Futurology
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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
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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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Premieres 6/24, wherever you get your podcasts.
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“The most perfect flower will be the deadest flower.”
Brook Ziporyn on why chasing purity and certainty can strip life of what makes it real.
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Brook Ziporyn on why chasing purity and certainty can strip life of what makes it real.
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Tune in now to Futurology.
January 6, 2026 at 3:41 PM
“The most perfect flower will be the deadest flower.”
Brook Ziporyn on why chasing purity and certainty can strip life of what makes it real.
youtu.be/_3MeS68q5Tc
Tune in now to Futurology.
Brook Ziporyn on why chasing purity and certainty can strip life of what makes it real.
youtu.be/_3MeS68q5Tc
Tune in now to Futurology.
American law often assigns monetary value to things that were never meant to be owned.
That mismatch continues to harm Indigenous lifeways and sovereignty.
Tune in now to Futurology.
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That mismatch continues to harm Indigenous lifeways and sovereignty.
Tune in now to Futurology.
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January 2, 2026 at 7:38 PM
American law often assigns monetary value to things that were never meant to be owned.
That mismatch continues to harm Indigenous lifeways and sovereignty.
Tune in now to Futurology.
youtu.be/HHYXFu7GWGg?...
That mismatch continues to harm Indigenous lifeways and sovereignty.
Tune in now to Futurology.
youtu.be/HHYXFu7GWGg?...
“All of those things that colonists took through violence could have been attained through diplomatic relations.”
Colonial extraction was a choice, not an inevitability. The same question of consent still shapes the present.
Tune in now to Futurology
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Colonial extraction was a choice, not an inevitability. The same question of consent still shapes the present.
Tune in now to Futurology
youtu.be/HHYXFu7GWGg
December 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“All of those things that colonists took through violence could have been attained through diplomatic relations.”
Colonial extraction was a choice, not an inevitability. The same question of consent still shapes the present.
Tune in now to Futurology
youtu.be/HHYXFu7GWGg
Colonial extraction was a choice, not an inevitability. The same question of consent still shapes the present.
Tune in now to Futurology
youtu.be/HHYXFu7GWGg
“What’s real is people.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgde...
"The Big Lie Behind AI" with Jaron Lanier is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
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"The Big Lie Behind AI" with Jaron Lanier is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“What’s real is people.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgde...
"The Big Lie Behind AI" with Jaron Lanier is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgde...
"The Big Lie Behind AI" with Jaron Lanier is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
AI isn't human, to filter through the characteristics of AI does however require discernment from a human.
“Conjuring Art from Machine Hallucinations,” with Refik Anadol is streaming now.
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Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
“Conjuring Art from Machine Hallucinations,” with Refik Anadol is streaming now.
youtu.be/ebt57OKEmT8
Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
December 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
AI isn't human, to filter through the characteristics of AI does however require discernment from a human.
“Conjuring Art from Machine Hallucinations,” with Refik Anadol is streaming now.
youtu.be/ebt57OKEmT8
Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
“Conjuring Art from Machine Hallucinations,” with Refik Anadol is streaming now.
youtu.be/ebt57OKEmT8
Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
Perfection is boring.
For AI Artist Refik Anadol, the mistakes are the point. His art emerges from glitches in the matrix that reveal the dreams of machines.
youtu.be/ebt57OKEmT8
“Conjuring Art from Machine Hallucinations,” is streaming now.
For AI Artist Refik Anadol, the mistakes are the point. His art emerges from glitches in the matrix that reveal the dreams of machines.
youtu.be/ebt57OKEmT8
“Conjuring Art from Machine Hallucinations,” is streaming now.
December 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Perfection is boring.
For AI Artist Refik Anadol, the mistakes are the point. His art emerges from glitches in the matrix that reveal the dreams of machines.
youtu.be/ebt57OKEmT8
“Conjuring Art from Machine Hallucinations,” is streaming now.
For AI Artist Refik Anadol, the mistakes are the point. His art emerges from glitches in the matrix that reveal the dreams of machines.
youtu.be/ebt57OKEmT8
“Conjuring Art from Machine Hallucinations,” is streaming now.
For Refik Anadol data points are his oil paints. The world’s biggest AI artist dips his ‘thinking brush’ into the machine’s mind and paints with its dreams.
youtu.be/ebt57OKEmT8
“Conjuring Art from Machine Hallucinations,” is streaming now.
youtu.be/ebt57OKEmT8
“Conjuring Art from Machine Hallucinations,” is streaming now.
