Flash Forward15 Sep 2020

Halfway To Heaven

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
Dustin Gibson — Access, Disability and Language Justice Coordinator at PeoplesHub
Dr. Tracie Prater — Aerospace Engineer at NASA

Voice Actors:

Tour Guide: Emma Bracy
Noah: Bretty Tubbs
Marco: Tamara Krinsky

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Flash Forward is produced by me, Rose Eveleth. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky.

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