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The Commute From Hell

November 20, 2018

Getting from one place to another is hard. What if we could just teleport? From the physics of how this would work (it wouldn’t) to the ripple effects on politics, urban development, and tourism, this episode is all about what would happen if we could zip instantly from one place to another.

Guests

(Paper from the advertisement: Time to End the Use of Genetic Test Results in Life Insurance Underwriting)

Further Reading

Flash Forward is produced by me, Rose Eveleth. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. The teleportation attendant from the future was played by Tamara Krinsky. Tamara is the host of the science & technology show TOMORROW’S WORLD TODAY, which you can watch on Amazon, right now. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky.

If you want to suggest a future we should take on, send us a note on Twitter, Facebook or by email at info@flashforwardpod.com. We love hearing your ideas! And if you think you’ve spotted one of the little references I’ve hidden in the episode, email us there too. If you’re right, I’ll send you something cool.

And if you want to support the show, there are a few ways you can do that too! Head to www.flashforwardpod.com/support for more about how to give. But if that’s not in the cards for you, you can head to iTunes and leave us a nice review or just tell your friends about us. Those things really do help.

That’s all for this future, come back next time and we’ll travel to a new one.

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Year in Review 2019: Podcasts – Certain of Eventual Failure February 29, 2020 at 8:22 pm

[…] Flash ForwardSynopsis: Rose Eveleth explores possible (and not-so-possible) futures.This year Eveleth divided the season into four miniseries, each centered around a particular theme. In addition, the intro sections (short audio fictions where we travel to the future being talked about) for each episode in a given miniseries all took place within the same context: a Shark Tank-esque reality show in a post-climate disaster world, a group of friends having a weekly video chat, and a high school debate class relitigating lawsuits. Personally, I appreciated the sense of cohesion that each miniseries had, and I think the intros let Eveleth really flex her creative muscles. Unfortunately, it seems there was a vocal contingent of fans who strongly disagreed, so the linked intros were nixed for the final miniseries and there will be no more miniseries going forward. And I’m kind of peeved about it.Best episodes of the year: “EARTH: The Cement Ban”, “BODIES: Switcheroo”, “CRIME: Can You Sue An Algorithm?”, “POWER: Weird Flux But OK”Good places to start: “Expiration Date”, “Revenge Of The Retweet”, “Robocrop”, “Our Father, Who Art in Algorithm”, “The Grey Dawn”, “The Commute from Hell” […]

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