December 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
For Refik Anadol data points are his oil paints. The world’s biggest AI artist dips his ‘thinking brush’ into the machine’s mind and paints with its dreams.
youtu.be/ebt57OKEmT8
“Conjuring Art from Machine Hallucinations,” is streaming now.
youtu.be/ebt57OKEmT8
“Conjuring Art from Machine Hallucinations,” is streaming now.
AI is not conscious and that's a good thing.
“The Dangers of Seeing Ourselves in Artificial Intelligence,” featuring Neuroscience researcher Anil Seth, is streaming now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=txYn...
Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast now.
“The Dangers of Seeing Ourselves in Artificial Intelligence,” featuring Neuroscience researcher Anil Seth, is streaming now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=txYn...
Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast now.
December 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
AI is not conscious and that's a good thing.
“The Dangers of Seeing Ourselves in Artificial Intelligence,” featuring Neuroscience researcher Anil Seth, is streaming now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=txYn...
Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast now.
“The Dangers of Seeing Ourselves in Artificial Intelligence,” featuring Neuroscience researcher Anil Seth, is streaming now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=txYn...
Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast now.
Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, Anil Seth (@anilseth.bsky.social), and Nils Gilman explore why we keep projecting ourselves onto AI and what is at stake when we do
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“The Dangers of Seeing Ourselves in Artificial Intelligence” is streaming now.
youtu.be/txYnCQ0MNsk
“The Dangers of Seeing Ourselves in Artificial Intelligence” is streaming now.
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, Anil Seth (@anilseth.bsky.social), and Nils Gilman explore why we keep projecting ourselves onto AI and what is at stake when we do
youtu.be/txYnCQ0MNsk
“The Dangers of Seeing Ourselves in Artificial Intelligence” is streaming now.
youtu.be/txYnCQ0MNsk
“The Dangers of Seeing Ourselves in Artificial Intelligence” is streaming now.
“Technology has taken on a mythological role in our lives.” — Ken Liu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZR...
"When the Machine Becomes the Medium" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZR...
"When the Machine Becomes the Medium" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“Technology has taken on a mythological role in our lives.” — Ken Liu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZR...
"When the Machine Becomes the Medium" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZR...
"When the Machine Becomes the Medium" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast
Whale communication may be our best chance to prepare for meeting unfamiliar intelligence elsewhere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUxf...
“What Whales Can Teach Us About Talking to Aliens“ is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUxf...
“What Whales Can Teach Us About Talking to Aliens“ is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
December 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Whale communication may be our best chance to prepare for meeting unfamiliar intelligence elsewhere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUxf...
“What Whales Can Teach Us About Talking to Aliens“ is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUxf...
“What Whales Can Teach Us About Talking to Aliens“ is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
“Machine learning is really good at finding patterns. The question is whose patterns we choose to prioritize,”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUxf...
“What Whales Can Teach Us About Talking to Aliens“ is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUxf...
“What Whales Can Teach Us About Talking to Aliens“ is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Machine learning is really good at finding patterns. The question is whose patterns we choose to prioritize,”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUxf...
“What Whales Can Teach Us About Talking to Aliens“ is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUxf...
“What Whales Can Teach Us About Talking to Aliens“ is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
The discovery that whales sing transformed how we think about other minds. AI is taking the next step.
youtu.be/lUxf7Sfqxsk
“What Whales Can Teach Us About Talking to Aliens“ is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
youtu.be/lUxf7Sfqxsk
“What Whales Can Teach Us About Talking to Aliens“ is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
December 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The discovery that whales sing transformed how we think about other minds. AI is taking the next step.
youtu.be/lUxf7Sfqxsk
“What Whales Can Teach Us About Talking to Aliens“ is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
youtu.be/lUxf7Sfqxsk
“What Whales Can Teach Us About Talking to Aliens“ is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
"The Big Lie Behind AI"
Technologist Jaron Lanier sits down with producer Grant Slater. He warns that the hype around AI is fueled by grandiosity — the belief that something we created could destroy the world.
youtu.be/DgdelPJTWRo
Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast
Technologist Jaron Lanier sits down with producer Grant Slater. He warns that the hype around AI is fueled by grandiosity — the belief that something we created could destroy the world.
youtu.be/DgdelPJTWRo
Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"The Big Lie Behind AI"
Technologist Jaron Lanier sits down with producer Grant Slater. He warns that the hype around AI is fueled by grandiosity — the belief that something we created could destroy the world.
youtu.be/DgdelPJTWRo
Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast
Technologist Jaron Lanier sits down with producer Grant Slater. He warns that the hype around AI is fueled by grandiosity — the belief that something we created could destroy the world.
youtu.be/DgdelPJTWRo
Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast
Belief in AI can destroy the world. Responsibility stays human. — Jaron Lanier.
