Urgent Futures with Jesse Damiani

Enshittification: The Rot at the Heart of Big Tech - Cory Doctorow | #67

Quantum Computing 101 - Dr. Bob Sutor | #66

Attacks on Section 230 & ‘Age Verification’ Laws Are Critical Threats to Internet Privacy & Security - Noelle Perdue | Rapid Response #22

The Most Dangerous Technology in the World? - Wim Carton | #66

The Next Civil War, Mark Carney's Davos Speech, & Canada's View of the US - Stephen Marche | RR #21

Biodiversity on the Brink: Ecological Rhythms & Human Urgency - Jonathan Tonkin | Rapid Response #20

When, How, & Why Complex Societies Collapse - Joseph Tainter | #65

Criticizing the Democratic Party, Resisting ICE & Fascism, Lessons from Minneapolis, the 'Wrong Kind of Muslim' & More - Qasim Rashid | Rapid Response #19

"We All Know What We're Fighting Against, but There's a Deafening Silence Every Time we Ask What We're Fighting for"—On Hannah Arendt & Loving the World in Dark Times - Roger Berkowitz | #64

From 'Prepper' to 'Resilient Citizen' - Chris Ellis | #63

We Must Decarbonize...but How? On Methods, Challenges, & the 'Physics of Capitalism' - Erald Kolasi | Rapid Response #18

How Does AI Actually Work, & How is it Changing Our World? On 'Understanding AI' - Timothy B. Lee | #62

Capitalism Doesn't Value Nature Because It Can't—Understanding 'Free Gifts' - Alyssa Battistoni | #61

Rewiring the Global Economy, AI, the Cringiness of Big Tech Oligarchs, MMT, Stablecoins, & 'Releisure' - Brett Scott | Rapid Response #17

Empathy is Hard Work—But It Can Save Us - Katie Bogen & Hani Chaabo (Super Humanizer) | #60

"Democracy is No Longer Expanding Agency"—Reimagining Governance, the Human, & Intelligence in the Machine Age - Indy Johar | #59

Rewilding Reality in the Age of Deepfakes, AI, & Epistemic Collapse - Michael Garfield | Rapid Response #16

"Almost Everybody's Incompetent"—Why Fossil Fuels & Fascism Dominate - David Roberts | #58

Unpacking ‘Fascist Fitness’ & Reclaiming Gym Culture from the Far Right - Colin Davis | Rapid Response #15

Can Media Depict Reality in the Age of AI? Did It Ever, Really? Discussing the Interplay of Fact & Fiction in ‘Reality Frictions’ - Steve Anderson | #57

Understanding Wet-Bulb Temperature, Climate Extremes, & Systemic Risk—& How We Build Resilience - Colin Raymond | #56

How AI Futures, Authoritarianism, & Behavioral Science Fit Together - Jacob Ward | #55

Protecting Your Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Amid Polycrisis, Responding to ICE, 'Bullying Bari Weiss,' & The Futures of Journalism - Anya Kamenetz | Rapid Response #14

U.S. Information Warfare, AI, Censorship, & Why Disinformation is Still—Still!—A Major Issue - Nina Jankowicz | Rapid Response #13

Grace Byron: 'Herculine,' Haunting, & Being Trans in America | Riffs & Speculations #2

How to Tell Strategic Stories that Clarify Climate Crisis - Megan Mayhew-Bergman | Rapid Response #12

Goliath's Curse: How & Why Societies Collapse, & What We Can Do About It - Luke Kemp | #54

Andy Hines: How to Imagine 'After Capitalism'—and Why We Must | #53

Danny Snelson: The Little Database vs. Large AI Models | #52

CDC Chaos & Covid-19 Vaccines with Dr. Lucy McBride | Rapid Response #11

Morgan Phillips & Manda Scott: How We Make it 'Thru'—Transformative Adaptation & Thrutopian Flourishing | #51

The (Department of) War on American Cities, Ukraine, Gaza, and the Imperial Boomerang | Rapid Response #10

Liam Young: A Texas-Sized City for 10 Billion People? Rewilding the Globe with 'Planet City' | #50

Age Verification Laws: Surveillance in Disguise? - Noelle Perdue | Rapid Response #9

Nora N. Khan: Language for Technology | #49

Why I'm Reclaiming Prepping & You Should Too | Rapid Response #8

Mike Pepi: Are Platforms Ruining the Internet? | #48

Brett Christophers: The Real Reason Renewables Aren't Replacing Fossil Fuels at Scale | #47

Explaining Trump Tariffs, Insider Trading, & Crypto Scams—Emerging Economic Realities with Michael Mezzatesta | Rapid Response #7

N. Katherine Hayles: A New Theory of Mind, from 'Bacteria to AI' | #46

Minna Salami: Can Feminism Be African? | #45

Noelle Perdue: The Three Types of Eroticism, The Trevails of a Foot-Fetish Fetishist, Homoflexibility, Looners, Self-Labeling, & More | Riffs & Speculations #1

Carl Safina: How Plato Created Hell | #44

David Guignion: The History of Conspiracy Theories, Making Philosophy Accessible to the Public, Activism, & More | #43

Everything Has Changed & You're Not Thinking Big Enough | Rapid Response #6

Avriel Epps: AI, Transformative Justice, & How to Teach Kids About Algorithmic Bias | #42

Rupert Read: How Bad Will it Get? On Thrutopias, Transformative Adaptation, & the Other World(s) Still Just Possible | Urgent Futures #41

LA Wildfire Recovery: Ecological Remediation to Heal Contaminated Sites - Danielle Stevenson | Rapid Response #5

Rachel Donald: Why is the World in Crisis—& What Can We Do About It? | Urgent Futures #40

Climate Trauma & Fire Brain: Understanding the Mental Health Impacts of the LA Wildfires & Developing Resilience - Jyoti Mishra | Rapid Response #4