Road to 2112 — Real News, Future Story

Cozy near-future short stories where people and robots live side by side. Each episode is a standalone tale inspired by today's real news. Part of the Road to 2112 series by Jun Sasaki.

Road to 2112 — Real News, Future Story is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 97 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Road to 2112 — Real News, Future Story, a arts show with 97 episodes published.

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  Quasi-Satellite / Road to 2112

  Aug 18, 20269 min

  Real news → Future story. Each story imagines a near future inspired by today's real news. Quasi-Satellite This story was inspired by the SpaceNews article "Tianwen-2 arrives at asteroid Kamo'oalewa, first image revealed." China's Tianwen-2 probe reached Earth's quasi-satellite Kamo'oalewa after a 600-million-mile journey, releasing the first close-up images. In the story, an observation technician living beside the small rock found her own reflection in its orbit—close to home but not bound to it. Is there a difference between staying near something and truly belonging? Read free on Kindle Unlimited More stories & author profile ✅ Subscribe for more gentle futures #whatif #storytelling #NearFuture #FutureTrends

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  One More Second / Road to 2112

  Aug 17, 202610 min

  Real news → Future story. Each story imagines a near future inspired by today's real news. One More Second This story was inspired by the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy report "South Korea held plasma at 100 million degrees for 102 seconds." South Korea's KSTAR sustained plasma at one hundred million degrees for one hundred and two seconds, more than doubling its previous record. In the story, a rehabilitation patient and his robot count seconds of standing the way physicists count seconds of plasma — one at a time. One hundred and two seconds is one second stacked a hundred and two times. Were they all the same weight? Read free on Kindle Unlimited More stories & author profile ✅ Subscribe for more gentle futures #whatif #storytelling #NearFuture #FutureTrends

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  The Job of Saying Good Morning / Road to 2112

  Aug 16, 202610 min

  Real news → Future story. Each story imagines a near future inspired by today's real news. The Job of Saying Good Morning This story was inspired by the Entrepreneur article "A New AI Robot Is Helping Seniors Combat Loneliness." The AI companion ElliQ has been distributed to over eight hundred seniors in New York State, with a reported ninety-five percent reduction in loneliness. In the story, out of thirty-four daily conversations, it was one simple "good morning" that changed everything for a woman living alone. Do we wake up in the morning because someone is waiting to say good morning? Read free on Kindle Unlimited More stories & author profile ✅ Subscribe for more gentle futures #whatif #storytelling #NearFuture #FutureTrends

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  The Sound of Crunch / Road to 2112

  Aug 15, 202611 min

  Real news → Future story. Each story imagines a near future inspired by today's real news. The Sound of Crunch This story was inspired by the TNW article "Autonomous vertical farming startup to grow crops in space in 2026." UK-based Vertical Future, backed by a UK Space Agency grant, is developing fully autonomous robotic vertical farms for commercial space stations. In the story, the crunch of space-grown lettuce brings a crew of twelve back to Earth — if only for a moment. Can nutrition ever be enough when the sound is missing? Read free on Kindle Unlimited More stories & author profile ✅ Subscribe for more gentle futures #whatif #storytelling #NearFuture #FutureTrends

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  Watching the Face / Road to 2112

  Aug 14, 20269 min

  Real news → Future story. Each story imagines a near future inspired by today's real news. Watching the Face This story was inspired by the Sorenson Communications article "Sorenson Communications Unveils AI Sign Language Translation (AST) Proofs-of-Concept." The system converts text and speech into real-time ASL displayed by a realistic signing avatar on screen. In the story, a deaf moviegoer barely watches the avatar, choosing instead to read the actors' faces. If something is never looked at yet gives the confidence to keep coming back, is being seen the only way to matter? Read free on Kindle Unlimited More stories & author profile ✅ Subscribe for more gentle futures #whatif #storytelling #NearFuture #FutureTrends

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