2038 Podcast
1) S E8: Kate Julian: The Future Is Sexless
Already, today, young people are having less sex and fewer partners than previous generations, though they are also watching much more porn and masturbating two to three times as often. That isn’t goi...Show More
2) S E7: Climate Change Will Destroy the Nation-State And Supercharge Capitalism
Global warming will change much more than the world’s coastlines. Joel Wainwright and Geoff Mann, authors of “Climate Leviathan,” think it will bring about a new planetary sovereign, answering to no a...Show More
S E7: Climate Change Will Destroy the Nation-State And Supercharge Capitalism
41:04 | Nov 28th, 2018
3) S E6: Fake News, Bad Presidents: Our Coming 19th Century Future
Tyler Cowen thinks that in 2038, we're going back to the past. In the absence of major enemies like Nazis or Soviets, Tyler argues we'll see a return to the world of 19th-century American politics — b...Show More
4) S E5: China Will Be on Mars, and America Will Be an Island
Bruno Macaes thinks that in 2038, China will run the world (and maybe the solar system) thanks to its embrace of technology and its globe-spanning "belt and road" initiative. America will be totally m...Show More
5) S E4: When Will Our Driverless Cars Be Here to Pick Us Up?
Missy Cummings is on the forefront of drone and driverless technology as a consultant and director of the Duke University Humans and Autonomy Laboratory. We asked her about the future of robotic-drivi...Show More
6) S E3: In the Internet of Things, You Will Be Just a Thing, Too
Paul Ford thinks that, by 2038, computers won’t matter—because they’ll be everywhere, embedded in your clothes and constantly surveilling you and shouting at you with advertisements. Nothing will work...Show More
7) S E2: An Xiao Mina Thinks the Internet Will Split in Two, Then Go To War With Itself
By the year 2038, there will be two internets — one controlled by the U.S., and one by China. Technologist An Xiao Mina predicts that in 20 years, America's internet will be hyperpartisan and stratifi...Show More
S E2: An Xiao Mina Thinks the Internet Will Split in Two, Then Go To War With Itself
35:23 | Oct 24th, 2018
8) S E1: Dahlia Lithwick Thinks the Supreme Court Will Die by 2038
By the year 2038, The Supreme Court as we know it will cease to exist. That's the prediction of legal reporter Dahlia Lithwick, who thinks that divided, partisan power in Washington will make it impos...Show More
9) S E1: Introducing 2038
What will life look like in 2038? Each episode will explore a different vision — flying driverless cars, an internet cold war, a Chinese world order — featuring experts in business, technology, climat...Show More