Hi friends, it’s Rose and I’m back with a new series from Flash Forward. It’s called Welcome to Vanguard Estates, and it’s in your feeds … now! The gist is simple, but I wanted to offer up this little explanation in case you’re like “what the heck why are there thirty new episodes of Flash Forward all of a sudden???” 

So here’s the deal. Welcome to Vanguard Estates is a choose your own path story. Each episode has a number, and a short title, and at the end of every episode you’ll be presented with a choice. All you have to do is follow the numbers, or titles, whichever works best for your brain, and you’ll be on your way. Simple, yeah? 

I personally think that this story is best experienced in audio — we worked really hard to score and sound design this thing and have some amazing voice actors along for the ride. But if you’d rather read the story, you can go to flashforwardpod.com/vanguard to play through online.

Starting next week, you’ll get a series of explainer episodes, where we talk to experts about all the things that inspired this story. We'll cover everything from the neuroscience of aging, to potential image tampering in Alzheimer's research, to robots that can put your clothes on, to the dire economics of care, to whether we should have nursing homes at all. 

But for now, head to episode one, and begin your journey into the not so distant future. 

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The End.

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:

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

The End.

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:

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

The End.

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:

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

The End.

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:

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

The End.

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:

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

The End.

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:

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

The End.

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:

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

The End.

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:

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

The End.

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:

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