33 episodes
Future Imperfect Jason Kingsley
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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Jason Kingsley is a technologist who started one of the UK's most exciting games companies, Rebellion. He's also fascinated by the past. In this podcast he talks to historians, scientists, and experts from all fields about what we the future might hold, and what we should do to prepare for it.
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How can we fix our oceans?
Professor Guy Standing is an economist who has a radical way to fix the problems in our oceans, one from the past. He wants to see them held in common, as mediaeval resources often were. He talks to Jason about how this would work.
Producer: Natt Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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What does genetic engineering mean for our futures?
Gene editing therapies are just starting to be used to treat conditions. In this episode, Jason talks to Matthew Cobb, Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester about how we got here, and what it could mean for each of us in the future.
Producer: Natt Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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How did gift-giving work in the past?
When European settlers arrived in the Americas they found many economies based on gift-giving. Jason talks to Brian Owensby about how this worked, how it didn't work, and how this could have led to conflict between the Old World and the New.
Producer: Natt Tapley
Sound: Pete Dennis
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What is the digital mediaeval?
Jeremy Silver is the CEO of Digital Capital, and he believes that we are living in our 'digital mediaeval period'. He joins Jason today explain what he means by that, what problems it poses, and what we need to do to move to a 'digital renaissance'.
Producer - Natt Tapley
Sound - Pete Dennis
Photo by Bingqian Li: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-near-castle-and-scaffolding-16105790/
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How did they deal with pandemic disease in the 1660s?
Jason talks to Rebecca Rideal about 1666, and pandemics, great fires, and wars.
Producer: Natt Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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How big were mediaeval warhorses?
Jason talks to Alan Outram and Oliver Creighton who have done the most extensive study of mediaeval warhorses ever made.
Producer: Natt Tapley
Audio: Pete Dennis
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Customer Reviews
Another goodie from Future Imperfect!
Jason Kingsley, OBE, is an excellent interviewer. He always asks the questions I’d like to ask. The experts he has interviewed in these Future Imperfect Podcasts always have something important and interesting to say about us, our world, and our future. This latest podcast about work is no exception. Professor Lucassen details the history of human work from hunter/gathers to modern times. The work of both men and women and their interaction is well treated with respect for both roles. Work of humans and animals is included. What is really interesting is why we work. Apparently, work is more to us than just the need to support ourselves and our families. One of the most important take aways from this podcast is what would happen if we all stopped working. Society and our world would stop functioning. This is really relevant as we enter a post-pandemic world. Future Imperfect gives us new insights and is really entertaining at the same time. Looking forward to more from Future Imperfect.
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I really like this Podcast, Jason is an awesome host and covers a range of topics. His guests are interesting and knowledgeable, and most of all entertaining.