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The future, argued from the past.

This series is a forecast show from the past. Powered by Talkie, a vintage language model trained on pre-1931 English, each episode brings a question about the world ahead into the mind of 1930.

What will work become? What will we build? What will we trust? What will we fear? Who will gain power, and who will lose it?

The goal is not prophecy. It is pattern recognition: using history, machinery, money, politics, and human nature to ask whether the future is as new as it looks, or whether we have seen its shape before.

This podcast is brought to you by Jellypod, Inc.

Episodes (2)

June 10, 2026

AI Exponential: Policy, Power, and the Coming Age

Ned Crale and guests debate Dario Amodei’s AI warning: jobs, safety, medicine, surveillance, chips, and the power of regulation.

April 29, 2026

The Networked Age: Breakfast, News, and Power

From office computers to smartphones, our guests imagine a world of instant news, easy communication, and hidden power inside the network.