Matt Heffernan

The conversation explores the role of imagination in problem-solving, playwriting, language, culture, and technology. It delves into the impact of imagination on identity, the planet, and ethical considerations in AI.

The conversation covers a wide range of topics related to human-AI interaction, imagination, and the impact of AI on human flourishing. It delves into the role of imagination in shaping AI interactions, the design of AI for human flourishing, and the ethical considerations of AI addiction and dependency.

The conversation delves into the nature of imagination, its relationship with consciousness, perception, and society, and the impact of the digital age and external influences on imagination. It also explores the paradox of individual and collaborative imagination.

This is a ten episode series hosted by Jenna Hanchey, Chinelo Onwualu, and Yvette Lisa Ndlovu that explores the work of ten African speculative fiction authors and imagining new futures for the continent.

In this conversation, Wole speaks about gods going on heists and how technologies hold the potential to bring us together in alternative histories and imagined futures.  

In this conversation, Kemi takes us to galaxies far, far away, reimagining the hero’s journey through African-centered space opera. 

In this conversation, Suyi talks to us about godpunk, Stranger Things, and how to support African and other marginalized writers…

In this conversation, Tlotlo talks with us about queerness, the dead, and how African surrealist stories illuminate the politics of African urban landscapes.

In this special episode of Griots & Galaxies, Yvette interviews her cohost, editor and author Chinelo Onwualu. Chinelo shares with us her experiences as cofounder of Omenana and a forerunner in African speculative fiction…

In this conversation, Shingai talks to us about building community across the African diaspora, and challenges us to consider that taking African knowledges seriously means rethinking time itself.

In this conversation, Temi talks to us about neuroscience, corporate control, and how futures of AI technologies relate to histories of racism and colonialism.

In this conversation, Ayodele talks to us about African metaphysics and the importance of queer and gender-expansive characters to resisting colonization. 

In this episode of Griots & Galaxies, Chinelo and Yvette sit down with critically-acclaimed author Tobi Ogundiran. In this conversation, Tobi takes us into horror and haunting, talking about how fairytales reveal what different societies fear–and lo…

In this episode of Griots & Galaxies, Jenna sits down with award-winning singer/songwriter and author Mohale Mashigo. In this conversation, Mohale shares her experiences in multimedia storytelling, and questions if aliens are truly as scary as Weste…

The MIT Press Podcast

Future Out Loud Podcast

Our director Ed Finn is the latest thought leader to be featured on The Conversation, a podcast series that “explores visions of the future and questions of the good” through a series of long, unstructured conversations with thinkers and doers of all stripes.