Possible

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 explore what’s possible with forward-thinking leaders, deep thinkers, and ambitious builders across many fields, such as technology, art, education and healthcare. These conversations center on the ways technology—and, in particular, AI—is shaping the future. In episodes, AI tools such as OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Inflection’s Pi are at work, offering informational asides, prompting guests, or demoing what they can do. Lastly, between guest episodes, Aria interviews her co-host Reid on his latest takes on what’s possible if we use technology—and our collective effort—effectively.

Reid riffs on California Forever and housing
Jul 3, 2024 – 13:08
Jan Sramek on California Forever and the future of cities
Jun 26, 2024 – 52:00
Reid riffs on going from idea to launch
Jun 19, 2024 – 11:16
Massimo Bottura on the future of food and creativity
Jun 12, 2024 – 46:06
Reid riffs on coding and K-12 education
Jun 5, 2024 – 10:58
Pat Yongpradit on AI literacy and computer science education
May 29, 2024 – 48:45
BONUS: Reid Hoffman’s speech: Humanity’s Hegelian Golden Braid
May 24, 2024 – 31:02
Reid riffs on tech journalism and the TikTok ban
May 22, 2024 – 14:01
Feed Drop: On with Kara Swisher: Reid Hoffman talks Trump, Thiel & AI
May 22, 2024 – 43:23
Kara Swisher on AI, media, and accountability
May 15, 2024 – 57:50
Reid riffs on AI milestones and AI efforts abroad
May 8, 2024 – 16:53
Kevin Scott on AI and humanism
May 1, 2024 – 01:02:23
[BONUS + VIDEO] Reid interviews Reid AI, his AI avatar
Apr 24, 2024 – 02:33
Introducing: a new Possible
Apr 23, 2024 – 03:19
Reflections on AI and season two
Jan 31, 2024 – 58:16
Katherine Maher on the future of trusted information
Jan 24, 2024 – 53:47
Kerry Washington on connection, identity and AI
Jan 17, 2024 – 59:12
Sal Khan on the future of K-12 education
Jan 10, 2024 – 55:38
Van Jones on AI, disruption and inclusion
Jan 3, 2024 – 56:07
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins on the future of social welfare
Dec 20, 2023 – 46:45
Sarah Sze on the future of AI and art
Dec 13, 2023 – 56:46
Kim Stanley Robinson on narrative and civilization
Dec 6, 2023 – 49:13
Peter Lee on the future of health and medicine
Nov 29, 2023 – 48:38
Feed Drop: Masters of Scale | Reid Hoffman confronts the AI critics
Nov 22, 2023 – 25:52
Siddhartha Mukherjee on the future of disease and diagnostics
Nov 15, 2023 – 01:01:37
Condoleezza Rice on the future of war and geopolitics
Nov 8, 2023 – 48:26
Anne-Marie Slaughter on the future of the care economy
Nov 1, 2023 – 56:50
Marques Brownlee on the future of creators
Oct 25, 2023 – 49:12
Introducing: Possible season two
Oct 23, 2023 – 03:10
BONUS: Reid Hoffman’s commencement speech at Bologna Business School
Sep 15, 2023 – 23:27
Prompt and process with Ethan Mollick [AI miniseries]
Jul 5, 2023 – 56:52
Socially assistive robots with Maja Matarić [AI miniseries]
Jun 28, 2023 – 49:34
Personal intelligence with Mustafa Suleyman [AI miniseries]
Jun 21, 2023 – 53:53
Reflections on AI and season one
May 24, 2023 – 32:44
Ariel Ekblaw on the future of space exploration
May 17, 2023 – 54:18
Sam Altman and Greg Brockman on AI and the future
May 3, 2023 – 01:01:39
Jaime Teevan on the future of work
Apr 26, 2023 – 56:57
Bryan Stevenson on the future of criminal justice
Apr 19, 2023 – 01:00:30
Janette Sadik-Khan on the future of cities
Apr 12, 2023 – 51:17
Ben Nelson on the future of higher education
Apr 5, 2023 – 53:32
Saul Griffith on a clean energy future
Mar 29, 2023 – 01:00:21
Dr. Kim Budil on the future of fusion
Mar 22, 2023 – 50:53
Trevor Noah on the future of entertainment and AI
Mar 15, 2023 – 01:04:22
Introducing: Possible
Mar 14, 2023 – 01:39

Recent Reviews

Class of 1978

Very engaging, BUT!

