Future Tense Fiction: Live. Love. Die. Repeat?

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🗓️ 29 April 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On this month’s episode of Future Tense Fiction, host Maddie Stone talks to David Iserson about “This, but Again.” The story follows Marcus, who is forced to relive his life over and over again in a never-ending computer simulation. Thanks to a glitch, Marcus already knows everything that will happen—but he can change almost nothing. That is until he meets Sara, who helps him break from the simulation’s script. But that, as you might expect, is not without consequences.After the story, Iserson and host Maddie Stone discuss what it would really be like to live in a computer simulation (and why it may actually be more hopeful than dystopian). Guest: David Iserson, film and television writer-producer and author of Firecracker, a novel Story read by David Iserson Podcast production by Tiara Darnell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Future Tense Fiction, a podcast featuring stories about how technology could change
0:07.7	tomorrow.
0:08.7	I'm Maddie Stone.
0:11.0	What if technology could reveal everything about your future?
0:15.1	Even if you could change nothing, would you still want to know?
0:19.6	Knowing how my life plays out means I don't have anxiety, I don't fear.
0:24.2	So many things that weigh on people and tear them up are a fear of what's going to happen.
0:28.4	I don't have that.
0:30.0	I never have that.
0:31.6	On today's episode, we are bringing you a reading of David Eiser since this but again.
0:37.6	Afterward, David tells us why he thinks life in a vast computer simulation might feel
0:42.8	surprisingly familiar.
0:45.6	That's coming up on Future Tense Fiction.
0:48.2	Stay with us.
0:54.2	Hi, it's Bluey Robinson here.
0:55.9	Now all you dessert devotees will know there's nothing better than tucking into a tub full
0:59.9	of Ben and Jerry's.
1:00.9	But what I didn't know until recently is that they've only gone and taken it to the next
1:04.5	level and created an ice cream sundae experience in a tub.
1:08.1	They've got some of the chunky, as swirly as flavours, but the new sundae's range has
1:12.3	an awesome whipped ice cream topping that's covered in gooey sauce and chocolatey chunks.
1:16.5	Mmm, I'm really loving the new Dolcey Delish and chocolate cheese cake.
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