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8. Explain Missy Oct 31, 2022

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If you want to see if you can take him to Manila, go to episode 16: Go To Manila.

If you want to put your foot down and refuse, go to episode 17: Don’t Go To Manila.

Vanguard Estates is a production of Flash Forward. The story was written by me, Rose Eveleth; edited by Ace Tilton Radcliffe and Georgia Wyatt; and produced by Ozzy Llinas Goodman. The sound design is by Mischa Stanton and music is by Ilan Blanck.

The voice actors for Welcome to Vanguard Estates are:

Marcus Jones -- Keith Houston
Imani Jones -- Shara Kirby
Robot #1 -- Ashley Kellem
Amy -- Chelsey B Coombs
Vanguard Estates Representative -- Aiya Islam
Missy -- Anjali Kunapaneni
Robot # 2 -- Brett Tubbs
NPR Host -- Sandhya Dirks

An earlier version of Vanguard Estates was originally performed live for Pop-Up Magazine.

You can also play through a web version of the story at flashforwardpod.com/vanguard, which features really cool illustrations by Mattie Lubchansky.

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7. Disable Drop-In Oct 31, 2022

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If you want to install a robot to bathe him, go to episode 14. Robot Baths.

If you want to hire a human, go to episode 15. Human Baths.

The voice actors for Welcome to Vanguard Estates are:

Marcus Jones -- Keith Houston
Imani Jones -- Shara Kirby
Robot #1 -- Ashley Kellem
Amy -- Chelsey B Coombs
Vanguard Estates Representative -- Aiya Islam
Missy -- Anjali Kunapaneni
Robot # 2 -- Brett Tubbs
NPR Host -- Sandhya Dirks

An earlier version of Vanguard Estates was originally performed live for Pop-Up Magazine.

You can also play through a web version of the story at flashforwardpod.com/vanguard, which features really cool illustrations by Mattie Lubchansky.

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6. Use Drop-In Oct 31, 2022

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If you want to stay quiet, go to episode 12: Don’t Tell Him.

If you want to say something and tell him about the stove, go to episode 13: Tell Him.

The voice actors for Welcome to Vanguard Estates are:

Marcus Jones -- Keith Houston
Imani Jones -- Shara Kirby
Robot #1 -- Ashley Kellem
Amy -- Chelsey B Coombs
Vanguard Estates Representative -- Aiya Islam
Missy -- Anjali Kunapaneni
Robot # 2 -- Brett Tubbs
NPR Host -- Sandhya Dirks

An earlier version of Vanguard Estates was originally performed live for Pop-Up Magazine.

You can also play through a web version of the story at flashforwardpod.com/vanguard, which features really cool illustrations by Mattie Lubchansky.

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

5. Call Him More Oct 31, 2022

Show notes

If you want to install cameras in his house go to episode 10: Install Cameras.

If you want to move him into your house, go to episode 11: Move Him In.

The voice actors for Welcome to Vanguard Estates are:

Marcus Jones -- Keith Houston
Imani Jones -- Shara Kirby
Robot #1 -- Ashley Kellem
Amy -- Chelsey B Coombs
Vanguard Estates Representative -- Aiya Islam
Missy -- Anjali Kunapaneni
Robot # 2 -- Brett Tubbs
NPR Host -- Sandhya Dirks

An earlier version of Vanguard Estates was originally performed live for Pop-Up Magazine.

You can also play through a web version of the story at flashforwardpod.com/vanguard, which features really cool illustrations by Mattie Lubchansky.

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

4. Buy A Home Robot Oct 31, 2022

Show notes

If you want to fully explain how Missy works, go to episode 8: Explain Missy.

If you want to keep things vague go to episode 9: Don’t Explain Missy.

The voice actors for Welcome to Vanguard Estates are:

Marcus Jones -- Keith Houston
Imani Jones -- Shara Kirby
Robot #1 -- Ashley Kellem
Amy -- Chelsey B Coombs
Vanguard Estates Representative -- Aiya Islam
Missy -- Anjali Kunapaneni
Robot # 2 -- Brett Tubbs
NPR Host -- Sandhya Dirks

An earlier version of Vanguard Estates was originally performed live for Pop-Up Magazine.

You can also play through a web version of the story at flashforwardpod.com/vanguard, which features really cool illustrations by Mattie Lubchansky.

