At a Distance
A podcast by The Slowdown

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167 Episodes
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Rebecca Solnit on Slowness as a Superpower
Published: 12/11/2023 -
Charlayne Hunter-Gault on History as a Compass for Navigating the Present
Published: 11/20/2023 -
Sarah Lohman on Creating a More Affordable, Healthful, and Moral Food System
Published: 10/23/2023 -
David W. Orr on the Inextricable Links Between Climate and Democracy
Published: 9/18/2023 -
Pedro Gadanho on How Architecture Must Adapt to Our Ecological Emergency
Published: 7/10/2023 -
Chris Impey on the New Space Race and Exoplanet Habitation
Published: 6/5/2023 -
Lesley Lokko on Imagining the Future Through an African Lens
Published: 3/13/2023 -
Dacher Keltner on Why We All Need Daily Doses of Awe
Published: 2/27/2023 -
Marina Koren on Rethinking the “Overview Effect”
Published: 2/13/2023 -
Sarah Jaquette Ray on Navigating the Emotional Havoc of Climate Anxiety
Published: 12/26/2022 -
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber on Applying the Intersectional Thinking of the Bauhaus to Today
Published: 12/19/2022 -
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on the Inextricable Links Between Colonialism and the Climate Crisis
Published: 12/12/2022 -
Moshe Safdie on Architecture as a Means to Uplift the Spirit
Published: 12/5/2022 -
Alec Nevala-Lee on the Enduring Legacy of R. Buckminster Fuller
Published: 11/28/2022 -
Suzanne Lee on the Circular, Lower-Impact Potential of Biomaterials
Published: 11/21/2022 -
Vasant Dhar on Why We Need Guardrails Around Internet Data
Published: 11/14/2022 -
Karenna Gore on Applying Ethics to the Climate Conversation
Published: 11/7/2022 -
Dr. Tara Stoinski on the Whole-Earth Impact of Gorilla Conservation
Published: 10/31/2022 -
John Mack on Why Reality Cannot Actually Be “Augmented”
Published: 10/24/2022 -
Elizabeth Adams on A.I. Ethics as a Guide to the Future
Published: 10/17/2022
A podcast about the bigger picture. Host Spencer Bailey calls on leading minds, from scientists and technologists to artists and climate activists, to zoom out and look at some of the planet’s most pressing issues from a whole-earth, long-view perspective.