
Kevin Ashton
Technologist and author who coined the term "Internet of Things" and ran an MIT lab that influenced smartphone technologies; author of The Story of Stories, which traces the history of storytelling technologies.
Top 3 podcasts with Kevin Ashton
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Mar 16, 2026 • 56min
The Story of Stories
Kevin Ashton, technologist and author who coined “Internet of Things,” offers a brisk mini-history of storytelling tech. He walks from fireside talk to smartphones. He explores how new media reshape belief, how algorithms amplify extremes, and why photorealistic AI could blur story and reality. Short, sharp, and thought-provoking.

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Mar 23, 2026 • 30min
We're Living Through a Storytelling Revolution
Martin Puckner, a Harvard literary scholar who studies how cultures preserve stories. Kevin Ashton, technologist who coined IoT and explores storytelling's role in human change. They discuss how stories shaped language and minds. They trace technology-driven storytelling revolutions from caves to smartphones. They argue cultural survival needs storage, borrowing, and humility.

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Mar 6, 2026 • 1h 11min
Ep 602 - Future Man (feat. Kevin Ashton)
Kevin Ashton, futurist and tech pioneer who coined the term Internet of Things, discusses big-picture tech and storytelling. He talks early IoT, the rise of smartphones and intuitive design, AI as a tool lacking human meaning, and how smartphones democratize storytelling. The conversation also covers deepfakes, the social power of stories, and the limits of long-term prediction.


