Talking About the Future: A Roundup of My Best Interviews
In October 2018, I did my very first interview. A friend of mine had connected me with this guy named Andrew Yang who was running for president. I was quite nervous, and I was overprepared in a way that made me feel hopelessly underprepared. But somehow it went well. More than anything, it was intellectually stimulating to the point of simply being fun.
That interview became an article for Quillette: “A New Kind of Economy—An Interview with Andrew Yang.” This marked a turning point for my writing. I had always thought of myself as a fiction writer who wrote the occasional essay. I’d never considered doing interviews of any sort.
One thing led to another, and the least surprising thing in the universe happened: I started a podcast. Given my interest in technology, innovation, and radical cultural shifts, I called it Team Futurism. The podcast remains a bit of a sideshow to my writing (which still occupies most of my creative energies), but it’s easily my favorite project I consistently work on.
In no particular order, here’s a roundup of some of my best interviews. I’m including the YouTube links below, but these interviews can also be found on Spotify, Apple, and other podcast platforms.
Keep on advancing into the Creative Future full of Life and resolute. You are the freshest voice in the ether.