4. Buy A Home Robot

Flash Forward

Flash Forward Presents

Science

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

If you want to fully explain how Missy works, go to episode 8: Explain Missy. If you want to keep things vague go to episode 9: Don’t Explain Missy. Vanguard Estates is a production of Flash Forward. The story was written by me, Rose Eveleth; edited by Ace Tilton Radcliffe and Georgia Wyatt; and produced by Ozzy Llinas Goodman. The sound design is by Mischa Stanton and music is by Ilan Blanck. The voice actors for Welcome to Vanguard Estates are: Marcus Jones -- Keith Houston Imani Jones -- Shara Kirby Robot #1 -- Ashley Kellem Amy -- Chelsey B Coombs Vanguard Estates Representative -- Aiya Islam Missy -- Anjali Kunapaneni Robot # 2 -- Brett Tubbs NPR Host -- Sandhya Dirks An earlier version of Vanguard Estates was originally performed live for Pop-Up Magazine. You can also play through a web version of the story at flashforwardpod.com/vanguard, which features really cool illustrations by Mattie Lubchansky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	After way too many text messages to decide on the best system, you and your sister finally
0:07.2	agree on a plan that can help look after your dad without making you feel like the villain
0:12.2	of a dystopian novel.
0:14.9	The next week you head to your dad's house and unbox a small animatronic cat.
0:21.7	It's not trying to be super realistic, thankfully.
0:25.4	There's no fur to pet or to clean up later.
0:28.8	Yet its movements are eerily cat-like.
0:32.6	You place it on the counter and it's long, graceful tail twitches.
0:37.5	Your dad has always loved cats.
0:40.7	You hope he loves this new digital pet slash guardian slash big brother.
0:47.6	Your sister calls him over to take a look.
0:50.4	He leans in to inspect it.
0:53.0	The robot's face, a curved screen with a cute cartoonish cat face, purers back at him
0:58.7	and blinks, waiting.
1:02.0	You can pet it.
1:03.0	Is this like one of those Pokémon you two used to have?
1:08.0	Sort of.
1:09.0	Yeah.
1:10.0	He names the cat Missy.
1:12.5	Missy already has a whole database of information about your father.
1:17.0	Photos of you and your sister, photos of his old house, his old friends, his favorite
1:22.0	football players, his favorite movie stars, his old cats.
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