Heads Will Roll

Flash Forward

Flash Forward Presents

Science

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today we travel to a future where you can plop your head onto a brand new body. Guests: Dr. Sergio Canavero — neurosurgeon & aspiring human head transplanter Dr. Zaev Suskin — doctor & bioethicist Dr. Paul Root Wolpe — director of the Center for Ethics at Emory University → → → Further reading & resources here! ← ← ← How to get involved in the movement against police brutality. Flash Forward is produced by me, Rose Eveleth. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, it's Rose.
0:02.0	Before we start today's episode, I want to take a second and acknowledge the current moment and the movement happening in the United States addressing police brutality.
0:12.0	One of the most important messages United States addressing police brutality.
0:13.2	One of the most important messages of Flashforward is that we can and should try to imagine
0:19.4	better futures.
0:21.0	And that also means getting protests and taking actions that move us towards those better futures.
0:28.0	And that is what the ongoing protests and actions in the United States are all about.
0:33.5	Fighting for a better future, specifically for black people in the United States.
0:38.0	That fight is incredibly important,
0:41.0	and I want to take a minute to encourage listeners and in particular white listeners to find ways to get involved.
0:47.0	If you don't know where to start, there is now a post on flashforward pod.com with a short list of resources for how to get activated
0:55.2	and find your place in this movement. The episode you are about to hear isn't
1:00.2	about any of this and I thought about holding off on publishing this week but
1:05.2	instead of doing that I am committing to donating a hundred percent of the ad sales
1:09.0	from this episode to bail funds across the country.
1:12.8	So I just wanted to acknowledge and address what's happening,
1:16.1	tell you one of the things that I'm doing,
1:18.4	and encourage you to figure out how you can help.
1:21.8	Again, there is a post on flashforward pod.com with resources if you're not
1:25.8	sure where to start. Okay, on to the episode. Hello and I'm your host.
1:33.0	Flash Forward is a show about the future.
1:45.4	Every episode we take on a specific possible or not so possible future scenario.
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