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FutureProofingEpisodes

  1. Fashion

    How technology and social change could mean the end of fashion in future.

  2. Mental Health

    FutureProofing discovers how we can protect and improve our mental health in future.

  3. Animals

    When we properly understand animals, how much will our relationship with them change?

  4. Faith

    Does science now challenge religion to destruction, and what happens to faith in future?

  5. Sin

    Will sin disappear in future, as technology enables us to stop sinning before we act?

  6. Small

    Discover how small things look set to shape the future in increasingly significant ways.

  7. Wealth

    FutureProofing discovers what will be the secrets to achieving wealth in future.

  8. Healthcare

    How will technology transform healthcare in the 21st century?

  9. Living in Space

    What will it be like to colonise space? What are the implications for humanity if we do?

  10. The Future of the Future

    How does the accelerating pace of technology change the way we think about the future?

  11. Sport

    Is there a future for sport in the digital age?

  12. Art

    Will art survive the technological and social change of the 21st century?

  13. Cities

    How city living could be transformed by the digital revolution.

  14. Work

    What really changes in our society when machines do most of the work?

  15. Intimacy

    Will intimacy survive the challenges it faces in the 21st century?

  16. The Future of War

    Will robots be the future of war? And how would warfare change if they were?

  17. Language

    Will technology make language barriers obsolete?

  18. Memory

    What happens to us when we can create and manipulate our memories artificially?

  19. Energy

    If new energy sources offer cheap, plentiful power to everyone, how will the planet cope?

  20. Ageing

    How will our ideas about ageing change as life expectancy rises to 100 and beyond?

  21. Mobility

    How will we move from place to place in future? Will speed and freedom always be the goal?

  22. Ownership

    Does the growth of the sharing economy mean ownership is over?

  23. Food

    How technology - and two billion extra mouths to feed - will change our food in future.

  24. The Blockchain

    How could new technology change the nature of money and the role of government?

  25. Identity

    How will people answer the question 'Who am I?' in the future?

  26. Life

    Will biotechnology transform how we understand and control life itself?

  27. No End of Pleasure

    How will humans experience pleasure in the future? With AL Kennedy and Will Self.

  28. The Descent of Man

    Writer Michael Smith explores the uncertain future of masculinity.

  29. The Singularity

    What happens if we reach the singularity, the day when machines match human intelligence?

  30. The Immortality of the Crab

    To be human is to seek immortality. Tom Shakespeare daydreams about everlasting life.

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