What Is The Future Of Flash Forward?

Flash Forward

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🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Today we do a bit of spelunking into the history of Flash Forward, revisit last year’s anniversary, and talk about how the future sausage gets made. Things I talked about on today's episode. Tamara Krinsky’s work The limits of empathy A Queen of Sorts On the Ice Scientists Excited About Humpback Whales Singing In Waters Off New York City On the Verge of Extinction, These Whales Are Also Shrinking → → → 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: BetterHelp: Affordable, private online counseling. Anytime, anywhere. Flash Forward listeners: get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/flashforward 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. 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. I'm Rose and I am your host. Flash Forward is a show about
0:14.6	the future. Today's episode is actually a special one, so we are going to break the format a little
0:19.3	bit and do a couple of different things. So buckle up, get ready, we're going to the future,
0:23.9	but in a kind of different way. So first, we're going to celebrate the six-year anniversary of this
0:29.4	podcast, which actually happened a couple of weeks ago, and I don't really missed it because I
0:34.1	am in denial that it is already June. Not sure how that happened, and I, in fact, refuse to accept that.
0:39.8	So in my mind, it is still like April-ish, so let's all just go with my collective delusion.
0:46.2	Anyway, so to commemorate the anniversary, we are going to do a little bit of a retrospective,
0:50.6	a little bit of a travel back in time, and then a little bit of a travel forward. And then after
0:55.6	that, I'm going to do the podcast's first-ever AMA episode. Ask me anything episode where I answer
1:01.6	all of the questions that you folks submitted on social media and on Patreon and give you a really
1:07.6	deep look at the inner workings of Flash Forward and the inner workings of my brain,
1:12.7	and whether you actually want that or not, you will have to decide once we are done.
1:16.8	Okay, so first, the anniversary. And what I want to do to celebrate is actually revisit the
1:21.6	episode that we did for the five-year anniversary of the show last year. So for that episode, I
1:26.1	asked every single past guest, voice actor, advisor, anybody who's been involved in Flash Forward
1:32.3	to contribute a message to the future. So the prompt was, what would you like to tell someone
1:37.4	50 years from now in 2070? Now, I came up with that idea to ask for these voice memos to the future
1:44.6	early in the year last year before the coronavirus had spread and become a global pandemic.
1:51.0	But by the time the episode was really going into production and these voice memos started
1:55.1	coming in from people in the US, we were in the midst of the first big wave of the virus.
2:00.8	A lot has changed in the last year and a lot hasn't changed. And I thought it might be interesting
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