Today we travel to a future where humans (try to) mine asteroids for resources. Guests: Atossa Abrahamian, a journalist who’s written about space mining and is working on a new…
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What If Our Cities Were Smart?
April 27, 2021Today we travel to a future where cities get smarter…whatever that means. Guests: Ben Passmore, a comic artist and contributor to the Flash Forward book! Annalee Newitz, a science journalist,…
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What If We Could Never Touch Again?
April 13, 2021Today we travel to a future where you can’t touch anything. Guests: Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist currently working at the Georgetown Center for Global Health, Science and Security but…
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What If You Could Be Immune To Everything?
March 30, 2021Today 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…
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Back To The Future: Robot Teachers, Drug Decriminalization, Anti-Trust Extravaganza
February 2, 2021Today 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?…
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GOODBYE SEASON SIX, GOODBYE 2020
January 11, 2021For the past several years I’ve wrapped up each season with a debrief and recap post like this one. (You can see 2019, 2018, and 2017 here. I have no…
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Enter The Alternate Timeline
January 5, 2021Today we travel to a future that’s actually the present, just a little bit different. That’s right, this week we’re visiting parallel universes! Guests: Dr. Sean Carroll — professor of…
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Waste Not Want Not
December 22, 2020Today we travel to a future where every nation has to deal with its own garbage. Guests: Dr. Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood — lecturer in sustainable development at the University of St.…
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Is Anybody Out There?
December 8, 2020Today we travel to a future where we make contact. What happens if we find aliens? What if they find us? Guests: Dr. Clara Sousa — quantum astrochemist at Harvard…
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Home Sweet Home
November 24, 2020Today 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…