Flash Forward

POWER: Weird Flux But OK

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Today’s episode is about nuclear fusion, a technology that might save us all or might be a complete waste of time and money. 


Guests:

  • Charles Seife, professor at NYU and author of Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking
  • Sabina Griffith, communications officer at ITER
  • Nicholas Evans, professor of ethics at UMass Lowell
  • Michael Wahid Hanna, senior fellow at The Century Foundation 


    Actors:

    • Radio Host -- Brett Humphries (a Patron!) 
    • Moses Blackman -- Eden Rohatensky
    • Dr. Amelia Brand -- Soleil Ho
    • Lawrence O’Donnell -- Tamara Krinsky


      • → → → Further reading on today’s episode can be found here ← ← ←


      Flash Forward is produced by me, Rose Eveleth. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky. 

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