Listen now (43 min) | In the latest episode of Futureverse, hosts Molly and Ramanan interview Ruthanna Emrys, an acclaimed author known for her thought-provoking Lovecraftian novels. Like in all of her books, her latest novel A Half-Built Garden challenges inherent biases and explores themes of empathy, humanity, chosen family, and otherness in the context of climate change. During their conversation, Ruthanna emphasizes the importance of adapting to new problems and the idea that there is no utopian point where everything is solved.