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Are We Doomed?

Is the world ending, or does it just feel like it? "Are We Doomed?" investigates the greatest risks facing society, the planet, and our species. What’s real? What’s hype? And how do we actually make it out alive? Nukes. Asteroids. Autocracy. Rogue AI. Climate-driven pandemics. Angry hippopotamuses. Teeth clenched, curiosity engaged, quips ready, this “slightly narrative” podcast explores everything from the existential and the unexpected to the overblown. Award-winning public radio journalist Ben Bradford brings you wild true stories, high-production sound design, and world-class experts answe...

Website ↗ Last published 27 October 2026 28 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on Are We Doomed?

“It's already happening. I think people think, oh, this is going to happen 100 years, 200 years, or whatever. It's like, no. The market economy is adapting much faster.” — Jesse Keenan, Are We Doomed?
Jesse Keenan · 13 Oct 2026 Listen →
“It's like we even have to move the dead. It costs $10,000 to move a casket from one cemetery to another.” — Jesse Keenan, Are We Doomed?
Jesse Keenan · 13 Oct 2026 Listen →
“The American people made chlorofluorocarbons uneconomic for our industry because we gave up those spray cans.” — Susan Solomon, Are We Doomed?
Susan Solomon · 18 Aug 2026 Listen →
“Amazingly, the country that pushed the most was actually the United States of America.” — Susan Solomon, Are We Doomed?
Susan Solomon · 18 Aug 2026 Listen →

Hosts

Are We Doomed? is hosted by Ben Bradford and Tracy Samuelson .

Recent Episodes

  1. 27 Oct 2026

    Is the Microplastic In You Really Bad?

    With Tracy Woodruff and Ian Mudway

  2. 13 Oct 2026

    How High Can You Build a Seawall?

    With Jesse Keenan and Jola Ajibade

  3. 6 Oct 2026

    Can Other Planets Tell Us Our Fate?

    With Seth Baum , Michael Travisano and Sara Seager

  4. 29 Sep 2026

    Take That, Death

    With Susan Dominus

  5. 22 Sep 2026

    Bug Fight Club

    With Andrew Liebhold and Chris Looney

  6. 15 Sep 2026

    Who Keeps Winding the Doomsday Clock?

    With Alexandra Bell

  7. 8 Sep 2026

    Can "Scams" Be a Doom?

    With Joseph Cox

  8. 1 Sep 2026

    Just a Minor Sun Explosion

    With Elizabeth Butler and Jim Green

  9. 25 Aug 2026

    The Everything Vaccine

    With Juliet Morrison and Carl Zimmer

  10. 18 Aug 2026

    What Ever Happened to the Ozone Hole?

    With Susan Solomon

  11. 11 Aug 2026

    Why America Wants More Nukes

    With Sharon Weiner and Vipin Narang

  12. 4 Aug 2026

    Did AI Just Escape?

    With Davi Ottenheimer , Roman Yampolskiy and Adam Gleave

Guests

Jim Green (2 episodes), Bruce Schneier , Emily Mullin , Annalee Newitz , Hamza Chaudhry , Alexandra Bell , Vipin Narang , Monty Marshall , Matt Novak , Susan Dominus , Sara Seager , Alan Robock , and 26 more.