Bellwether

Sep 28, 2021

After a deadly fire at an Oakland arts space called The Ghost Ship, cities across America responded by cracking down on unofficial live-work spaces. Alt-right internet trolls took notice, and launched a culture war, pitting local governments about the people they are tasked with keeping safe.

Elsewhere: Icarus and Cass...

Sep 28, 2021

In 2018, Elaine Herzberg became the first pedestrian to be killed by a self-driving car. But who is to blame? We prosecute the person who was behind the wheel at our own peril. Elsewhere: short-term cryo has put Cass and Icarus in a relationship crisis.

(Note: this is an updated version of the Bellwether pilot,...

Sep 20, 2021

BELLWETHER is a podcast of speculative journalism: true stories of the world as it is, presented through the lens of what it might become.

Host Sam Greenspan presents original reporting about collisions with technology—and all framed within a sci-fi radio serial, set in a future where the internet has disappeared, and...