GrownUpLand

9. The Future

Will robots rule the earth? Is virtual reality better than actual reality? Is time an illusion?! Join Mae, Bisha, Ned and Steve who will try to solve these classic quandaries. This week, Mae doesn't want immortality, Bisha reveals that she is in fact a robot (as suspected) and Ned tries his pixelated hand at VR gaming. Time transcending comedian Bec Hill tries to solve your dilemmas and Steve Ali puts our listener's failed hover-board dreams into perspective.
 
Co-created by Deborah Frances-White for The Spontaneity Shop and BBC Radio 4.Produced by Al RiddellMusic by Mark Hodge and Omahrose, produced by Nick Sheldon.Featured in this episode: 
The Rise of the Robots (20/02/2017)
Start The Week (05/04/2017)

"Now I’m a grown up… do I have to get married? Do I have to scrimp and save?? Do I have to host a dinner party??? GrownUpLand poses the most frustrating questions. Luckily, Sophie Duker, Heidi Regan and Ned Sedgwick are here to guide you through the bewildering pursuit of adulthood.
 
Through stupid challenges, useful facts and personal stories of rich victory and miserable failure, your guides will ensure you don’t feel alone in your hopeless endeavour to be a legit grown up. Plus, every week a special guest candidly shares their experiences, from failed dates and drunken mistakes to moments of clarity and pet hates. And the very handsome Steve Ali, a refugee from Syria now a writer and silversmith in the UK, helps to put a listener’s dilemma into perspective.
 
Co-created by Deborah Frances-White for The Spontaneity Shop and BBC Radio 4.
 
Produced by Al Riddell."