Could We All Live Underground?

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Today’s episode is about a future where humans decide to live underground. Guests: Dr. Brian Toon, an atmospheric scientist and professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder Jason Wright, a tour guide and resident of Coober Pedy, Australia Dr. Youqin Huang, a professor at Albany State University who studies housing and migration in China Dr. Eun Hee Lee, an assistant professor at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia who’s researched the psychology of underground spaces Finbarr Fallon, a designer and visual artist based in Singapore Rob van Son, a researcher based in Singapore who leads the Digital Underground project Dr. Michael Doyle, an assistant professor of architecture at Laval University Julio Amezcua, an architect based in Mexico City Voice Actors: Mom: Ashley Kellem Ben: Brett Tubbs Adam: Aiya Islam Song by Shannon & Scott of Song Salad → → → Further reading & resources here! ← ← ← Flash Forward is hosted by, Rose Eveleth and produced by Julia Llinas Goodman. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky. Get in touch: Twitter // Facebook // Reddit // [email protected] Support the show: Patreon // Donorbox Subscribe: iTunes // Soundcloud // Spotify Episode Sponsors: Dipsea: An audio app full of short, sexy stories designed to turn you on. Get an extended 30 day free trial when you go to DipseaStories.com/flashforward. Memory Lane: From the writer behind the hit series Pretty Little Liars, Memory Lane is a psychological thriller about mothers, daughters, and the dangers of memory. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Shaker & Spoon: A subscription cocktail service that helps you learn how to make hand-crafted cocktails right at home. Get $20 off your first box at shakerandspoon.com/ffwd. Tab for a Cause: A browser extension that lets you raise money for charity while doing your thing online. Whenever you open a new tab, you’ll see a beautiful photo and a small ad. Part of that ad money goes toward a charity of your choice! Join team Advice For And From The future by signing up at tabforacause.org/flashforward. Tavour: Tavour is THE app for fans of beer, craft brews, and trying new and exciting labels. You sign up in the app and can choose the beers you’re interested in (including two new ones DAILY) adding to your own personalized crate. Use code: flashforward for $10 off after your first order of $25 or more. Purple Carrot: Purple Carrot is THE plant-based subscription meal kit that makes it easy to cook irresistible meals to fuel your body. Each week, choose from an expansive and delicious menu of dinners, lunches, breakfasts, and snacks! Get $30 off your first box by going to www.purplecarrot.com and entering code FLASH at checkout today! Purple Carrot, the easiest way to eat more plants! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Flash Forward. I'm Rose and I'm your host. Flash Forward is a show about the
0:15.1	future. Every episode we take on a specific possible or not so possible future scenario. We always
0:21.6	start with a little field trip into the future to check out what is going on and then we teleport
0:26.8	back to today to talk to experts about how that world that we just heard might actually go down.
0:33.7	Got it? Great. This episode we are starting in the year 2095.
0:47.6	Kids, breakfast!
0:50.6	Don't push me. Get out of my way. Chill out. I hate looking at all this rock. Why does Adam get to
0:57.4	have the room with the window? It's not even a real window. The view is just more rock, see? You
1:02.7	don't even appreciate it. Kids, please. No arguing before I've had my coffee. Who wants some frosted
1:09.4	potato flakes? Oh, I hate having cereal for breakfast every morning. Why do you even want my room?
1:16.5	Your room is bigger anyway. Oh, so does that mean you'll switch with me? No. Mom! Okay, okay, everybody
1:23.7	calm down. We'll get us kicked out of the cave owners association. You know the rules about noise
1:28.7	and residential areas. No unnecessary noises of a disruptive volume in residential areas before 9am
1:34.6	or after 9pm. That's right. Now Ben, you always liked having the bigger room so you can do yoga in
1:41.4	there. What's going on? I hate yoga. You seem to hate a lot of things this morning.
1:50.0	What's going on, honey? I'm bad at yoga. What? You're great at yoga. Yeah, you're better
1:56.4	at it than me and I'm not just saying that. Well, someone in my class said, well, they said that
2:04.0	they said I'll never really be good at yoga because I have seasonal effective disorder.
2:07.6	Oh, Ben. You know, nearly half the population has seasonal effective disorder down here.
2:15.5	It's really very normal. Whatever. Didn't Stone Rodriguez have SAD? You're right, Adam,
2:22.8	and they were one of the most famous yoga practitioners in underground history.
2:27.6	I think Stone Rodriguez also got married at 18. You better get dating, Ben.
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