Future Tense - Full program podcast

Emotional Intelligence and the promise of a better workplace

It’s not enough to be smart. If you’re to avoid being automated out of a job in future, you’ll...

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Algorithmic audiencing, bioluminescent lighting and the virtues of a circular city

We examine the role algorithms play in limiting free-speech; we hear about the development of...

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Reembracing the spirit of public service

The Future is Public is a global campaign aimed at creating a new narrative around public...

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Cities – the hot beds of evolution

Urban life has not only reshaped what it means to be human, cities are also changing animals....

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Disinformation and propaganda in a time of conflict

The crisis in Ukraine, like all wars, is a testing ground for new tactics and weapons. It’s also...

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The Earth BioGenome Project; the church of women; and what do we really think about facial recognition technology?

In this program we explore an ambitious science project aimed at to documenting the genomes of...

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The population conundrum

Concerns that we'll soon have too many people on the Earth sit alongside apprehension that we are...

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Does data science need a Hippocratic oath?

The use and misuse of our data can have enormous personal and societal consequences, so what...

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Cliodynamics, the Hinge of History and why all history is revisionist

The idea that history is circular is called Cliodynamics and it’s currently in vogue with many...

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Big data and farming – the promise and the fear

Boosting your productivity by up to 25% - what industry wouldn't want to do that? That’s the...

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A slow move towards a plastic free future

Over the past two decades we’ve become increasingly sensitive to the overuse of plastic and more...

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Are Sovereign Wealth Funds the best way of safeguarding the future?

There are currently around 150 of these funds in the world worth in excess of $USD 9 trillion.

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Space-based Solar – energy above the clouds

Scientists are busy testing ways to build a giant solar farm in space. Also, what to do about the...

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The future of satire is no laughing matter

Satire has been around for thousands of years, but is its power dwindling?

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Forgetting, not memory, moves us forward

Forgetting is the only safe response to the world's problems, from a geopolitical perspective,...

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When development aid goes wrong - propping up bad regimes

For many people, the provision of overseas aid is a democratic imperative and a universal good....

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What might a cashless future look like?

Physical cash still plays an important role in the financial system, but could it be replaced by...

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Drones, witnessing and the view from above

Advocates claim drones make war safer for civilians and soldiers by making it more technical and...

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Banning books and floating suburbs

Banning books belongs in the dark ages and is anathema to modern liberal democracy, but in the...

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Fashion’s fast future

Fashion is getting even faster, but there are also efforts underway to rein-in the waste and make...

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