Moonshot Radio

For the Season 1 finale of Moonshot Radio , we go to the moon. Recorded in San Diego at the start of April, during the Artemis II mission, this episode brings the season full circle: from asking what it means to be human in the age of technology, to asking what parts of humanity we would carry beyond Earth. I speak with Ben Haldeman , founder of LifeShip , a project creating monuments across space...

Can the future of the cloud be built in orbit? In this episode of Moonshot Radio , I speak with Phil Johnston , co-founder and CEO of Starcloud , about one of the boldest infrastructure ideas I’ve heard in a long time: putting data centers in space . We explore why rising AI demand is colliding with Earth’s constraints on energy, water, and land — and why space may become an unexpectedly practical...

Can politics be automated? In this episode of Moonshot Radio , I speak with political theorist and political economist Max Krahe about whether AI could ever replace politicians — and why democracy is about far more than optimization. Max argues that politics exists because human beings disagree: not just about the best means, but about values, goals, identity, and the shape of society itself. From...

Can virtual reality make us more empathetic? In this episode of Moonshot Radio , filmmaker and immersive media artist Gabo Arora explores how VR can move beyond entertainment and become a powerful tool for emotional connection. We talk about the promise and limits of immersive storytelling — what happens when audiences are no longer passive viewers but embodied participants. Does stepping into som...

Your DNA is everywhere. Who gets to read it—and what story will they tell? In this episode of Moonshot Radio , I speak with artist and biohacker Heather Dewey-Hagborg , known for reconstructing human faces from discarded DNA. Her groundbreaking project Stranger Visions exposed how easily genetic material can be collected from everyday objects, and how quickly it can be transformed into data, predi...

What does it mean to be human when our bodies can be redesigned, regenerated, and reprogrammed? In Episode 7 of Moonshot Radio , Linda Du is joined by Amy Karle , a pioneering bioartist and futurist working at the intersection of biotechnology, regenerative medicine, and the human body. Born with a life-threatening cranial defect, Amy’s personal history deeply informs her practice. Through living...

What if death could be treated as a pause? In this episode of Moonshot Radio , I speak with Emil Kendziorra , founder of tomorrow.bio , about cryopreservation (cryonics) as a real-world bridging technology — preserving people after legal death in the hope that future medicine can cure the underlying disease, reverse aging, and one day revive them. We unpack biostasis vs cryopreservation , why revi...

What if cities weren’t built around roads but around airspace? In this episode of Moonshot Radio, host  @du_mplings  sits down with Leo Kayali, founder of Invo Station, to explore a radical vision for the future of transportation: fully autonomous, electric flying vehicles designed to scale like cars. A former Tesla engineer, Leo shares how personal loss during COVID reshaped his sense of urgency...

Who gets to control the Earth’s thermostat? In this episode of Moonshot Radio , host Linda Du speaks with Luke Iseman , founder of Make Sunsets , a startup experimenting with solar geoengineering by releasing reflective particles into the stratosphere to cool the planet. Luke’s work has ignited global debate about ethics, governance, risk, and radical action in the face of climate collapse. This c...

What happens when life itself becomes programmable? In this episode of Moonshot Radio , host Linda Du speaks with Andrew Hessel: futurist, synthetic biologist, and co-founder of GP-write; about the radical shift underway in biology, where DNA is increasingly treated like software and living systems can be designed, edited, and built from scratch. Andrew explains how synthetic (or “digital”) biolog...

What happens when intimacy becomes something we can design, program, and scale? In this episode of Moonshot Radio, host Linda Du sits down with Philipp Fusenegger, founder of Cybrothel, to explore the emerging world of AI sex dolls, synthetic companionship, and the technologies reshaping human desire. We dive into: • How Cybrothel builds responsive AI sex dolls • Why synthetic relationships are be...

What happens to our sense of self when our bodies spill into screens, avatars and AI-generated worlds? In this episode of Moonshot Radio , host Linda Du speaks with interactive media artist Jo Ho about digital corporeality, the messy, material, and very physical reality behind our supposedly “immaterial” technologies. Together they explore: Why our phones, headsets and screens aren’t weightless at...

Welcome to Moonshot Radio , a show where we pause amid rapid technological change to ask deeper questions about the world we’re building. Each episode, host Linda Du speaks with the thinkers, artists, and innovators reprogramming our future. Together, we explore what’s coming next, how technology is reshaping our societies, and what it truly means to be human in the age of machines. Subscribe and...