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24 alternatives to This American Life - 572: Transformers

People undertaking major life transformations

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This American Life - 572: Transformers launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   This American Life - 562: The problem we all live with▲89

   First of a two-part series rethinking and reinvent education

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Life 3.0▲92

   Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Take Back the Day - Robotics▲53

   Simon imagines Sam as an artificial intelligence. And stuff.

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Documentary - What Should We Teach Our Kids?▲69

   Robots gobbling up ever more human jobs

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   This American Life - How to Win Friends and Influence People▲76

   Stories of people climbing to be number one.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   This American Life - Something Only I Can See▲77

   This week: people trying to show others what they see

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Fourth Transformation▲74

   How AR & AI will change everything

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Small Move, Big Change▲73

   Using microresolutions to transform your life permanently

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Millennial - Making Millennial: An Out-Of-Body Experience▲71

   A bonus episode

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    LiveSurface▲89

    Visualize your design in the real world.

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Dudes of Disruption - Episode 2: Disrupting the Automatics▲55

    Explore what we do automatically based on our core beliefs

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    This American Life - That's One Way to Do It▲58

    People who come up with innovative (& unusual) solutions

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Metaskills▲61

    Five Talents for the Robotic Age

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    SwapBots▲77

    Augmented reality toys for creative play

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Transformers Rescue Bots: Hero Adventures▲70

    Rescue civilians from hazardous disasters and evil Morbots!

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Love Your Work w/ David Kadavy – The Behavioral Revolution (Not The Information Revolution)▲56

    How technology can shape behavior

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Natural-Born Cyborgs▲57

    Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Radical Culture: Episode One▲70

    About how and why we work, and how to give work more meaning

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Humani: Jessie’s Story▲76

    A conversation-based narrative game

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Lifetramp▲95

    Be someone else for a day.

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Dudes of Disruption Ep 5 - Planning from The Future and Not Your Past▲52

    The power of living in your present based on a declaration

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Will VR make us better humans?▲105

    An illustrated explainer, from Hardbound.

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Rise of the Robots▲67

    Technology and the threat of a jobless future

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Hidden Brain: Ep. 41: Defeated: Losing Hurts (In Surprising Ways)▲55

    A conversation about life's unseen patterns

    2016 · its alternatives →

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