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"The Big Lie Behind AI" Listen to the Futurology podcast.
youtu.be/DgdelPJTWRo
"The Big Lie Behind AI" Listen to the Futurology podcast.
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Belief in AI can destroy the world. Responsibility stays human. — Jaron Lanier.
youtu.be/DgdelPJTWRo
"The Big Lie Behind AI" Listen to the Futurology podcast.
youtu.be/DgdelPJTWRo
"The Big Lie Behind AI" Listen to the Futurology podcast.
Astrophysicist Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social) questions the hype around AI.
"How to Spot an Alien Civilization" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...
"How to Spot an Alien Civilization" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Astrophysicist Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social) questions the hype around AI.
"How to Spot an Alien Civilization" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...
"How to Spot an Alien Civilization" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...
In our lifetime, we learned that nearly every star has its own planets. Earth is one story among trillions.
🎙️Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social) on Futurology podcast: “How to Spot an Alien Civilization”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...
🎙️Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social) on Futurology podcast: “How to Spot an Alien Civilization”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In our lifetime, we learned that nearly every star has its own planets. Earth is one story among trillions.
🎙️Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social) on Futurology podcast: “How to Spot an Alien Civilization”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...
🎙️Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social) on Futurology podcast: “How to Spot an Alien Civilization”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...
Maybe humanity isn’t destroying the planet. Maybe it’s how the planet learns to see itself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...
Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social)- "How to Spot an Alien Civilization" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...
Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social)- "How to Spot an Alien Civilization" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Maybe humanity isn’t destroying the planet. Maybe it’s how the planet learns to see itself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...
Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social)- "How to Spot an Alien Civilization" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...
Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social)- "How to Spot an Alien Civilization" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.
Maybe AI won’t replace artists after all. Maybe it’s the next great artistic medium.
youtu.be/q8ZR9-y4ik8
🎙️ Ken Liu (@kyliu99.bsky.social) on Futurology: "When the Machine Becomes the Medium"
youtu.be/q8ZR9-y4ik8
🎙️ Ken Liu (@kyliu99.bsky.social) on Futurology: "When the Machine Becomes the Medium"
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Maybe AI won’t replace artists after all. Maybe it’s the next great artistic medium.
youtu.be/q8ZR9-y4ik8
🎙️ Ken Liu (@kyliu99.bsky.social) on Futurology: "When the Machine Becomes the Medium"
youtu.be/q8ZR9-y4ik8
🎙️ Ken Liu (@kyliu99.bsky.social) on Futurology: "When the Machine Becomes the Medium"
“For billions of years, there were no airplanes — until someone imagined them.”
youtu.be/q8ZR9-y4ik8
Technology, like art, is an expression of our humanness.
🎙️ Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social on Futurology: When the Machine Becomes the Medium
youtu.be/q8ZR9-y4ik8
Technology, like art, is an expression of our humanness.
🎙️ Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social on Futurology: When the Machine Becomes the Medium
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“For billions of years, there were no airplanes — until someone imagined them.”
youtu.be/q8ZR9-y4ik8
Technology, like art, is an expression of our humanness.
🎙️ Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social on Futurology: When the Machine Becomes the Medium
youtu.be/q8ZR9-y4ik8
Technology, like art, is an expression of our humanness.
🎙️ Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social on Futurology: When the Machine Becomes the Medium
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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧
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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
Humanity has written 125 million books. AI read all of them in six months.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) in conversation with Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) in conversation with Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social)
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Humanity has written 125 million books. AI read all of them in six months.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) in conversation with Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) in conversation with Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social)
Atlantic Writer Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) asks the questions shaping the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.
September 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Atlantic Writer Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) asks the questions shaping the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.
Aminah Bradford examines the hierarchy of oversimplifying the spirit to the "good" and the material to the "bad".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=26X4...
"The Spiritual Life of the Microbiome" streaming now. 🎧 Subscribe to Futurology Podcast on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=26X4...
"The Spiritual Life of the Microbiome" streaming now. 🎧 Subscribe to Futurology Podcast on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts.
September 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Aminah Bradford examines the hierarchy of oversimplifying the spirit to the "good" and the material to the "bad".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=26X4...
"The Spiritual Life of the Microbiome" streaming now. 🎧 Subscribe to Futurology Podcast on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=26X4...
"The Spiritual Life of the Microbiome" streaming now. 🎧 Subscribe to Futurology Podcast on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts.