17. Don’t Go To Manila

This episode we take on a future full of bioprinted replacement organs. You asked for more hopeful futures, this is about as hopeful as they get!   We start by hearing a bit about what the current org...

31 Okt 201732min

In this episode we travel to a world without bees. And not just honey bees, all bees.   You’ve probably heard a lot of doom and gloom predictions about what might happen if honey bees went extinct. Ma...

17 Okt 201725min

This episode we go to a future with pirates! There always has to be at least one pirate episode per season. This time it’s pharmaceutical pirates.   This episode was inspired by a new book by Annalee ...

3 Okt 201727min

This month’s episode is about what it would take to sterilize the Earth, and why you might want to figure that out in the first place.   First we talk to the authors of a paper that tries to figure ou...

7 Sep 201724min

This episode is a little different than other episodes. As many of you know, Flash Forward is my second job. My first job is at ESPN, where I recently helped launch an audio documentary series called ...

8 Aug 201737min

This episode, we travel to a future where your romantic partners aren’t chosen by questions or swipes, but rather by your brainwaves.  This future is based on an idea from Shelly Ronan and Ernesto D. ...

5 Juli 201731min

This episode, we go on another vacation! Can you tell I need a vacation? Anyway, back to the episode. What would it be like if you could hop on a space cruise ship, and take a trip to Mars?  This is a...

6 Juni 201730min

Long time listeners of Flash Forward might feel like this future is kind of… familiar. And it is. It’s actually the first future we ever traveled to on this show. A future where humans have invented a...

18 Maj 201721min