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What will become of America in five, 25, or even 50 years? FutureStates is a series of fictional mini-features exploring possible future scenarios through the lens of today's global realities. Immerse yourself in the visions of these independent prognosticators as they project a future of their own imagining.

A robot’s mission is to excel at his new job as a bartender while avoiding human injury.
Ant
When digital psych meds prove dangerous, a therapist risks his life to avert catastrophe.
In a future where boys and girls are kept apart, expert hackers push gender boundaries.
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A man convicted of violent crime is released into surveillance-assisted community service.
Replaced by an avatar, a jaded teacher protects a girl who invented a lucrative product.
In a future where boys and girls are kept apart, expert hackers push gender boundaries.
The near future: an injured soldier with advanced prosthetics must reconnect with family.
Ant
When digital psych meds prove dangerous, a therapist risks his life to avert catastrophe.
Can the host of a once-popular kid’s show adapt as the world has changed around her?
A robot’s mission is to excel at his new job as a bartender while avoiding human injury.
Children of the Northern Lights - FUTURESTATES Season 4
Hollow - FUTURESTATES Season 4
The Living - FUTURESTATES Season 4
Return to Elektra Springs - FUTURESTATES Season 4
Promised Land - FUTURESTATES Season 4
Refuge - FUTURESTATES Season 4
Elliot King is Third - FUTURESTATES Season 4
Life Begins at Rewirement - FUTURESTATES Season 3
The 6th World - FUTURESTATES Season 3
Crossover - FUTURESTATES Season 3
Charlie 13 - FUTURESTATES Season 3
Gunny - FUTURESTATES Season 3
Laura Keller - NB - FUTURESTATES Season 3
Advantageous - FUTURESTATES Season 3
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Can an ancient disaster help avert a world on the verge of environmental collapse?
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FUTURESTATES | Digital Antiquities | Episode
FUTURESTATES | Spring of Sorrow | Episode
FUTURESTATES | Asparagus | Episode
FUTURESTATES | Remigration | Episode
FUTURESTATES | Beholder | Episode
A border patrol agent is forced to question her loyalty to a system of exclusion.
In a world where housing is granted to the powerful, a father must make a tough decision.
A poor farmer resorts to smuggling illegal organic seeds.
The tough housing market forces an older couple to forego their dreams of retirement.
A struggling family immigrates illegally to a new land of economic opportunity.
A discarded plastic bag ventures through a barren America looking for its maker.
Los Angeles has fallen victim to a nuclear attack from an unknown aggressor.
A government employee unwittingly becomes the test subject to curb global warming.
Corporations offer incentives to female employees to pay for surrogate pregnancies.
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Has society's obsession with video online gaming gone too far?
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A woman in mourning encounters a mysterious wandering service android.