Futures in Black
KashFutures in Black is a podcast and publication exploring Black liberation through an Afrofuturist lens — from end-stage capitalism to Black imagination as technology. Hop in this DeLorean, baby. We’re rewriting the timeline.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 9 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 10 months ago |
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Black Minds Still Hold Power
Human Thought Still Matters
Every day I see another tool drop that promises to generate content, copy, websites, designs—whatever you need—without you having to think. And honestly? It works.
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All Black Folks Are Futurists
By design.
We were born this way.
From the rise of humanity out of the womb of Mama Africa.
Our first voyages across continents
were a manifestation of dreams
of lands we had never seen.
Across endless oceans,
we always knew there wa...
The American Dream Is a Sales Funnel
America’s real innovation was marketing.
Goddamn, this nation can sell a dream. It’s been doing it masterfully since its campaign to abandon Britain’s colonization mission for its own. The truth is, America has always cared more about the...
Episode 4: Futureproofing Black Joy
We always say joy and rest are forms of resistance—but what if they’re more than that? In this deeply personal and expansive episode, we explore how joy, rest, healing, and emotional sovereignty aren’t the rewards of liberation—they’re the...
Antebellum Echoes: How AI Automation Replays a Dangerous Past — and How Black Futures Break the Pattern
Why Does This Feel Familiar?
Capitalism is weak.
The people it exploits are the only strength it has in its brittle little backbone. Take away its ability to extract, and it becomes paralyzed. It doesn’t know what to do with itself — b...
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Nerdy. Neurodivergent. Black-futurist auntie with a mic and a bone to pick with capitalism. I write about liberation, imagination, and the tech futures they never meant for us to survive.
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