POWER: Weird Flux But OK

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Today’s episode is about nuclear fusion, a technology that might save us all or might be a complete waste of time and money. Guests: Charles Seife, professor at NYU and author of Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking Sabina Griffith, communications officer at ITER Nicholas Evans, professor of ethics at UMass Lowell Michael Wahid Hanna, senior fellow at The Century Foundation Actors: Radio Host -- Brett Humphries (a Patron!) Moses Blackman -- Eden Rohatensky Dr. Amelia Brand -- Soleil Ho Lawrence O’Donnell -- Tamara Krinsky → → → Further reading on today’s episode can be found here ← ← ← 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	Hello and I am your host.
0:03.0	Flash Forward is a show.
0:04.0	A.
0:07.0	Hello and welcome to Flash Forward.
0:10.0	I'm Rose and I am your host.
0:13.1	Flash Forward is a show about the future.
0:15.8	Every episode we take on a specific possible,
0:19.1	or not so possible future scenario.
0:22.8	We always start with a little field trip into the future to check out what is going on,
0:28.1	and then we teleport back to today to talk to experts about how that world that we just heard might really go down.
0:36.0	Got it? Great. Just a quick reminder, there are still some posters left for the 100th episode special anniversary poster. You can find more
0:46.5	about that at flashforward pod.com. Shop. Again, we are only printing 100 of them, so if you want one, you should go get it now.
0:55.3	Okay, let's go to the future.
0:57.4	This episode, we are starting in the year 2039. 39.
1:14.8	Tensions were high at the unveiling of the world's first working fusion reactor today. The two decade long project has drawn both excitement and criticism from all over the world.
1:19.5	Moses Blackman has the story.
1:22.3	The bitter cold didn't deter thousands of excited onlookers today at the official ribbon cutting
1:26.8	ceremony for the Lysengi Accelerator, the much heralded fusion power plant in Hefei China.
1:33.0	For centuries, the idea of a limited power has been the realm of science fiction.
1:38.0	But today, thanks to the hard work of thousands of scientists, engineers, lawmakers, and public advocates,
1:45.0	we're making that fiction a reality.
1:47.0	Dr. Emilia Brand, the executive director of the project,
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