The Existential Hope Podcast
By Foresight Institute
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The Existential Hope Podcast features in-depth conversations with people working on positive, high-tech futures. We explore how the future could be much better than today—if we steer it wisely.
Hosts Allison Duettmann and Beatrice Erkers from the Foresight Institute invite the scientists, founders, and philosophers shaping tomorrow’s breakthroughs— AI, nanotech, longevity biotech, neurotech, space, smarter governance, and more.
About Foresight Institute: For 40 years the independent nonprofit Foresight Institute has mapped how emerging technologies can serve humanity. Its Existential Hope program is the North Star: mapping the futures worth aiming for and the breakthroughs needed to reach them. This podcast is that exploration in public. Follow along and help tip the century toward success.
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The AI future where humans get paid to be creative
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May 13, 2026 |
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Teaching AI empathy using brain signals
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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How to build a career that actually changes the world
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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How AI could improve the lives of trillions of animals
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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How dating an AI could improve your real love life | David Eagleman
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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How the whole world can exceed Swiss living standards by 2100 (backed by data)
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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How your personal moral compass helps you build a better world | SJ Beard
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Raising science ambition: how to identify the highest-impact research for an AI world | Anastasia Gamick
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Jason Crawford on how technology expands human choice and control
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Elle Griffin on researching the ideal society, from utopian books to real-world examples
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Andrew Critch on what AGI might look like in practice
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Anna Gát on creating communities that connect, even when people disagree
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Isabelle Boemeke on what everyone gets wrong about nuclear energy
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Sam Bowman on what’s holding back progress (and how to fix it)
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Jacques Carolan on the future of brain health
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Amy Proal on rethinking chronic disease
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Ken Liu on What AI Reveals About Humanity
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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David Duvenaud on the Cruxes and Possibilities of Post AGI Futures
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Nathan Labenz on What the Best-Case Scenarios for AI are
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Fin Moorhouse on Why We Need to Aim Higher Than Survival
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Sam Arbesman on Vibe Coding, AI, and the Magic of Code
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Pablos Holman on Creating Technology That Actually Matters
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Andrew White on Building an AI Scientist to Automate Discovery
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Tools or Agents? Choosing Our AI Future | Anthony Aguirre
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Autonomous Vehicles Special: Andrew Miller on Self-Driving Futures
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Jim O'Shaughnessy on Investing in Infinite Human Potential
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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Michael Nielsen on Hyper-entities, Tools for Thought, and Wise Optimism
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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A Handheld Device to Defeat Cancer | Mary Lou Jepsen
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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How Science Fiction Can Inspire Real-World Innovation with Ed Finn
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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How AI Can Accelerate Science & Its Own Adoption with Niklas Lundblad
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Nobel Laureate David Baker on Using AI for Science to Solve Humanity's Biggest Problems
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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David Deutsch on Knowledge, Progress, and the Future of Everything
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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David Pearce on Ending Suffering and Reimagining Humanity
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Steven Pinker on Why the Future Looks Better Than You Think
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Introducing the New Existential Hope Podcast
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Jun 05, 2025 |