614 - Michael Garfield (Paleontologist-Futurist)

Published: June 17, 2024, 1 p.m.

Paleontologist-Futurist Michael Garfield is devoted to helping\xa0navigate our age of accelerating weirdness\xa0and helping\xa0cultivate the curiosity and play\xa0we'll need to thrive in it. As host and producer of\xa0Future Fossils Podcast, Michael refuses to be enslaved by a single perspective, creative medium, or intellectual community, walking through the walls between academia and festival culture, theory and practice \u2014 speaking and performing everywhere from\xa0Moogfest\xa0to\xa0Burning Man, SXSW to\xa0Boom Festival, the\xa0Commonwealth Bank of Australia\xa0to\xa0Long Now's\xa0Ignite Talks\xa0to\xa0The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors.

Intro music \u201cBrightside of the Sun,\u201d by Basin and Range. Transition music: \u201cOlympus Mons,\u201d by Michael Garfield. Outro: \u201cSmoke Alarm,\u201d by Carsie Blanton.



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