Summary: Long time listeners of Flash Forward might feel like this future is kind of… familiar. And it is. It’s actually the first future we ever traveled to on this show. A future where humans have invented artificial wombs. And this is a special bonus episode of Flash Forward where we’re going to go back and revisit that future, because a new piece of research recently came out about artificial wombs. I’m calling this, a BACK TO THE FUTURE episode.<br> <br> <br> <br> Related reading:<br> <br> Fluid-filled ‘biobag’ allows premature lambs to develop outside the womb<br> An extra-uterine system to physiologically support the extreme premature lamb<br> Early Ectogenesis: Artificial Wombs in 1920s Literature<br> The Man Who Ran a Carnival Attraction That Saved Thousands of Premature Babies Wasn’t a Doctor at All<br> The World, the Flesh & the Devil An Enquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul<br> The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus<br> Daedalus, or Science and the Future<br> <br> Flash Forward is produced by me, Rose Eveleth, and is part of the Boing Boing podcast family. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky.<br> <br> If you want to suggest a future we should take on, send us a note on Twitter, Facebook or by email at info@flashforwardpod.com. We love hearing your ideas! And if you think you’ve spotted one of the little references I’ve hidden in the episode, email us there too. If you’re right, I’ll send you something cool.<br> <br> And if you want to support the show, there are a few ways you can do that too! We have a Patreon page, where you can donate to the show. But if that’s not in the cards for you, you can head to iTunes and leave us a nice review or just tell your friends about us. Those things really do help.<br> <br> That’s all for this future, come back next time, and we’ll travel to a new one!<br> ▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹▹<br> TRANSCRIPT<br> Rose: Hello and welcome to Flash Forward! I'm Rose and I'm your host. Flash Forward is a show about the future. Every episode we take on a specific possible... or not so possible future scenario. We always start with a little field trip to the future, to check out what's going on, and then we teleport back to today to talk to experts about how that world we just heard might really go down. <br> <br> <br> <br> Before we go to the future this week, I want to tell you about a podcast that I really love, and think you all might like too! It’s called Imaginary Worlds and it's a show about how sci-fi and fantasy worlds are created, and why we suspend our disbelief. Some of the episodes have been about...<br> <br> <br> <br> > How the residents of the real towns where Twin Peaks was filmed feel about the show and how the show gave their community a strange new identity<br> <br> > Whether the Death Star was too big to fail and blowing it up would've plunged the galaxy into economic chaos. <br> <br> > Which is more believable in fantasy films, computer generated characters or Jim Henson style puppets?<br> <br> <br> <br> Host Eric Molinsky talks with filmmakers, comic book artists, novelists, video game designers, LARPers, Cosplayers, and on rare occasions -- a pair of vampires, Captain Hook, and even the brain of HP Lovecraft. You can download Imaginary Worlds where ever you get your podcasts, or go to imaginary worlds podcast dot org. <br> <br> <br> <br> Okay, let’s go to the our imaginary future world! This time, we're starting in the year 2020. <br> <br> <br> <br> Soothing voice: Object solutions.<br> <br> <br> <br> Welcome to a world of problems, solved. <br> <br> Finding a compatible partner is a task like no other. The first date dinner table is loaded with a lifetime...
