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This is a show about the unexpected things that shape us, and how we can shape the future. We tell funny, surprising stories about why people once feared the things we love (like the teddy b...
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For decades, people have been told they have a certain “learning style.” Maybe you think you’re a visual learner, for example, or a reading/...
In 1923, a famous scientist predicted how work would change in 2023. Now, 100 years later, we can confirm: He was shockingly right… and yet...
Everyone’s freaking out! How can that be put to good use? In this episode, we discuss the unexpected benefits of the bubonic plague, what th...
Have you ever messed up — or just thought you messed up! — and then obsessed over what you could have done better? This episode is about wha...
You can find opportunity in the hardest situations. But how? To answer that out, we take lessons from one of the most fascinating changes in...
Want to fix the problem with work today? It starts by understanding the common phrase “nobody wants to work anymore” — including what’s righ...
Barbie sales were plummeting. A new leader had a vision: The doll needed to be “a reflection of our times.” But how do you make something mo...
The teddy bear: Is it cute and cuddly, or a “horrible monstrosity” that’ll destroy humanity? In 1907, many people feared the worst — that th...
Our brains are full of fun facts: the memory span of a goldfish, Marie Antoinette’s famous words, the vomitoriums of Rome, and more. But wha...
The four-day workweek was once just an experiment. Now it’s regular life for many people. So what’s that like? In this episode, we look at t...
Do you wish you could predict the future? Not in a street-corner psychic kind of way, but in a more personal, meaningful way. How can you kn...
Climate change is described as a “generational battle,” in which young people care and older people don’t. But this is a perfect example of...
Who is to blame for people’s poor writing skills? It isn’t texting or tweeting. It’s a fateful decision made in 1875, from which we’ve never...
We like to laugh at lawmakers for their technology ignorance, like when Sen. Richard Blumenthal asked a Facebook executive if she’ll “commit...
Sex robots?! For decades, people have debated their dangers or called them ridiculous. But what if these bots can actually be a good thing?...
People worry that technology changes our brains. It’s the reason why tech critics talk about dopamine, a chemical that they say turns us int...
Is everything really political these days? Or has it always been that way? To answer that, let’s look at the story of knitting. Can anything...
The most dangerous thing about smartphones, according to critics, is that we're never bored. Boredom is healthy, they say! But history and s...
You might think you’re bad at talking with strangers. But in fact, you were built to talk to them — and you’re more natural at it than you k...
Many people are reminiscing about the things they enjoyed during Covid, which is a surprisingly common thing to happen after bad or challeng...
Are smartphones and social media addictive? Tech critics say yes. But actual addiction researchers say something else — and they point to wa...
What was once only available to kings and queens, but that you can do today? The answer: Shocking stuff you've never even thought of. If you...
You’ve heard the story: Young people got “participation trophies” as kids, and it taught them to be entitled, lazy workers. But here’s what...
You can learn a lot from a simple margarita… because when you take one home from a restaurant in America, you’re participating in a change t...
We like to say that things were better before. But... what year was that, exactly? Join me on a trip through history, as we return to every...
This podcast was called Pessimists Archive. Now it's called Build For Tomorrow. Why? Because this show is optimistic — and it needed a name...
We once knew how to do important things... until new technology made us weaker, lazier, and dumber. That’s a story we’ve told ourselves for...
These feel like historic times… so how can we share our wisdom and experiences with future generations? Turns out, it’s really hard! This ep...
If you’ve ever voted in an election, watched the Bachelor, or worried about the end of days, then you’ve probably fallen for a specific rhet...
We have a clear narrative about the 2016 and 2020 election hacking: It’s social media’s fault. But Russia has used the same strategy against...
The fork isn’t just a tool for eating. It’s also one of the greatest symbols of individualism — a utensil that people opposed for thousands...
People said radio was too addictive... then TV was too addictive... and now smartphones are too addictive! Why does every generation say the...
What does it take for two different people to find common ground? To answer that, we dig into a nine-year-old mystery. In 2011, two very dif...
People are refusing to wear masks during a pandemic. Why? To understand, we rewind to the “Anti-Mask League” of 1919 and to the opposition t...
Covid-19 has interrupted our world, but it's also likely to improve it. After all, history shows that massive disruption is followed by mass...
People love natural foods and natural products... but what is "natural," really? In this episode, we explore that question by going back to...
Today, people complain about self-obsessed millennials. Yesterday, they complained about children celebrating their birthdays. When the birt...
Do you suffer from automobile face? What about airplane face? Or moving-picture face? These are just some examples from a strange historical...
The teddy bear: Is it cute and cuddly, or a “horrible monstrosity” that’ll destroy humanity? In 1907, many people feared the worst — that th...
Vanity was born when the mirror was discovered. That’s what the Chicago Record wrote in 1895, around the time when mirrors became a househol...
Roads weren't always for cars. In fact, highways were originally built for bikes! And now, as modern cities freak out over e-scooters, it’s...
In the 1950s, America declared war on the comic book. People feared that they’d turn children into hardened criminals, and so opponents burn...
The elevator has had a lot of ups and downs. (Sorry, sorry.) As the innovation gained popularity in the late 1800s, it had a profound effect...
Kids! They’re lazy, narcissistic, and disrespectful -- or so says the older generation. But when you look back through history, you’ll disco...
Why are new dances always so scandalous? Grinding, freak dancing, swing dancing, rock-n-roll -- each had their opponents. But at the beginni...
Today's internet can be a noisy and complicated place, but humanity has seen it all before. In the 1800s, the telegraph triggered many of th...
When chain stores were new, the reaction against them was fierce. Chain stores were accused of destroying democracy, of limiting freedom, of...
Today, novels are a wholesome alternative to modern vices. But long before television and video games, novels were the new and scary form of...
“A big humbug” -- that’s how one critic described America’s first subway system. Other opponents were more extreme. It would release dangero...