SHOW NOTES: Swan Songs and Souls: What’s Even Real Anymore?
From the Grounded Geeks podcast / your co-hosts Aman and Lena
Have you spent a lot of time wondering what’s real and what’s not? What has a soul and what doesn’t? Where will our future and technology take us next? Well if you watch Apple TV’s Swan Song, you’ll be thinking about all of those things a lot. You’ll also think about cloning way more than you’re used to. This movie had us talking about the philosopher Descartes, Einstein’s theory of relativity, cloning humans, souls, and what we would all be willing to sacrifice for the people we love—even if it meant lying to them. LOTS TO UNPACK in this one. Enjoy!
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Some links to help you geek out EVEN MORE:
- If you haven’t already, check out the trailer for Swan Song here:
- How director Benjamin Cleary cloned Mahershala Ali in ‘Swan Song’
- ‘Swan Song’ is a high-concept melodrama that’s heavy on the drama, light on the concept
- Geek Review: Swan Song (Apple TV+)
- This was weird to read about (and also gave further proof that cloning is very much happening right now): The people cloning their pets
- Read all about the philosopher René Descartes (who we mentioned on our episode) here.
