FARSIGHT

By Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS)

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.... more

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How many episodes does FARSIGHT have?

The podcast currently has 95 episodes available.

FARSIGHT episodes:

August 17, 2023 How Sci-Fi Became Big Business
Why are multinational corporations and military agencies hiring science fiction authors to help them understand the future?
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Author: Casper Skovgaard Petersen
Narration: August Leo Liljenberg
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10min
August 10, 2023 High Brow, Low Blood Sugar
What does the ubiquity of micro-dining say about the times we live in? In this article, we explore the ‘lipstick-ification’ of urban gastronomy.
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Author: Maximillian Migowski
Narration: August Leo Liljenberg
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12min
August 04, 2023 A Future Free from Species-ism
Might humanity's circle of moral concern soon include all sentient beings?
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Author: Mikkel Kristensen
Narration: August Leo Liljenberg
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12min
July 27, 2023 The Eccentric World of Herman Kahn
How one individual's unconventionality (and controversy) helped shape Cold War strategy and futures studies today.
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Author: Casper Skovgaard Petersen
Narration: August Leo Liljenberg
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8min
July 18, 2023 Why Generational Inequality Matters
On how the moral system of intergenerational fairness has broken down.
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Author: Sean Pillot de Chenecey
Narration: August Leo Liljenberg
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12min
July 07, 2023 Food With Thought
From lettuce ketchup to snail sausages, food designers are challenging culinary norms and changing the way we eat.
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Author: Josh Sims
Narration: August Leo Liljenberg
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9min
July 03, 2023 The Future of Brain Boosting
The race is on in Silicon Valley to develop functioning and marketable neural interfaces. Is that goal within reach?
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Author: Josh Sims
Narration: August Leo Liljenberg
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9min
June 22, 2023 Cooking Up the Future
In the early 20th century, the Italian artist and ideologue Filippo Marinetti attempted remould his countrymen into the model citizens of a new fascist state - starting with the bellies.
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Author: Casper Skovgaard Petersen
Narration: August Leo Liljenberg
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8min
June 16, 2023 The Cybertariat
A closer look at human-powered automation and the hidden side of the digital economy.
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Authors: Mathias Behn Bjørnhof, Casper Skovgaard Petersen, August Leo Liljenberg
Narration: August Leo Liljenberg
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12min
June 01, 2023 The Ethics of Ecological Sabotage
Our passivity in dealing with climate change and mass extinction may lead to an increase in ‘strategic violence’ in the form of eco-sabotage. When can such actions be justified?
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Author: Mikkel Kristensen
Narration: August Leo Liljenberg
Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
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14min

FAQs about FARSIGHT:

How many episodes does FARSIGHT have?

The podcast currently has 95 episodes available.