Road to the Sun

Published: Oct. 2, 2017, 9:56 p.m.

Dystopian themes abound in popular culture. In a world wracked by climate change, war, mass migration and a growing gulf between the super-rich and everyone else, imagining the worst has become its own industry. But what might it feel like to live and work in a future society that has begun to heal a damaged planet even as people continue to be their messy, imperfect selves? Listen to author Nick Powers read his story and follow the text on http://bit.ly/2hjVmvg To subscribe to Indyaudio and get notifications from our recent episodes, go to apple.co/2wwtyh5 Illustration by David Hollenbach