23 episodes

Ahmed Best interviews artistis, futurists, technologists, scientists,media professionals and anyone in between who are creating the world of tomorrow today.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 26 Ratings

Ahmed Best interviews artistis, futurists, technologists, scientists,media professionals and anyone in between who are creating the world of tomorrow today.

    Tim Fielder, Infinitum

    Tim Fielder, Infinitum

    Visual Afrofuturist Tim Fielder talks about his new Graphic Novel Infinitum.
    https://dieselfunk.com/

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Dr. Nettrice Gaskins

    Dr. Nettrice Gaskins

    Dr. Nettrice R. Gaskins is an African American digital artist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_art), academic, cultural critic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_critic) and advocate of STEAM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEAM_fields) fields. In her work she explores "techno-vernacular creativity" and Afrofuturism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrofuturism). https://www.nettricegaskins.com/
     

    • 50 min
    Kadallah Burrowes

    Kadallah Burrowes

    Interactive Media Artist, writer and technologist.

    • 54 min
    Z-Future guest Jade Fabello

    Z-Future guest Jade Fabello

    The first in a series talking to young people about the future they'll inherit. This episode was recorded this summer before the November U.S. election.

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Tracy Drain

    Tracy Drain

    Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Tracy Drain.

    Maynard Holiday RAND Corp. Obama Senior Tech Advisor

    Maynard Holiday RAND Corp. Obama Senior Tech Advisor

    Maynard Holiday former senior tech Advisor for the Obama administration.

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
26 Ratings

26 Ratings

Colilaoptera ,

Love

Only listened to one episode so far…wow…so many great ideas and openings up! Can’t wait to hear more❤️

Jaime Beeber ,

Super smart!

Super smart, insightful, nothing else like it! So great!

WorldGurl ,

Thoughtful and Insightful

Hooray for Ahmed! Great conversations for the layman scientist and the science-oriented listener. He visits places you want to go and speaks to people you want to meet. Such fun!

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