Imagining Possible Worlds (Repeat)
Wonder Cabinet
Wonder Cabinet Productions
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Science fiction offers us visions of histories we don't know -- histories of the future and the past. Today, legendary science fiction writers talk about science, utopia, and the imagination. Plus, the winners of our 3 Minute Futures fiction contest! CLICK HERE to read the winning entries and a selection of our favorites. 3 Minute Futures Winner: "Social Scene Alert"; Politics of Science Fiction - Kim Stanley Robinson; 3 Minute Future Fiction: "Food Production"; Star Trek Legacy - Gates McFadden; Science and the Imagination - Ed Finn; 3 Minute Future: "Dogs in the Snow"; BookMark: Junot Diaz; Race and Sex in Sci Fi - Samuel R. Delany.
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| 0:00.0 | It's to the best of our knowledge. I'm Anne Strain Champs. Today, imagining possible worlds. |
| 0:09.8 | With a future full of challenges, from climate change to overpopulation, where do we look for solutions? |
| 0:16.1 | Well, one place is science fiction. |
| 0:17.5 | It really is trying to foresee futures, and not the future, but just |
| 0:22.6 | scenario building, various futures, ranging from really bad to really good. And you look |
| 0:28.0 | at that whole spread and it gives you kind of cognitive mapping. This hour, we're thinking |
| 0:32.8 | about the future with some of the stars of science fiction, including Kim Stanley Robinson and Samuel |
| 0:38.4 | Delaney. But first, your stories. The winners of our flash fiction contest are in. Remember, |
| 0:45.1 | we asked for three-minute futures, five to 600 word stories set in the near future using |
| 0:50.8 | plausible science. The good news is, there's no limit to the creative imagination of public radio listeners. |
| 0:57.4 | The bad news, you might not want to live in the future they imagine. |
| 1:01.9 | Here's our first place winning entry, Social Scene Alert, from J.M. Perkins in San Diego. |
| 1:19.7 | Music in San Diego. Hello, Sarah Johnson. |
| 1:21.6 | As a premium subscriber of the social scene community, |
| 1:24.6 | your account comes with several gold-level features. |
| 1:27.4 | We find that some of our subscribers aren't even aware of all the associated benefits of their |
| 1:31.5 | premium subscription. |
| 1:33.5 | However, we regret to inform you that one of your advanced features... |
| 1:37.4 | Adultery tracker... |
| 1:38.6 | ...has been activated with regards to... |
| 1:40.8 | Mark Johnson. |
| 1:42.4 | What? |
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