Are We Really Doomed?

Hope means believing there’s a future. But can hope co-exist with cataclysmic realities like climate change, or disruptive technological advances like artificial intelligence? What’s ahead for future generations? Guests: Roy Scranton, Anne Lamott, Amy Webb, Victor LaValle, Robert Zubrin

We’ve all been there, that place where we feel hope slipping away. Maybe we’ve even lost hope. This hour we talk with people who’ve turned that around and made hope real, whether it’s through political activism, faith, music, or reading a life-changing novel. Guests: DeRay Mckesson, Lydia Hester, Serene Jones, Megan Stielstra, Common

Is hope something we’re innately born with, or something we can choose to have? We talk with people who tell us where they think hope lives in ourselves and our communities. Guests: Andre Willis, Steven Pinker, Tali Sharot, Alice Walker, Chigozie Obioma, Claire Peaslee

In this three-part series, the producers of "To The Best Of Our Knowledge" interrogate hope. Where does hope come from? Can we make it ourselves? And can we hang on to it, even if it feels like we're doomed?