On this edition of Road Gang Radio, hosts Jimmy Mac and Lindsay Lawler welcome Dr. Peter Solomon, scientist, educator, and author of the groundbreaking new novel 100 Years to Extinction: The Tyranny of Technology and the Fight for a Better Future (Munn Avenue Press, September 9, 2025).

Inspired by Stephen Hawking’s chilling 2017 warning that humanity has only 100 years left to survive on Earth, Solomon’s near-future novel imagines what happens when technology outpaces human wisdom — and how a new generation rises to fight for our planet’s survival.

The story follows Liz and Aster Arvad and their cousin Milo, three young people coming of age in a world fractured by climate change, political polarization, pandemics, and the runaway forces of artificial intelligence and genetic engineering. After a violent act of extremism changes ...