Team Futurism

Alan Rhode is a former journalist and lawyer from Milan who founded a successful tax and legal consultancy in London. Alan is the author of the new political novel, The Eagle and Cockerel, which envisions a near future where France and German consider joining to become a new superpower called Charlemagny. In this conversation, Peter Clarke and Alan Rhode discuss the power of literature, the current state of Europe and the future of the EU, how Europeans view Donald Trump, and other topics.Follow Alan on X @AlanRhode.Watch the latest episode on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Thanks for reading Team Futurism! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

Las Vegas hit its all-time hottest temperature of 120 degrees on July 7. As this extreme heat becomes the new normal, and in the context of the dying Colorado River, does Las Vegas have a future? Should the city ever have existed in the first place?We get into a heated debate over these and related questions.Watch the latest episode on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Thanks for reading Team Futurism! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

Naum Milyavskiy is a writer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles and writes the Substack the Backshop. His work often explores issues related to emerging technologies. In this conversation, we discuss: the state of entertainment, the challenges of filmmaking, the impacts of AI, the question of whether culture is stuck, the way tech platforms dictate what creators focus on, the importance of in-person communities, and other topics.MORE FROM NAUM Naummilyavskiy.comShort Documentary: Hear, FalconIG: @naummilWatch the latest episode on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Thanks for reading Team Futurism! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

The Democratic Party did the country a major disservice in hiding Biden's cognitive decline. Now that we all see clearly how much Biden has lost it, there's no choice but for him to drop out (assuming Democrats care at all about winning). But if Biden doesn't drop out, should anyone vote for him? We discuss."Will you vote for Joe Biden?" discussion starts at min 11:09.Watch the latest episode on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Thanks for reading Team Futurism! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

Matt Johnson is the author of How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment. His writing has appeared in Quillette, the Bulwark, the Daily Beast, and many other places. Follow Matt on X @mattjj89.In this conversation, we discuss the current state of liberalism, the craziness on the left vs. the craziness of the right, the fall of the IDW, the gaslighting done by the establishment media, and other topics. We also discuss the ongoing influence of Christopher Hitchens and whether or not it's useful to ask, "What would Hitchens think about this?"Watch the latest episode on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Thanks for reading Team Futurism! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

What have liberals done to the West Coast? This is the question asked by Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times recently. Having lived in multiple liberal cities up and down the coast, we have a lot of thoughts on this topic. The conversation covers: homelessness, drug abuse, crime statistics, liberals "losing their minds" on certain social issues, implications for the upcoming presidential election, and more.Watch the latest episode on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple, or Stitcher.Thanks for reading Team Futurism! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

It's a strange time to be a writer. AI-powered writing tools have become so ubiquitous and so powerful, it sometimes feels like a lost cause to struggle through writing a short story or novel the old fashioned way (without AI).How should writers move forward? What will the writer life look like in the near future?In this episode of the Team Futurism podcast, Yves Stevens helps me understanding this landscape. Yves Stevens is an author of several books and host of the YouTube channel Yves the Poet, which offers reviews of writing tech. In this interview, we discuss technophobia in the writing community, the benefits of writing tools such as Novelpad and reMarkable, how ChatGPT will impact writers, how writers can use NFTs, and other topics. Watch the latest episode on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple, or Stitcher.Follow Yves on Substack and on X @eat_sats. Also check out her book Chain Mail: Newsletter Correspondence on Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech.Thanks for reading Team Futurism! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

Author Ben Murnane just released the biography of Zoltan Istvan, Transhuman Citizen. In this episode, we discuss Zoltan's rise to prominence as a transhumanist, a libertarian, a world-traveler, and a journalist. We also discuss Ben Murnane's expertise on the convergence of futurist issues and libertarian philosophy. Ben Murnane earned a PhD in English from Trinity College Dublin. He's the author several books and has written for the Irish Times, the Irish Independent, the Evening Herald, the Irish Daily Mail. Watch the latest episode on YouTube or Listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple, or Stitcher.Also check out Peter’s review of Transhuman Citizen for Merion West: “Chasing Immortality, Living on the Edge: A Review of “Transhuman Citizen,” the Biography of Zoltan Istvan”Thanks for reading Team Futurism! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

Journalist Sam Forster, a former guest on Team Futurism, went viral when he announced the publication of his new book, Seven Shoulders. This book documents his attempt to expose racism in America through the particularly taboo act of...dressing in blackface. We don't typically talk about subjects like this Team Futurism, but since we've had Sam on the podcast we felt it warranted some commentary. Watch the latest episode on YouTube or Listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple, or Stitcher. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

For the first time, a former American president has been convicted of felony crimes. We discuss the legitimacy of the case and what the implications are for our culture and for the upcoming election. Watch the latest episode on YouTube or Listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple, or Stitcher. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com