Forecasting. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Science fiction, ideology, and evolving consciousness / hosted by Linda Strawn (Episode 1 of 5)

Linda Strawn hosts this program which includes interviews with researchers and activists on the following topics: science fiction as a futurist tool in education; metaphors of mankind’s spiritual journey as used by Christ; Marx and Mao; and humanity’s destiny in the cosmos. The speakers are Dennis Livingston of Rensselaer Institute; Thomas Berry (1914-2009) of Riverdale…

August 24, 2025

Political responses and perspectives on the future / moderated by Linda Strawn (Episode 2 of 5)

Panel discusses the traditional categories of response to the future; the recently established Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA); bureaucratic reform and a proposed Experimental Futures Agency; and the consumer movement and issue politics. Panelists are Kathryn Humes of Forecasting International; Joseph Coates of the OTA; Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA); and Hazel Henderson, economist, consumer…

August 24, 2025

The Next 100 years of industrial society / Harrison Brown, John Weir, Jim Bonner.

Panel predicts international developments for the next century.|THE NEXT 100 YEARS OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY / Harrison Brown, John Weir, and Jim Bonner. – Panel discusses and makes predictions about international developments among industrial countries during the next century. – RECORDED: 18 May 1958. BROADCAST: KPFA, 1 July 1958.

August 24, 2025