Today we travel to a future where software engineers didn’t actually fix any of the Y2K bugs. What would have happened if we had ignored the problem? What lessons does…
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Hi again! I’m back with one more of these update episodes. Today we cover the growing “flight shame” movement, some interesting developments in the genetic genealogy space, and what’s going…
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Today is a very special ~~surprise~~ episode! I’ve been thinking about how to revisit old episodes, and give you folks updates on things that have happened since we covered certain…
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It’s hard to believe it’s already the end of 2019, the end of a decade, and, most importantly of course, the end of the Flash Forward season. Season five was…
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On the last mini-season of the year, we took on the idea of power. Literal power, figurative power, superpowers, historical power, individual power and more. POWER: The Complete Season was…
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Today we travel to a future where a coalition of concerned mothers convinces the United States to shut off the Internet. Guests: Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, journalist Chipo Dendere, assistant orofessor of…
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Today we travel to a future where China replaces the United States as the global superpower. What does that even mean? And how might China use its power differently than…
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Today we travel to a future where humans crack fusion and can generate huge amounts of power from the most common element on Earth with nearly no waste. Guests: Charles…
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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…
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Today we travel to a future where we can travel through time. Is it possible? Would you kill Hitler? Would it matter? Guests: Annalee Newitz, science journalist and author of…