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Future Imperfect

Jason Kingsley is a technologist who started one of the UK"s most exciting games companies, Rebellion. He"s also fascinated by the past. In this podcast he talks to historians, scientists, and experts from all fields about what we the future might hold, and what we should do to prepare for it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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All Episodes

42:07

How can we live chivalrously?

Future Imperfect ·

2024/07/24

In a change of format, we talk to Jason Kingsley, CBE, himself. We dig deep into what chivalry means, why Jason is fascinated with mediaeval history, and how is affects his life and the way he runs his business.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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50:01

How can we fix our oceans?

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2023/12/01

Professor Guy Standing is an economist who has a radical way to fix the problems in our oceans, one from the past. He wants to see them held in common, as mediaeval resources often were. He talks to Jason about how this would work.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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53:32

What does genetic engineering mean for our futures?

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2023/11/23

Gene editing therapies are just starting to be used to treat conditions. In this episode, Jason talks to Matthew Cobb, Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester about how we got here, and what it could mean for each of us in the future.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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44:19

How did gift-giving work in the past?

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2023/11/14

When European settlers arrived in the Americas they found many economies based on gift-giving. Jason talks to Brian Owensby about how this worked, how it didn't work, and how this could have led to conflict between the Old World and the New.Producer: Natt TapleySound: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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37:34

What is the digital mediaeval?

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2023/11/07

Jeremy Silver is the CEO of Digital Capital, and he believes that we are living in our 'digital mediaeval period'. He joins Jason today explain what he means by that, what problems it poses, and what we need to do to move to a 'digital renaissance'.Producer - Natt TapleySound - Pete DennisPhoto by Bingqian Li: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-near-castle-and-scaffolding-16105790/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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37:19

How did they deal with pandemic disease in the 1660s?

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2022/10/16

Jason talks to Rebecca Rideal about 1666, and pandemics, great fires, and wars.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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55:35

How big were mediaeval warhorses?

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2022/09/12

Jason talks to Alan Outram and Oliver Creighton who have done the most extensive study of mediaeval warhorses ever made.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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38:43

Why are our trees going north?

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2022/08/10

Ben Rawlence joins Jason to explain how the tree-line is moving, what that means for us, and what we can do about it. Produced by: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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38:17

How can we bring back action comics?

Future Imperfect ·

2022/06/17

Jason talks to comics legend Garth Ennis about war, computer games, history, and how to bring back comics of the past.Producer: Natt TapleyAssistant Producer: Abi RobinsonAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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35:28

Can we geo-engineer our way out of climate change?

Future Imperfect ·

2022/06/02

In this episode Jason talks to Gernot Wagner about the damage we're doing to our limate and whether or not it's on our power to reverse it.Producer: Natt TapleyAssistant Producer: Abi RobinsonAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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40:04

Are we going to run out of soil?

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2022/05/21

Jason talks to Jo Handelsman, the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at University of Wisconsin, about the role soil has played in the historical invasions of Ukraine, how fast we're running out of soil and what will happen when we do.Presenter: Jason KingsleyProducer: Natt TapleyAssistant Producer: Abi RobinsonAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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51:23

Is the world coming to an end?

Future Imperfect ·

2022/04/28

Professor Nicholas Guyatt joins Jason to talk about apocalyptic cults, beliefs in the end of the world, and what that might look like.Producer: Natt TapleyAssistant Producer: Abi RobinsonAudio: Pete DennisImage: St Jean de Montmartre 4th Horseman of Apocalypse by Peter Haas licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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45:28

Were the Dark Ages dark?

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2022/04/01

Jason talks to David Perry & Matt Gabriele about their new book, The Bright Ages, which tries to reassess the period after the fall of the Roman empire (if that even happened).Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete DennisAssistant Producer: Abi RobinsonPhoto by Ali Khalil from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/columns-and-dome-of-hagia-sophia-7542061/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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40:10

When did we invent love?

Future Imperfect ·

2022/03/13

Jason talks to Professor Suzannah Lipscomb about how we find out about mediaeval women in the past, how marriages worked, and whether or not Henry VIII was the ultimate romantic?Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete DennisAssistant Producer: Abi Robinson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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46:27

How does bias change the world?

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2022/03/06

Jason talks to Jessica Nordell , who showed how small amounts of bias can have huge impact on large organisations.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete DennisAssistant Producer: Abi Robinson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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51:07

Do we have to work?

Future Imperfect ·

2022/02/28

In this episode, Jason talks to Professor Jan Lucassen about the different roles work has played in human history. Have we always worked? Will we always work? How do we define work?Producer: Nathaniel TapleyAudio: Pete DennisAssistant Producer: Abi RobinsonPhoto byYury KimfromPexels Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:08

Are we all going to die in World War III?

Future Imperfect ·

2022/02/14

Recorded last month, Jason talks to Cold War historian Alex von Tunzelmann about tensions between Russia and the West, and whether or not we're all likely to die in a Third World War.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete DennisAssistant Producer: Abi Robinson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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40:57

Do plants have souls?

Future Imperfect ·

2022/01/30

Hildegard of Bingen was a mediaeval abbess who was famous in her own time for her thoughts about the natural world. Michael Marder talks to Jason about what her philosophy can teach us today about the way in which we interact with plants and what it could mean for our future.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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35:51

Are we entering new Fire Age?

Future Imperfect ·

2022/01/21

Are we entering a new Age of Fire? Emeritus Professor Stephen Pyne believes that we have altered the geological age through our control of fire. Jason talks to him about our past manipulation of fire, and what the world is likely to look like in this new Fire Age.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete DennisPhoto: Eric Chistov Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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41:54

How can we beat our unconscious biases?

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2022/01/17

Jason talks to Pragya Agarwal about unconscious bias, brain structures and what we can do to combat our own unconscious biases.Producer: Natt TapleySound: Pete DennisPhoto byDaniel RechefromPexels Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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