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Alternate Futures is a podcast where speculative fiction meets real-world change. Join host Edwin H. Rydberg in deep-dive conversations with science fiction authors, futurists, and creative minds as they explore storytelling, emerging technologies, and humanity’s…
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93. Climate Change, Migration, and Britain’s Future, with Jenni Daiches (opens the original)
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What if climate change made you a refugee in your own country? In this episode of Alternate Futures, I talk with author and literary historian Jenni Daiches about her near-future dystopian novel They Know Where They’re Going, set in a drought-stricken Britain in 2041. We discuss climate change, water scarcity and the unequal ways environmental disruption might affect different parts of society, as well as Jenni’s decision to imagine an independent Scotland whose relative abundance of water has t
Beyond Fiction | S1E02 | Simon (SG) Bell | Who Writes the Future? (opens the original)
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What if our fear of AI is helping create the AI we fear? What stories are we telling about the future — and could those stories help create the very future we expect? Professor Simon Bell has spent a career crossing the boundaries between systems thinking, sustainability, technology and human behaviour. Now he is turning those same questions towards artificial intelligence, exploring how fear, cultural narratives and our assumptions about technology may shape not only how we respond to AI, but h
92. Dark Futures, Human Trafficking, and the Fight for Survival, with Charles R. Cooke (opens the original)
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What if the greatest threat to society isn't the darkness beneath it, but our unwillingness to look? In this episode of Alternate Futures, I talk with author Charles R. Cooke about Orphans of the Sea, his debut novel and the first in his Underground series. We explore the themes of human trafficking and the origin of his own awareness of it, and how that has inspired his novel. Charles also shares his experience writing convincing villains, exploring dark subjects from the safety of fiction, col
91. Superheroes, Supervillains, and Modern Mythology, with Antoine Monks (opens the original)
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What if superheroes aren't simply escapist entertainment, but modern mythology that reveals how we think about power, morality, and the society around us? In this episode of Alternate Futures , I talk with author Antoine Monks about his debut superhero novel Heroless and a lifelong fascination with superheroes that began with comic books before he could even read. We explore what happens to villains when the heroes they define themselves against disappear, whether a superhero's strength inevitab
90. Werewolves, Music, and the Beast Within, with Rick London (opens the original)
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What if becoming a monster didn’t mean losing your humanity—but discovering what really keeps you human? In this episode of Alternate Futures, I sit down with debut author Rick London to explore The Dancing Wolfman, his unusual take on one of our oldest and most enduring monsters. Rick explains how he transformed the traditional werewolf story by giving his protagonist, Titus Wolf, an unexpected anchor: music, allowing Rick to turn a familiar tale of monstrous transformation into one of self-dis
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