Hi friends, it's me, Rose.

And if you are listening to this, on the day it comes out, it is almost the end of 2022.

It is also almost the end of Flash Forward.

This episode here is the first of our three final episodes.

After eight years and over 180 episodes, we are packing it up and calling it a day.

It is an understatement to say that I have complex feelings about endings, I think we probably

all do.

I am incredibly grateful for what I've been able to create here with Flash Forward and

support that I've received from listeners.

I am sad that it's over, but I'm also really happy because I know that this is the right

thing.

I have other projects in the works.

I'm going to try to write some books, make some other audio projects, explore some other

formats, and if you want to support that work, you can listen to the end of the episode

where I will talk more about what's next for the Patreon and all of that stuff.

But yeah, Flash Forward, this very show is ending.

And endings can be sad, but they can also be an opportunity.

Not just to move on to a new chapter, but to stop and reflect and try to synthesize

all the stuff that came before.

So I want to try something a little bit different from what we normally do here.

The motto of Flash Forward has always been Imagine Better Futures.

And you are about to hear a three-part audio exploration of what that really means to me,

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