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Summer Movies, liquid media, and alien AI languages
Episode 40
Episode 40 of Modem Futura is a true summer grab‑bag. Sean and Andrew kick things off a conversation that ricochets from popcorn flicks to philosophi…
11 months, 1 week ago
Summer Vibes & Spatial Rides: Inside Vision Pro, F1 & Jurassic Reboots
Episode 39
In this laid‑back summer installment, Sean and Andrew sweat it out in the studio to deliver a free‑flowing “potpourri” of future‑focused topics. They…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Future Vibes: Sean & Andrew’s 2025 Summer Reading List
Episode 38
In this laid-back “summer reading list” edition of Modem Futura, Sean and Andrew swap stacks and playlists to prove that great ideas don’t always hid…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
World Economic Forum Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025
Episode 37
In this episode of Modem Futura, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard cover the World Economic Forum’s newly-released “Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025”…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Osaka Expo 2025 Futures Lab: an inside look with Jamey Wetmore
Episode 36
Fresh off a 10-day immersion at Osaka’s 2025 World Expo, returning guest Dr. Jamey Wetmore joins Sean and Andrew to unpack the spectacle, surprises, …
1 year ago
Murderbot: Futures of AI Superintelligence, Rogue Robots, and Care
Episode 35
Hosts Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard kick off this episode with a behind-the-scenes reveal: they’re now capturing each conversation in Apple’s easy-to…
1 year ago
Living Circuits and Biofoundries: Ethics and Care of Synthetic Biology with Emma Frow
Episode 34
What does it really take to engineer life—and should we? In this wide-ranging conversation, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard sit down with ASU colleague…
1 year ago
Futures of Learning: AI in Education with Punya Mishra
Episode 33
In this lively round-table, hosts Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard sit down with renowned educational-technology scholar Dr. Punya Mishra to untangle th…
1 year ago
Symbiotic Futures: Megatrends, foresight, and Futures Thinking
Episode 32
Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard reunite after Sean’s trip to Lisbon’s Future Days conference to riff on everything from testing an Apple Vision Pro on …
1 year, 1 month ago
Severed Minds: Brain Implants, AI, and the Future of Being Human
Episode 31
In this episode of Modem Futura, Sean L and Andrew M examine Apple TV+’s hit series Severance, using its mind-bending premise of surgically split con…
1 year, 1 month ago