Future Diaries
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn your future, intertemporal communication technologies make it possible to transmit a podcast with guests from different universes and gain insights that can apply to listeners in any time or place. Join us and discover futures that just might be yours! Get early releases and bonus episodes on Patreon
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
The Adventures of Epony
October 08, 2022 20:20 - 20 minutes - 43.5 MBMike is on an epic space trip to Triton, Neptune’s moon, along the interplanetary superhighway in his universe. But it’s his spacecraft, Epony, who is the star of this episode. Join Antonis and Mike as they learn from Epony about what it’s like to spend a life traveling the solar system. Starring: Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Script of Story: Mike Athay Script of Interview: Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Audio Mixing and Mastering: Antonios Triantafyllakis Music on Intro: ...
The Kindness Gene
September 11, 2022 09:59 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBIn Amelia’s universe, kindness is prized above all else. But when the government of the United States of Florida begins implanting the kindness gene in the general public, the results range from bizarre to tragic. Join Antonis, Mike, and Amelia to learn more about a universe where kindness is king. Starring: Amelia Athay, Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Script of Story: Amelia Athay Script of Interview: Mike Athay, Amelia Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Audio Mixing and Mastering: A...
Adventures in Insgrovia
August 10, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBAfter hearing more about Antonis’ universe, Tev’Dilar got intrigued by the stories about how life works there and decided to visit Insgrovia. The trip may have brought more questions than answers though, so she contacted the Future Diaries crew to discuss and understand more. How do Insgrovians meet their everyday needs without money and how does society prosper in this universe? Find out more in this episode! Starring: Valeria Spirande, Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Script of Story...
Gliding together in Berlin
July 03, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBA year ago in your universe, we broadcasted an episode with Lisa, the intertemporal glider who cruised along intertemporal superhighways of the mind. In this episode, Lisa leads Antonis and Mike down intertemporal superhighways of the mind with some unanticipated results, which include a surprise visit from Dylan! Everyone learned from everyone in this episode! Starring: Lisa Pettibone, Dylan Harris, Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Script of Story: Lisa Pettibone, Mike Athay Script...
The Return of the Children of the Earth
June 05, 2022 09:59 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBWhen we last spoke with Dani, the explorer and scientist living in Neustadt an der Havel near Old Berlin, the former leaders of the Children of the Earth had fled with the defunct cult’s weapons. But could they persevere without food growers on Earth in a universe where ecosystems had collapsed? Dani and the survivors feared their return, but they couldn’t have anticipated the arrival of the Toopin regime. In this episode, Dani joins us for an update and issues another call for help from our...
Broken Telephone
May 01, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBAfter Mike and Antonis shared more about the economic systems of their universes, in this episode we hear the story of Adaeze, a high-school student from Western Africa, in a universe very similar to yours. How could this story be connected to their discussion on multiversal economics? What can we learn from it? Tune in and find out! Starring: Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Story Script: Antonios Triantafyllakis Interview Script: Antonios Triantafyllakis, Mike Athay Audio Mixing...
Not for Granted
March 16, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBTaking inspiration from a number of conversations with listeners over the last year, Antonis and Mike wrap up a two-part series on multiversal economics. In this episode, Mike shares a diary entry from his days in glider school, and Antonis wants to know: why are people in the Alpha Theta Epsilon universe still using money at all if everyone has all they need? Tune in and find out! Starring: Alessandra Bianchi, Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Story Script: Mike Athay Interview Script...
Days of Future Passed
February 06, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBTaking inspiration from a number of conversations with listeners over the last year, Mike and Antonis embark on the first of a two-part series on multiversal economics. In this episode, Antonis shares one of his own diary entries from glider school, and Mike has questions: just how have people in the Tau Omicron Upsilon X2 universe been managing in a world without money? Tune in and find out! Starring: Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Story Script: Antonios Triantafyllakis Interview S...
A New Beginning
January 02, 2022 08:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this episode, the first of what you’d call the second season of our show, we had the chance to reconnect with familiar characters. Colin 235F, the Ingeni-Web Node from a universe several light years away, sent us another message, asking to connect with our favourite Ser’Lidin Xenoanthrologist, Tev’Dilar. Which was a great coincidence, as were just considering adding new supporting roles to the Future Diaries Crew, and Tev’Dilar would be a perfect MWWW Quilter! Why the urge to reconnect an...
The Night Comes Again
December 05, 2021 09:00 - 23 minutes - 52 MBIn this episode, the last of what you'd call the first season of our podcast in your universe, we hear from Beryl. Beryl is a Product Converter from Michigan, although, in her universe, this state may be slightly different from yours. Humans have evolved to be semi-amphibious in Beryl’s universe and USA faces frequent cyberattacks from Delmarva, but that doesn’t stop them from being committed hard workers! What is her story and what can we learn from it? Tune in and find out! Starring: Kate...
After they've gone
November 07, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 52 MBOur guest on this episode is Tev’Dilar, a young Ser’Lidin xenoanthropologist with a special interest in Earth and humans in her universe. In her universe, humans on Earth went extinct after powerful people badly mismanaged humans’ interactions with their environment. The Ser’Lidin’s interplanetary policy of non-intervention has led to disaster before, which makes Tev-Dilar uncomfortable. What is her story and what can we learn from it? Tune in and find out! Starring: Valeria Spirande, Mike ...
