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’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
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 …
Waste Not Want Not Dec. 22, 2020
Today’s episode is all about trash. What if every country had to deal with its own garbage instead of shipping it elsewhere? Did you know what trash is bought and sold on a global market? What would happen if that market was shut down? Guests: Dr. Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood — lecturer …
Waste Not Want Not Dec. 22, 2020
Today’s episode is all about trash. What if every country had to deal with its own garbage instead of shipping it elsewhere? Did you know what trash is bought and sold on a global market? What would happen if that market was shut down? Guests: Dr. Ifes
Is Anybody Out There? Dec. 8, 2020
What happens if we find aliens? What if they find us?
Is Anybody Out There? Dec. 8, 2020
Today’s episode is all about contact. Have we really discovered alien life on Venus? How do you even look for life when you don't know what it will look like? What would happen if we did find it? Should we be sending messages out into the universe? Are al
Is Anybody Out There? Dec. 8, 2020
What happens if we find aliens? What if they find us?
Home Sweet Home Nov. 24, 2020
What if everybody had a place to live?
Home Sweet Home Nov. 24, 2020
What if everybody had a place to live?
Home Sweet Home Nov. 24, 2020
Today we travel to a future where housing is guaranteed and provided to everybody. Guests: Amanda Vail — Director of communications at Plymouth Housing Dr. Sam Tsemberis — Founder of Pathways Housing First and author of Housing First Manual: The Path
Give The Land Back? Nov. 10, 2020
Today we travel to a future where the US and Canada give stolen land back to tribes & bands.
Give The Land Back? Nov. 10, 2020
Today we travel to a future where the US and Canada give stolen land back to tribes & bands. Guests: Molly Swain — cohost of Métis in Space, studying in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. Chelsea Vowel — cohost of Metis i
Give The Land Back? Nov. 10, 2020
Today we travel to a future where the US and Canada give stolen land back to tribes & bands.
Votes for All! Oct. 27, 2020
Today we travel to a future where voting rights are extended to lots more people in the United States including non-citizens, 16-year-olds, and convicted felons. Guests: Dr. Ron Hayduk — professor of political science at San Francisco State University, and author of Democracy for All Ashawn Dabney- Small — candidate …
Votes for All! Oct. 27, 2020
Today we travel to a future where voting rights are extended to lots more people in the United States including non-citizens, 16-year-olds, and convicted felons. Guests: Dr. Ron Hayduk — professor of political science at San Francisco State University
Double Trouble Oct. 13, 2020
Today we travel to a future where we all have digital replicas of ourselves to deploy at faculty meetings, doctors appointments, and even dates.
Double Trouble Oct. 13, 2020
Today we travel to a future where we all have digital replicas of ourselves to deploy at faculty meetings, doctors appointments, and even dates. Guests: Lars Buttler — CEO of the AI Foundation Damien Patrick Williams — PhD candidate at Virginia Tech
Double Trouble Oct. 13, 2020
Today we travel to a future where we all have digital replicas of ourselves to deploy at faculty meetings, doctors appointments, and even dates.
Boss Bot Sept. 29, 2020
Today we travel to a future where you’re guaranteed a job, but there’s a catch: your job is assigned to you by an algorithm.
Boss Bot Sept. 29, 2020
🚨 Pre-order the Flash Forward book today! 🚨 Subscribe to Open World here Today we travel to a future where you’re guaranteed a job, but there’s a catch: your job is assigned to you by an algorithm. Guests: Dr. Pavlina Tcherneva — professor of economic