The world as you'll know it
A Podcast About the World After Covid-19
It’ll be years before we can take stock of the cumulative effects of Covid-19. But right now, amidst the upheaval, loss and confusion, a new future is being etched out in decisions large and small.
In five in-depth conversations, journalists and experts discuss how these decisions might play out to alter the course of climate change, automation, economic policy, higher education and cities in the years to come.
In our first conversation, David Wallace-Wells speaks to Christiana Figueres about the future of Climate Change.
The World as You’ll Know It is brought to you by Aventine, a non-profit research institute committed to creating and sharing work that explores how decisions being made today could change the world around us in the years to come. The views expressed are those of the participants and do not represent those of Aventine, its employees or affiliates.
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Episode 00 / October 1, 2020
Trailer: Introducing The World as You'll Know It
Welcome to The World as You'll Know It, a new podcast that pairs established journalists with experts to discuss the ways in which Covid-19 will shape the course of the future.
Transcript and Show NotesEpisode 01 / October 1, 2020
The Future of Climate Change
David Wallace-Wells, the author of "The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming," speaks to Christiana Figueres, the former Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, about the catastrophic difference between the earth's temperature rising by 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius by 2100.
Transcript and Show NotesEpisode 02 / October 8, 2020
The Future of Labor
Steven Greenhouse, the author of "Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor," speaks to David Autor, the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT, about how Covid is likely to change the workforce by accelerating automation and reducing the number of low-wage jobs.
Transcript and Show NotesEpisode 03 / October 15, 2020
The Future of Economic Policy
Steven Greenhouse, the author of "Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor," speaks to Jared Bernstein, former Chief Economic Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, about how Covid has underscored economic inequality, and what he believes can be done about it.
Transcript and Show NotesEpisode 04 / October 22, 2020
The Future of Higher Education
Paul Tough, author, most recently, of "The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us," speaks to Dr. Paul LeBlanc, President of Southern New Hampshire University, about whether Covid will serve as a catalyst to finally force a re-thinking of higher education.
Transcript and Show NotesEpisode 05 / October 29, 2020
The Future of Cities
This week features two conversations. In the first, Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic for The New York Times, speaks to Julián Castro, former mayor of San Antonio, Texas and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, about the housing crisis and the role cities play in national politics. Then Michael speaks with Janette Sadik-Khan, former Commissioner of New York City Department of Transportation, about how public transit can drive economic recovery in cities.
Transcript and Show Notes