FARSIGHT

FARSIGHT

By Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS)Society & Culture
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FARSIGHT episodes

  • The Grounded Mind

    New research into mental health is pushing our understanding of the mind-body connection and the intricacies of the brain. What would a more holistic approach to mental wellbeing look like?

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    Author: José Manuel Herez Pombo

    Narration: August Leo Liljenberg (AI with ElevenLabs)

    Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    14 min
  • Treacherous Utopia

    ‘Longtermism’ has emerged as one of the most influential ideas of our time. But is it safeguarding or sabotaging our common future?

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    Authors: Casper Skovgaard Petersen & August Leo Liljenberg

    Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

    Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    15 min
  • The Shape and Size of Wellbeing

    Youth attitudes towards the future are increasingly polarised across the world. Could demographic change provide us with an answer as to why?

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    Author: August Leo Liljenberg

    Narration: August Leo Liljenberg (audio generated by ElevenLabs)

    Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    15 min
  • Lunar Power Play

    The world’s most populated country is throwing their weight into the space race – but is India a genuine contender?

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    Author: Lena Hunter

    Narrator: August Leo Liljenberg

    Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    13 min
  • No Children of Men

    Chemicals are among the primary causes for dwindling sperm counts worldwide. How severe is the global male fertility crisis, and can an impending ‘spermpocalypse’ be avoided? To find out we spoke with two renowned fertility researchers.

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    Author: Casper Skovgaard Petersen

    Narrator: August Leo Liljenberg

    Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    10 min
  • Space for the Few

    With recreational spaceflight taking off, onlookers are questioning whether something so grand can ever be for the many.

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    Author: Artemis Karagkouni

    Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

    Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    9 min
  • Hope - The Pillar That Holds Up the World

    Although we may acknowledge the importance of hope in an age that seems plagued by perpetual crisis, is hope genuinely practical, and if it is, what makes it so?

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    Author: Sean Pillot de Chenecey

    Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

    Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    8 min
  • Technology Leading on Sexuality

    From vibrators to sex bots, technology can be a force of sexual liberation, or a tool used to strengthen existing norms and taboos. How might it change what happens behind closed bedroom doors?

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    Author: Jasmin Cramon

    Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

    Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies


    10 min
  • Stardust and Dollar Signs

    As the mineral-rich wealth of the cosmos is gloated at from Earth, actors are racing towards extracting, as well as regulating, its resources.

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    Author: Thor Svanholm

    Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

    Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    11 min
  • Europe in Space

    An interview with Hermann Ludwig Moeller, Chairman of the European Space Policy Institute.

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    Author: August Leo Liljenberg

    Narration: August Leo Liljenberg

    Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    17 min

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Narrated articles and conversations with the world's foremost futures thinkers, delivered to you by FARSIGHT, a quarterly publication by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.