Episodios

  • We Are As Gods - Trailer
    Aug 25 2022

    “We are as gods and might as well get good at it.”

    These are the opening lines that radical thinker, environmentalist, and technologist Stewart Brand wrote for The Whole Earth Catalog. His thesis—that humans should use our god-like powers to build a better way to live—is at the core of his extraordinary life.

    At key historical moments in the 20th century, Stewart Brand was behind the scenes shaping things. As founding editor of Wired Magazine Kevin Kelly says, “Stewart has a Forest Gump-like superpower—he can sense where the future is and be there.” From acid tests to space odysseys to modern environmentalism to social networks and open source technology, Stewart was there early on - posing the framing questions, marching in the streets, running the camera, gathering the experts, and then, before the scene got boring, running out the back door.

    Stewart has never shied away from controversy. Some of his ideas have drawn fire and accusations of betrayal from his former allies, but Stewart isn’t afraid of a fight. Now in his 80’s, he looks to leave a legacy for the future with his Long Now Foundation, which urges humans to think beyond our limited lifespans and consider the longer ecological time frames of our epoch.

    He’s also trying to bring back the woolly mammoth.

    We Are As Gods is a story from the directing duo behind the SXSW hit filmsThe Immortalists and Bill Nye: Science Guy, with sound design from Academy Award-nominated Peter Albretchsen, and a timeless and beautiful original score from Brian Eno.

    This 8 chapter, cinematic audio documentary marries psychedelia, counterculture, and futurism to chronicle an American polymath who has lived his intellectual life in public, tracing the journey of a mind that has shaped our culture, past, present and future.

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    3 mins
  • Prologue
    Sep 29 2022
    Figures from the counterculture, environmental movement, and Silicon Valley introduce Stewart Brand, an optimistic iconoclast with a flair for making the future happen.
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    14 mins
  • Episode 1: The Counterculture
    Sep 29 2022

    A young Army officer from Rockford, Illinois discovers LSD and joins the counterculture. Breaking through the staleness of mainstream America, he organizes an acid-propelled festival that brings thousands of hippies together and fuels a movement.

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    49 mins
  • Episode 2: Picturing The Whole Earth
    Sep 29 2022
    On a rooftop in San Francisco, Stewart has an acid trip that changes how humanity sees the world. He campaigns NASA to release a picture of the earth from space.
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    43 mins
  • Episode 3: The Whole Earth Catalog
    Sep 29 2022
    Stewart creates The Whole Earth Catalog, a publication Steve Jobs would later call “one of the bibles of [his] generation.” The catalog gives people access to tools and information like never before. But at the height of its success, Stewart stops it in its tracks.
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    49 mins
  • Episode 4: Cyberculture
    Sep 29 2022
    Stewart helps write the origin story of the personal computing revolution. He founds one of the first online social networks. At the frontier of technology, his optimism clashes with the dangers of the early Internet.
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    44 mins
  • Episode 5: California Government
    Sep 29 2022
    Stewart’s do-it-yourself, libertarian attitude is turned on its head when he takes a job with California Governor Jerry Brown. His efforts on sustainability find traction, but when he becomes obsessed with space colonies, critics accuse him of having his head in the stars.
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    39 mins
  • Episode 6: Environmental Heretic
    Sep 29 2022
    Stewart changes his position on nuclear power, and begins to claim it’s key to an environmentally responsible future. He advocates for genetic engineering to rescue endangered species. His embrace of controversial technologies loses him lifelong friends and allies.
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    50 mins