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Stagnant government failing to resolve the debt ceiling crisis? State-level abortion laws making changes to healthcare? Total inaction towards gun and police violence? Political lines dividing the nation? Welcome to Bright Future, a political podcast that follows current events which aims to see how we could solve today's problems for a better tomorrow. Controversial or not, we will cover any topic. Each episode starts with an essay section that covers the facts and my own opinion. Don’t agree with me, or think I missed an important fact? After my essay, I open discussion to anyone else who ...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Clear Bright Future by Paul Mason, read by Finlay Robertson. Our world order is under pressure as never before. From new authoritarian regimes in the US, Turkey and Russia, to the imminent break-up of the European Union and a social media awash with...

What are we going to do with those 20 or 30 years we didn’t expect? Due to unfounded fears of unhappiness and regret, many intelligent, otherwise rational people, even into their 40s and 50s, are so convinced that old age is a time of misery that they simply deny any other outcome and refuse to plan their own destiny. This optimistic and highly informative guide to smart aging will detail for listeners the steps they need to take to ensure that long life becomes synonymous with good life.

Advocating for yourself and loved ones with unique abilities is essential it is more crucial now than ever, but it can be extremely overwhelming to navigate the complexities of the system alone and finding reliable resources can be difficult if not impossible. Embark on your self-advocacy and love one advocacy journey with Joanne and son Liam Silke they are your trusted companion in navigating the complexities of the system as an adult with unique abilities. Joanne Silke has over 25 years of experience working with special needs children in the school system. Along with her son who has been ...

The Strong Women Bright Future podcast is for women who need and want to be equipped and empowered to deal with the inevitable transitions in life, using them as positive opportunities and coming out stronger on the other side.

On Swan's new weekly podcast, brothers Cory Klippsten and Matt Garrity are joined by prominent authors, journalists, analysts, and entrepreneurs for fascinating discussions about the future of culture, tech, society, and Bitcoin.

Making the Future presents more than 50 concise and persuasively argued commentaries on U.S. politics and policies, written between 2007 and 2011. Taken together, Chomsky's essays present a powerful counter-narrative to official accounts of the major political events of the past four years: the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; the U.S. presidential race; the ascendancy of China; Latin America's leftward turn; the threat of nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea; Israel's invasion of Gaza and more.

The future is big right now - for perhaps the first time, our society is more focused on what is going to happen in the future than what is happening right now. In Trees on Mars: Our Obsession with the Future, cultural critic and indie entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki asks how and when we started believing we could and should "create the future." What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happen next?

Information is power, and the time is now for digital liberation. Access Rules mounts a strong and hopeful argument for how informational tools at present in the hands of a few could instead become empowering machines for everyone. By forcing data-hoarding companies to open access to their data, we can reinvigorate both our economy and our society. Authors Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas Ramge contend that if we disrupt monopoly power and create a level playing field, digital innovations can emerge to benefit us all.

Coming home from the war in Iraq, US Army private Roy Scranton thought he'd left the world of strife behind. Then he watched as new calamities struck America, heralding a threat far more dangerous than ISIS or al-Qaeda: Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, megadrought - the shock and awe of global warming. Our world is changing. Rising seas, spiking temperatures, and extreme weather imperil global infrastructure, crops, and water supplies. Conflict, famine, plagues, and riots menace from every quarter.