How much of what you do is actually your choice? What if you were secretly being controlled by a parasite that had infected your brain? What if that infection was…

On today’s episode we travel to the near-future of advertising. Welcome to a future in which you can sign up to be a brand ambassador, and get paid for every…

~~~ TAKE THE LISTENER SURVEY! (Please) ~~~ Today we tackle the age-old question: what if animals could talk? Or, more precisely, what if we could actually understand what animals are…

In the 1960’s, the United States spent millions of dollars exploring two different realms: outer space, and the deep oceans. But today, only one of those programs is still around.…

In today’s episode I welcome you to the Museum of Non-Human Art, a brand new gallery full of art made entirely by machines, computers, algorithms, robots and other non-human entities.…

Ask any expert in infectious diseases and they’ll tell you that when it comes to pandemics, it’s not a question of if we’ll have another one. It’s a question of…

There are currently millions of pieces of trash orbiting Earth, everything from defunct satellites all the way down to tiny flecks of paint. Each of those millions of pieces of…

With the rise in consumer DNA tests and online genealogy, people might soon have a pretty good idea where their families came from for generations. But are we putting too…

In 1935, the US Federal Government decided to spend millions of dollars putting artists to work. What if they did it again? Guests: Susan Quinn, author of Furious Improvisation: How…

This episode we talk exoskeletons: what are they being used for now? What might they be used for in the future? And what happens when they’re everywhere? Guests Tim Pote,…