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Big Questions with Cal Fussman

Apr 21, 2026

Cal was 12 years old, bored out of his mind in junior high science class, waiting for the bell to ring. He had no idea his wandering brain was doing exactly what it was built to do – tell stories. We all carry the most extraordinary thing in the known universe around with us every day — and never really stop to look...


Apr 14, 2026

What do Clint Eastwood, a Montana snowstorm, and a herd of cattle have to do with artificial intelligence? Cal starts with the romance of the old cattle drives and the sound of the old show Rawhide, remembers the pull of the open range and a freezing night that made him question whether he’d even make it to the...


Apr 7, 2026

Cal Fussman walks into a theater expecting to see a documentary about artificial intelligence. He walks out with a new understanding of the future of work. Through a surprising connection to Super Mario, a landlord named Mario Segale, and the power of human serendipity, he uncovers a simple truth: The people who adapt...


Mar 24, 2026

The headlines keep leading us to believe that AI is coming for your job. But Cal Fussman poses a question no one else is asking. If humans stop earning… who’s left to buy what AI and the machines produce? As companies race toward automation, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang insists new human jobs will be created. Cal...


Mar 17, 2026

Cal plans to go out to the theater to watch the actor save the universe in Project Hail Mary. Cal doesn’t know exactly what’s going to happen, but he sees the plot as the perfect metaphor for how humans must look at the work in the age of AI. Gosling plays a middle school science teacher who wakes up in a rocket and...