Flash Forward10 Nov 2021

ROBOTS: Will Robots Ever Defeat Human Athletes?

Today’s episode is part one in our FOUR PART MINI SEASON SERIES AND SHOW FINALE [airhorn noises]. We’re going out with a robotic bang: four episodes about four different ways that robots might impact your life in the future, starting with sports. Also, you'll hear a special announcement about the future of the show.

For more about that go here.

Guests:

Joe Choong, gold medalist in the Tokyo Olympic games in modern pentathlon.
Dr. Peter Stone, a professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Austin, and president of the International RoboCup Federation.
Jessica Luther and Dr. Brenda Elsey, two of the co-hosts of sports podcast Burn it All Down.
Dr. Rayvon Fouché, a professor of American studies at Purdue University.
Dr. Josh Siegel, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Michigan State University.
Brent Verdialez, founder and CEO of STRYK.

Voice Actors:

Rachael Deckard: Richelle Claiborne
Alex: Aiya Islam
Amanda: Emma Bracy
Chad: Brett Tubbs
Lina: Ashley Kellem
Brad: Brent Rose
Halimah: Zahra Noorbakhsh
Malik: Henry Alexander Kelly
Summer: Shara Kirby
Ashoka: Anjali Kunapaneni
Eliza: Chelsey B Coombs
Dorothy Levitt: Tamara Krinsky
John Dee: Keith Houston
Pierre Balck: Jarrett Sleeper

Music by Ilan Blanck.

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Flash Forward is hosted by, Rose Eveleth and produced by Julia Llinas Goodman. The intro music is by Asura and the outro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Mattie Lubchansky.

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