Flash Forward is a show about possible (and not so possible) future scenarios. What would the warranty on a sex robot look like? How would diplomacy work if we couldn’t lie? Could there ever be a fecal transplant black market? (Complicated, it wouldn’t, and yes, respectively, in case you’re curious.) Hosted and produced by award winning science journalist Rose Eveleth, each episode combines audio drama and journalism to go deep on potential tomorrows, and uncovers what those futures might re ...
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This episode explores new research, which has found that a 50% drop in US childhood vaccination could cause 51 million measles cases in 5 years.
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Read ‘A Mnemonic Device’ by Clare Pollard here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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