It's The End Of The World As We Know It

08/04/20 • 52 min

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Today we travel to a future where there is no future, because today we’re considering how the universe ends. Plus: how to cope with feeling freaked out by the end of the world, and what the last party ever should be like.

Guests:

Dr. Katie Mack — astrophysicist and author of The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) (also very good on Twitter!)
Dr. Jana Sadler — clinical psychologist based in Southern California
Jessie Char — conference organizer & party planner

→ → → Further reading & resources 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.

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Guests:

Dr. Katie Mack — astrophysicist and author of The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) (also very good on Twitter!)
Dr. Jana Sadler — clinical psychologist based in Southern California
Jessie Char — conference organizer & party planner

→ → → Further reading & resources 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.

Support the show: Patreon // Donorbox

Get in touch: Twitter // Facebook // Reddit // [email protected]

Subscribe: iTunes // Soundcloud // Spotify

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today we travel to a future where you can sell your personal data directly to a company, to get a better deal on a car or a house or a latte. What could go wrong?

Guests:

Richie Etwaru — CEO & Cofounder of Hu-manity.co
Sarah Jeong — journalist & lawyer
Abigail Echo-Hawk — Director of the Urban Indian Health Institute

Voice Actors:

Commercial voice: Brian Downs (Patron!)
Monica Pugh; Shara Kirby
Cop: Keith Houston, check out “This Eternal Afternoon” every Sunday at 4:30 PST on twitch.tv/rogerniner.

→ → → Further reading & resources 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

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Game of Bones

Today we travel to a future where archaeology accidentally runs out of bones.

Guests:

Dr. Keolu Fox — assistant professor at UC San Diego, Indigenous Futures Lab
Dr. Benjamin Vernot — postdoctoral scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Dr. Naomi Martisius — postdoctoral scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

→ → → Further reading & resources here! ← ← ←

Voice Actors:

Dr. Pastrana — Ashley Kellem: Instagram, Website
Graudate Student — — Henry Alexander Kelly: Website, podcast La Lisa: A Latinx Podcast

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. The voices from the future this episode were played by Ashley Kellem and Henry Alexander Kelly.

Get in touch: Twitter // Facebook // Reddit // [email protected]

Support the show: Patreon // Donorbox

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