Buy an Earth Suit, Shoot Sulfur into the Atmosphere (And Other Contingency Plans for a Warming Earth)
We are quickly approaching the dystopian future that Neal Stephenson outlined in his 1992 best seller “Snow Crash.” That book anticipated and coined the term “metaverse,” a concept that almost 30 year...
13 Des 202136min
Best Of: Exercise, and Accept Your ‘Inevitable Demise’
The fitness industry has exploded into a nearly $100 billion sector, and Alison Bechdel is among the exercise-obsessed. Bechdel, the cartoonist whose comic strip inspired the Bechdel Test for female r...
9 Des 202132min
Why Humans Aren’t the Worst (Despite, Well, Everything Happening in the World)
In 2019, when Rutger Bregman published his book “Humankind: A Hopeful History” and made a case for the decency of human nature, the world had yet to experience a deadly pandemic. But what does the his...
6 Des 202139min
Emily Ratajkowski Isn't Quite Ready to Quit Profiting Off the Male Gaze
Emily Ratajkowski is winning in the Instagram era: She has 28.6 million followers and has spent more than half her life making a living as a model. But even at her level of success, she still wonders:...
29 Nov 202136min
Sway's Newest Listener (and an Update on This Week)
You might’ve heard Kara mention she and her partner are expecting a new baby. He’s arrived — four weeks early and right on time — so the team is taking a break this Thanksgiving week. Come back next M...
22 Nov 202153s
Can The Washington Post De-Snark the News?
In May, Sally Buzbee became the first woman to be hired for one of the most coveted jobs in journalism: executive editor of The Washington Post. Since then, Buzbee has overseen ambitious digital inves...
18 Nov 202135min
What the Metaverse Sounds Like to Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer has spent his career scoring cinematic worlds, from the ancient Rome of “Gladiator” to the futuristic landscape of “Dune.” So what does the metaverse sound like to him? “It sounds like jus...
15 Nov 202135min
The Metaverse: Expectations vs. Reality
Mark Zuckerberg might be trying to stake his claim on the metaverse, but he’s far from the first person to envision a more virtual world. Take it from Jaron Lanier.He’s often called the “godfather of ...
11 Nov 202138min
