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…

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…

You can now pre-order the Flash Forward book!

Today we travel to a future where you can retire to a nursing home… in space.  Guests: Anicca Harriot — PhD candidate at the University of Maryland School of medicine…

Today we travel to a future where super-bandages can heal wounds really fast. Sound like science fiction? Well it might be closer than you think!   Guests: Dr. Daniel Cohen —…

Today we travel to a future where archaeology accidentally runs out of usable ancient DNA.  Guests: Dr. Keolu Fox — assistant professor at UC San Diego, Indigenous Futures Lab Dr.…

Today we travel to a future where there is no future, because today we’re considering how the universe ends. Plus: how to cope with feeling freaked out by the end…

Today we travel to a future where you can sell your personal data directly to a company, to get a better deal on a car or a house or a…

Today we travel to a future where humans decide to start relocating species to save them from climate change.  Guests: Jason McLachlan — associate professor of ecology at the University…

Today we travel to a future where a global government institutes a one-child policy on every single family.  Guests: Dr. Jade Sasser — Associate professor of gender and sexuality studies…