Flash Forward 🤖⚡️🔮

On this week's Time Traveler Dispatch: 3,000 words on AI art, aesthetics, how these systems work, analogies, and an 1878 court case. Get monthly essays (plus a bonus podcast, shorter "cool shit" newsletters, process logs on my artwork, & more) by joining: buff.ly/3YIgH51

That's a wrap on this podcast! After eight years and 180+ episodes we're calling it a day. The three part show finale is up now: flashforwardpod.com/category/episo… Onward and upward my friends!

@pellucid Hmmmm I scheduled the how to episode to go up after everything to try to avoid this exact problem but of course RSS is not always the most cooperative

@flashforwardpod The problem was that the HOW TO episode was FOURTH, so I never saw it as I only got 2 episodes. Not sure why it was fourth or if everyone will see it in that order in every podcast player.

@flashforwardpod Maybe I don’t get it, but I do know that I won’t remember the story over weeks of time, which it could take for Vanguard Estates to play out. So I’ll wait. Thanks

@pellucid Ahhhh yeah I worried that might happen but also sadly can't control how various podcast apps behave (yet, *evil laugh*) There are 27 total!

@flashforwardpod I figured it out! (smacks head) Overcast defaults to downloading 2 or 3 episodes at a time which usually works fine. How many episodes total are there and I’ll change the setting for Flash Forward podcast. I wonder if that tripped up anybody else?

@pellucid All 27 episodes were release October 31st, they're numbered. No need to wait, it's all here for you!

@pellucid All the episodes were released at once. They're all available now.

@pellucid The link to which web page? The non-audio web version? There is a link to that in every single episode's description.

@flashforwardpod Suggestions: Put the link to the web page in the description to podcast #1. Being of wee brain, I’d rather “binge” #VanguardEstates, to keep the progress of the story straight in my head. How many episodes are there? Thanks.

@LizEuclid (there are some pathways where he does get more of a say, and those tend to be the happier endings too)

@LizEuclid I hear you! My goal with the story was to try and explore how things often tend to go as a way to force some of these questions. The narrative isn't supposed to paint a perfect picture.

I wanted to start with this episode because one of the things you see in the Welcome to Vanguard Estates series is that the dad doesn’t get a lot of agency. Decisions are made for him, without him. This isn’t good, but it’s true to reality often. flashforwardpod.com/2022/11/07/van…

Today's episode also talks about the disparities in diagnosis and care for dementia along racial and socioeconomic lines. flashforwardpod.com/2022/11/14/van…

Why don't we know what dementia even is? Will we ever find a drug for it? Are we looking in the wrong places? flashforwardpod.com/2022/11/14/van…

What is it actually like living with dementia? What does it take to help someone who has it? On this week's episode we spoke with @KateSwaffer about living with dementia, and @alogcabininbk about caring for her mom. flashforwardpod.com/2022/11/07/van…

Last week we published a big choose your own path story! This week we're starting the series of episodes that explains the real stuff that inspired that story. flashforwardpod.com/2022/11/07/van…

Examples of compelling formats: 🧲 The Argument by @nytimes 🧲 Hot Ones by @seanseaevans 🧲 @SexTalkWMyMom 🧲 @flashforwardpod Compelling formats stand on their own & often work across topics and mediums. Study formats religiously & then apply what you learn to your show.

I saw Rose do this live once and it was incredible and I’m excited to try all the endings now!

did some drawings for this very fun and cool choose your own adventure podcast. check it out in MY opinion!

@QuickQu97238744 I'm not going to try and change your mind or anything but just FYI #yourslipisshowing is a hashtag generally used to tag and identify alt-right trolls, which I don't think is what you're trying to say here? slate.com/technology/201…

what happened, @flashforwardpod? You used to be great, now #yourslipisshowing. I chose analogue all the way to test your narrative & all i got was disaster, despite humans successfully caring for dependents with dementia for millennia. Downrated to 1 ⭐

By 2030, 1 of every 5 people in the United States — or 20 percent of the nation's population — will be age 65 or older. Are we ready for that? This series explores the future of aging, and the choices we all might have to make sooner than later. flashforwardpod.com/?p=1954

Starting next week we’ll be putting out episodes that dive into all the real stuff that inspired this series, from the robotics to the economics.