Today we travel to a future where we start putting devices in people’s brains to reduce crime.   Guests: Stephen Kinzer, a journalist and author of Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb…

Today we do a bit of spelunking into the history of Flash Forward, revisit last year’s anniversary, and talk about how the future sausage gets made.  Things I talked about…

Today we travel to a future where everybody lives underground.  Guests: Dr. Brian Toon, an atmospheric scientist and professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Jason Wright, a tour guide…

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…

Today 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,…

Today 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…

Today 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…

Today 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?…

For 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…

Today 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…