meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Stuff To Blow Your Mind

Future Shock: Part I

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

Social Sciences, Science, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences

4.36K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2014

⏱️ 50 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Future Shock: Back in 1970, Alvin Toffler's book "Future Shock" envisioned a future human civilization outpaced, overstimulated and mentally stunned by relentless technological and social change. Today, we live in the very future Toffler warned everyone a

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

At the Planet Money Podcast, we ask questions like,

0:04.0

who decides when we're in a recession?

0:06.0

Why does every insurance company seem to have a mascot?

0:10.0

Do food expiration dates even matter?

0:13.0

I'm Jeff Guo, co-host of NPR's Planet Money,

0:16.0

where we bring you stories about people,

0:18.0

about weird schemes and wonderful mistakes,

0:21.0

to show you how the economy actually works.

0:24.0

Listen to Planet Money from NPR on the iHeartRadio app,

0:27.0

or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:29.0

On the Best Podcast Ever with Raven and Miranda,

0:32.0

join Raven Simone and her partner Miranda Mayday,

0:35.0

as they and celebrity guests, like Demi Lovato and Megan Trainor,

0:38.0

engage in unusual conversations.

0:41.0

Every episode will spin a wheel of random words from things

0:44.0

like animosity to something like Dodiac and whatever it lands on.

0:47.0

That's what we're going to talk about for around an hour.

0:50.0

Think we can't do it?

0:51.0

Well, then you've never heard us talk.

0:53.0

Listen to Planet Money from NPR's Planet Money,

0:56.0

and do it?

0:57.0

Well, then you've never heard us talk.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.