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Latest episodes

N°105 - Small Stuff with Ian Bogost

July 7, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

In this episode of the Near Future Laboratory Podcast, I talk with my old friend Ian Bogost about his new book, “The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life” — a funny (like..I laughed out loud) , generous, and quietly radical…
N°104 - Marina Zurkow & Sarah Rothberg

June 25, 2026 · 60 min

The podcast is back from hiatus with a fun one! Episode 104 is a conversation with Sarah Rothberg and my dear old friend and collaborator Marina Zurkow about More&More, their speculative card-deck and worldbuilding framework for making…
N°062 - Structure vs. Imagination with Andy Polaine

March 11, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

Andy Polaine is a designer, educator, writer and podcast guy. He hosts the wonderful 'Power of Ten' podcast. Andy is known for his work as a service designer, innovation consultant and professional executive coach. Don't forget — please…
N°103 - Tom Guarriello The Meaning of Branded Objects

December 22, 2025 · 41 min

Please support the podcast on Patreon! Thank you to all of my paid subscribers! My friend Tom Guarriello joins me to unpack a deceptively simple question—why do some things matter more than others? How is it that “brands” are rarely just…
N°102 - The Art of Possible with Dave Gray

September 19, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min

Here we are — where imagination becomes strategy and art is the engine of innovation. This is a rebroadcast of my conversation in Episode 54 with my friend Dave Gray - artist, visual thinker, and founder of the School of the Possible - in…

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N°101 - Kirby Ferguson Infinite Remix

August 25, 2025 · 52 min

Here is the link to the video we discuss: ⁠https://youtu.be/9pLCIoBZzd4 You'll want to watch that first — I mistakenly said I would include it but I don't want to rug Kirby's Youtube channel! This is a special an curious episode of the…
N°100 - N O R M A L S Futures Are Boring

August 3, 2025 · 53 min

Please support the podcast over on Patreon. https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory We don’t suffer from a lack of imagination about the future. We suffer from too much of the same imagination. Every deck, every keynote, every speculative…
N°099 - Outgoing

July 4, 2025 · 1 hr 28 min

Outgoing is Brett Gui Xin and Del Hardin Hoyle, they are a creative design team based in Brooklyn. In this chat we discuss their participation in some recent design fairs which gave them a chance to take a break and reflect back on a busy…
N°098 - NORMALS

June 8, 2025 · 1 hr 45 min

Visit Normals In my book ‘It’s time to imagine harder’, my hypothesis was that bringing the creative consciousness back to work is a clear path to unlocking the unexpected and unanticipated. A way to sense into and feel for the unseen. The…
N°097 - Jarrett Fuller Going Home

May 4, 2025 · 1 hr 20 min

The Intersection of Imagination, Science Fiction, Strategy and Creativity. we wandered into something I keep circling back to: the idea that strategy is a kind of science fiction. Not in the “space battles and robots” sense, but in the…
N°096 - Tobias Revell Stories To Imagine Alternate Futures

April 28, 2025 · 32 min

In which Tobias and I converse about the release of the book 'Practices of Future Casting', the importance of events that gather thought leaders to spur creativity and career development in design and futures thinking, the compilation and…
N°095 - Phil Balagtas Is Making Futures Work

March 13, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min

Phil Balagtas' book "Making Futures Work" is a comprehensive map of the work of futuring. https://www.philbalagtas.com/ Learn how to get started with Futures Thinking. With this practical guide, Phil Balagtas, founder of the Design Futures…

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About the show

The Near Future Laboratory Podcast is conversations at the vanguard of design, technology, futures, and culture, hosted by Julian Bleecker — founder of the Near Future Laboratory. https://nearfuturelaboratory.com https://julianbleecker.com Support this podcast at https://www.patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory