Flash Forward
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 really be like. The future is going to be weird, so let's get ready for it together.Podcasts
Vanguard Estates: Where Do You Want to Grow Old?
Published: Dec. 5, 2022, 8:22 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 53 seconds
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Vanguard Estates: The True Cost of Care
Published: Nov. 28, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 51 seconds
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Vanguard Estates: Can Robots Really Help the Aging?
Published: Nov. 21, 2022, 6:32 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 22 seconds
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Vanguard Estates: The Future of the Aging Brain
Published: Nov. 14, 2022, 6:40 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 14 seconds
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Vanguard Estates: Living With Dementia
Published: Nov. 7, 2022, 1 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 24 seconds
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HOW TO LISTEN: Welcome To Vanguard Estates
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:27 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 42 seconds
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27. Keep Quiet
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:26 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 11 seconds
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26. Break the News
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:25 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 37 seconds
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25. Report Him
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:24 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 43 seconds
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24. Keep His Secret
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:23 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 17 seconds
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23. Trust the Robot
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:22 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 33 seconds
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22. Stop the Robot
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:21 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 57 seconds
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21. Take Out a Loan
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:20 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds
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20. Drop Out of School
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:19 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 44 seconds
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19. Pay for Help
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:18 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 2 seconds
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18. Handle it Yourself
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:17 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 9 seconds
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17. Dont Go To Manila
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:16 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 11 seconds
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16. Go To Manila
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:15 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 3 seconds
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15. Human Baths
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:14 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds
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14. Robot Baths
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:13 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 20 seconds
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12. Don't Tell Him
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:11 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 43 seconds
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11. Move Him In
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:10 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 3 seconds
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10. Install Cameras
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:09 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 50 seconds
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9. Dont Explain Missy
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:08 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 53 seconds
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8. Explain Missy
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:07 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 28 seconds
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7. Disable Drop-In
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:06 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 42 seconds
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5. Call Him More
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:04 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 6 seconds
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4. Buy A Home Robot
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:03 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 9 seconds
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3. Bring Him Home
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:02 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 35 seconds
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2. Stay at Vanguard
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2:01 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 8 seconds
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1. Welcome to Vanguard Estates
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 2 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 36 seconds
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COMING SOON: Welcome to Vanguard Estates
Published: Oct. 27, 2022, 5:12 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 37 seconds
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Can You Be Sued By A River?
Published: June 28, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds
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ROBOTS: Could Robots Replace Animals?
Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 12:37 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 46 seconds
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ROBOTS: Would You Date A Robot?
Published: Dec. 14, 2021, 8:19 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 55 seconds
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ROBOTS: Should A Robot Be Allowed To Kill?
Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 7:20 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 45 seconds
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ROBOTS: Will Robots Ever Defeat Human Athletes?
Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 39 seconds
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What If We Could Shrink Humans?
Published: Oct. 27, 2021, 5:01 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 40 seconds
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What If We Could Shrink Technology?
Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 7:51 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 30 seconds
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Can You Find This Human?
Published: Sept. 28, 2021, 10 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 12 seconds
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What Is The Future Of Gender?
Published: Sept. 22, 2021, 1:30 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 49 seconds
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Can We Conquer Fire?
Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 3:42 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 10 seconds
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What Could A Better Economy Look Like?
Published: Aug. 18, 2021, 2:05 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 54 seconds
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Could Humans Become Nocturnal?
Published: July 20, 2021, 9:19 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 27 seconds
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Could Mind Control End Crime?
Published: July 6, 2021, 10:39 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 30 seconds
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What Is The Future Of Flash Forward?
Published: June 8, 2021, 9:37 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 26 seconds
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Could We All Live Underground?
Published: May 25, 2021, 10:19 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 57 seconds
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Can You Mine An Asteroid?
Published: May 11, 2021, 2:51 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 25 seconds
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What If Our Cities Were Smart?
Published: April 27, 2021, 2:20 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 22 seconds
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What If We Could Never Touch Again?
Published: April 13, 2021, 5:41 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 28 seconds
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What If You Could Be Immune To Everything?
Published: March 30, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 9 seconds
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Back To The Future: Robot Teachers, Drug Decriminalization, Anti-Trust Extravaganza
Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 41 seconds
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Enter The Alternate Timeline (SEASON FINALE!)
Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 11:46 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 4 seconds
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Waste Not Want Not
Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 8:37 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 50 seconds
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Is Anybody Out There?
Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 41 seconds
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Give The Land Back?
Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 37 seconds
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Votes for All!
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 58 seconds
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Halfway To Heaven
Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 3 seconds
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It's The End Of The World As We Know It
Published: Aug. 4, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 23 seconds
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Dollars For Data
Published: July 21, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 58 seconds
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Should We Put Polar Bears In Antarctica?
Published: July 7, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 52 seconds
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One Child to Rule Them All
Published: June 23, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 29 seconds
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Introducing: Advice For And From The Future Should I follow my partner to Mars?
Published: June 16, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 10 seconds
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Welcome to Celebrityville
Published: May 26, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 3 seconds
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FIVE YEARS OF FLASH FORWARD!
Published: May 12, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 16 seconds
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Goodnight Night
Published: April 28, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 48 seconds
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Doomsday 2000/2038/2100
Published: April 14, 2020, 1:20 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 50 seconds
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Flash Back to the Future: Flight Shame, Genetic Genealogy, 2020 Census
Published: March 20, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 25 seconds
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Flash Back to the Future: Mosquitoes, UBI, Coronavirus
Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 9 seconds
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POWER: Mothers Against Digital Danger
Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 8 seconds
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POWER: The Sleeping Lion
Published: Dec. 3, 2019, 5:12 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 2 seconds
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POWER: Weird Flux But OK
Published: Nov. 26, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 39 seconds
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POWER: 1919 (Episode 100!)
Published: Nov. 19, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 3 seconds
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POWER: Time After Time
Published: Nov. 12, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 59 seconds
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CRIME: Moon Court
Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 14 seconds
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CRIME: Can You Sue An Algorithm?
Published: Aug. 27, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 27 seconds
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CRIME: I Can See My House From Here!
Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 47 seconds
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CRIME: Jaw & Order
Published: Aug. 13, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 10 seconds
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BODIES: Ghostbot
Published: June 11, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 53 seconds
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BODIES: Switcheroo
Published: June 4, 2019, 4:26 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 43 seconds
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BODIES: This Is Not A Test
Published: May 28, 2019, 3:39 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 40 seconds
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BODIES: Enter Night
Published: May 14, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 26 seconds
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EARTH: The Ocean Farm
Published: April 2, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 4 seconds
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EARTH: The Cement Ban
Published: March 26, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 49 minutes 56 seconds
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EARTH: The Desert Creep
Published: March 19, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 46 seconds
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EARTH: The Polar Flip
Published: March 12, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 3 seconds
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EARTH: The Sunshade
Published: March 5, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 13 seconds
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Season Five Coming Soon!
Published: Feb. 26, 2019, 6:17 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 37 seconds
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Snip Snip Snip
Published: Dec. 18, 2018, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 24 seconds
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Water Would Be Nice
Published: Dec. 4, 2018, 8 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 25 seconds
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The Commute From Hell
Published: Nov. 20, 2018, 8 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 52 seconds
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What To Expect When You're Expecting In Space
Published: Nov. 6, 2018, 8 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 3 seconds
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Money For Nothing
Published: Sept. 25, 2018, 7:45 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 12 seconds
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Fungus Among Us
Published: Sept. 11, 2018, 7 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 58 seconds
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Spawn of Sponcon
Published: Aug. 28, 2018, 7 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 47 seconds
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Portrait Of The Artist As An Algorithm
Published: July 17, 2018, 12:23 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 53 seconds
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The Very Big Sick
Published: July 3, 2018, 7 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 26 seconds
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The Space Roomba
Published: June 19, 2018, 7 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 26 seconds
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Federal Project Two
Published: May 22, 2018, 7 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 31 seconds
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Fitness in a Bottle
Published: April 24, 2018, 8 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 20 seconds
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Fire From the Deep
Published: April 10, 2018, 8 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 14 seconds
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Youve Got Brainmail
Published: Jan. 9, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 49 minutes 32 seconds
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Theres No Great Future in Plastics
Published: Dec. 12, 2017, 9 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 52 seconds
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Our Father, Who art in Algorithm
Published: Nov. 28, 2017, 9 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 37 seconds
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Easy Bake Organs
Published: Oct. 31, 2017, 5:39 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 7 seconds
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Down For Everyone Not Just You
Published: Aug. 8, 2017, 8 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 14 seconds
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Back to the Future: A Womb Away From Home
Published: May 18, 2017, 11 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 51 seconds
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California Dreaming
Published: March 7, 2017, noonDuration: 38 minutes 36 seconds
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Greetings From Paradice
Published: Feb. 7, 2017, 12:30 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 47 seconds
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How is Babby (Not) Made
Published: Nov. 3, 2016, 12:02 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 21 seconds
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The Witch Who Came From Mars
Published: Sept. 5, 2016, noonDuration: 43 minutes 39 seconds
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Wheres the Beef?
Published: Aug. 10, 2016, 1:51 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 5 seconds
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Revenge of the Retweet
Published: July 26, 2016, 6:09 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 48 seconds
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The Altered State
Published: July 12, 2016, 4:09 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 9 seconds
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Bot for Teacher
Published: June 28, 2016, 10:29 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 46 seconds
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Expiration Date
Published: May 17, 2016, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 25 seconds
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Swipe Right For Democracy
Published: April 19, 2016, 4 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 48 seconds
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MiniPod Time Travel
Published: March 22, 2016, 1:30 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 57 seconds
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My Everything Pal
Published: March 8, 2016, 2 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 57 seconds
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The Ultimate Swatting
Published: Feb. 23, 2016, 2 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 33 seconds
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Love At First Bot
Published: Feb. 9, 2016, 3 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 14 seconds
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The Carbon Gene
Published: Sept. 29, 2015, 2 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 20 seconds
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The Empathy Machine
Published: Sept. 8, 2015, 2 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 45 seconds
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A Drone of Ones Own
Published: Aug. 25, 2015, 2 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 18 seconds
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Eternal Life in Prison
Published: Aug. 11, 2015, 2 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds
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The Supernova Next Door
Published: June 30, 2015, 2 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 43 seconds
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The Day the Internet Broke
Published: June 23, 2015, 2 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 3 seconds
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Never Lay Me Down to Sleep
Published: June 16, 2015, 2 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 1 second
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Revenge of the Germs
Published: June 9, 2015, 2 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 2 seconds
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The Most Dangerous Games
Published: June 2, 2015, 2 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 21 seconds
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The Moon is a Harsh Second Mistress
Published: May 19, 2015, 2 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 49 seconds
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A Womb Away From Home
Published: May 12, 2015, 2 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 59 seconds
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