Looking Back at Tomorrow

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Grab your hoverboards and give your robot butlers a break! On Looking Back at Tomorrow, hosts Ryan and Zachary examine how humanity’s predictions for the future have changed over the years.... more

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Looking Back at Tomorrow episodes:

October 01, 2019 Space Settlements
Hosts Rye and Zachary track NASA’s real life attempts to create a livable environment in space.
Thanks to special guests Fred Scharmen and Brett Ryan Bonowicz
Check out Fred Scharmen’s New Book Space Settlements! OUT NOW
Watch Brett Ryan Bonowicz’s Artist Depiction Series!
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SOURCES:
The High Frontier by Gerard K. O’Neill
Space Settlements: A Design Study
Space Colony Art From the 1970s
NASA Space Colony Explanation; 70’s Style
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LBaT Social:
TWITTER @lbtomorrow
Instagram @lbtomorrow
FACEBOOK
EMAIL: [email protected]
Looking Back at Tomorrow is a WHALE BUS production
Other Whale Bus Shows:
A Quiet Room
The Van
Story Blocks
MORE INFO
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MUSIC CREDITS
Theme: "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” By: Richard and Robert Sherman
”Space” from Horizons
”Sparkling GE” from Horizons
Anchors Aweigh by Charles A Zimmerman
“Floating Puppy” From Horizons
“HoneyLune Ridge” from “Super Mario Odyssey” by Koji Kondo
“Space Junk Galaxy” and “Space Fantasy” from “Super Mario Galaxy” by Koji Kondo
”Seize the Future” From Alien Encounter
”Car 24” and “The Egg and You” from “Cowboy Bebop” by the Seatbelts
”Everything Stays” from “Adventure Time” by Rebecca Sugar
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40min
February 26, 2019 The Rocketbelt Murder
Possibly the most wild Jetpack story ever told, with a little jetpack history sprinkled in.
Thanks to special guests Danny Anderson and Josh Gleiser.
SOURCES:
ABC's Rocketbelt Coverage 01
ABC's Rocketbelt Coverage 02
LA Times Coverage
The Rocketbelt Caper: A True Tale of Invention, Obsession and Murder by Paul Brown
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LBaT Social:
TWITTER @lbtomorrow
Instagram @lbtomorrow
FACEBOOK
EMAIL: [email protected]
Looking Back at Tomorrow is a WHALE BUS production
Other Whale Bus Shows:
NEW: A Quiet Room
The Van
Story Blocks
MORE INFO
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MUSIC CREDITS
Theme: "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” By: Richard and Robert Sherman
*THE SIMPSONS ""EYE ON SPRINGFIELD" THEME"
*Icky Thump by The White Stripes
*“Sly Cooper 4 Theme” by Peter McConnell
*“Hedwig's Flight” from Harry Potter by John Williams
*“Putanesca” and “Vibraphone” from “A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)” by Thomas Newman
*Various Tracks from “Thimbleweed Park” by Steve Kirk
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CLIPS Used
*ABC Rocketbelt coverage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tg_eZ6ALr0)
*LA Olympic Footage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WWDnOiQR7A)
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42min
January 12, 2019 Afrofuturism
Episode Notes
Hosts Ryan and Zachary explore the history and meaning behind the word "Afrofuturism." WITH SPECIAL GUESTS Robert Hawkins (NYU Silver School of Social Work, And Stephen Winter and Tristan Cowen (Nightvale Presents Adventures in New America).
LINK TO ADVENTURES IN NeW AMERICA: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/adventuresinnewamerica/
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LBaT Social:
TWITTER (https://twitter.com/lbtomorrow?lang=en)
INSTAGRAM (https://www.instagram.com/lbtomorrow)
FACEBOOK (https://www.facebook.com/LookingBackatTomorrowPodcast/)
EMAIL: [email protected]
Looking Back at Tomorrow is a WHALE BUS production.
Other Whale Bus Shows:
NEW: A Quiet Room (https://linktr.ee/quietpod)
The Van (https://www.whalebus.net/the-van)
Story Blocks (https://www.whalebus.net/story-blocks)
MORE INFO: whalebus.net
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MUSIC Credits (in order):
Theme: "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” By: Richard and Robert Sherman
Never Catch Me by Flying Lotus & Kendrick Lamar
Cissy Strut by The Meters
Space is the Place by Sun-Ra
Saturn by Sun-Ra
Man’s Best Friend by George Clinton
I Been Watching You by Funkadelic
Credits: Moon Child by Captain Sky
CLIPS (in order):
Cedric The Entertainer "Space Shuttle" "Kings of Comedy" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiTC8GfBFSE)
George Clinton on David Letterman [1986] (https://youtu.be/ueGmihYPQY0)
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29min
November 06, 2018 The Satire of Fallout
Vault Dwellers Ryan and Zachary discuss the game series Fallout and explore its specific brand of 1950's Satire.
CONTENT WARNING: There is a brief discussion of mass shootings and Gun Violence. The discussion starts at 17:50 and ends around 19:00
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26min
October 03, 2018 Monorails & PRT
Ted Linhart Twitter: @TedOnTV
Be sure to view more amazing disney-related documents at www.disneydocs.net
Proj 4 Public Spaces Twitter: @PPS_Placemaking
Learn more at www.PPS.org
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36min
September 07, 2018 Closer Than We Think
Episode Notes
For more information about the documentary "Closer Than We Think": https://www.clindar.net
http://twitter.com/closerthanthink
Thanks to Addison Anderson for his stirring narration!
Subscribe to the new Whale Bus audio drama "The Van" premiering Sept 10th!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-van/id1434215983?mt=2
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17min
August 07, 2018 Futurama
**Episode Notes
Just in time for the premiere of Disenchantment, hosts Ryan and Zachary do a deep dive into the animated cult favorite, Futurama. In the episode they discuss the show's retro-futuristic inspirations, its bad luck with cancellations, and the intergalactic basketball team, the Harlem Globetrotters.
**Music Credits
There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by Richard & Robert Sherman (Walt Disney Records)
Futurama Main Theme by Christopher Tyng (Fox Music)
“Life is a Dream” (Theme from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) by Jerry Goldsmith (La-La Land Records)
“Flip a Switch Instrumental” by Chris Ballew (Square Enix)
“He Ain’t My Brother” by Chris Ballew (Square Enix)
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20min
July 05, 2018 Retrofuturism
Episode Notes
After a long hiatus, Looking Back at Tomorrow is BACK! In this episode, hosts Ryan and Zachary explore origins of the term “Retrofuturism”, which leads them down a rabbit hole of fake books, internet sleuthing and obscure Australian islands.
Music Credits
There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by Richard & Robert Sherman
Score from 'Adventure Thru Inner Space' by Buddy Baker
Searching for Screenslaver by Michael Giacchino
All are the property of Walt Disney Records
Competing Hummingbirds by Hans Zimmer, Jasha Klebe, and Jacob Shea and is the property of Silva Screen Records
Sonik Re-entry by Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan and is the property of Basta Audio Visuals
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20min
June 25, 2018 We Have a New Home!
Episode Notes
It has certainly been a while! But Looking Back is...well...back. Subscribe to the new Whale Bus show, Story Blocks wherever you get your podcast from!
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3min
January 29, 2018 Time Capsules Part 2
We built a time capsule! Ryan and Zachary look to the famous voyager probes for inspiration in designing a window to the future of their own.
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16min

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