The Living in the Future Podcast

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Bringing to light specialized topics from life in the modern age

  1. Apr 25

    Episode 17 - Plan 9 and Inferno OS

    This episode I interview Charles Forsyth about the Plan 9 and Inferno operating systems that came out of Bell Labs after the success of the Unix operating system. We discuss the features and advantages of Plan 9 and Inferno as well as some of their history. For more information on Plan 9 you can check out 9 Front as well as the papers Charles mentions in our interview. The discussion gets a little technical but I believe it can also be seen as a story about how innovation and technology develop and how change occurs in our technical systems.

    1h 23m

  2. 11/08/2025

    Episode 16 - Audio Play - Through this door, the future

    This episode we have a  audio play  called Through this door, the future. It highlights the promise and perils of techno futurism all set at a town fair through the eyes of a child.    “Through This Door, The Future” was written by Don Smith and directed by DW McCann. You can find his work at www.DWMcCann.com or on instagram as @Bardic_DW . Sound design and performance by Wesley Apfel with sound effects provided by the website pixabay. A full list of sound credits are in the episode description. The Barker/Gerald was played by Russ Gooberman who you can follow on Instagram @russgooberman. Bonnie Marie Williams played the roles of Billy and Kid 4. Check her out at www.vosuperhero.com or  @voiceoversuperhero on Instagram. Bill Senior and Kid 2 were voiced by Vince Caso who can be found on Instagram as @vincecaso or on BlueSky as @vincecaso.com . Additional kid voices were provided by Sunshine Lampitoc Smith   Sound credits: Circus by ByronatorAustralia on Pixabay Coin Drop in Slot 2 by BFCMUSIC on Pixabay Radar Ping by SonixFXSounds on Pixabay Cinematic Hit by LordSonny on Pixabay All others by freesound_community on Pixabay

    11 min

  3. 07/28/2025

    Episode 15 - Audio Playlet - Recursion

    This episode we have a micro  audio playlet  based on a short story from my collection Tales from the Last Space Age, as a teaser for a longer one we are planning to do soon. The playlet shows us a few moments from some aliens working in a datacenter in a reality both far away and very close. This audio adaptation of RECURSION was directed by Sunshine Lampitoc Smith. Sound design and performance by Wesley Apfel, Sound Effects by freesound_community from Pixabay. The cast featured Kieran Cross playing the role of ZERID. He is on instagram as @thekeerkat. HIGZLY was played by Leon Goertzen who can be found on Instagram as @Leonlunchie or Facebook @leon.goertzen. Nelson T. Eusebio III voiced the NARRATOR and JANITOR; his work can be found at nelsoneusebio.com.

    8 min

  4. 06/11/2025

    Audio Essay: The death of the PC and the birth of the Network Computer

    This is a short audio essay on the death of the PC and the birth of the Network Computer. I believe both were ushered into existence by Steve Jobs and the essay details what was so special about the Personal Computer and what some of the perils of the Network Computer are.

    14 min

  5. 02/11/2025

    Episode 13 - Scummvm

    This episode I interview Eugene Sandulenko long time lead developer of scummvm. Scummvm is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical adventure and role-playing games, provided you already have the files from the original game. ScummVM replaces the program shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed! Checkout their site at scummvm.org .

    50 min

  6. 10/28/2024

    Episode 12 - Audio Play - The Human Problem

    This episode is a dramatic presentation of a short play I wrote called 'The Human Problem', featuring a healthy debate on AI, and perhaps even aliens. This recording was Directed by Katy Lim, sound design and performance by Wesley Apfel, sound effects provided by the website pixabay with Dean Williams played by Zack Graham,the host was played by Kelli Dawn Hancock who you can find on imdb at http://www.imdb.me/kellidawnhancock and other social media as @kelli_dawn and William Barstow played by DW McCann his website is www.DWMcCann.com and instagram account is @Bardic_DW Steven Dorvan and time announcements by Erik Patterson his website is www.erikpatterson.org and on tiktok at @YourDailyWritingPrompt.

    21 min

  7. 05/18/2024

    A short essay about AI

    This episode is a short essay on AI, some of it's drawbacks and pitfalls

    15 min

  8. 02/07/2023

    Episode 10 - Freud Museum London

    This episode I talk to Tom Derose research manager at the Freud Museum London . We discuss the museum in general as well as an upcoming exhibit which relates Freud's antiquity collection to the development and practice of various concepts in psychoanalysis.

    44 min
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Bringing to light specialized topics from life in the modern age

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  • Creator
    livinginthefuture
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    17
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