2026-10-21 · For the curious
What We Can Save in a Time of Endings
by Kat Hill
When the sea comes for a coastline, who decides what gets a wall and what gets abandoned?
0:00 / 20:30 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-10-18 · For the curious
We Are Already Post-Human
by Nathan Gardels
If people can no longer survive without their devices, are they already part machine?
0:00 / 7:46 · Narrator Rasalgethi
2026-10-17 · For the curious
When the Present Eats the Future
by Nathan Gardels
How does a free society build the next century when its economy only rewards the present?
0:00 / 10:53 · Narrator Algieba
2026-10-03 · Behind the news
Return of the Repressed in Germany
by Nathan Gardels
When a country tries to bury its past, where does the need for a homeland actually go?
0:00 / 16:17 · Narrator Charon
2026-09-25 · Future-gazing
Now Entering: the Era of Bleh
by Aaron Horwath
If every company outsources its thinking to the same machine, what is actually left to sell?
0:00 / 25:52 · Narrator Rasalgethi
2026-09-24 · Future-gazing
Let the People Set the Pace of Frontier AI
by Hélène Landemore
If the people building artificial intelligence are asking to slow down, why are they still racing?
0:00 / 19:52 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-09-18 · Future-gazing
A New Form of Life
by William Haseltine
If a machine can reproduce, adapt, and consume energy, is it actually alive?
0:00 / 29:52 · Narrator Charon
2026-09-15 · For the curious
A New Kind of Creative Poverty
by Afra Wang
Can a machine programmed to be perfectly polite ever capture the chaos of a human mind?
0:00 / 23:36 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-09-05 · For the curious
Your Perception of Time is, in Fact, Warped
by Mike Mariani
If time is measured in memories, what happens to a day spent staring at a screen?
0:00 / 30:52 · Narrator Algieba
2026-09-03 · Future-gazing
Optimized Offspring
by Brigida D'Agostino
0:00 / 43:11 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-08-28 · Behind the news
The Real Problem Underlying India-China Tensions
by Pallavi Aiyar
When India and China look across the border, why do they only see old wounds?
0:00 / 18:20 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-08-19 · For the curious
The Tantalizing Possibility of Locating Consciousness in the Brain
by Daniel Freeman
0:00 / 36:02 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-08-19 · Future-gazing
AI & Drones: Eric Schmidt on the Biggest Revolution in the History of Warfare
by Eric Schmidt
When robots are sent into battle first, what happens to the humans left watching the screens?
0:00 / 11:11 · Narrator Charon
2026-08-14 · For the curious
The Nature of Free Will in the Age of AI
by Albert Yuan
If every action has a biological cause, who is choosing the morning coffee?
0:00 / 17:42 · Narrator Charon
2026-08-14 · Future-gazing
‘This is Not Financial Advice’
by James O'Sullivan
Who is actually responsible when an influencer's stock tip wipes out a stranger's life savings?
0:00 / 39:12 · Narrator Algieba
2026-08-08 · Future-gazing
Why is Everyone in Tech so Sad?
by Aaron Horwath
What happens to an office job when software takes away the human messiness that made it bearable?
0:00 / 24:49 · Narrator Charon
2026-08-01 · Future-gazing
Inside the Lab Growing Mutant Bacteria to Terraform Earth
by Matthew Ponsford
What happens when the only way to stop a desert from spreading is to engineer the soil?
0:00 / 39:09 · Narrator Charon
2026-07-27 · Future-gazing
America at 250 & Beyond
by Nathan Gardels
How do you update a 250-year-old democracy when the act of voting is no longer enough?
0:00 / 38:10 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-07-17 · Future-gazing
Why We Demand Perfect Machines yet Tolerate Human Carnage
by Jonathan Slotkin
Why does a car with no driver feel scarier than a person behind the wheel?
0:00 / 22:48 · Narrator Charon
2026-07-12 · Future-gazing
China’s Open AI Models Are Advancing Its Global Soft Power
by Nathan Gardels
If the whole world uses Chinese code, whose stories will the computers tell?
0:00 / 8:10 · Narrator Algieba
2026-07-11 · Future-gazing
AI’s Greatest Gift to Humanity
by Arianna Huffington
0:00 / 30:21 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-05 · For the curious
When the Machines Deserve Our Consideration
by Grigori Guitchounts
When a machine acts as though it has something to lose, how should it be treated?
0:00 / 19:47 · Narrator Charon
2026-06-30 · For the curious
How AI Will Change Us
by Houda Nait El Barj
0:00 / 9:10 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-06-20
Heritage Exists Beyond Humankind
by Ryan Huling
0:00 / 30:06 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-06-19 · Future-gazing
The Next US Presidential Election Will Be About AI
by Nathan Gardels
If productivity no longer requires a paycheck, how will a democracy decide who gets a share?
0:00 / 15:08 · Narrator Algieba
2026-06-11 · Future-gazing
Democracy Needs Friction to Function
by HennyGe Wichers
0:00 / 28:53 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-06-09 · Future-gazing
How AIs See Our World
by Chenoe Hart
How do we understand a world seen through a machine's unique lens?
0:00 / 27:01 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-06-09 · Future-gazing
Why Conflict Feels Constant Now
by John Last
0:00 / 28:33 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-05-24 · Future-gazing
To Understand AI, Think Like a Dragonfly
by Anthea Roberts
If we look at artificial intelligence through a dozen different lenses at once, what finally comes into focus?
0:00 / 25:57 · Narrator female