Podcast
Imagining the future — sci-fi, doomsday preppers and hope punks
ABC Soul Search, Vol.23 October 2025
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
2025
Abstract
The way we imagine the future matters. Not only does it change how we feel, those feelings change how we live today — and that might just change how things actually turn out!
Guests
Dr Declan Humphreys is a researcher in philosophy and applied ethics, specialising in AI ethics and cybersecurity. He teaches at the School of Science, Technology and Engineering at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and was part of the Top 5 Humanities media residency program in 2025.
Dr Jordan McKenzie is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wollongong, and takes a particular interest in the emotions of utopias and dystopias. He is the author of DYSTOPIAN EMOTIONS: Emotional Landscapes and Dark Futures.
Dr Victoria Lorrimar is Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Ethics and Society at the University of Notre Dame Australia in Freemantle. Her latest book is called Science Fiction and Christian Theology.
Details
- Title
- Imagining the future — sci-fi, doomsday preppers and hope punks
- Authors
- Declan Humphreys (Interviewee) - University of the Sunshine CoastJordan McKenzie (Interviewee) - University of WollongongVictoria Lorrimar (Interviewee) - The University of Notre Dame AustraliaRohan Salmond (Interviewer)
- Publication details
- ABC Soul Search, Vol.23 October 2025
- Format
- 54:03 minutes
- Publisher
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Date published
- 2025
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991246499602621
- Output Type
- Podcast
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