We're All Going To Die!
This podcast offers a practical yet philosophical guide to navigating life in the Anthropocene, the current geological age defined by human impact on the environment. Hosted by Edie Lush and Mike Oreskes, each episode examines the challenges of climate change, societal resilience, and personal survival in an era of uncertainty. Through conversations with experts and reflective discussions, the show aims to equip listeners with the knowledge and mindset to face an unpredictable future.
Episodes
Can the U.N. Fix a Broken World?
Can a single leader fix a broken world? Or does the United Nations simply reflect our deepest global divisions without being able to bridge them?In this episode of We’re All Going To Die!!, we are joined by Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, former UN Deputy Secretary-General, to discuss the future of global diplomacy as the UN prepares to select a new Secretary-General. With the world facing unprecedented
Ancient Wisdom to Address our AI Challenge
The future of Artificial Intelligence is too important to leave to computer scientists alone. Chris Olah of Anthropic said this at a symposium with Pope Leo. In this episode we bring an example.Alexandros Washburn is an urban planner and architect. He became fascinated by the power of AI to model urban resilience. He realized the models were impressive, but wrong. His fix offers a path to control
Can Pope Leo Disarm AI?
Pope Leo XIV has entered the AI debate with a blunt challenge: artificial intelligence needs to be “disarmed.” Mike Oreskes and Edie Lush unpack Magnifica Humanitas with Fordham president Tania Tetlow, exploring AI, war, Silicon Valley power, colonialism, conscience, and why the humanities may matter as much as engineering in deciding who this technology serves.00:00 Cold open: “AI needs to be dis
Klaus Schwab and the End of the World He Built
Mike Oreskes and Edie Lush talk with World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab about the shift from globalization to the “intelligent age.” Schwab reflects on AI, public trust, political backlash, the fear of losing control, and why technology’s future cannot be left only to companies, governments, or algorithms. A conversation about power, speed, responsibility, and how humanity can still choose
What the "AI Trial of the Century" kept hidden...
It is the biggest trial in the history of artificial intelligence.Elon Musk is trying to prove that his OpenAI co-founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, abandoned the nonprofit’s original mission, to build safe AI for the benefit of humanity, in pursuit of money and power.To make that case, Musk’s legal team called Stuart Russell, the UC Berkeley professor whose writing helped define the field of
