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Soonish

We can have the future we want—but we have to work for it. Soonish brings you stories and conversations showing how the choices we make together forge the technological world of tomorrow. From MIT-tra... Read more

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Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, Incomprehensible: How One Futurist Frames the Pandemic

Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, Incomprehensible: How One Futurist Frames the Pandemic

Futurists—who sometimes prefer to be called scenario planners or foresight thinkers—specialize in helping the rest of us... Read more

12 May 2020

36mins

Ranked #2

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Making Moonrise

Making Moonrise

Fifty years after Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins went to the moon, it’s hard to shake off the afterima... Read more

14 Nov 2019

43mins

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The Future Is Clear

The Future Is Clear

Episode 2.07: What's ubiquitous but invisible, versatile yet temperamental, goopy when it's hot yet brittle when it's co... Read more

17 Feb 2018

35mins

Ranked #4

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Hacking Time

Hacking Time

Episode 1.08: Why do "productivity" tools like email, to-do lists, and calendars make so many of us feel miserable and o... Read more

11 May 2017

33mins

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Future Factories, With Workers Built In

Future Factories, With Workers Built In

Episode 1.04: Six million manufacturing jobs have disappeared in the U.S. since 2000, and you've probably heard economis... Read more

22 Feb 2017

33mins

Ranked #6

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A Future Without Facebook

A Future Without Facebook

Every technology has its growing pains, but Facebook, at age 15, has matured into a never-ending disaster. Here at Sooni... Read more

22 Mar 2019

44mins

Ranked #7

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The Great Blue Hill Heist

The Great Blue Hill Heist

In this short bonus episode, hear the bizarre story of a college student who scaled a New England weather tower on a dar... Read more

19 Aug 2019

6mins

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How to Fix Social Media

How to Fix Social Media

Earlier this year Soonish took on social media in an episode called A Future Without Facebook. In that show I explained ... Read more

24 Jul 2019

34mins

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A Tale Of Two Bridges

A Tale Of Two Bridges

Episode 1.09: When Boston’s elegant Longfellow Bridge opened in 1907, it was innovative example of classical European br... Read more

8 Jun 2017

36mins

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Can Technology Save Museums?

Can Technology Save Museums?

Episode 1.03: Museum attendance declined steeply in the first decade of this century, according to a survey by the Natio... Read more

8 Feb 2017

32mins

Ranked #11

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Astropreneurs

Astropreneurs

Episode 1.07: More than 500 people have flown in space since Yuri Gagarin’s historic ride in 1961—and virtually every on... Read more

20 Apr 2017

32mins

Ranked #12

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I Have Seen the Future of Displays

I Have Seen the Future of Displays

Apple used the opening keynote presentation at its annual World Wide Developers Conference in San Jose in June to roll o... Read more

7 Aug 2019

28mins

Ranked #13

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Election Dreams and Nightmares

Election Dreams and Nightmares

The moment in the voting booth when you put your pen to your ballot (or put your finger to the electronic touchscreen, a... Read more

31 Oct 2019

35mins

Ranked #14

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Looking Virtual Reality In The Eye

Looking Virtual Reality In The Eye

Episode 2.06: The immersive, 3D environments of virtual reality aren’t science fiction any more, and they aren’t just fo... Read more

5 Jan 2018

36mins

Ranked #15

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A Space Shuttle Isn't Cool. You Know What's Cool? A Space Elevator (Soonish on Soonish)

A Space Shuttle Isn't Cool. You Know What's Cool? A Space Elevator (Soonish on Soonish)

Episode 2.05 of Soonish, the podcast, is all about Soonish, the book! Host Wade Roush interviews Kelly and Zach Weinersm... Read more

15 Dec 2017

55mins

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