Don’t Lie To Me
Today we travel to a future without lies. What would it be like if we all wore accurate lie detectors around all the time? In this episode we talk about when children learn to lie, the different soci...
16 Helmi 201620min
Love At First Bot
Right now there’s a whole lot of buzz about sex robots. Some people are really excited about them, and think we’ll be marrying robots by 2050. Other people are really worried about them, and are organ...
9 Helmi 201622min
Face Off
Welcome to season two of Flash Forward! We kicked off this season with a pretty unlikely future: the entire world goes face blind. In the episode we discuss what causes face blindness — also known a...
2 Helmi 201618min
Reputationville
What would it be like if we lived in a world where everything you do is subject to a rating dolled out by a combination of machines and other people?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...
20 Loka 201516min
Crossing
Every country has their own idiosyncratic rules and regulations for border crossings. But what if the whole process were standardized and run by a single organization?Learn more about your ad choices....
13 Loka 201514min
Bye Bye Binary
What if we lived in a world where gender was more like hair color — something you could change at will, and that had little bearing on what other people thought of you?Learn more about your ad choices...
6 Loka 201514min
The Carbon Gene
When it comes to climate change, there are a lot of researchers already thinking about how to equip crops and food animals with genes to help them withstand heat and parched conditions. But what about...
29 Syys 201517min
Unseen
In 2006, scientists described the world's first invisibility cloak. But there was a catch. It only worked in two dimensions, and on microwaves. But to what if scientists and engineers could created a ...
22 Syys 201515min
