4. Buy A Home Robot

If you want to fully explain how Missy works, go to episode 8: Explain Missy.

If you want to keep things vague go to episode 9: Don’t Explain Missy.

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.

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