Futurology: 12 Big Questions About What’s Next - SXSW

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Futurology: 12 Big Questions About What’s Next - SXSW (South by Southwest)

There’s never been a more intriguing time to think about what the future holds for humanity. Futurology, a 12-episode podcast presented by SXSW, releasing through 2022, asks and answers a dozen Big Questions about the world of tomorrow. The first four episodes tackle food, work, longevity and mindfulness, illuminating the latest thinking and cutting-edge science in these essential areas.

Introducing our first narrative podcast Futurology! This 12-episode Audible original podcast presented by SXSW asks and answers a dozen big questions about the world of tomorrow.

Dive into the first four episodes of Futurology with host Dr. Kate Furby which tackle food, work, mindfulness, and longevity – illuminating the latest thinking and cutting-edge science in these essential areas.

There’s never been a more intriguing time to think about what the future holds for humanity. Dive into a preview of the first four episodes below and turn up the inspiration.

Originally released March through October, 2022.

6 hours and 23 minutes

Episodes

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FOOD: Will Thanksgiving dinner be made in a lab?
Tasting the future of “alternative proteins” - everything from fungus sausage to lab-raised meat to a snack of crickets and pumpkin seeds.

WORK: What will matter more in the future, our work or our lives?
The pandemic and the Great Resignation has many of us questioning why we were ever so obsessed with work in the first place. Will that last?

MINDFULNESS: Does the future want us to be mindful?
There’s no getting around it: the future will be distracting. Big Tech is a huge part of the problem. It wants to be part of the solution too.

LONGEVITY: Can we “cure” aging?
The science of growing old and the secrets of longevity - starring a near-centenarian who credits her long and happy life to her singing, her sociability, and a little Pilates.

SEX: Will technology ruin sex and intimacy — or make it even better?
Technology has invaded our sex lives—but there’s no reason this can’t be hot. In this mostly-safe-for-work episode, meet the erotic pioneers of “sextech.”

SPACE: Can we avoid turning space into a battlefield?
Futurology travels to the annual Space Symposium, explores the cutting edge of space warfare, and wonders: How can we preserve the wonder of space as it becomes the next battlefield?

CITIES: Are cities headed toward utopia, or dystopia?
Just how intelligent are “smart” cities, really? We speak to some of the biggest brains in urban planning about the astonishing promise — and terrifying pitfalls — of the future of urban life all over the planet.

HIGHER EDUCATION: Is college going obsolete?
No American institution is more overdue for disruption than costly, elitist higher education as we know it. Can we reboot college without losing all the things we love about it?

STUFF: What the hell are we gonna do with all this stuff?
Why do we accumulate and cling so tightly to stuff - everything from the physical to the digital? Why are we saving old baseball gloves and thousands of photos on our phone we rarely look at? We take a trip to the proverbial basement to find out what reckoning with our past looks like, and speak with an expert who tells us how our DNA might hold the key to a future of limitless storage.

CLIMATE: Can the kids actually win in their battle against the climate apocalypse?
Talking about climate change can be…a bummer. So Futurology ditches the doom-and-gloom headlines to join the teenagers behind the climate activist group Youth Versus Apocalypse. They’re organized, pissed, and anything but resigned in their fight against climate change. But can they actually win?

ENTERTAINMENT: How will entertainment change us?
Have you ever been “transported” by a good book? A movie? What about an interactive virtual world? With entertainment as immersive as ever, we look at how imagined spaces can impact our real world selves.

DEATH: How will technology change the way we die?
As our lives increasingly exist in digital spaces, how does death fit into our “endless scroll” mentality? In this show, we look at how tech is factoring death into algorithms, how COVID is reviving some older, more intimate death rituals, and we attend a funeral that ends with a boom.

6 hours and 23 minutes