Episode summary: Could an AI novel ever truly engage us?

Episode summary: No matter what happens on Election Day, Trump and his allies have already put legal challenges in motion. Here’s what a nerdy agency, hanging chads, and zombie lawsuits can tell us about how all this could play out.

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Episode summary: In this deeply researched and compelling narrative, journalist Mara Kardas-Nelson examines the complex history and impact of microfinance - the practice of giving small loans to poor people, particularly women, that was once hailed as a revolutionary solution to global poverty. Thro...

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Episode summary: Falsely claiming there is a wave of violence perpetrated by migrants, Trump has threatened mass deportations under the broad and terrifying powers of the Alien Enemies Act.

Episode summary: Laurie Taylor talks to Ann Murcott, Honorary Professorial Research Associate, at SOAS, University of London about the origins and development of food packaging, from tin cans and glass jars to bottles and plastic trays. How central is packaging to global food systems and should we b...

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Episode summary: How do past social justice waves help explain wokeness today?

Episode summary: In this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Tim Stringer to look at his automations and discuss the core principles of automating.

Episode summary: In the final episode of Not Built for This, we reckon with the biological limits of climate adaptation.

Episode summary: The United States has a strange way of electing presidents.

Episode summary: David checks in with Gary Gerstle one more time before November to explore where things now stand with the US presidential election. In a conversation recorded in the immediate aftermath of the Walz/Vance debate, they discuss dead cats, October headwinds, comparisons with 2016 and a...

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