What happens when the Rio Grande dries up? The river is often overshadowed, at least in the US, by the Colorado River. But the Rio Grande creates the border between…

Getting from one place to another is hard. What if we could just teleport? From the physics of how this would work (it wouldn’t) to the ripple effects on politics,…

If humans want to really make a go at leaving Earth and living in space or on other planets, we’re going to have to figure out a lot of things:…

On today’s episode we tackle a future that was once a staple of science fiction: food pills. Instead of shopping and cooking and sitting down to eat meals together, we…

Computers are getting smaller and smaller. But what if we had sensors the size of dust, that could float through the air undetected, talk to one another, gather information, and…

What if we just gave everybody money? It sounds simple, but universal basic income is a trendy idea again and a lot of you have asked for an episode about…

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.…