Flash Forward
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.
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Flash Back to the Future: Flight Shame, Genetic...
Why are Swedes flying less? Who bought GED Match? And what the heck is happening with the census?
39 min
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Flash Back to the Future: Mosquitoes, UBI, Coro...
Today is a very special ~~surprise~~ episode! We revisit three past futures, and talk about what's happened since we visited them.
39 min
78
POWER: Mothers Against Digital Danger
48 min
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POWER: The Sleeping Lion
Today’s episode is about a future in which China supplants the US as the dominant world superpower.
41 min
80
POWER: Weird Flux But OK
Today’s episode is about nuclear fusion, a technology that might save us all or might be a complete waste of time and money.
45 min
81
POWER: 1919 (Episode 100!)
It’s the 100th episode!!!!!! To mix things up, today we’re traveling to the 1919 to see how three different events shaped the last 100 years, and will continue to shape the future.
52 min
82
POWER: Time After Time
Today we travel to a future where we can travel through time. Is it possible? Would you kill Hitler? Would it matter?
35 min
83
CRIME: Moon Court
On today’s episode we take everything we’ve learned so far about the future of crime, and take it to space.
42 min
84
CRIME: CSI++
What happens when just a few skin cells can make you suspect number one?
57 min
85
CRIME: Can You Sue An Algorithm?
Today we travel to a future where algorithms can be put on trial.
52 min
86
CRIME: I Can See My House From Here!
Today we travel to a future where satellites can catch criminals.
53 min
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CRIME: Jaw & Order
Today we travel to a future where your face can be held against you.
55 min
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BODIES: Ghostbot
Today we travel to a future where dying isn’t the end.
54 min
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BODIES: Switcheroo
Today we travel to a future where we can swap bodies with one another. Would you trade places with someone?
45 min
90
BODIES: This Is Not A Test
Today we travel to a future where all animal testing is banned. What are the alternatives? What can we do without using animals, and what can’t we do?
52 min
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BODIES: InkRx
Today we travel to a future where we can tattoo sensors right onto our skin. What happens when you can get a live readout of everything from glucose to hormones to hydration levels built into a tattoo?
52 min
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BODIES: Enter Night
Today we travel to a future where humans can see at night. What happens when we expand our vision out into the darkness? How does that impact everything from work, to architecture, to poaching to horror movies? And is it even possible?
55 min
93
EARTH: The Ocean Farm
Today we travel to a future where fisheries collapse, and we turn the ocean into a giant farm.
55 min
94
EARTH: The Cement Ban
49 min
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EARTH: The Desert Creep
Today, we travel to the deserts. Or, actually, the deserts travel to us. What happens if dust swallows up over 30% of the planet?
51 min
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EARTH: The Polar Flip
What would happen if Earth's magnetic field reversed? Turns out it's happened before.
55 min
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EARTH: The Sunshade
52 min
98
Season Five Coming Soon!
2 min
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Snip Snip Snip
61 min
100
Water Would Be Nice
41 min