Vacations are supposed to be about relaxation and rejuvenation, but anyone who has stood in the crowded lines at an amusement park or waded through the hordes of people at Disneyland knows that this is not always the case. In this episode of Fu

Thinking Outside the Cubicle

Dec 2nd, 2015 26m 56s

Between traffic-clogged commutes, high stress jobs, and crappy coffee in the breakroom, the daily grind can be painful. Luckily, technology is paving the way for jobs you’ll actually be excited to do. Menial tasks like email can be automated.

Clicks to Bricks

Nov 18th, 2015 27m 57s

For those of you who don’t enjoy wandering the aisles of the grocery store in search of soy sauce, or mailing back endless pairs of ill-fitting shoes bought online, we have good news for you: Shopping in the future is going to be so much easier

Winning the Numbers Game

Nov 4th, 2015 24m 14s

Basketball season is now in full swing. But here at Popular Science, we’re ahead of the game. We’re looking beyond 2015 to see what sports will look like 10, 20, or even 30 years down the road. In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Marcus

The Prognosis is Good

Oct 21st, 2015 25m 9s

Being sick is no fun. There's nothing worse than a queasy tummy, or that pesky sniffle that just won’t go away. But what will illness look like in the future?Will we be dealing with the same old diseases? Or will we have engineered solutions t

Show me the digital money!

Oct 7th, 2015 26m 11s

Money is one of those things you’re not supposed to talk about. It’s politically incorrect and often uncomfortable. But your favorite podcast hosts are bucking social conventions in this episode of Futuropolis to discuss how we’ll pay for thing

Talk Emoji to Me

Sep 23rd, 2015 24m 45s

When you think about the future of language, you might worry that we’ll all walk around speaking in weird code. Or perhaps that we won’t speak at all, instead just texting each other all day. But fear not! In this episode of Futuropolis, we dis

Finding Mr. (Swipe) Right

Sep 9th, 2015 24m 28s

In this episode of Futuropolis, we tackle the age old question: what is love? Okay, we don’t actually answer that question, but, we do talk to a sociologist at Tinder, the co-founder of OkCupid, and a sociologist who has studied how the ways th

Better, Stronger, Faster

Aug 26th, 2015 24m 12s

Could humans one day scrap our flesh-and-blood limbs for bionic ones? High-tech prosthetics are improving in leaps and bounds, so bionics seemed like the perfect topic for the fourth episode of our Futuropolis podcast. In the past few years, re

The Programmable Pooch

Aug 12th, 2015 25m 54s

During this exploration of everyday life in the future, we’re looking at pets. In the shiny world of tomorrow, you won’t be walking any old run-of-the-mill Fido—because we’ll have high-tech cuddling machines. Robot pets have graced the pag

Robot You Can Drive My Car

Jul 29th, 2015 22m 18s

In the second episode of Futuropolis, the podcast that explores what everyday life will be like in the future, we’re tackling your daily commute. Sitting in traffic doesn’t have to be stressful and frustrating. In the future, you may be able

Microgravity Dinners

Jul 15th, 2015 19m 24s

One day, we may well be zipping around in commercial spaceships or living in colonies on Mars. But it will be hard to enjoy life in microgravity if the food is as freeze-dried and, well, unpalatable as it is today. In addition to sampling astro

Promo for Futuropolis

Jul 9th, 2015 1m 23s

Welcome to Futuropolis, a new show from Popular Science about everyday life in the future. Hosted by Popular Science Assistant Editor Lindsey Kratochwill and Associate Editor Breanna Draxler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi

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