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Episode 8: Horrible Little Guys, with Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling
Episode 8
This week is a ✨Very Special Episode✨, a crossover with the hosts of our fellow Multitude show Wow if True! Isabel J. Kim is an award-winning science…
4 months, 1 week ago
Episode 7: The History (and Future) of Technology, with Susannah Glickman
Episode 7
This week, Adam talks with historian Susannah Glickman about the recent history of how we think about the future of technology, and why we have more …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 6: Mythology, with Moiya McTier
Episode 6
This week, Adam talks with Moiya McTier about the power of myth in shaping our sense of the past and the future. They also talk about the nature of g…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 5: Metaphors for AI, with Shannon Vallor
Episode 5
This week, Adam talks with Shannon Vallor, a philosopher of AI, about the metaphors we use to talk about AI and ourselves. They also dunk on libertar…
5 months ago
Episode 4: Reactionary Futurism, with Dave Karpf
Episode 4
This week, Adam talks with political scientist and internet curmudgeon Dave Karpf about some really bad ideas about the future in two really bad book…
5 months, 1 week ago
Episode 3: Science Fiction, with Kim Stanley Robinson
Episode 3
This week's guest is the legendary science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The Ministry for the Future, the Mars trilogy, and many oth…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 2: Star Trek, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Episode 2
This week, Adam talks with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, physicist and author of the new book The Edge of Spacetime, about their shared love of Star Trek…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 1: Futurists, with Reo Eveleth
Episode 1
Welcome to our debut show! This week, Adam talks with Reo Eveleth, journalist and podcaster, about who gets to imagine the future, the power that com…
6 months ago
Episode 0: Dreaming of a Better World
What would a good future look like? In this solo preview of the show, journalist and astrophysicist Adam Becker explains his struggles with this ques…
6 months ago
Trailer: Dreaming Against the Machine
What might a good future look like?
Explore ideas about how to envision better, realistic, equitable futures with astrophysicist and journalist Dr. A…
6 months, 1 week ago