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EPISODE · Dec 11, 2025 · 29 MIN

A Future Tense retrospective

from Future Tense · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

This is the program’s final episode and, as such, we look back over the past 17 years. What did the future look like back in 2009 when the show first aired? What have been the major trends during that time? Which predictions came to fruition and which didn’t? And what cautions do our guests have as we look ahead? GuestsMica Sifry – US-based writer and editor Neema Singh Guliani – lawyer and policy expert Cory Doctorow – Canadian-British blogger, journalist and sci-fi author  Professor Michael Mann – climatologist and geophysicist Associate Professor James Dyke - Earth Systems Science, University of Exeter  Assistant Professor Sven Brodmerkel – Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University Professor Quassim Cassam – Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick Associate Professor Laura D’Olimpio – School of Education, University of Birmingham Effy – chatbot user Professor Frank Pasquale – Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School

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