POWER: Weird Flux But OK

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

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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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