Flash Forward

ROBOTS: Will Robots Ever Defeat Human Athletes?


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Today’s episode is part one in our FOUR PART MINI SEASON SERIES AND SHOW FINALE [airhorn noises]. We’re going out with a robotic bang: four episodes about four different ways that robots might impact your life in the future, starting with sports. Also, you'll hear a special announcement about the future of the show.

For more about that go here.

Guests:

  • Joe Choong, gold medalist in the Tokyo Olympic games in modern pentathlon.
  • Dr. Peter Stone, a professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Austin, and president of the International RoboCup Federation.
  • Jessica Luther and Dr. Brenda Elsey, two of the co-hosts of sports podcast Burn it All Down.
  • Dr. Rayvon Fouché, a professor of American studies at Purdue University.
  • Dr. Josh Siegel, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Michigan State University.
  • Brent Verdialez, founder and CEO of STRYK.

  • Voice Actors:

    • Rachael Deckard: Richelle Claiborne
    • Alex: Aiya Islam
    • Amanda: Emma Bracy
    • Chad: Brett Tubbs
    • Lina: Ashley Kellem
    • Brad: Brent Rose
    • Halimah: Zahra Noorbakhsh
    • Malik: Henry Alexander Kelly
    • Summer: Shara Kirby
    • Ashoka: Anjali Kunapaneni
    • Eliza: Chelsey B Coombs
    • Dorothy Levitt: Tamara Krinsky
    • John Dee: Keith Houston
    • Pierre Balck: Jarrett Sleeper

    • Music by Ilan Blanck.

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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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