Fitness in a Bottle

Flash Forward

Flash Forward Presents

Science

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Some people love going to the gym. Some people hate it. But what if there was a pill that could replace exercise? Today’s future might actually be closer than you think. Today’s guests: Nicola Twilley, co-host of Gastropod and New Yorker writer David Eveleth, my dad and biotech expert Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, historian and co-host of Past Present Sigmund Loland, philosopher of sports at Norwegian School of Sport Sciences Casey Johnston, editor at The Outline, author of Ask a Swole Woman Robert, my boyfriend Further reading can be found here, including background documents, research papers, suggested books and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and I'm your host. Flashforward is a show about the future.
0:08.0	Hello and welcome to Flashforward. I'm Rose and I'm your host.
0:13.1	Flash Forward is a show about the future.
0:15.4	Every episode we take on a specific possible
0:18.0	or not so possible future scenario.
0:21.2	We always start with a little field trip to the future to check out what's going on,
0:25.2	and then we teleport back to today to talk to experts about how that world that we just
0:30.4	heard might really go down. Got it? Great. we just a
0:35.3	a heads up on this episode we're going to be talking about exercise and weight
0:39.2	which are difficult subjects for some people so proceed with that knowledge in hand.
0:43.4	Before we go to today's future I want to tell you about another podcast you might like.
0:48.5	It's called Sword and Laser. Here's a taste. Hey fans from the future.
0:55.0	Veronica Belmont here, host of Sword and Laser,
1:01.0	along with my co-host Tom Merritt.
1:03.4	Hi there, we just wanted to pop in to tell you we're glad you enjoyed our podcast
1:06.7	Sword and Laser and thanks for being a listener for so many years.
1:09.7	Ooh, Tom, this is actually our first promo for Sword and Laser.
1:14.0	We haven't even told them about Sword and Laser.com.
1:16.7	Or that we read a new sci-fire fantasy book each month and discuss it with the greatest
1:19.8	fans of genre fiction in the world?
1:21.5	Man, I thought that happened a long time ago.
1:24.0	Yeah, time travel is hard, Tom.
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