Podcast · 83 episodes
Possible
by Reid Hoffman · English
What if, in the future, everything breaks humanity's way? Possible is an award-winning, weekly podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there. Hosts Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger take that question to the people building the answer: founders, scientists, artists, and deep thinkers working across AI, healthcare, education, and geopolitics. The conversations run deep and specific, testing optimism against hard questions rather than trading hot takes. And between guest episodes, Reid riffs on the AI news that matters and what to make of it.
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Who gets to pull the plug on AI?Big Tech’s AI financing and risk transparency—FT reports firms use credit backstops/guarantees to keep about $300B of AI exposure off balance sheets; Alphabet’s exposure reportedly rose from ~$17B to…30 Sep 2026 · 15 min
When AI's builders sound the alarmAI safety “alarm” and how to steer progress rather than pause; risks split into existential (X-risk), bio-risk, cyber-risk, and jobs; plus a “dual mandate” for AI leadership and broad prosperity for…23 Sep 2026 · 41 min
Seven creators, $1,000 a week in AI tokens, one summerRecap of “Tokens to the Future,” an experimental summer program funding seven creators with $1,000/week in AI tokens to explore agentic AI, “AI-native” mindsets, and how humans retain taste,…16 Sep 2026 · 44 min
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Who gets to pull the plug on AI?Big Tech’s AI financing and risk transparency—FT reports firms use credit backstops/guarantees to keep about $300B of AI exposure off balance sheets; Alphabet’s exposure reportedly rose from ~$17B to…30 Sep 2026 · 15 min · 6 chapters
When AI's builders sound the alarmAI safety “alarm” and how to steer progress rather than pause; risks split into existential (X-risk), bio-risk, cyber-risk, and jobs; plus a “dual mandate” for AI leadership and broad prosperity for…23 Sep 2026 · 41 min · 13 chapters
Seven creators, $1,000 a week in AI tokens, one summerRecap of “Tokens to the Future,” an experimental summer program funding seven creators with $1,000/week in AI tokens to explore agentic AI, “AI-native” mindsets, and how humans retain taste,…16 Sep 2026 · 44 min · 20 chapters
Can we defend against AI hacks? | Dozie AnaziaAI-enabled cybercrime and how to defend against it, including keylogging/side-channel password theft, deepfake voice/video fraud, and agent-driven red/blue/purple teaming.9 Sep 2026 · 41 min · 16 chapters
Training robots for a world they’ve never seenTraining general-purpose robots to act in unfamiliar real-world environments (the “embodiment gap” and “world objects” problem), using scalable data and meta-learning-style generalization so robots…2 Sep 2026 · 58 min · 27 chapters
Inside an AI-powered personal dashboard | Matthew TiemannMatthew Tiemann discusses AI agents as “personal dashboards” that collapse weeks of analysis into minutes, enabling proactive daily assistance, faster decision-making, and agent “software factories.”…26 Aug 2026 · 32 min · 14 chapters
The whole studio is one guy | Jonathan BrazeauJonathan Brazeau explains how he uses generative AI as an idea generator and “studio” for making a sci-fi fantasy-western short film, arguing that humans must supply the creative “spark”…19 Aug 2026 · 32 min · 12 chapters
Making taxes fun with Pikachu and AI | Cadi ZhangHow AI can speed game creation and what’s still missing for “bits to atoms” robotics—covering world models, determinism, “fun” and taste, and data needs for real-world robots.12 Aug 2026 · 35 min · 18 chapters
How Sougwen Chung teaches robots to pauseSu-En Chung’s “operational art” explores how robots should “pause” and how artists can teach intelligent systems to collaborate through timing, uncertainty, and embodied gesture rather than replacing…5 Aug 2026 · 56 min · 22 chapters
The artist using AI to sell brands | Joe SalvatoreUsing AI for brand content creation—why “taste” and storytelling matter more than production, and how agents + orchestration turn briefs into consistent ad systems.29 Jul 2026 · 37 min · 16 chapters
The creator using AI to go viral | Will WeinbachWill Weinbach explains how he “vibe codes” with AI agents to automate workflows—especially social media—using remote agent frameworks like OpenClaw and Hermes, and how these systems can learn via…22 Jul 2026 · 37 min · 14 chapters
The film director winning awards with AI | Ben HansfordHow film director Ben Hansford uses AI as an autonomous “crew” to speed production, win awards, and teach filmmaking at USC; includes a concrete “talking raccoon” VFX/mocap workflow and a broader…15 Jul 2026 · 35 min · 13 chapters
Introducing Tokens to the Future: free tokens for buildersHow AI “agents” are evolving into long-running remote workers, how continuous coding/testing changes prototyping, and the Token Grantee Program that funds builders with AI tokens plus access to…8 Jul 2026 · 32 min · 11 chapters
America's aerospace rebirthBoom Supersonic’s supersonic “America’s aerospace rebirth,” centered on founder Blake Scholl’s claim that supersonic progress is less about one aircraft and more about rebuilding an entire aerospace…1 Jul 2026 · 1 h 16 min · 34 chapters
Who's got the ball on carbon removal?Carbon removal as a “civilization-scale” public good: why emissions cuts aren’t enough, what “durable” removal means, and how to build a market using advanced market commitments (AMCs) rather than…24 Jun 2026 · 1 h 11 min · 30 chapters
AI’s next big test: the public marketAI’s shift toward public markets and what that changes (build speed, disclosures, margins), plus developer job transformation and the rise of AI music.17 Jun 2026 · 29 min · 8 chapters
Satya Nadella on making human and token capital compoundSatya Nadella discusses how AI will reshape “the future of work” and the firm itself, arguing that enterprises must compound “human capital” and “token capital” by building controlled agentic systems…5 Jun 2026 · 1 h 2 min · 21 chapters
What it takes to trust AI | Kanjun QiuTrustworthy AI agents and the architectural/policy changes needed for humans to retain agency and authorship, avoiding “sensory hijacking,” black-box systems, and power centralization.3 Jun 2026 · 57 min · 21 chapters
AI’s hidden 20-year monopolyManus AI’s approach to drug discovery using AI, arguing drugs are “legal 20-year monopolies,” and discussing how AI agents will likely be specialized (not one all-purpose model).27 May 2026 · 34 min · 14 chapters
How fast can you upskill in AI? We did a sprint to find out.Wait What (media company behind Masters of Scale, Rapid Response, and Pioneers of AI) describes a three-day, company-wide AI sprint to upskill staff and prototype AI workflows for everyday work, then…20 May 2026 · 38 min · 20 chapters
Anthropic’s push into financeAgentic AI will drive more crypto use for agent identity and trust, while AI is reshaping companies via “humans around the edge” and reorganizing work; Anthropic is pushing Claude into Wall Street…13 May 2026 · 33 min · 14 chapters
The artist AI can’t killHow digital art, NFTs/blockchain, and generative AI are reshaping authorship, value, attention, and human-machine relationships; includes warnings about anthropomorphizing AI and “AI as friend,” plus…6 May 2026 · 1 h 4 min · 32 chapters
Divine intervention in AIOpenAI’s ChatGPT Images 2.0 and “agentic” image generation; how faster iteration will spread into organizations and change visual communication; Pope Leo (Pope Francis’ successor) warning AI could…29 Apr 2026 · 27 min · 8 chapters
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings: stories, schools, superpowersReed Hastings (Netflix co-founder/former CEO) discusses AI’s near-term impact, what society should plan for over 10–20 years, AI safety risks (Skynet-like takeover, misuse by malicious actors,…22 Apr 2026 · 1 h 1 min · 37 chapters