Today we travel to a future where humans (try to) mine asteroids for resources. Guests: Atossa Abrahamian, a journalist who’s written about space mining and is working on a new…
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Today we travel to a future where cities get smarter…whatever that means. Guests: Ben Passmore, a comic artist and contributor to the Flash Forward book! Annalee Newitz, a science journalist,…
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Today we travel to a future where you can’t touch anything. Guests: Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist currently working at the Georgetown Center for Global Health, Science and Security but…
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Today we travel to a future where we become immune to every poison, venom and toxin in the world. What happens next? Guests: Dr. Bryan Fry — biochemist and molecular…
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Today we travel to three past futures, and update you on recent developments! How has COVID brought us closer to robot teachers? Why did Oregon vote to decriminalize all drugs?…
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For the past several years I’ve wrapped up each season with a debrief and recap post like this one. (You can see 2019, 2018, and 2017 here. I have no…
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Today we travel to a future that’s actually the present, just a little bit different. That’s right, this week we’re visiting parallel universes! Guests: Dr. Sean Carroll — professor of…
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Today we travel to a future where every nation has to deal with its own garbage. Guests: Dr. Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood — lecturer in sustainable development at the University of St.…
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Today we travel to a future where we make contact. What happens if we find aliens? What if they find us? Guests: Dr. Clara Sousa — quantum astrochemist at Harvard…
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Today we travel to a future where housing is guaranteed and provided to everybody. Guests: Amanda Vail — Director of communications at Plymouth Housing Dr. Sam Tsemberis — Founder of…