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Futurology is a weekly podcast from the Berggruen Institute where we work to name what’s next. Join us as we imagine a future we can accomplish together, instead of one we must all work to prevent.

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Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · Jun 20

Futurology is a weekly podcast from the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles where we work to name what’s next. Join us as we imagine a future we can accomplish together, instead of one we must all work to prevent.

Premieres 6/24, wherever you get your podcasts.

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Welcome to Futurology | Podcast Trailer

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Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 4d

Through deep time and space, the possibilities of life are endless. Writer, Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) challenges the past as we look to the future.

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"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧

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Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 5d

The Atlantic Writer, Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) in conversation with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) get into the dangerous gap between humanity's understanding of time and the consequences of our actions.

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Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 8d

Humanity has written 125 million books. AI read all of them in six months.

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"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) in conversation with Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social)

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 10d

Atlantic Writer Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) asks the questions shaping the future.

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In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.

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Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 12d

Aminah Bradford examines the hierarchy of oversimplifying the spirit to the "good" and the material to the "bad".

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"The Spiritual Life of the Microbiome" streaming now. 🎧 Subscribe to Futurology Podcast on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts.

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 14d

The major paradigm shift that microbiology is facing now is this relational, ecological, emergent, symbiotic understanding of being human.”

-Aminah Bradford

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"The Spiritual Life of the Microbiome" streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology Podcast 🎧

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Noema Magazine @noemamag.com · 17d

What do computer science, quantum physics & Hindu tradition have in common?

It’s more than you might think, Swami Sarvapriyananda, @blaiseaguera.bsky.social & Carlo Rovelli write.

#consciousness #ai #hinduism #quantumphysics

Consciousness Across Three Worldviews | NOEMA

Central concepts in three different domains — Hindu tradition, computer science and quantum physics — find analogies and reflect one another.

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Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 15d

Microbial theologian Aminah Bradford explores the profound connection between our gut, microbial life, and the divine.

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Catch the latest episode of the Futurology Podcast — live now at the link above or on your favorite podcast app.

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 17d

“What does it mean to live in a world that we depend upon for life, but that also can make us sick?”

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In this episode of Futurology, Aminah Bradford talks with Jonathan Blake about what she calls microbial theology.

Listen now! 🎧 "The Spiritual Life of the Microbiome”.

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 19d

Does the global culture resemble a traditional family dynamic?

Pico Iyer and Nathan Gardels discuss how decades globalization has led to a clash of civilizations and identity

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Listen now! 🎧 “The Wisdom of Not Knowing”, reflections on culture from novelist Pico Iyer

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 20d

Drawing on years of global travel and meditative silence, Pico Iyer found that clarity arises not from certainty but stillness in the unknown.

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Listen now! 🎧 “The Wisdom of Not Knowing"

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 23d

“We can only find eternity in the moment”

For novelist Pico Iyer wisdom resides not in mastery but in doubt. From his decades of constant travel to his retreats in silence Iyer describes how humility and stillness can open a clearer view of the world than certainty ever could

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Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 24d

We live in a culture hooked on speed and certainty. Hot takes, quick fixes, and algorithms that appear to know us better than we know ourselves. Despite living in the “age of information”are humans less connected than ever?

The Wisdom of Not Knowing with Pico Iyer and Nathan Gardels, available now

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Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 25d

This episode of FuturologyPod, NASA Historian Lois Rosson reflects on AI shaping the future of space.

Examine these topics in greater depth with FuturologyPod. Join us each week for thought-provoking conversations and more.

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 26d

From conquering the West to conquering the stars

NASA Historian Lois Rosson describes the way lingering ideas of Manifest Destiny continue to shape visualizations of space to this day.

🎧 Tap the link in bio or find “The History of Imagining the Universe” or tune in wherever you get your podcasts.

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 28d

Examine these topics in greater depth with @futurologypod.

Join us each week for thought-provoking conversations and more.

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · 29d

Lois Rosson and Claire Webb explore how cosmic visualization operates. What do these images reveal? Not just about the universe, but about the historical and cultural moment from which they emerge?

Join @futurologypod for a deeper examination of the ideas shaping our future.

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · Sep 10

From the scientific methodologies that construct these images to the ideological lenses through which they are interpreted, Lois Rosson and Claire Webb examine the epistemological and political dimensions of how we visualize the universe.

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · Sep 9

In this episode, Lois Rosson and Claire Webb explore the politics behind how we visualize the universe, from the science that shapes the image to the ideologies that color our perception.

Explore these ideas more deeply with @futurologypod. Subscribe for weekly episodes.

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Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · Sep 6

Join @futurologypod for a deeper examination of the ideas shaping our future.

New conversations released weekly.

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Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · Sep 5

Why Globalization Can't Stop War Anymore with Pascal Lamy and Lorenzo Marsili

From the collapse of the WTO consensus to the rise of U.S.–China rivalry, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the splintering of the internet, he explains why globalization can no longer guarantee harmony.

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · Sep 4

Why Globalization Can’t Stop War Anymore with Pascal Lamy and Lorenzo Marsili

Economic interdependence- The logic that shaped the global institutions of the late twentieth century, and defined the worldview of Pascal Lamy, former head of the World Trade Organization.

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · Sep 3

Why Globalization Can't Stop War Anymore with Pascal Lamy and Lorenzo Marsili

For decades, world leaders told us that global trade would keep the peace. Markets would bind nations together, and economic interdependence would make conflict too costly to pursue.

Futurologypod now streaming.

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · Sep 2

Why Globalization Can't Stop War Anymore with Pascal Lamy and Lorenzo Marsili

From the collapse of the WTO consensus to the rise of U.S.–China rivalry, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the splintering of the internet, this is why globalization can no longer guarantee harmony

Futurology @futurologypod.bsky.social · Aug 30

Unlock the future.

New episodes of FuturologyPod now available streaming every week.

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