
Without
Hosted by international bestselling author and journalist Omar El Akkad, Without explores all of the things we can't imagine losing. In some cases, it’s something we’ve already lost – species, natural phenomena, places. In other cases, it’s things we should probably learn to live without, like fossil fuels or nuclear weapons. Every episode of WITHOUT is a thought experiment – what would the world look like if something we’ve become used to were no longer around?
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Latest episodes

May 15, 2024 • 39min
Literature
For our final episode, Omar sits down with his dear friend Lydia Kiesling to discuss something near and dear: literature. What’s it like working as a writer? How do you get your start? Make money? Deal with the advent of AI? All is discussed.
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May 8, 2024 • 33min
Growth
More! More! More! Today, Omar speaks with Jon D. Erickson about society’s seemingly insatiable appetite for growth. Can the scales be tipped to value qualitative expansion of the economy over quantitative?
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May 1, 2024 • 35min
Affordable Housing
“Is the system functioning exactly as it’s meant to?” That’s the question on Omar’s mind in today’s episode–a conversation with Jacob William Faber about the future of affordable housing.
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Apr 24, 2024 • 30min
Advertising
Guests Ryan Lough and Andrew Oswald discuss the impact of advertising on consumerism and happiness. Topics include the psychology of ads, historical figures in advertising, and the link between wealth and well-being. They explore the influence of comparison in advertising and propose solutions to reduce negative impacts on society.

Apr 17, 2024 • 38min
Billionaires
What does the one percent really mean? What do people get wrong when they think about their own wealth? And what the world could look like without billionaires? Omar’s asking these questions in conversation with Rachel Sherman.
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Apr 10, 2024 • 35min
Guns
Is having a gun an expression of some sort of freedom? The ubiquity of guns in the United States certainly suggests so. Today, Omar talks with David Yamane about his changing relationship to firearms, and if a world without them is conceivable.
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Apr 3, 2024 • 38min
Humans
What does the world look like without … us? This week, Omar speaks with David Farrier and imagines what the future could look like for, and perhaps without, humans.
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Mar 27, 2024 • 38min
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Mar 27, 2024 • 38min
Meat
Today, Omar speaks with Alicia Kennedy about the food-industrial complex, the massive climate footprint of our eating habits, and what the world could look like without meat.
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Mar 20, 2024 • 38min
Fossil Fuels, Part 2
In this podcast, they discuss the future of our world without fossil fuels, exploring the interplay of human civilization and planetary systems, adapting cities to climate realities, transitioning to a fossil fuel-free future, and empowering individuals to take action on climate change.
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