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POWER: Mothers Against Digital Danger
FromFlash Forward
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Dec 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Today we travel to a future where a coalition of concerned mothers convinces the United States to shut off the Internet.
Guests:
Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, journalist
Chipo Dendere, assistant orofessor of Africana Studies, Wellesley College
Tim Maughan, author of Infinite Detail
Actors:
Billy’s mother -- Tamara Krinsky
→ → → Further reading on today’s episode can be found here ← ← ←
Content Notes
[2:20-6:00] [21:00-23:00] Suicide, onling bullying & mass shooting
[11:20-17:00] Pornography
[23:00-25:00] Drunk driving fatality
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. Huge huge huge thanks to Tamara Krinsky who played Billy’s mom on this episode, and also (did you notice?) played a time traveler dipping in and out of all the futures this season.
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Guests:
Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, journalist
Chipo Dendere, assistant orofessor of Africana Studies, Wellesley College
Tim Maughan, author of Infinite Detail
Actors:
Billy’s mother -- Tamara Krinsky
→ → → Further reading on today’s episode can be found here ← ← ←
Content Notes
[2:20-6:00] [21:00-23:00] Suicide, onling bullying & mass shooting
[11:20-17:00] Pornography
[23:00-25:00] Drunk driving fatality
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. Huge huge huge thanks to Tamara Krinsky who played Billy’s mom on this episode, and also (did you notice?) played a time traveler dipping in and out of all the futures this season.
Get in touch: Twitter // Facebook // Reddit // info@flashforwardpod.com
Support the show: Patreon // Donorbox
Subscribe: iTunes // Soundcloud // Spotify
Sponsor info:
Get two free months of Skillshare!
Paper referenced in the Skillshare Ad: Towards a definition of “hobby”: An empirical test of a proposed operational definition of the word hobby
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Dec 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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