What If We Could Never Touch Again?

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Today’s episode is about a future without touch. Guests: Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist currently working at the Georgetown Center for Global Health, Science and Security but soon to be head of her own lab up at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Catherine Cudlick, a historian and the Director or the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University. Dr. Tiffany Field, the director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. David Parisi, a professor at the college of Charleton the author of a book called Archaeologies of Touch: Interfacing with Haptics from Electricity to Computing. Voice Actors: Naomi Jackson — Shara Kirby Dr. Sandra Bowles — Richelle Claiborne Advertisement Voices — Rachel Lara, Jake & Rory Terracina, and Kathryn Dollens → → → 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: Skillshare: Skillshare is an online learning community where millions come together to take the next step in their creative journey, with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. Start with two free months of Premium Membership, and explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/flashforward. BetterHelp: Affordable, private online counseling. Anytime, anywhere. Flash Forward listeners: get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/flashforward 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.
0:10.2	I'm Rose and I am your host. Flash Forward is a show about the future. Every episode,
0:15.9	we take on a specific possible or sometimes not so possible future scenario.
0:22.0	We always start with a little field trip into the future to check out what is going on,
0:26.4	and then we teleport back to today to talk to experts about how that world that we just heard
0:32.2	might actually go down. Got it? Great. This episode, we are starting in the year 2064.
0:40.0	Oh and there is one curse word in this episode, just FYI. Okay, onto the future.
0:56.7	Hello and welcome to the 34th annual Cedar Ideas Festival. My name is Naomi Jackson and I am
1:09.3	so excited to have you all here. As you might know, my day job is editing the Pacific magazine,
1:15.7	which brings you complex perspectives on big ideas. For the magazine, we spend a lot of time
1:22.3	thinking about big why questions. Why did this happen? Why is our country set up the way it is?
1:29.8	Why are some people happy or unhappy? Why do we make the choices we make as both individuals and
1:38.0	as a collective? And when it comes to not just understanding behavior, but shaping it,
1:44.4	there is no one more experienced, more impactful, more visionary than our keynote speaker.
1:51.4	Dr. Sandra Baal has spent over 50 years developing and shaping iconic campaigns that have really
1:57.5	shifted the course of history. From Gucci to SpaceX to the CDC, for decades she was anonymous,
2:06.5	known in the industry simply as SB, a mysterious genius who would swoop in to solve problems and
2:13.3	deliver perfect groundbreaking campaigns. Today, she is a professor emeritus at Howard University
2:20.5	and consults for national governments, high impact brands, and international superstars.
2:27.0	And tonight, she's here to give us a glimpse into how her mind works and what it takes the shift
2:32.4	in narrative. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Baal's. Thank you. Thank you for that lovely
2:44.5	introduction Naomi. It's an honor to be here. I admit I'm still getting used to being a named
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