Flash Forward

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Flash Forward is a show about possible (and not so possible) future scenarios. What would the warranty on a sex robot look like? How would diplomacy work if we couldn’t lie? Could there ever be a fecal transplant black market? (Complicated, it wouldn’t, and yes, respectively, in case you’re curious.) Hosted and produced by award winning science journalist Rose Eveleth, each episode combines audio drama and journalism to go deep on potential tomorrows, and uncovers what those futures might really be like. The future is going to be weird, so let's get ready for it together.

Today we do a bit of spelunking into the history of Flash Forward, revisit last year’s anniversary, and talk about how the future sausage gets made.
Today we do a bit of spelunking into the history of Flash Forward, revisit last year’s anniversary, and talk about how the future sausage gets made. Things I talked about on today's episode. Tamara Krinsky’s work The limits of empathy A Queen of Sorts
Today’s episode is about a future where humans decide to live underground. Guests: Dr. Brian Toon, an atmospheric scientist and professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder Jason Wright, a tour guide and resident of Coober Pedy, Australia Dr. Youqin Huang, a professor at Albany State University who studies housing …
Today’s episode is about a future where humans decide to live underground. Guests: Dr. Brian Toon, an atmospheric scientist and professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder Jason Wright, a tour guide and resident of Coober Pedy, Australia Dr. Youqin Huang, a professor at Albany State University who studies housing …
Today’s episode is about a future where humans decide to live underground. Guests: Dr. Brian Toon, an atmospheric scientist and professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder Jason Wright, a tour guide and resident of Coober Pedy, Australia Dr. Yo
Today’s episode is about a future where we (try to) mine asteroids for resources.
Today’s episode is about a future where we (try to) mine asteroids for resources. Guests: Atossa Abrahamian, a journalist who’s written about space mining and is working on a new book about “places in the world where the rules don’t (fully) apply.” Dr
Today’s episode is about a future where we (try to) mine asteroids for resources.
Today’s episode is all about the future of cities. Do we want them to be smart? What does that even mean? Guests: Ben Passmore, a comic artist and contributor to the Flash Forward book! Annalee Newitz, a science journalist, science fiction writer, and author of Four Lost Cities: A Secret …
Today’s episode is all about the future of cities. Do we want them to be smart? What does that even mean? Guests: Ben Passmore, a comic artist and contributor to the Flash Forward book! Annalee Newitz, a science journalist, science fiction writer, and author of Four Lost Cities: A Secret …
Today’s episode is all about the future of cities. Do we want them to be smart? What does that even mean? Guests: Ben Passmore, a comic artist and contributor to the Flash Forward book! Annalee Newitz, a science journalist, science fiction writer, an
Today’s episode is about a future without touch. Guests: Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist currently working at the Georgetown Center for Global Health, Science and Security but soon to be head of her own lab up at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Catherine Cudlick, a historian and the Director or …
Today’s episode is about a future without touch. Guests: Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist currently working at the Georgetown Center for Global Health, Science and Security but soon to be head of her own lab up at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Catherine Cudlick, a historian and the Director or …
Today’s episode is about a future without touch. Guests: Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist currently working at the Georgetown Center for Global Health, Science and Security but soon to be head of her own lab up at the University of Saskatchewan.
Today we travel to a future where we become immune to every poison, venom and toxin in the world. What happens next?
WELCOME BACK TO FLASH FORWARD! Today we travel to a future where we become immune to every poison, venom and toxin in the world. What happens next? Guests: Dr. Bryan Fry — biochemist and molecular biologist at the University of Queensland Dr. Christi
Today we travel to a future where we become immune to every poison, venom and toxin in the world. What happens next?
We revisit three past futures, and see what's happened since our field trip.
Today we travel to three past futures, and update you on recent developments! How has COVID brought us closer to robot teachers? Why did Oregon vote to decriminalize all drugs? And what the heck is going on with the antitrust suits against Google and Face
Today’s episode is the LAST OF THE SEASON! And we're getting weird. What if there wasn't just this one timeline, this one universe, but tons and tons of and tons of universes all around us all the time? Constantly splitting and forming? Well it turns out that there is an …