I found this podcast through a recommendation from another podcast, and have listened to about 2 1/2 episodes. I really enjoyed the Mario B. episode. I know it is an older episode, but I was alarmed by some of the messages in the Mustafa Suleyman episode. I had a visceral reaction that I wanted to put in all caps: No! The loneliness epidemic that is largely caused by big tech will not be cured by big tech. Why do we have to keep learning this the hard way? I know that you are making an effort to talk about guard rails in every episode. I recommend that you seek out someone like Joanna Chiu, a journalist who writes about tech in China. I found out about her through following the writer Ruth Ben-Ghiat, who I also highly recommend. I will continue to listen to more of your podcasts.
NOVA 3.0

Inspiring & Illuminating

Thank you for creating in us the spark of imagination as reinvent technology!
gingermw

Fantastic podcast

Inspiring, hopeful, and a range of fascinating guests. I find myself being more excited about the potential technology can offer than the fearful doom and gloom of current media reporting. This is a much needed perspective in the tech innovation conversation.
slapsh0t11

Reid Hoffman can pull great guests, but he’s an annoying interviewer/persona

Reid Hoffman can pull great guests because he’s the rich LinkedIn guy, but he’s an annoying interviewer/persona. The podcast is also strangely edited, some awkward cuts between topics with no real transitions, and who even is the co-host?
coreofw

Interviews don’t follow the premise

They really need to change the premise of the podcast because none of their interviews respond to the prompt. It’s somewhat interesting but it doesn’t provoke any optimism or deep thoughts upon ending an episode.
Kamtchasky

Fascinating and triggers thinking

This is a wonderful podcast that brings points of view and insights that makes one think hard about the now and the future.
Kristie7275

Love this pod

I know next to nothing about Chat GPT, AI & am far from a techie but I love this show. We need more of these conversations in our everyday lives. I love that this podcast looks at the future with hope and not the doom and gloom we usually hear. Outside of Trevor Noah and Bryan Stevenson, I haven’t heard of most of these guests but they have all been fantastic and so interesting. Even though this is categorized as a “tech” podcast, I think it’s a lot more than that. It’s about the future, something that technology will undoubtedly play a large role in shaping, and what we can accomplish if we can get out of our own way as a society. To do this, we must learn to listen to different perspectives and work together to create a better future.
bpilot765

Impossible not to like.

This idea and show are freaking awesome. I think everyone will be able to find something to relate to in these episodes. And that it will be hard not to walk away enlightened and hopeful for the future, regardless of your background. There are so many topics to delve into (gene editing, lab-grown meat, inter-planetary travel/colonization, virtual reality, nano machines, and so on) that it will be a real treat to see what the focus is each time a new episode is dropped. Keep ‘em coming!
PandaParty612

Technical Positivity

What a rare delight these days to have a show focused on technical issues with a positive view. Love what you’re building here
evanseesred

Not as amazing as Masters of Scale but…

Still love listening to Reid in any context. Masters of Scale is still my favorite pod, but this seems cool too. Enjoyed his convo w Kara Swisher.
jmjmjmjmjm!

Reid - you’re building what’s next!

Love this - a fun intersection of the right now, interesting and un-boring takes, wit, a gentle intro to the future, and what we can do with it! 👏
Steve Hellman

Outstanding discussion

This is a well-organized, thought-provoking and engaging conversation
Jaimerto

Great first episode

What a needed addition to the media landscape of actionable optimism. I had no idea about Trever Noah’s tech consulting experience all these years and was very impressed with the hosts’ conversations to stay at his level (as I was expecting the opposite). My fav insight was around analyzing chatgpt and our opportunity to see humanity and our contexts anew through the lens of this non-human perspective growing up right now. And my second was the perspective that humans take a lot to change (our egos being a big part of that) but changing computational bias, once caught, is just a patch away.
toooooootooooshi

Beautifully produced

Thought provoking and so nice to listen to!