Today we travel to a future where we can take a robot home for a good time, or a long time, depending on what you’re into.
Content note: today’s episode discusses sex and includes explicit language. This one is more “mature” than most episodes, so proceed accordingly.
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Original X Marks the Bot theme 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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