595 Episodes

  1. 315. Peter Watts, author of The Freeze-Frame Revolution and Beyond the Rift

    Published: 6/29/2018

  2. 314. The Terror Season 1 Review (with Grady Hendrix, Erin Lindsey, Sam J. Miller)

    Published: 6/22/2018

  3. 313. Kari Byron, author of Crash Test Girl

    Published: 6/15/2018

  4. 312. Solo: A Star Wars Story Movie Review (with Rajan Khanna, Erin Lindsey, Matthew Kressel)

    Published: 6/8/2018

  5. 311. How to Fight Hackers and Trolls (with Clint Watts)

    Published: 6/1/2018

  6. 310. Paul Melko, author of Ten Sigmas and Other Unlikelihoods

    Published: 5/25/2018

  7. 309. Ana Marie Cox on Science Fiction and Politics

    Published: 5/18/2018

  8. 308. Repopulation in Science Fiction (with Gordon Van Gelder)

    Published: 5/11/2018

  9. 307. Cities in Fantasy and Science Fiction (with Sam J. Miller, Lara Elena Donnelly, Bryan Camp)

    Published: 5/4/2018

  10. 306. Mary Rickert, author of You Have Never Been Here

    Published: 4/27/2018

  11. 305. Mercurio D. Rivera, author of Across the Event Horizon

    Published: 4/20/2018

  12. 304. Ready Player One Movie Review (with Peter Rubin, Carol Pinchefsky, Kent Bye)

    Published: 4/13/2018

  13. 303. Craig Shaw Gardner, author of A Malady of Magicks and Temporary Monsters

    Published: 4/6/2018

  14. 302. The History of Black Panther (with Evan Narcisse, Tananarive Due, Jesse J. Holland)

    Published: 3/30/2018

  15. 301. Chandler Klang Smith, author of The Sky Is Yours

    Published: 3/23/2018

  16. 300. The Listeners Strike Back II (with Jesse Colton, Tyler Lutz, Crissy Lutz, Juhan Raud, John Joseph Adams)

    Published: 3/19/2018

  17. 299. Vandana Singh, author of Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories

    Published: 3/16/2018

  18. 298. Annihilation Movie Review (with Jason Kehe, Leah Schnelbach, Andrew Willett)

    Published: 3/9/2018

  19. 297. Understanding Nuclear War (with Daniel Ellsberg)

    Published: 3/2/2018

  20. 296. Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

    Published: 2/23/2018

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