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 if AI can become conscious
Jun 11, 2025 – 18:11
Yuval Noah Harari on trust, the dangers of AI, power, and revolutions
Jun 4, 2025 – 51:29
Reid riffs on AI companions, human friends, and age gates
May 28, 2025 – 20:02
Alexis Ohanian on the future of online and offline communities
May 21, 2025 – 53:53
Reid riffs on PBCs, jobs and automation, and AI access for kids
May 14, 2025 – 18:31
Jane Goodall on Hope, AI, and the Natural World
May 7, 2025 – 59:17
Reid riffs on antitrust, AI coworkers, and Chinese manufacturing
Apr 30, 2025 – 22:15
Derek Thompson on AI, abundance, and human progress
Apr 23, 2025 – 53:47
Reid riffs on Tobi’s memo, AI and play, and the tweet that cost trillions
Apr 16, 2025 – 14:53
Demis Hassabis on AI, game theory, multimodality, and the nature of creativity
Apr 9, 2025 – 56:40
Reid riffs on Signal, AI for cancer detection, and GPT-4o image generation
Apr 2, 2025 – 14:47
Andrew Bosworth on AI, wearables, and mixed reality
Mar 26, 2025 – 50:29
Re-release of Trevor Noah | Celebrating two years of Possible!
Mar 21, 2025 – 01:16:46
Reid riffs on AI as “American Intelligence” and a prediction from Anthropic’s CEO
Mar 19, 2025 – 17:18
Dana Griffin on AI, belonging, and intergenerational connection
Mar 12, 2025 – 56:55
Reid riffs on AI wearables, quantum, and Deep Research
Mar 5, 2025 – 26:44
Latanya Sweeney on AI, trust, and privacy
Feb 26, 2025 – 56:48
Reid riffs on the AI race with China and if the US should regulate AI
Feb 19, 2025 – 13:29
BONUS: Pioneers of AI: Love in the Age of AI
Feb 14, 2025 – 49:56
Anja Manuel on AI, China, and national security
Feb 12, 2025 – 01:00:51
Reid and AIs riff on what could go right with AI
Feb 5, 2025 – 29:48
Greg Beato on superagency, AI, and the cognitive industrial revolution
Jan 29, 2025 – 57:53
Bret Taylor on conversational AI, voice, and agents
Jan 22, 2025 – 01:07:14
Fei-Fei Li on spatial intelligence and human-centered AI
Jan 15, 2025 – 44:13
PRESENTING: Pioneers of AI with Dr. Rana El Kaliouby and Musician Taryn Southern
Dec 25, 2024 – 37:29
Artful Intelligence | Ep 3: Paul Trillo on Music Video x AI
Dec 18, 2024 – 56:57
Artful Intelligence | Ep 2: Elise Swopes on Photography x AI
Dec 11, 2024 – 49:28
Introducing: Artful Intelligence | Ep 1: Malick Lombion on Hyperlapse x AI
Dec 4, 2024 – 51:30
Spencer Hyman on flavor and chocolate
Nov 27, 2024 – 45:24
Reid riffs on AI and public service technology
Nov 20, 2024 – 12:46
Devshi Mehrotra on AI, justice, and public defense
Nov 13, 2024 – 49:41
Reid riffs on Bill Gates and promising technology developments
Nov 6, 2024 – 09:17
Feed Drop: Reid Hoffman: Entrepreneurship, AI, and the Battle for Democracy
Nov 5, 2024 – 34:10
Feed Drop: Masters of Scale: President Bill Clinton in conversation with Reid Hoffman
Nov 4, 2024 – 36:16
Bill Gates on possibility, AI, and humanity
Oct 30, 2024 – 01:11:24
Reid riffs on iterative development and cultural differences
Oct 23, 2024 – 13:41
James Manyika on global AI and inclusion
Oct 16, 2024 – 47:19
Reid riffs on the next generation of LLMs
Oct 9, 2024 – 12:25
Sean White on Inflection and AI frontiers
Oct 2, 2024 – 41:55
Reid riffs on Silicon Valley, politics, and the election
Sep 25, 2024 – 16:47
Sarah Longwell on politics, AI, and elections
Sep 18, 2024 – 01:12:09
Reid riffs on his personal history with AI
Sep 11, 2024 – 11:19
Daphne Koller on drug discovery and AI
Sep 4, 2024 – 01:00:47
Reid riffs on the future of human connectivity
Aug 28, 2024 – 09:40
Nick Thompson on our AI future
Aug 21, 2024 – 54:01
Reid riffs on AI regulation
Aug 14, 2024 – 14:03
Gina Raimondo on AI, government, and commerce
Aug 7, 2024 – 34:07
Reid riffs on AI agents and investments
Jul 31, 2024 – 14:55
Ashton Kutcher on AI and investing
Jul 24, 2024 – 42:27
Reid riffs on building better cities
Jul 17, 2024 – 11:26

Recent Reviews

ihatenicknames99

Lose Aria Finger

Reid is great. Aria Finger is weak, and the contrived vocal fry is like fingernails on a chalkboard….
Zutedude

Every week is even more interesting than the last!

I’ve been a long time listener of Possible and would highly recommend to any technocrats OR philosophers. There’s a little bit of something for everyone in this podcast
〽️J

Education Elevation Ecosytem

An edifying community for those in practice and on the precipice of reinventing today for a better tomorrow w/ bleeding edge technology.
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.
Aegos1

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!