<p><a href="https://www.madelineashby.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Madeline Ashby</a> is a freelance futurist and author of <a href="https://www.madelineashby.com/writing/glass-houses/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Glass Houses</a>, a near-future sci-fi thriller about creepy tech, creepier tech bros, and the woman who dares challenge both. The first Unfrozen interview with a novelist takes us on a journey to desert islands, bland design-hotel furniture, evil architecture tropes, and much more.</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: "I Still Wear the Uniform," by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Show Notes:</p><p>- Previous work:</p><ul> <li>- <a href="https://www.madelineashby.com/writing/company-town/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Company Town</a></li></ul><ul> <li>- The <a href="https://www.madelineashby.com/writing/the-machine-dynasty-omnibus/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Machine Dynasty</a> series</li></ul><p>- <a href="https://www.ocadu.ca/node/100054954" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Strategic Foresight and Innovation Program </a>- OCAD University</p><p>- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Dark_House_(1932_film)" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Old Dark House</a>, 1932</p><p>- <a href="https://legacy.iftf.org/aonm/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Institute for the Future - Age of Networked Matter</a></p><p>- <a href="https://www.hauntedobjectspodcast.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Haunted Objects</a>, Greg and Dana Newkirk</p><p>- Major inspo: Michael Mann movies</p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113277/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Heat</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091474/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Manhunter" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Manhunter</a></li></ul><p>- <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568346/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo </a></p><p>- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_Stand_Alone_Complex" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex</a></p><p>- David Cronenberg's Brutalist Toronto</p><p>- Toshiya Ueno and "<a href="https://networkcultures.org/geertlovink-archive/interviews/interview-with-toshiya-ueno/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Cultural Odorlessness</a>" </p><p>- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross collaboration on Halsey's 2021 album "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Can%27t_Have_Love,_I_Want_Power" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power</a>."</p><p>- The tendency of AI to generate from the baseline average of all things on the internet - usually porn, maybe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentai" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">hentai</a></p><p>- "<a href="https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/domestic-violence-a-new-short-story-from-madeline-ashby.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Domestic Violence</a>," Madeline Ashby, Slate, 2018</p><p>- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Bee" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Samantha Bee</a> - "Excuse Me, Do You Have a Moment to Talk About Canada?"</p><p>- <a href="https://thenetworkstate.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Network states</a></p><p>- <a href="https://tech.cornell.edu/news/new-cornell-tech-course-helping-cities-reboot/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Augmented Cities</a>, Cornell Tech</p><p>- The decline of dating apps and replacement by AI bot boyfriends and girlfriends / The fracking of human consciousness</p><p>- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">DARVO</a></p><p>- Movie version would almost certainly star <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen_Bell" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Kristen Bell</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen_Stewart" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Kristen Stewart</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>