Broadcast From Later
A podcast by the Toronto-based foresight studio, From Later — this is our experiment in recording the earliest phases of foresight and speculation. Futures thinking begins with identifying and unpacking Weak Signals of Change — things we notice that we don’t quite understand but we suspect may influence futures in significant ways.
On Broadcast From Later, we share our “Weakest Signals,” novel and weird events that appear faintly at the edges of our research radars. None of us know each other’s signals in advance, so it’s a candid view into the kinds of conversations we have when we frankly don’t know what we’re talking about.
We invite you to listen in on the researchers and strategists of From Later, as we try to wrap our minds around emerging changes and speculate on their potential significance.
Want to know our sources? Follow the Are.na channel where we post our signals. Learn more about From Later at www.fromlater.com
Broadcast From Later
Latest Episodes
Youth v. Gov w/ John Nichols, Radha Mistry, & Sydney Allen-Ash
John Nichols, whose handle is @lajethrojenkins on X, Radha Mistry, Sydney Allen-Ash, and Robert Bolton exchange signals of change. The conversation covers: The law firm for children exercising their legal rights to a safe climate;&...
Crude Hints w/ Gem Barton
We’re talking about new institutions, retro materials, and the same old lego bricks — on Broadcast From Later w/ Gem Barton, Tobias Revell, and Trevor Haldenby.
The Society for Suspending Judgment w/ Mimi Zeiger
Critic and editor Mimi Zeiger joins broadcast. We chat: LA architecture, aqueduct acupuncture, planetary menopause, ascribing personhood to ceiling fans, and “a wet lab for noospheric emergence.”
Changeist Takeover
Scott Smith, Susan Cox-Smith, and Madeline Ashby join Robert Bolton to talk about futures practices and exchange weak signals of change. This conversation covers: niche climate transition issues wedging political division; the arms race b...
Food, Death, and Haircuts w/ Julienne DeVita & Daniel Anthony Daam-Rossi
It’s a new Broadcast From Later with Robert Bolton, Sydney Allen-Ash, Julienne DeVita, and Daniel Anthony Daam-Rossi (of Radical Norms). In this conversation, Daniel tells us about a brain implant that restored a paralyzed woman’s ...