Broadcast From Later

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Jan 2024

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A podcast by the Toronto-based foresight studio, From Later — this is our experiment in recording the earliest phases of foresight and speculation. Futures thinking begins with identifying and unpacking Weak Signals of Change — things we notice that we don’t quite understand but we suspect may influence futures in significant ways. On Broadcast From Later, we share our “Weakest Signals,” novel and weird events that appear faintly at the edges of our research radars. None of us know each other’s signals in advance, so it’s a candid view into the kinds of conversations we have when we frankly don’t know what we’re talking about. We invite you to listen in on the researchers and strategists of From Later, as we try to wrap our minds around emerging changes and speculate on their potential significance. Want to know our sources? Follow the Are.na channel where we post our signals. Learn more about From Later at www.fromlater.com

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January 8, 20241 hr 22 min

Youth v. Gov w/ John Nichols, Radha Mistry, & Sydney Allen-Ash

John Nichols, whose handle is @lajethrojenkins on X, Radha Mistry, Sydney Allen-Ash, and Robert Bolton exchange signals of change. The conversation covers: The law firm for children exercising their legal rights to a safe climate; How Chinese consumers are bypassing retail markups by making group purchases directly from the factories; And: Will the NBA as we know it still exist in 2030? We look at some existential threats and potential evolutionary strategies for the league. Learn more about From Later at www.fromlater.com Social ChannelsInstagram YouTubeTwitterLinkedInTikTokInterested in our sources? Check out From Later's Are.na page to explore the weak signals on our radars.

January 8, 20241 hr 19 min

Crude Hints w/ Gem Barton

We’re talking about new institutions, retro materials, and the same old lego bricks — on Broadcast From Later w/ Gem Barton, Tobias Revell, and Trevor Haldenby.Learn more about From Later at www.fromlater.com Social ChannelsInstagram YouTubeTwitterLinkedInTikTokInterested in our sources? Check out From Later's Are.na page to explore the weak signals on our radars.

January 8, 20241 hr 26 min

The Society for Suspending Judgment w/ Mimi Zeiger

Critic and editor Mimi Zeiger joins broadcast. We chat: LA architecture, aqueduct acupuncture, planetary menopause, ascribing personhood to ceiling fans, and “a wet lab for noospheric emergence.”Learn more about From Later at www.fromlater.com Social ChannelsInstagram YouTubeTwitterLinkedInTikTokInterested in our sources? Check out From Later's Are.na page to explore the weak signals on our radars.

January 8, 20241 hr 22 min

Changeist Takeover

Scott Smith, Susan Cox-Smith, and Madeline Ashby join Robert Bolton to talk about futures practices and exchange weak signals of change. This conversation covers: niche climate transition issues wedging political division; the arms race between impulse consumer confections and appetite suppressants; and the return of sneakernets.Learn more about From Later at www.fromlater.com Social ChannelsInstagram YouTubeTwitterLinkedInTikTokInterested in our sources? Check out From Later's Are.na page to explore the weak signals on our radars.

November 3, 20231 hr 41 min

Food, Death, and Haircuts w/ Julienne DeVita & Daniel Anthony Daam-Rossi

It’s a new Broadcast From Later with Robert Bolton, Sydney Allen-Ash, Julienne DeVita, and Daniel Anthony Daam-Rossi (of Radical Norms). In this conversation, Daniel tells us about a brain implant that restored a paralyzed woman’s ability to communicate. Julienne shares food futures signals surfaced while researching for the new podcast, Eating Tomorrow. Rob wonders about the implications of Flipper Zero, a hacker multi-tool that looks like a toy. And collectively, we question our culture’s capacity for framing and prioritizing the right problems.Learn more about From Later at www.fromlater.com Social ChannelsInstagram YouTubeTwitterLinkedInTikTokInterested in our sources? Check out From Later's Are.na page to explore the weak signals on our radars.

October 27, 20231 hr 26 min

Dad Band Futures Fest w/ Julian Bleecker

Julian Bleecker of the Near Future Lab joins Valdis Silins, Jayar LaFontaine and Robert Bolton for an exchange of weak signals of change.The conversation covers: / North Korea’s new cyberwarfare proficiencies: their hacker army stole $3 billion in crypto/ Creative work is not living up to its promise: Time to imagine harder/ GPT hyperproductivity and Amazon’s very reasonable self-publishing limit: 3 books a dayLearn more about From Later at www.fromlater.com Social ChannelsInstagram YouTubeTwitterLinkedInTikTokInterested in our sources? Check out From Later's Are.na page to explore the weak signals on our radars.

October 25, 20231 hr 0 min

Overproduced Meetings w/ Richard Thomas

We discuss: pets as economic indicators; the growing prevalence of digital therapeutics; and what the adult webcam industry’s BTS production advisors mean for the future of work — with Richard Thomas, Irwin Adam, Radha Mistry, and Robert Bolton.Learn more about From Later at www.fromlater.com Social ChannelsInstagram YouTubeTwitterLinkedInTikTokInterested in our sources? Check out From Later's Are.na page to explore the weak signals on our radars.

October 18, 20231 hr 6 min

Cheap Shibboleth w/ Bianca Weeko Martin

Bianca Weeko Martin — artist, architect, curator, writer — joins Asia Clarke, Robert Bolton, and Sydney Allen-Ash for a conversation covering the resource dynamics of African coups; uncomfortable offshore e-greetings; and the manipulative misuse of kink speak.Learn more about From Later at www.fromlater.com Social ChannelsInstagram YouTubeTwitterLinkedInTikTokInterested in our sources? Check out From Later's Are.na page to explore the weak signals on our radars.

June 5, 20231 hr 31 min

Data Poisoning w/ Viraj Joshi

Designer, futurist, and cartoon artist, Viraj Joshi joins Tobias Revell, Sydney Allen-Ash and Robert Bolton to talk drop-shipped, crowd-funded cloud-seeding; the uncanny bigotry of AI generated fashion models; and how we ended up in the era of “quantitative aesthetics” — on Broadcast From Later.Signals:Particle Washing: What could possibly go wrong with DIY geo-engineering?Artificial Diversity: What’s so off-putting about Levi’s AI-generated fashion models?Quantitative Aesthetics: In slide decks as in fine art, why are stats so seductive?Speculative Departures:Rogue Geoengineering: What forms of collective action might emerge in response to climate change?Advanced Art Statistics: Could appreciating art become more like appreciating baseball?Avatarism: Where do video game avatars fit into the future of identity, diversity, and representation?Cynical Fictions: Could a Star Trek for today’s tech be something less cynical than Black Mirror? Learn more about From Later at www.fromlater.com Social ChannelsInstagram YouTubeTwitterLinkedInTikTokInterested in our sources? Check out From Later's Are.na page to explore the weak signals on our radars.

May 30, 20231 hr 9 min

Weird Sensing w/ Kofi Gyekye & Clinton Robinson

Kofi Gyekye and Clinton Robinson join Rob and Valdis to talk about new flight paths, Ossington strip origin stories, nomad values, weird sensing, Telfar’s America, and the whatsapp groups of Brooklyn blocks. Weak Signals:/ For the first time ever, there will be commercial flight routes between the African continent and the Eastern Caribbean. / A new technique involving machine learning and a particle accelerator may allow us to read ancient Roman scrolls carbonized in volcanic debris. / Are the digital nomads clustering in Lisbon anything like other nomadic peoples throughout history?Learn more about From Later at www.fromlater.com Social ChannelsInstagram YouTubeTwitterLinkedInTikTokInterested in our sources? Check out From Later's Are.na page to explore the weak signals on our radars.

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