Future Tense

343 Episodes

1. Why in the 21st century are we still talking about the political Left and Right?

   Published: 8/22/2024
2. "Anthropocene" — why the fight about a name has real world consequences

   Published: 8/15/2024
3. We're losing the dark sky and you can already feel the consequences

   Published: 8/8/2024
4. Can we afford to continue to keep pets — environmentally and financially?

   Published: 8/1/2024
5. Technology is revolutionising sport performance

   Published: 7/25/2024
6. Are the big US media platforms swallowing our culture?

   Published: 7/18/2024
7. A new push in the search for alien life

   Published: 7/11/2024
8. Technology and language — a dynamic relationship

   Published: 7/4/2024
9. Rethinking productivity and the pushback to shareholder capitalism

   Published: 6/27/2024
10. Limitarianism — could a cap on wealth reduce inequality?

    Published: 6/20/2024
11. Sucking CO2 from the air — a "Mammoth task"

    Published: 6/13/2024
12. The truth about AI – garbage in, garbage out

    Published: 6/6/2024
13. The best response to disasters: centralised strength or community mitigation?

    Published: 5/30/2024
14. The greatest demographic shift in a century is being ignored: single living

    Published: 5/23/2024
15. It's time to take the Influencer economy seriously

    Published: 5/16/2024
16. When good intentions fuel further environmental problems

    Published: 5/9/2024
17. Big corporations are taking over as landlords and it's further fuelling the global housing crisis

    Published: 5/2/2024
18. The great distribution dilemma – can public interest journalism survive?

    Published: 4/25/2024
19. Dark sky at night, everyone's delight

    Published: 4/18/2024
20. Nobel-Prize laureate Abhijit Banerjee on the world's largest UBI experiment

    Published: 4/11/2024