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The Anti-Catastrophe League, informed by the author’s experience of working in the field of what is known as existential risk, tells the story of a species that is working out how to defuse several bombs at once. From ancient risks to very modern apocalypses, the book charts the imminent dangers to the human race and introduces listeners to the groups of scientists, eccentrics, diplomats and visionaries who are doing everything in their considerable power to prevent the worst from befalling us.

Britain has lost its optimism. We are becoming less well-off, less influential, and less able to build even the most basic quantities of housing and infrastructure.But what if it didn't have to be that way? What if the future were something that we could look forward to? Somewhere that Britons could feel at home in?This is not an impossible dream. From the thatched space station that is home to their studio, Tom Ough and Calum Drysdale present Anglofuturism. In each episode, the hosts beam up a guest with an ambitious but achievable idea that could help pull Britain from her morass. If enacted...