sean is joined by the newly minted Dr. Rachna Mathur—artist, engineer, dancer, and Senior STEM Strategist a…
11 months ago