Dreaming Against the Machine (ad free)Ad-free version of Dreaming Against the Machine <p><strong>What might a good future look like? </strong></p><p>Explore ideas about how to envision better, realistic, equitable futures with astrophysicist and journalist Dr. Adam Becker. Each week, Adam and a new guest will try to find hope in the darkness of the current political moment through earnest (and entertaining!) conversations about what such a future might look like. In a world where tech oligarchs and their power fantasies are driving visions of the future, <em>Dreaming Against the Machine </em>aims to take back the public conversation about what our world can and should be.</p>https://rss.art19.com/dreaming-against-the-machineEpisode 30: Fighting Techofascism (AND GO VOTE!), with Nathalie Maréchalgid://art19-episode-locator/V0/pCBrmjuWzPZ7Wbsdpqhg2btGeD-Z1EajwS8IfDcTFg4https://tracking.swap.fm/track/IVPmvUWSCISCVAzWNnnJ/rss.art19.com/episodes/25250688-bb97-4de4-9737-9d542fe46129.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhFweXRob24taHR0cHgGOgZFVA%3D%3D--d4f69e3976985df0965cbb0604f19cbcffe03861Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -00002759It's Election Day in the US! Go vote against Trump's authoritarian stooges! And while you're waiting in line (stay in line!), listen to Adam talk with Nathalie Maréchal, expert on technofascism, about how we can build a better future for ourselves.

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Dreaming Against the Machine is a podcast about envisioning a realistic and hopeful future. Each week, the show’s host, journalist and astrophysicist Dr. Adam Becker, will have an earnest (and entertaining!) conversation with a guest about possible futures, seen through the lenses of history, science, and culture. In a world where tech oligarchs and their power fantasies are driving visions of the future, Dreaming Against the Machine aims to take back the terms of the public conversation about what our world can and should be.

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]]>Episode 29: The Nerd Reich, with Gil Durangid://art19-episode-locator/V0/-oIFXBYlKg366T2YjaRil7ltHTHRbr2jIAKIFzHOWBUhttps://tracking.swap.fm/track/IVPmvUWSCISCVAzWNnnJ/rss.art19.com/episodes/d7e21491-ff9b-4cf6-9ab3-71d08e6094db.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhFweXRob24taHR0cHgGOgZFVA%3D%3D--d4f69e3976985df0965cbb0604f19cbcffe03861Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -00003557This week, Adam talks with journalist, author, and erstwhile political operative Gil Duran about the fascist dreams of the tech oligarchs, and what we can do to fight them. Adam also points out a particularly vile tweet from JD Vance's political mentor, and asks why other journalists aren't confronting Vance about it. This one will make you angry. Go out and make some good trouble.

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Dreaming Against the Machine is a podcast about envisioning a realistic and hopeful future. Each week, the show’s host, journalist and astrophysicist Dr. Adam Becker, will have an earnest (and entertaining!) conversation with a guest about possible futures, seen through the lenses of history, science, and culture. In a world where tech oligarchs and their power fantasies are driving visions of the future, Dreaming Against the Machine aims to take back the terms of the public conversation about what our world can and should be.

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]]>Episode 28: The AI Doom Sex Cult (Solo Episode)gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/AtOApecV14gpzFnch-h1EzXdWCI3IdeJV15ysJceQishttps://tracking.swap.fm/track/IVPmvUWSCISCVAzWNnnJ/rss.art19.com/episodes/464e027c-f4e8-4bc5-9a2f-11156e98a468.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhFweXRob24taHR0cHgGOgZFVA%3D%3D--d4f69e3976985df0965cbb0604f19cbcffe03861Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -00002668We have to talk about it, so let's talk about it. Adam lays out exactly where the AI doom narrative is coming from and why you shouldn't take it seriously.

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]]>Episode 27: Eugenics, with Brandon Ogbunugid://art19-episode-locator/V0/SbCfBG0sZD1UNIGzXyisTCPBXfyM8LMiO1zH1Oq5lgshttps://tracking.swap.fm/track/IVPmvUWSCISCVAzWNnnJ/rss.art19.com/episodes/c34c3414-fc96-4d39-b79d-99043fae77da.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhFweXRob24taHR0cHgGOgZFVA%3D%3D--d4f69e3976985df0965cbb0604f19cbcffe03861Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -00002991This week, Adam talks with biologist Brandon Ogbunu about the horrifying history of genetics, what it means for working geneticists and evolutionary biologists, and how culture shapes science (and vice versa).

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Dreaming Against the Machine is a podcast about envisioning a realistic and hopeful future. Each week, the show’s host, journalist and astrophysicist Dr. Adam Becker, will have an earnest (and entertaining!) conversation with a guest about possible futures, seen through the lenses of history, science, and culture. In a world where tech oligarchs and their power fantasies are driving visions of the future, Dreaming Against the Machine aims to take back the terms of the public conversation about what our world can and should be.

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]]>Episode 26: Space Ain't the Place (solo episode)gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/fIOzw6M__EngWujDySvA5W496IlnsIjI_QNaDFr75GEhttps://tracking.swap.fm/track/IVPmvUWSCISCVAzWNnnJ/rss.art19.com/episodes/8501c6c0-b601-44e8-b81f-1ce2ba54d977.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhFweXRob24taHR0cHgGOgZFVA%3D%3D--d4f69e3976985df0965cbb0604f19cbcffe03861Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -00002868This week it's just Adam! Following up on the space colonization episode from a few weeks back, Adam talks about exactly how horrifying and difficult it would be to live permanently in deep space. He also answers a couple of listener questions, talks a bit about the show itself, and reveals a special surprise for our Patreon supporters.

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Dreaming Against the Machine is a podcast about envisioning a realistic and hopeful future. Each week, the show’s host, journalist and astrophysicist Dr. Adam Becker, will have an earnest (and entertaining!) conversation with a guest about possible futures, seen through the lenses of history, science, and culture. In a world where tech oligarchs and their power fantasies are driving visions of the future, Dreaming Against the Machine aims to take back the terms of the public conversation about what our world can and should be.

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