17. Don’t Go To Manila

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: Marcus Jones -- Keith Houston Imani Jones -- Shara Kirby  Robot #1 -- Ashley Kellem Amy -- Chelsey B Coombs  Vanguard Estates Representative -- Aiya Islam  Missy -- Anjali Kunapaneni  Robot # 2 -- Brett Tubbs  NPR Host -- Sandhya Dirks  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

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Flash Forward is a show about possible (and not so possible) future scenarios. What would the warranty on a sex robot look like? How would diplomacy work if we couldn’t lie? Could there ever be a fecal transplant black market? (Complicated, it wouldn’t, and yes, respectively, in case you’re curious.) Hosted and produced by award winning science journalist Rose Eveleth, each episode combines audio drama and journalism to go deep on potential tomorrows, and uncovers what those futures might really be like. The future is going to be weird, so let's get ready for it together.