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

3. Bring Him Home Oct 31, 2022

Show notes

If you want to get in a home robot, go to episode 4: Buy A Home Robot.

If you want to try to go without the robot, go to episode 5: Call Him More.

The voice actors for Welcome to Vanguard Estates are:

Marcus Jones -- Keith Houston
Imani Jones -- Shara Kirby
Robot #1 -- Ashley Kellem
Amy -- Chelsey B Coombs
Vanguard Estates Representative -- Aiya Islam
Missy -- Anjali Kunapaneni
Robot # 2 -- Brett Tubbs
NPR Host -- Sandhya Dirks

An earlier version of Vanguard Estates was originally performed live for Pop-Up Magazine.

You can also play through a web version of the story at flashforwardpod.com/vanguard, which features really cool illustrations by Mattie Lubchansky.

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

2. Stay at Vanguard Oct 31, 2022

Show notes

If you want to keep checking in on him with Drop In, go to episode 6: Use Drop-In.

If you want to disable Drop In, go to episode 7: Disable Drop-In.

The voice actors for Welcome to Vanguard Estates are:

Marcus Jones -- Keith Houston
Imani Jones -- Shara Kirby
Robot #1 -- Ashley Kellem
Amy -- Chelsey B Coombs
Vanguard Estates Representative -- Aiya Islam
Missy -- Anjali Kunapaneni
Robot # 2 -- Brett Tubbs
NPR Host -- Sandhya Dirks

An earlier version of Vanguard Estates was originally performed live for Pop-Up Magazine.

You can also play through a web version of the story at flashforwardpod.com/vanguard, which features really cool illustrations by Mattie Lubchansky.

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

1. Welcome to Vanguard Estates Oct 31, 2022

Show notes

If you want to leave him there, go to episode 2: Stay at Vanguard.

If you want to take your dad home, go to episode 3: Bring Him Home.

The voice actors for Welcome to Vanguard Estates are:

Marcus Jones -- Keith Houston
Imani Jones -- Shara Kirby
Robot #1 -- Ashley Kellem
Amy -- Chelsey B Coombs
Vanguard Estates Representative -- Aiya Islam
Missy -- Anjali Kunapaneni
Robot # 2 -- Brett Tubbs
NPR Host -- Sandhya Dirks

An earlier version of Vanguard Estates was originally performed live for Pop-Up Magazine.

You can also play through a web version of the story at flashforwardpod.com/vanguard, which features really cool illustrations by Mattie Lubchansky.

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

COMING SOON: Welcome to Vanguard Estates Oct 27, 2022

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Oh, hello there. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I know this feed has been pretty quiet this year, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been working on things. In fact, next week, we’re going to drop a big project called Welcome to Vanguard Estates. It’s a fiction project, that is formatted as a choose your own path story with 14 different endings. So you’ll get a bunch of opportunities to actually pick what happens in the story.

The piece is about aging, and tech, and surveillance, and parents, and all that complicated, stressful, emotionally dense stuff.

Next week you’re going to get the whole story all at once, next week. So this is your warning, when you suddenly see 30 new episodes of Flash Forward all at once, that’s what that is.

After that (starting November 7th) we’re going to do some follow up episodes where we talk to experts about the real stuff that inspired the story. We'll cover everything from the neuroscience of aging, to research misconduct in Alzheimer's treatment, to robots that can put your clothes on, to the (dire) economics of care, to whether we should have nursing homes at all.

So gird your podcast loins, friends, because it’s going to be… something. I’m really excited for you to hear it.

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Can You Be Sued By A River? Jun 28, 2022

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Can you be sued by nature? In some places, the answer is already yes.

Guests:

Evelyn Bellanger -- White Earth Band of Ojibwe elder
Frank Bibeau -- tribal attorney and a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe
Nico Albert -- member of the Cherokee Nation and the executive chef of Burning Cedar Indigneous Foods
Jacinta Ruru -- professor of Law at the University of Otago in New Zealand
Thomas Linzey -- Senior Legal Counsel for the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights
Teresa Vicente Gimenez — professor of philosophy of law at the University of Murcia.
Philomena Kebec -- Indian law expert

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Flash Forward is hosted by, Rose Eveleth and produced by Julia Llinas Goodman. The intro music is by Asura and the outro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Mattie Lubchansky.

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