The Journey
October 03, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 64.9 MBWhen the Future Diaries crew began experimenting with a new type of Intertemporal Communication Technology called a SIBophone, they stumbled upon a previously unknown type of universe made entirely of narratives and met today’s guest, the Messenger. But what exactly is a SIBophone, and just how different are narrative universes from yours? More importantly, what message does the Messenger have to convey? Tune in to this episode to find out! Starring: Abhishek Mitra, Mike Athay, Antonios Tri...
The Kind Folks on Titan
September 05, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 39.7 MBWhen Titanians in Dylan’s universe began sensing what they called "symbiotic information blockchains" emanating from Earth, they knew they had not only found signs of intelligent life but had also stumbled on a missing link for making sense of their own world. But what are these blockchains, and why were Titanians so willing to help Earthlings in exchange for them? Join us as Dylan explains! Starring: Dylan M. Harris, Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis, Katelyn Greller Story Script: Dyl...
In your eyes I’m a machine
August 01, 2021 13:00 - 19 minutes - 40.2 MBColin 235F is...not human. Reaching out to us from planet Kepler-452b in the year 3535, Colin has a very interesting story to share, from a very different side of the multiverse. The creators of the technology that made Colin possible, the Da’ Angh-ii, were the dominant species on the planet, several centuries ago. But while Colin’s kind has survived long enough to develop intertemporal communication technologies, the Da’ Angh-ii have perished. How did this happen? What can we learn from it?...
The Conflagration Consequence
July 04, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 34.6 MBPenny Wilson lived the last days of her life in New Brisbane, on land. But that wasn’t always the case. For centuries, humans lived underwater, in Sub-Acquatic Salvation Project (SASP) colonies, after what they called the Great Conflagration made life on land impossible. Penny was an inspiring geological and sustainability scientist, who devoted decades into getting humans back on land. And she succeeded. We connected with her grandson, James, who told us her story. Starring: Nate Reed, Kat...
Gliding through Berlin
June 06, 2021 13:00 - 20 minutes - 37.9 MBWe’re back in Berlin, but everything is different. In fact, our guest today visits Berlin in parallel universes, first as an escape and then as part of her research. But how is it done? Join us to hear about the prospects for a car-free Berlin, and stick around to hear about the scenery along the intertemporal speedway and multi-species drag performance that’s all the rage on Uranus in Universe 23. Starring: Lisa Pettibone, Katelyn Greller, Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Script of S...
The Children of the Earth
May 02, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 44.9 MBBerlin, 2089; The environment has been so severely compromised that scientists pronounced it “destroyed.” One cult-like group, who called themselves “the Children of the Earth”, managed to survive underground for fifty years, relying on advanced technologies to grow food and maintain a livable space. But in doing so, they have completely isolated themselves from their environment. Our guest, on the other hand, has managed to survive in a society above ground, on the desolate landscape of Ber...
Atlantic Algae Aquaculture
April 03, 2021 22:00 - 16 minutes - 35.2 MBIn Franziska’s 21st-century universe, the Big Wake Up Call was the year when forest fires raged out of control across the whole earth. How did people and societies in her universe respond? Franziska joins Antonis, Mike, and Katelyn to explain, in the fourth episode of Future Diaries! Starring: Franziska Elmer, Katelyn Greller, Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Extras: Mar Fernández-Méndez, Manuel Fernández-Méndez, Joseph Vanblockland Script: Franziska Elmer, Mike Athay Audio mixing...
They Don't Call It Collapse...
March 07, 2021 18:22 - 13 minutes - 29.3 MBKatelyn joins Antonis and Mike on the Future Diaries Crew and to share her story. In her technologically advanced 21st-century universe, societies are deeply divided, and people are ambivalent about technology and the effects of its use on the environment. So how did Katelyn connect with Antonis and Mike, and why did she become an Intratemporal Scribe? Tune in and find out, in the third episode of Future Diaries! Starring: Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis, Katelyn Greller Script: Mike...
Colony 73812
February 14, 2021 11:00 - 12 minutes - 27.2 MBOn this episode, Antonis connects with...himself, but in a different universe. This iteration of Antonis ended up in a self-sustained colony, built where the Siberian permafrost used to be on Earth, after it all melted away due to climate change. What has he learned from this story? Tune in and find out, on the second episode of Future Diaries! Starring: Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Script: Antonios Triantafyllakis Audio mixing and mastering: Antonios Triantafyllakis Music on ...
Mike(s)
January 17, 2021 15:00 - 11 minutes - 19.9 MBOur journey begins with Mike, who shares a story from Glider school about connecting with one of his ancestors. What is his ancestor’s world like, and could it be in your universe’s future? Tune in and find out, on the first episode of Future Diaries! Starring: Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis Script: Mike Athay Audio mixing and mastering: Antonios Triantafyllakis Music on Intro: Synthie Intro by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3154-synthie-intro License: https://f...
A podcast from the future
January 12, 2021 01:19 - 48 seconds - 768 KBMeet Mike, Antonis, and Katelyn – your Future Diaries crew! What are Future Diaries, and what is the story behind this podcast? Tune in and find out! Starring: Mike Athay, Antonios Triantafyllakis, Katelyn Greller Script: Mike Athay Audio mixing and mastering: Antonios Triantafyllakis Music: Futuristic 3 by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4732-futuristic-3 License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Get early releases and bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on ...